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Re: I’m feeling rather bookish today

Valley Girl — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:42:14 -0000

Girl, you missed OUT! The Hills was so good last night!

Re: I’m feeling rather bookish today

srah — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:32:11 -0000

I'll second (or third or whatever) David Sedaris and Jodi Picoult. What else do you like? Have you read Harry Potter yet? If you like mysteries, I recommend Ian Rankin or Alexander McCall Smith.

Re: I’m feeling rather bookish today

Rachel — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:22:27 -0000

Hmm... I second David Sedaris. Not the best lit, but addictively funny. My favorite is Naked.

Have you read any of the recent Phillipa Gregory's? I have a thing for historical fiction. The Constant Princess and The Other Boleyn Girl are my favorites.

More classical - The Good Earth was fantastic. Just finished it.

Re: I’m feeling rather bookish today

Julie Q — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:23:22 -0000

www.trashionista.com is the best website for finding your next book! And they have so many reviews so you have a lot to pick from.. You didn't miss much on the hills. that show is beginning to piss me off!!!

Re: I’m feeling rather bookish today

Sunny — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:55:14 -0000

Okay, this is totally my type of question! (I'll try not to repeat any that have already been reccommended, but it will be hard because everyone has amazing tastes in books!)

For humor:
David Sadiris (anything really, but Dress Your Family in Corderoy and Denim is particularly good),Gwen Macsai's Lipshtick, Susan Jane Gilman's hypocrite in a pouffy white dress, Jen Lancaster's Bitter is the New Black

For scifi/fantasy-ish:
Jasper Fforde's The Eyre Affair (Everyone should read this book. Everyone.),Nina Kiriki Hoffman's a fistful of sky, Kat Richardson's Graywalker, Charlaine Harris' Dead Until Dark

For contemp. lit.:
Rachel Kadish's Tolstoy Lied, Muriel Spark's Loitering with Intent, John Irving (anything by him, really, but I recommend A Prayer for Owen Meany), Gail Parent's Sheila Levine

For classics:
Margaret Drabble's The Millstone, Jessie Redmon Fauset's Plum Bun, Jerome Jerome's Three Men and a Boat (also works under humor, actually), Jane Austen (All of hers, they must be read, they are so amazing! If you've finished off the seven novels, look for a collection of her juvenilia called Love and Friendship or the uncompleted collection of The Watson's, Lady Susan, and Sandition.)

For biographys:
Betsy Blair (autobiography), Katharine Hepburn (autobiography), James Herriot's All Creatures Great and Small, Irving Stone's The Agony and the Ecstasy

If there's a genre I've left out or you want different suggestions, please let me know - I love giving out book recs! (And I promise, I'm not crazy, I just love books. Really.)

Re: I’m feeling rather bookish today

tia — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:30:27 -0000

i'm reading "the guy not taken" by jennifer weiner. if you like her stuff (in her shoes, little earthquakes, goodnight nobody) you should like it.

Re: I’m feeling rather bookish today

Lipstick Bitches — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:07:04 -0000

Valley Of The Dolls

It's an oldie, but goodie. There's nothing like reading a classic book about drug-addicted celebutants of days old that makes me feel like hot cocoa with whipped cream on top.

Re: I’m feeling rather bookish today

tiff — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:15:22 -0000

I watched The Hills during lunch on MTV.com. Good stuff!! Although for a second, I was actually feeling bad for ... Heidi???! Wierd right? I think I got over that, though.

As for books, I was going to ask my readers for recommendations... I'm not handling this whole "tv strike" thing very well.

I'm currently finishing up "Love is a Mix Tape" by Rob Sheffield, and it's so good I'm delaying finishing it because I don't want it to end (and it's a true story so I know how it ends). Other than that, I have Love in the Time of Cholera on hold at the bookstore, before the movie comes out.

Re: I’m feeling rather bookish today

katelin — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:48:46 -0000

I still have to watch "The Hills" too, I heard it was a good one.

But on the topic of books. Depending on what kind you like..
"In Cold Blood" - Truman Capote
"The 5 People You Meet In Heaven"
"Wicked"
"The Color of Water"
"Love is a Mix Tape"

I've read and loved them all. :)

Re: I’m feeling rather bookish today

Katie — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:21:45 -0000

The best book that I've read recently was Memoirs of a Geisha, but that has been out for ages so you've probably already read that. I just finished Angels and Demons and loved it, but again, has been out forever! I loved Marley & Me too, a great read for all the dog lovers out there :)

Re: I’m feeling rather bookish today

Jenn — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:04:16 -0000

"A Dirty Job" by Christopher Moore
"Stiff" by Mary Roach
"Winkie" I can't remember who it's by!

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Ashlie — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:46:50 -0000

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The Lisa Show — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:07:19 -0000

My favorites as I mentioned on 20something:
- Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman
- The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
- Till We Have Faces by CS Lewis
- Sandman graphic novel series by Neil Gaiman

Re: I’m feeling rather bookish today

KMG — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:02:54 -0000

Jodi Picoult is great but I would read My Sister's Keeper, I thought it was 10x better. Also, Eat, Pray, Love is fabulous!

Re: I’m feeling rather bookish today

Shannon — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:21:58 -0000

I finished "The Solace of Leaving Early" a few weeks ago, it was fantastic.

I also just finished "Love Walked In" which was also very good.

Some other goodies (from my time as en english major)
Anything by Roddy Doyle (most notably "A Star Called Henry," "Patty Clark Ha Ha Ha," and "The Woman Who Walked into Doors.")

Angela Carter's "The Bloody Chamber"

Fay Weldon's "She Devil"

and, of course,
Pride and Prejudice.

Re: I’m feeling rather bookish today

Heidi — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:21:21 -0000

i haven't seen the hills from last night either. I need to watch it tonight...i'm pretty excited to see what goes down.

Hmm books...what type do you like? i've been reading a lot lately, I just finished "the tenth circle" by Jodie Picoult. I have a sh!tton of books on my shelf to read that i've gotten from bookmooch.com (which is fabulous! You should join!!!)