I decided today that I'm giving everyone a book for Christmas this year and I need some ideas. I thought perhaps you lovely people would like to help me! These are the people that I can't find anything for and what their personalities are like:
Sister-in-law1: SAHM. High-strung. Always pregnant, so she can't handle anything even slightly sad.
Sister-in-law2: Quiet. Likes horses. She knits.
Brother-in-law: Goofy, but rather pissy and anti-social when he wants to be. Likes things that are controversial and challenging.
Brother1: Typical, modern thirty-something. Computer-geek. Likes Jon Stewart-type humour.
Brother2: Has every single book C.S. Lewis ever wrote. Big on discussing Theology.
2006-10-20 14:16:17 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
where do you fit in with a group like that???!!! well, i am an avid reader so maybe i could be of assistance. sister in law 1: do not give books about raising kids or such. it will send a message that she isn't doing a good job. so give her a book like Anita Stansfield. very good romance and nothing dirty in 'em. sister in law 2: also could be good with anita stansfield. bro in law: something political or states a bold opinion. that way he can argue or challenge it. maybe he likes puzzles. try sudoku. brother 1: do these typical kinds of brothers like reading? try sports illistrated. brother 2: a book by famous philosophers such as Neitsche (spelling?).
2006-10-20 14:29:30 · answer #1 · answered by Jugglingmidget06 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmm. Let's see.
For the anti-social brother-in-law, I'd suggest: "Play the Piano Drunk, Like a Percussion Instrument Until the Fingers Begin to Bleed a Bit" - by Charles Bukowski. (Stay away from this book if he's a religious man. lol) A book of poetry. The book contains a mixture of humour, philosophy and a unique, but sometimes cynical view of the world. A good read for misanthropes and the misunderstood.
2006-10-21 17:22:55 · answer #2 · answered by Andrew 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Peach Cobbler Murder. The Blueberry Muffin Murder.
Being Human. The Cat Who Went To Breakfast. The Cat Who Saw Red. For Sister-In-Law#2- The Horse Whisperer. I couldn't read through, and I like horses, too. But maybe she could read it through.
For Brother#2, how about a book by a different author?- Such as Hemingway.
For all of them, how about a msytery novel that, the heroine works in her own card making shop? I know there are, at least 2.
I think the author's last name is, Bright.
2006-10-21 10:43:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
For Brother2, I would suggest the new fantasy book Here There Be Dragons by James A. Owen. It is a book with three heroes, one of which is a young (fictional) C.S. Lewis "Jack". The other two are Tolkien and Charles Williams. It is a very fun book referencing lots of other fantasy literature in addition to the Chronicles and Lord of the Rings.
http://www.heretherebedragons.net/
My review of Here There Be Dragons:
http://blbooks.blogspot.com/2006/10/here-there-be-dragons.html
2006-10-21 03:55:52 · answer #4 · answered by laney_po 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am in no way a very religious person. I was thinking about divorce and starting over. Life was at it's worst and then I read The Five People You Meet In Heaven. For some reason it put everything in perspective for me when I thought it was going to be a simple read (no more than 200 pages in the book). It's about a man who works at a pier carnival and he's older. It starts off with a count down to his death and then when he dies, he starts again in childhood and progresses through his life again stopping at certain points that were somehow important and each person at those points explains something about his life in a way he never thought about. The book is wonderful and it made me think about my life and the reason I chose certain paths instead of others.
2006-10-21 08:47:22 · answer #5 · answered by Tara C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
technology FICTION all people ignores sci-fi however the certainty is that some books are almost 0.5 philosophy. study Stranger in an ordinary Land by way of Robert A. Heinlein, Prey by way of Michael Crichton, and 2001: an area Odyssey or Rendevous With Rama by way of Arthur C. Clarke. Plus, I agree that Agatha Christie is a might desire to-study. After Shakespeare and the Bible, she has offered the main form of books international ever. Her superb are and then there have been None, The homicide of Roger Ackroyd, homicide on the Orient exhibit
2016-11-24 20:32:05 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For your brother-in-law, you might consider getting a Jodi Picoult book, she takes modern controversial issues and writes novels about them, Salem Falls might be a good one or Vanishing Acts.
For Sister-in-law1, maybe something by Meg Cabot, her books are very happy and comical. Possibly Boy Meets Girl.
2006-10-20 15:40:59 · answer #7 · answered by mrsbrainiac314 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Brother1: Michael Crichton, Dean Koontz
Brother2: Stepehn King
Brother-in-law: Dan brown
2006-10-20 14:55:42 · answer #8 · answered by Aliza E 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sister-in-law1: Comic books "Baby Blues" by Rick Kirkman & Jerry Scott
Brother-in-law and Brother2: "Seth material", "Seth speaks" etc. by Jane Roberts
Brother1: comic books "Bucky", sorry, can't remember the author
Sister-in-law2: get her a knitting book
2006-10-20 14:23:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think your Sister-in-law 2 would like The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, a classic. I haven't read it but it did win a bunch of prizes.
I can't figure out anything else for the other people. Sorry! =P
2006-10-20 14:21:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋