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10-25-05 | 02:16 PM
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Recommend a book to me...
Looking for something that is easy to read and keeps you involved. I have a long plane ride coming up in the next few days and looking for something to keep me occupied during the trip.
The books i read recenlty and liked were:
Da Vinci code
Forrest Gump
something like that.. anyone have any ideas?
The books i read recenlty and liked were:
Da Vinci code
Forrest Gump
something like that.. anyone have any ideas?
10-25-05 | 02:23 PM
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Foucault's Pendulum
10-25-05 | 02:34 PM
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Moving to obscure forum.
Man, first a tech question by an esteemed member here, than a book question by another longstanding member in other.
What are you otters smoking? And does it make you feel special? Kinda tingly?
As for book suggestions that are an easy read try Dr. Suess. j/k. James Patterson's books are fast easy reads and hard to put down.
10-25-05 | 02:54 PM
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I'll recommend Eaters Of The Dead by Michael Crichton. It's the book that they made The 13th Warrior from. As is always the case, the book is much better; although I did like the movie too. 
It's one of Crichton's shorter books, so would probably be just about right for a long plane trip. I know it's older, but I just got around to reading it this past summer and thoroughly enjoyed it. My husband and teenaged son liked it too.
Ah, and anything by Clive Cussler is usually a fast, enjoyable read.
It's one of Crichton's shorter books, so would probably be just about right for a long plane trip. I know it's older, but I just got around to reading it this past summer and thoroughly enjoyed it. My husband and teenaged son liked it too.
Ah, and anything by Clive Cussler is usually a fast, enjoyable read.
10-25-05 | 03:02 PM
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10-25-05 | 06:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Oraphus
Looking for something that is easy to read and keeps you involved. I have a long plane ride coming up in the next few days and looking for something to keep me occupied during the trip.
10-26-05 | 05:02 AM
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If you liked the Da Vinci Code, you may like something by Lincoln Child and Douglas Preston. They write books separately and together. One of their early ones, The Relic, was made into a movie, but they seem to be perpetually just short of big bestseller success. There's a lot of action and exotic adventure in their books. I'd recommend:
1. The Relic (especially if you like books with monsters)
2. Thunderhead
3. The Codex (A Preston solo work- the above two are Preston/Child)
1. The Relic (especially if you like books with monsters)
2. Thunderhead
3. The Codex (A Preston solo work- the above two are Preston/Child)
10-26-05 | 05:22 AM
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LA Confidential...very involved
Imajica...very very involved
Imajica...very very involved
10-26-05 | 05:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Jalizarin
I'll recommend Eaters Of The Dead by Michael Crichton. It's the book that they made The 13th Warrior from. As is always the case, the book is much better; although I did like the movie too.
It's one of Crichton's shorter books, so would probably be just about right for a long plane trip. I know it's older, but I just got around to reading it this past summer and thoroughly enjoyed it. My husband and teenaged son liked it too.
Ah, and anything by Clive Cussler is usually a fast, enjoyable read.
It's one of Crichton's shorter books, so would probably be just about right for a long plane trip. I know it's older, but I just got around to reading it this past summer and thoroughly enjoyed it. My husband and teenaged son liked it too.
Ah, and anything by Clive Cussler is usually a fast, enjoyable read.
10-26-05 | 02:32 PM
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try anything by Daniel Silva--most of his books are available in paperback except the most recent. I also like the Covert one novels by Robert Ludlum and company (he died a while ago but left outlines of novels that others are actually writing)--there is a new one out, The Ambler Warning. Richard Herman is another author you can try.
10-26-05 | 05:29 PM
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i think i settled on Bonfire of the vanitites.. well actually it was given to me at work, so less hassle for me.
also, has anyone read the Vampire Chronicles(interview with a vampire series)? I havent read any of the books but enjoyed the movie...do the books hold up?
also, has anyone read the Vampire Chronicles(interview with a vampire series)? I havent read any of the books but enjoyed the movie...do the books hold up?
10-26-05 | 05:38 PM
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The first 4 are good. Skip the rest.
('Interview' is so many leagues ahead of the movie, you won't believe it is even the same story. That one's definitely a decent read -- best of the bunch.)
('Interview' is so many leagues ahead of the movie, you won't believe it is even the same story. That one's definitely a decent read -- best of the bunch.)
10-28-05 | 10:15 PM
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I would not recommend "Devil in the White City". What I've gotten through has been very good, but it's not easy reading unless you're in to architectural science.
Just a thought.
Just a thought.
10-28-05 | 11:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Oraphus
also, has anyone read the Vampire Chronicles(interview with a vampire series)? I havent read any of the books but enjoyed the movie...do the books hold up?
If you change your mind about Bonfire of the Vanities, check out "the Hill Road" by Patrick O'Keeffe.
from the NY Times:
THE HILL ROAD. By Patrick O'Keeffe. (Viking, $23.95.) Awful and unexpected events fill this promising debut, a dreamlike collection of four novellas spanning several generations. The residents of O'Keeffe's rural Ireland can handle the awful; it's the unexpected that ruins their lives. While the mysterious deaths or disappearances in each novella are all more or less explained, ''The Hill Road'' is far from a detective story. The amateur sleuths are innocent bystanders: a child in the back of a Ford Anglia overhearing his father say something about a gun; an orphan covered by her older sister's black mantilla and her curse; a middle-aged woman sharing a train compartment with a young man who's the spitting image of her long-gone beau. The language is lush and evocative, with sentences that go on for half a page. Everyone is ''very sorry for your troubles,'' and everyone has plenty of those. These stoic characters remain haunted by that one friend or relative who vanished or died under suspicious circumstances. O'Keeffe conveys the pain that comes from standing over the corpse of a loved one, as well as the greater suffering that comes when there's no body over which to stand.
THE HILL ROAD. By Patrick O'Keeffe. (Viking, $23.95.) Awful and unexpected events fill this promising debut, a dreamlike collection of four novellas spanning several generations. The residents of O'Keeffe's rural Ireland can handle the awful; it's the unexpected that ruins their lives. While the mysterious deaths or disappearances in each novella are all more or less explained, ''The Hill Road'' is far from a detective story. The amateur sleuths are innocent bystanders: a child in the back of a Ford Anglia overhearing his father say something about a gun; an orphan covered by her older sister's black mantilla and her curse; a middle-aged woman sharing a train compartment with a young man who's the spitting image of her long-gone beau. The language is lush and evocative, with sentences that go on for half a page. Everyone is ''very sorry for your troubles,'' and everyone has plenty of those. These stoic characters remain haunted by that one friend or relative who vanished or died under suspicious circumstances. O'Keeffe conveys the pain that comes from standing over the corpse of a loved one, as well as the greater suffering that comes when there's no body over which to stand.
10-29-05 | 01:55 AM
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If you liked Davinci Code I'd recommend Angels & Demon-the prequel. Very similar to Davinci code, I thoroughly enjoyed it & thought it was very involving, unless you read it already.
11-09-05 | 06:42 PM
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On the grounds that it:
a) was in the best seller lists at the same time as The Da Vinci Code and
b) features a "mentally-challenged" character
my brother recommends "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon.
a) was in the best seller lists at the same time as The Da Vinci Code and
b) features a "mentally-challenged" character
my brother recommends "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon.
11-09-05 | 07:37 PM
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I'm mesmorized by a history book now. The Short History of Byzantium. Constant war, religious quarrels, crazy sex, the book has it all. The most fascinating thing is that even after the Turks took over, the Sultan was crowned Emperor of the Romans. I think it said that even up to the 20th century the Greeks and other people of the area called themselves Romans.
