Comments | iliana_1: Reccomend me a book!

iliana_1

Reccomend me a book!

Jan 18, 2009 20:49

I've just finished reading The Secret Life of Bees, which I adored and I'm quite glad that I hadn't read it earlier because it made so much more of an impact this year because of Obama's victory. In fact, I feel like writing an extra scene like a long delayed epilogue and I never get that urge with books ( Read more... )

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chlarks_cupid January 18 2009, 21:05:21 UTC

i LOVED the Time traveler's wife by Audrey Niffenegger.
It made me cry, its sucha beautiful story.
I would reccomend this 100%
Also any book by Nora Roberts are brilliant, her Blood Brother's trilogy was great...

iliana_1 January 18 2009, 21:08:21 UTC

I've read The Time Traveler's Wife and it made me cry too. When I started to think too much about it, I would get a little confused by the time travel aspect and it's effect but overall, I really, really enjoyed it. It's a beautiful love story.

simplytoopretty January 18 2009, 21:11:03 UTC

Eek, it's so hard for me to pick just one. Okay, I'll give two.

Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessel.

Sweetness in the Belly by Camilla Gibb.

iliana_1 January 18 2009, 21:17:14 UTC

Thank you :) I haven't read either so I'll look them up. I pretty much read all the time but I go through phases where I devour books and I'm in one of those now. I've read three this week and they've all been very good.

simplytoopretty January 18 2009, 21:30:35 UTC

I'm the same, I always have a book on the go, and sometimes I read a lot. This week I've read 3 books, all of which I enjoyed. All Canadian because I read a lot of Canadian stuff.

It's kind of hard to recommend books because everyone tastes are different. Although we've both read The Secret Lives of Bees and The Time Traveler's Wife, so you might like the ones I've recommended. Both are good, although I wouldn't say either is on my top 5 list.

iliana_1 January 18 2009, 23:14:42 UTC

I'm trying to broaden my horizons when it comes to what I read. I get stuck in one genre and will read nothing else for ages so I'm trying to change that.

I'll definitely check out the books you've recced.

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iliana_1 January 18 2009, 23:15:59 UTC

I've read some Tami Hoag stuff before and enjoyed it a lot. It's been a while though. I'll have to check it out. Thanks :)

gen717 January 18 2009, 22:44:05 UTC

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. I've recced it before I think, but it's a good one, there's even an entire LJ comm devoted to the Outlander series of novels it has a fairly large following.

iliana_1 January 18 2009, 23:18:23 UTC

You have gen and I keep meaning to read it but get daunted by how big the series is. It sounds like it's worth it so I'll have to take a look and I love historical stuff in general so it sounds like my cup of tea.

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iliana_1 January 21 2009, 21:40:44 UTC

I bought the Life of Pi last week and am going to read it as soon as I finish the one I'm on now. I've heard such good stuff about it. A Curious Incident in the Night-Time is another one that I've been meaning to read for a while.

Thanks for the suggestion :)