Any good?
2007-09-18 03:45:46 · 38 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I got Robert Harris's first 3 novels from eBay: Fatherland, Enigma, Archangel. I've read them all, they're brilliant.
2007-09-18 03:54:02 · answer #1 · answered by Colin G 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The last book I bought was The Thought Gang by Tibor Fischer. I haven't started reading it yet because I'm only half way through Anna Karenina (which is very good).
The Thought Gang looks like it's going to be a great book though according to its reviews and the first few pages which I read before buying.
2007-09-18 03:56:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"The Vampire Diaries: The Awakening and The Struggle" by L.J. Smith
It is good so far. I really dislike the female character in the story though. She is so shallow and conceited that I have a hard time caring about her despite her losses. On the other hand, the male character, Stefan, is far more compelling and likable.
From the onset, there are obvious comparisons and similarities to the Twilight series in terms of general plot (high school drama, new student drawing everyone's attention, a male vampire going to high school and being interested in a female classmate, etc). However, the Twilight series is vastly superior in terms of writing style and language as well as character development.
2007-09-18 04:15:12 · answer #3 · answered by Night Owl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The attack by Yasmina Khadra, excellent read international bestseller cant put it down.
"The structure of this raw and powerful novel is somewhat conventional, and it has the high-class thriller's preference for simplicity and action, but the writing has a rare courage. (...) This is a novel from a skilled storyteller working at the height of his powers." - Tash Aw, Times Literary Supplement
But the characters are not mere mouthpieces -- above all else, this is a novel about a man who feels himself betrayed. Amin Jaafari's very human drama is the heart of this thoughtful and affecting work." - Kamila Shamsie, New Statesman
http://www.complete-review.com/reviews/algerie/khadray3.htm
one of the reasons im enjoying as a women is that its written by a male under the pen name of a women and at the heart of the story is the actions of a women that leads a very strong man to act in ways he never though he could have acted
Its a light read, very easy the pages just flick away but its a powerful fictional story that could well be non fiction.
i read alot and this is a good one
2007-09-18 06:08:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Greatest Horror Stories of Arthur Conan Doyle, or some such.
It was a duel purchase though, as I also bought Casino Royale by Ian Fleming.
2007-09-18 23:34:31 · answer #5 · answered by Dan A 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The memory keepers daughter - got it before my flight last weekend - so far so good. It's about a couple who have twins (fraternal) but one is born with downs, so the mother is told she is dead (it was set in the 60's, and peoples attitude thankfully have changed) she is sent away and the parents keep the "perfect" child. The mother knows nothing, but the father is who ordered the downs baby away!
Prior to that read Ross O Carroll Kelly - how to get by in south Dublin on say €10'000 a day - absolutely hilarious!
2007-09-18 03:54:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows I know its sad but still its quite a good book except for the ending in other words the last line is so sad even by my standards
2007-09-19 05:50:26 · answer #7 · answered by Wally 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Woman in Berlin, by anonymous. A very moving diary of a German woman and her experiences as the Russians entered the city at the end of the war. Her tactics to survive the rape and depredations by the Red Army really do make you realise that the German civilians also suffered greatly in the war. The writer was just a normal woman, just like any of us, who had to do some horrible things just to survive.
2007-09-18 05:00:44 · answer #8 · answered by Christina K 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dune by Frank Herbert and Native Son by Richard Wright. Haven't started either of them yet, but got them in the bargain section of Borders. I just finished reading Looking Backward 2000-1887 by Edward Bellamy (interesting!) and am currently reading Life of Pi by Yann Martel (it is good so far!).
2007-09-18 05:05:39 · answer #9 · answered by KC 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - sorry... sad I know, and the last one before that was The Children of Hurin by JRR Tolkien. Both incredible reads though!
2007-09-18 07:03:55 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
KitKat, I just got "Cryptonomicon" by Neil Stephenson. I'm only 50 pages in, but already thoroughly hooked. It's a thriller, it's a physics and math book, it's a war story, it's a spy novel...
The writing is freakin' brilliant, too.
2007-09-18 03:56:19 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋