Books & Authors - August 2007

I am reading "I Capture the Castle" by Dodie Smith and I'm really enjoying it. I was wondering if anyone can recommend any other books with a kind of similar style? I like mostly fiction or historical fiction so any suggestions would be great! Thanks!

2007-08-06 09:59:45 · 3 answers · asked by surfin629 2

Christophers Moore's lamb of god, the gospel according to Biff, jesus's childhood pal?

I am about half way through the audiobook version read by Fisher Stevens and it is completely hilarious. I was on the subway home the other night and everyone around me must have thought I was nuts. It is a laugh out loud sort of book.

I am sure christians will be put off by the name but it in no way attacks religion ( I am sure the fundies still won't like it as they have no sense of humor). If you have not read it is is worth picking up the book, but Fisher Stevens does such a good job I think it would be worth it to "find" the audiobook online.

http://www.chrismoore.com/lamb.html

Cheers,enjoy

2007-08-06 09:38:40 · 2 answers · asked by Gawdless Heathen 6

I'm writing a novel and I need to decide what the main character's name will be. She is 18, Russian, and a dancer (yeah I know stereotypical but believe me the story is not in the least stereotypical). I've narrowed it down to two. Here are the names and their meanings (and yes they are spelled correctly):

Jelena - Shining Light

or

Nika - Born on Sunday

Personally, I like Nika because I've never heard it used in a novel before, but what do you all think?

Thanks and God Bless!!!

2007-08-06 09:21:19 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

Can anyone suggest a good vampire novel for a 15 year old who reads young adult and teenage age books? Already read the ones in the Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyer. Thanks

2007-08-06 09:18:16 · 23 answers · asked by Elfsong 2

Specifically:

(1) Which fictional book has inspired you the most?
(2) If you were stuck on a desert island, which fictional book would you take with you?
(3) Which book did you enjoy reading the most (i.e. most entertaining, most fun).

All three are not necessarily the same book - I know for me they're different answers! What are your answers?

P.S. I know many of you would answer the Bible or another relious or non-fictional book, but I'm looking specifically for fiction.

2007-08-06 07:32:36 · 15 answers · asked by Michelle 4

That is, if you have already finished it ^_^.

2007-08-06 06:33:06 · 22 answers · asked by Tom 2

I am a big fan of Laurell K. Hamilton, Lynn Viehl, J.R. Ward, Sherrilyn Kenyon and many others. I am interested in finding a book with the dark fantasy set in the future. I am also a writer and I want to compare ideas. I realize that the authors I mentioned are women, but I am not bias so please list male authors and I don't care if the genre is romance, sci-fi, fantasy etc.

2007-08-06 05:57:27 · 5 answers · asked by Jofabulous11217 1

hey, am just about 2 finish reading the last harry potter, and it made me remember how fun reading is, except i dont really know what to read because im really select about what i can actually get into, harry potter is like the only book where i havnt been able 2 put it down

2007-08-06 05:49:35 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

What passage, book, essay, poem is your favorite? Share why.

2007-08-06 05:13:29 · 1 answers · asked by CHARLES T 3

Would anyone buy and read a book called My Faith Walk and Fire Bound? Be honest!

2007-08-06 04:49:23 · 11 answers · asked by Allie 2

2007-08-06 04:47:10 · 3 answers · asked by esquire9 2

Achebe: Things Fall Apart
Allende: The House of Spirits
Alvarez: How the Garcia Girl Lost Their Accents
Atwood: Handmainden's Tale
Austen: Sense and Sensibility
Camus: The Plague
Conrad: Heart of Darkness
Dickens: Great Expectations
Dostoevsk: Crime and Punishment
Ellison: Invisible Man
Flaubert; Madame Bovary
Hesse: Siddhartha
Hardy: Tess of the D'urbevilles
Hurston; Their Eyes Were Watching God
Huxley: Brave New World
Joyce; A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Kingsolver: The Poisenwood Bible
Mccourt: Angela's Ashes
O'Brien: The Things they Carreid
Remarque: All Quiet on the Western Front
Solzhneitsyu: One Day in the life of Ivan Denisovich
Tolstoy: Anna Karenina
Woolf: To the Lighhouse; Mrs. Dallway

2007-08-06 04:44:30 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

The novels series is nothing but liberal propoganda and I think we should stop kids from reading them.

Groups such as the John Birch Society, whose articles are referred to by Rowling's Christianity-based opponents, have criticised her for a supposed liberal/socialist bent and for her admiration for "unrepentant socialist and death-fetishist extraordinaire" Jessica Mitford, who has been her heroine since the age of 14. "The Potter books read in places like diatribes against the modern middle class, especially whenever Harry confronts his ludicrously dysfunctional and downright abusive adopted family, the Dursleys."

Also, Rowling's portrayal of the bureaucratized Ministry of Magic and the oppressive measures taken by the ministry in the later books (like making attendance at Hogwarts School compulsory and the "registration of mudbloods" with the Ministry) is an allegory criticizing the state and goverment.

I will not let commies to poison the minds of our kids. Ban the Potter book!

2007-08-06 04:43:46 · 27 answers · asked by NONAME 1

I am looking for this book that I read in middle school. A girl who is noble sees her father killed one day and runs away. She hides as a choir boy and adventures ensue as her father's killers try to find her. That's about it, I think. Does anyone know what it's called?

2007-08-06 04:05:48 · 5 answers · asked by DumbBlonde 1

Mine order of the books (favourite first) would be as follows:-

1. Deathly Hallows
2. Prisoner of Azkaban
3. Half-Blood Prince
4. Order of the Phoenix
5. Philosopher's Stone
6. Goblet of Fire
7. Chamber of Secrets

What about you?

2007-08-06 03:56:03 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

And I mean really addicted, like reading all the books and watching all the movies...

2007-08-06 03:53:51 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I hated the ending!! It spoiled the whole book!! i mean, who wants to think of HP as 36, married to Ginny, and sending his kids off to hogwarts!! what a crummy epilogue!!

2007-08-06 03:34:24 · 12 answers · asked by godblessbrokenroad10 1

I know this is kind of a wierd question, but in the 7th book, Voldemort holds Ollivander hostage for months, and it doesn't seem to have any permanent effect on him.

2007-08-06 03:06:00 · 8 answers · asked by - Tudor Gothic Serpent - 6

I want the answer not later than tomorrow.please

2007-08-06 01:48:27 · 2 answers · asked by jikoy s 1

2007-08-05 23:47:33 · 7 answers · asked by Ang 1

Dan Millman has written

2007-08-05 23:02:21 · 1 answers · asked by free 1

Does anyone know how she is TODAY?

(and not just a passing reference from a sermon years ago - which anyone could have found if they googled like I did before I posted the question).

Thanks!

2007-08-05 22:28:44 · 1 answers · asked by jam 2

Where can I buy a book Mysteries of Unknown at the Philippines?

sorry for the wrong grammar

2007-08-05 22:16:04 · 1 answers · asked by Hack™ 1

Other then carrie, the stand, christine and everythings eventual.

2007-08-05 21:34:10 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

mine is ummm i don't know

2007-08-05 20:14:35 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

Please please do not say this is the last one .Its been said before to increase sales like Rocky 1 then 2 then 3 so on.The author herself had admitted , before the sale of last book,there would probably be another , this time for charity. ( Thats how I knew Harry would not be killed this time !)The question is not will there be one but when?( Harry is older so he can still have older adventures.!

2007-08-05 19:54:01 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I loved reading the Harry Potter series, but now that its over, I am trying to end my grief by picking up another wonderfully imaginitive, painfully addicting novel.

Does anyone have any suggestions? Doesn't neccessarily have to be fantasy, but a really good read!!

2007-08-05 19:48:25 · 12 answers · asked by Heather 3

So, I had a bet going on with a friend of mine. I said, "most people have read Moby Dick" she said I was wrong -

So I asked quite a few people where this line came from, "Call me Ishmeal" - and no one could tell me.

So, I want to know, how many of you read Moby Dick, yes or no? If yes, tell me what you liked or disliked about it?

Thanks!

2007-08-05 19:40:59 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have over 70, berly started to collect them 2 years ago

2007-08-05 19:11:45 · 27 answers · asked by mari 6

What do you think of the ending?

and

What is your favorite Steven King work?

2007-08-05 18:08:38 · 6 answers · asked by Folky Veronica 2