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Recommendations for a good book

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BeachBunni · 15/05/2007 20:59

You all seem like a good bunch to ask. I've read far too much and have become very bored with the poor plots and predictable storylines. I haven't read a really good book in ages - you know something that is original or sticks in your head. Whats the last really good book you read?

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balancingact · 17/05/2007 09:27

Special Topics in Calamity Physics - not at all anything about physics. very good

QueenofBleach · 16/05/2007 16:22

Just finished Two Caravans by the lady who wrote The History of Tfactors in Ukrainian, good book quite graphic

kslatts · 16/05/2007 14:40

I'm currently reading The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards and so far its very good.

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BeachBunni · 16/05/2007 11:20

Oh I've seen my sis reading the historian so I'll borrow it off her if she's finished.

I know Cloud Atlas got really good reviews but tbh I wasn't particularly fussed on it. I loved the somni story but I thought the whole concept that linked the characters was a bit weak.

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Astrophe · 15/05/2007 23:32

Cold Mountain is good but exhausting.
Q&A by Vikas Swarup is Brilliant. Very clever, very engaging, and, overall, a positive book (I don't like depressing books)

TwoIfBySea · 15/05/2007 23:29

Second Cloud Atlas and also by the same author Black Swan Green.

TheArmadillo · 15/05/2007 22:08

second the historian.

I loved it.

MoreSpamThanGlam · 15/05/2007 22:07

Cloud Atlas....cannot describe how much this book will have you going to the loo and pretending to your dh that youve got a belly ache so you can sneak a few more pages in...

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BeachBunni · 15/05/2007 21:41

Wow, that's fantastic. Didn't expect such quick responses. I've read a couple of the books mentioned. I'll make a list of the others and spend a good hour in Waterstones tomorrow.

Thank you. Looks like I won't be doing much around the house for the while.

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TwoIfBySea · 15/05/2007 21:39

Currently reading Oryx and Crake which is really good.

Just finished The Historian which was very involving. Perhaps a little long in places but you get carried away with the story so I didn't notice.

chonky · 15/05/2007 21:37

Half Yellow of the Sun - unputdownable!

Suite Francaise very good.

paulaplumpbottom · 15/05/2007 21:37

Have you read The Time Traveller's Wife yet?

highonlife · 15/05/2007 21:36

I've struggled with Half of a Yellwo Sun and for the first time in ages gave up about 3/4 of the way through!

chonky · 15/05/2007 21:36

Half Yellow of the Sun - unputdownable!

Suite Francaise very good.

rislip · 15/05/2007 21:33

Oh Lilibet I love Owen Meany. Good pick.

TheArmadillo · 15/05/2007 21:30

written in 1950s but I've just finished 'the day of the triffids' and 'the kraken wakes' by John Wyndham. Both excellent.

lilibet · 15/05/2007 21:30

REcently these books have got a 100% rating from my book group and that is very rare

A Prayer for Owen Meany
The Woman in White
The Solder's return
I Capture the Castle

ZisforZebra · 15/05/2007 21:27

In the last two months I've read:-

American Gods, Neverwhere and Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman which were all really good.

The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly and The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffennegger which were both amazing.

I've just finished 'This Book will Save Your Life' by A.M. Homes which was very engaging. Not a race-through story but more a collection of incidents which, when put together, make a great book.

I've also read The Lovely Bones (very good) and My Sister's Keeper (don't read it in public unless you like crying like a loon with an audience)

christie1 · 15/05/2007 21:24

The tenderness of wolves, just started it and had me hooked in within a few pages.

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paulaplumpbottom · 15/05/2007 21:17

I second The Book of Lost Things

NattyThomasandEllen · 15/05/2007 21:17

my sisters keeper by jodi picoult

hjscho · 15/05/2007 21:17

Tuesdays with Morrie
or
The Five People you meet in Heaven

Both my Mitch Albom

rislip · 15/05/2007 21:16

American Tabloid - James Ellroy.
Fantastic.

highonlife · 15/05/2007 21:15

'The Girls' by Lori Lansens is an interesting read, well written and unusual. Also if you are looking for something different 'We need to talk about Kevin', excellent and unpredictable