What is the last book you've read? What is it about ?

Question

w/ author , (Rate it out of 10)

Answer 1

I just finished it last night, it's called Hickory Dickory Death by Agatha Christie. It's a series of murder mysteries, this one is about a Hostel in England where a girl is murdered after many unusual petty stealing. The Hostel is filled with intellectuals, so it makes the book very... fascinating. There are actually three murders in this book, but the other two are because of the first, so it's all connected in one way or the other. I would rate it a nine, seriously good.

Answer 2

The last book I read and finished was "Wicked: The Untold Story of the Wicked Witch of the West" by Gregory Maguire. It's a book that tells the side of the Wizard of Oz that most people wouldn't or haven't wanted to look at, The Wicked Witch's. I personally loved this book and hope that the Broadway musical it inspired will be offered on DVD one of these days. I rate it 10 (if 10 is best).

Answer 3

I read Lady Susan, by Jane Austen.
It's different in comparison with the other Austen's novels, but it's a good book. I rate it 7.
Before that I read Northanger Abbey, the same author, I rate this 10.

Answer 4

I just read THE KITE RUNNER by Khalil Gibran...I definitely rate it a 10....

The Barnes & Noble Review from Discover Great New Writers
"I became what I am today at the age of twelve, on a frigid overcast day in the winter of 1975." So begins The Kite Runner, a poignant tale of two motherless boys growing up in Kabul, a city teetering on the brink of destruction at the dawn of the Soviet invasion.
Despite their class differences, Amir, the son of a wealthy businessman, and Hassan, his devoted sidekick and the son of Amir's household servant, play together, cause mischief together, and compete in the annual kite-fighting tournament -- Amir flying the kite, and Hassan running down the kites they fell. But one day, Amir betrays Hassan, and his betrayal grows increasingly devastating as their tale continues. Amir will spend much of his life coming to terms with his initial and subsequent acts of cowardice, and finally seek to make reparations.

Hosseini's depiction of the cruelty children suffer at the hands of their "friends" will break your heart. And his descriptions of Afghanistan both before and after the war will haunt readers long after they've read the last page. The Kite Runner is a stunning reminder that the dark hearts of adults are made, step-by-step, by the hatred they learn as children, and that all it takes for evil to triumph is for a good man to stand back and do nothing. Summer 2003 Selection

Answer 5

The last book I read is named "Fermat's Last theorem"

The author is Simon Singh

Simon Lehna Singh (born 1964) is a Indian-British author of Punjabi background with a doctorate in physics from Cambridge, who has specialized in writing about mathematical and scientific topics in an accessible manner. He is the youngest of three brothers, his eldest brother being Tom Singh.

His written works include Fermat's Last Theorem (in the United States, titled Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem), The Code Book (about cryptography and its history) and Big Bang (about the Big Bang theory and the origins of the universe).

Fermat's Last Theorem (sometimes abbreviated as FLT) is one of the most famous theorems in the history of mathematics. It states that:
It is impossible to separate any power higher than the second into two like powers,

or, using more formal mathematical notation:
If an integer n is greater than two, then a^n + b^n = c^n has no solutions in non-zero integers a, b, and c.

Answer 6

Keeper by Mal Peet. Truly awsome. Out of ten I would give it a 14. That's how good it was. It's about a goalie called El Gato, and how a mysterious ghosty mentor helps him to become the greatest goalie in the world. It's a great fiction book whether you like soccer or not. Gato tells about his life from the time he was 13 to the time when his team wins the World Cup. It's him giving an interview to his friend who's a journalist, Paul Fautiso.

Answer 7

Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen
best new book I have read for a very long time definately a 9+.

Publisher's Summary

An atmospheric tale of life and love in a Depression-era traveling circus.

Nonagenarian Jacob Jankowski reflects back on his wild and wondrous days with a circus. It's the Depression Era and Jacob, finding himself parentless and penniless, joins the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. There he meets the freaks, grifters, and misfits that populate this world. Jacob introduces us to Marlena, beautiful star of the equestrian act; to August, her charismatic but twisted husband (and the circus' animal trainer); and to Rosie, a seemingly untrainable elephant.

Beautifully written, with a luminous sense of time and place, Water for Elephants tells of love in a world in which love's a luxury few can afford.

Answer 8

The Cider House Rules by John Irving. Excellent book, 9. The movie was only about 10% of the actual book, and was very distorted.

Answer 9

I just finished Forgotted Fire by Adam Baghsdarian. Its about the Turkish & Armenian genocide. Its so beautiful. About how a well off boy and his family go to having nothing and being nothing just simply because of ethniticity. It is a book of love and bonds and how bonds are broken with death and seperation, and yet the boys heart cries out to his loves and losses. He sticks to his brothers side throughout the story and later finds his sister on the very same shore he escapes to. I really suggest everyone read it, its too beautiful and heartwrenching to not read.

Answer 10

I just finished a book entitled The Enemy by Lee Child. Very good book. About a military policeman who has to solve some strange murders and figure out the conspiracy behind them. I give it an 8.