I'm looking for some suggestions! : )
2007-12-16 06:43:20 · 28 answers · asked by Jelyol 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Who is giving the thumbs down, and WHY?! That's so rude!
2007-12-16 08:51:48 · update #1
Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger. i'm not finished though.
I read Night by Elie Wiesel a couple of months ago. its something alright.
[yes, I actually read]
okay, seriously! where do you people get off thumbing down?
is it bad to read or something?!
2007-12-16 13:42:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
"Cryptonomicon" by Neal Stephenson. It was absolutely fantastic. Even though it's huge, I was sorry when it ended.
It jumps around between WWII and present day, between the Pacific and the Phillipines and Silicon Valley, and involves computers, Japanese military, US Navy, and more. Plus there's a love story and dozens of really terrific asides, like 4 pages on the right way to eat Cap'n Crunch. (Which I agree with completely.)
Try it, and don't let its size be off-putting.
2007-12-16 14:47:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
"Ibn al-Haytham: First Scientist" by Bradley Steffens tells the inspiring, true story of a medieval Muslim scholar who overcame bouts of mental illness to develop the scientific method two hundred years before the Europeans learned of it--by reading his books. You can find reviews of the book and read a sample chapter at http://www.ibnalhaytham.net/
2007-12-17 13:10:57 · answer #3 · answered by Centaur 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A non-fiction book I recently read and enjoyed is The Overachievers: The Secret Life of Driven Kids, by Alexandra Robbins.
A fiction book: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. I thought I'd hate it, but it's now one of my favorites. Good luck!
2007-12-16 14:47:15 · answer #4 · answered by Krista 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Denise Mina's Exile
Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury
i'm trying to get my hands on I Am America, Stephen Colbert
2007-12-16 14:45:40 · answer #5 · answered by its not mine officer 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Darkness by John Saul. I am Legend by Richard Matheson is good too. I read it along time ago before the movie came out. I am interested to see how the movie relates to the book. Hope it can compete!!
2007-12-16 14:48:03 · answer #6 · answered by Tryin to Liv 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Harry Potter
2007-12-16 14:46:12 · answer #7 · answered by ひいらぎ 5 · 3⤊ 2⤋
I finished reading Natasha-The Biography of Natalie Wood by Suzanne Finstad. I tend to real alot of biographies, but I do like Kent Haruf books. He writes fictional stories that are real good.
2007-12-16 14:54:14 · answer #8 · answered by TCB 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
There are 2 that I have read. Night by Elie Wiesel. Very good but sad. And also I Am Legend/Hell House by Richard Matheson. Very scary.
2007-12-16 20:12:08 · answer #9 · answered by Heyitsme 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Dear John - Nicholas Sparks
2007-12-16 14:46:31 · answer #10 · answered by Deborah S 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋