Comments | dramaqueen_23: In Need of Books

dramaqueen_23

In Need of Books

Dec 12, 2006 08:31

I'm looking for book recs. I'm in the mood for a novel, something reasonably light and easy. I'd also consider non-fiction, as long as it's on the topic of something fun/hopeful and won't make me feel like the world is going to hell in a handbasket. I need a break from that.

Recommendations?

response: twenty plus, books

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listersgirl December 12 2006, 13:42:40 UTC

If you haven't read any Joe Keenan you totally should.

May or may not be your cup o' tea anonymous December 12 2006, 14:26:13 UTC

One author I've recently discovered is a fellow named Kent Nerburn ( ... )

Re: May or may not be your cup o' tea xiz111 December 12 2006, 14:26:42 UTC

Doh!

The above was written by me! Me! Me!

Re: May or may not be your cup o' tea dramaqueen_23 December 12 2006, 14:39:05 UTC

Heh. I knew that. Your two dot elipses give you away every time :)

sugarmommaless December 12 2006, 14:49:04 UTC

Geek Love, by Cathy (Kathy?) Acker.

sugarmommaless December 12 2006, 15:11:48 UTC

Also, I reccomend "Funny Boy". It's about an odball young boy (who is kind of inconsequentally gay) growing up in Sri Lanka.

I negelected to tell you that Geek Love is about a 3rd generation carnival family that breeds its own freak show and loves each other humungously.

bruiseblue December 12 2006, 17:26:06 UTC

See, I've read Geek Love a few times, and that is the opposite of the impression I have of it... great books are like that, though.

sugarmommaless December 12 2006, 17:30:22 UTC

Oh, by LOVE I really mean that they have a convoluted yet tight and highly disfunctional family relationship. But I do think it's a kind of love and that it's really intense.

I LOVE that book.

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velvetmae December 12 2006, 15:06:50 UTC

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
Its a story written though the eyes of an autistic boy. its an easy read, but very insightful.

Cassandra French's Finishing School For Boys
OMG, i LOVED this book. a woman takes training bad dates into her own hands. easy read. lots of fun.

dramaqueen_23 December 12 2006, 15:09:14 UTC

I LOVED Curious Incident. I'm anxious to read the new Mark Haddon, but it's on my Christmas wish list, so I'm holding off.

dangerdean December 12 2006, 16:30:53 UTC

Coyote Kings of the Space-Age Bachelor Pad, by Minister Faust. Or for something more east coast, perhaps Volkswagen Blues, by Jacques Poulin?