(Not necessarily this instant, but currently.) Do you recommend it?
2007-02-28 03:36:16 · 20 answers · asked by christina rose 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Reading Persuasion by Jane Austen for my British Literature class. It is a decent book, but the first few chapters are hard to get into until Austen relaxes and her writing becomes more coherent.
Also reading The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson. Good read if you like history and true crime.
2007-02-28 13:36:08 · answer #1 · answered by JetsFan24 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm currently reading My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult. I'm not that far into it but it grabs you from the very beginning, so based on that, I would recommend it.
Recently tried to read, The Way the Crow Flies by Ann MacDonald for my book club, but it's way too wordy and superfluous just starting out and it's 800 pages long, so I put it down and can't stand to pick it up! Don't recommend it, unless you have a lengthy vacation on the beach sometime soon =)
2007-02-28 05:15:06 · answer #2 · answered by ckgusto 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Right now, Dean Koontz's "Darkfall." Very creepy! I'm a fan of everything of Koontz's I've read. His writing is beautiful -- lyrical, flowing descriptions of time and place which pull you right in to the dark and dangerous mood. "The Taking" is another excellent creepfest.
Other fab books:
Tuesdays With Morrie, by Mitch Albom, has wonderful life lessons.
Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo, is worth the time to experience revolutionary France. Then go see the musical.
the Prydain Chronicles (five books) by Lloyd Alexander, are a great middle grades quest series based on Arthurian legend.
2007-02-28 04:09:39 · answer #3 · answered by jacketprof 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Currently half way through "Winter's Heart" by Robert Jordan. It is part of his Wheel of Time series, which is really good, but really long, currently at 11 books and each book is around 1000 pages. It is really good if you like fantasy. You should start with "The Eye of the World" it is the first book in the series.
2007-02-28 03:49:28 · answer #4 · answered by Ethan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am currently reading "Passionate Thirst" (an uncorrected Proof, not for sale) by Cameron Dean, "Exit to Eden" by Anne Rice writing as Anne Rampling, and I just finished "Left Behind" by Timothy LaHaye & Jerry Jenkins (I highly recommend this one!)
I also re-read my book, Transpersonal Enlightenment: Awareness 101 (located below in case interested)
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=37X4BE9NAV&isbn=1410761053&itm=2
which I feel now requires a second in the series for educating the public on enlightening avenues to improve the connections between spirit, mind and body. This first one seems so vague . . .
sharing the light
Erica Hidvegi
2007-02-28 03:55:48 · answer #5 · answered by SojournSeeker 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I'm reading a few books
War and Peace, by Tolstoy
The Stand, by Stephen King
The Pearl, by Steinbeck
Brave New World, by Herman Hesse
The Giver, by Lois Lowry
2007-02-28 11:28:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Idlewild, Nick Sagan - recommend
The Castle in the Forest, Norman Mailer - HIGHLY recommend
Envy, Yury Olesha - Recommend
2007-02-28 03:44:21 · answer #7 · answered by crzywriter 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man--it was highly recommended to me by two friends and I have been greatly disappointed by it :(
Also about 75 pgs into Life of Pi, which I am really enjoying so far
2007-02-28 17:00:01 · answer #8 · answered by jtreez 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am currently trying to read an entire series of books, the In Death series. Of around 25 I have read maybe 15 of them. They are a romance/murder mystery combo. Currently I am reading "Imitation in Death" . These books are written by Nora Roberts under the pen name J.D. Robb. They are set in the year 2058 + and follow Lieutinant Eve Dallas through her homicide investigations, and her whirlwind romance with billionaire Roarke.
I would really recommend these books!!!
2007-02-28 03:48:11 · answer #9 · answered by nic h 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I am reading
Tresspassers on the roof of the world : The race to Lhasa
by Peter Hopkirk
Its a nice non fiction
2007-02-28 04:12:40 · answer #10 · answered by shrek 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋