2007-03-30 06:58:42 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Little Children by Tom Perrotta. No, it wasn't as good as I'd hoped. The reviews were split regarding whether it was a satire of modern-day parenthood or something more serious. I found it quite banal and pointless, the characters were selfish and I couldn't identify with anyone enough to care about their lives. Perhaps the movie is better.
2007-03-30 07:09:42 · answer #1 · answered by §Sally§ 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I just read "A Trout in the Sea of Cortez" by John Salter. This was a great, great book by a writer that's not that well-known.
And then I just finished Larry McMurtry's new book "When the light goes." That one wasn't so great. I'm a big McMurtry fan, but this one is off, so off. He made an attempt at writing a romance novel (or something like that) from a man's point of view. He describes his main character's romantic and sexual adventures in a very crude way. E.g. he just says he put his ___ in her ____. And that goes on and on and on for almost the entire book. It's very tedious. I mean any remedial author knows that "Show, don't tell" works, especially in romance. And leave something to the imagination.
Well, now we know that romance is definitely NOT Larry McMurtry's forte. He should go to the annual conference of Romance Writers of America which is in Dallas this year, and get a few good pointers!! They would love to have him there!
2007-03-30 15:43:34 · answer #2 · answered by Nina 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I just finished A Confederacy of Dunces by by John Kennedy Toole. I highly recommend it for the avid reader. It can be a little dense, but after a few pages, I was hooked.
It is a very funny book.
It takes place in New Orleans in the 1960's, and is considered one of the best books for capturing the New Orleans dialects. The main character (Ignatius J. Reilley) is a crazy goofy huge guy, and makes me laugh at how wrong his views are on the world as he tries to get the "moors" at a pants factory to rebel and eats his own hot dogs as a hot dog vendor...
It won the Pulitzer Prize for literature in 1981, and was published eleven years after the author's suicide. His mother made a professor read it, and he actually liked it, and helped get it published. The tragedy behind the book actually makes it that much sadder/funnier.
Enjoy whatever book you read next!
2007-03-30 07:06:59 · answer #3 · answered by Mr. B 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I just finished His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman and thought it was the best series I had read since The Dragonrider books by Anne McCaffrey. Then read half of Neverwhere and gave up because compare to HDM it was crap. I'm now reading Gone with the Wind as Amazon gave it great reviews and I love the film so the book has to be better because the always are.
Thanks for asking
PS love Harry Potter too. excellent read!
2007-03-30 08:09:57 · answer #4 · answered by laurasimonuk 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've finished so many books, it's not funny... Cell.. Lame!
The Golden Compass... A little bit on the kiddy side, but okay... Sherlock Holmes... A collection of many of his many mysteries, very good..... The Body Of Christopher Creed... A little bit too much swearing.... Hmmm.. Eldest.. *yawn* First book was better... Harry Potter series... (fifteenth time in counting).. Never losing it's coolness.. :) And sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo many other books.. Like... Moby Dick.... And a lot of other classics and fantisies....
2007-03-30 07:05:39 · answer #5 · answered by Animal_lover 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
1984 by George Orwell
The book that gave us Big Brother and Room 101 provides a compelling and chilling view of a totalitarian state. Even more horrifying than the loss of freedom is the constant rewriting of history which effectively removes the past. Although Winston and Julia's love affair provides a temporary haven, their fate is inescapable.
Great book would recommend it to anyone.
2007-03-30 09:21:02 · answer #6 · answered by in-search-of-answers 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I just got done with reading 4 of the books in the Among the Hidden series by Margaret Peterson Haddix. Excelent! Full of suspence and adventure. Haddix is a great author.
2007-03-30 11:55:10 · answer #7 · answered by elizabeth 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
dragon, treasure, shock wave by Clive Cussler and i am almost done with Blue Gold by him as well, i have also just finished Bridge to Teribithia, and Eragon. up next up is either going to be DragonBlood By Todd McCaferty ( Anne Mccaferty's son) Dead Beat By Jim Butcher, Angels and Demons or Digital Fortress by Dan Brown or Fire and Ice By Clive Cussler, i can't decide yet. but the ones i just finshed were all read end of last week and beginning of this week. i should finish Blue Gold today so i need to pick one the others i listed so i can start on it tonight.
they were all good so far and i can't imagine that the others i am going to read next will not be good. i have gotten good reviews on all of them.
Yes i have no life i know
its ok though books are so much fun that i just don't care
2007-03-30 07:08:50 · answer #8 · answered by ghost 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've just finished Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire. It's the sequel to Wicked. I really enjoyed both books!!! Gives you a sense of what people percieve evil as!!
2007-03-30 09:56:25 · answer #9 · answered by Winkwnink 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ive just finished a book called Maggie by Lena Kennedy and it was excellent
2007-04-01 08:31:03 · answer #10 · answered by hobbiegirl@btinternet.com 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋