"A Life of Pi" by Yann Martel -
A story about a boy who gets stuck on a life boat with a tiger...or is it? Very entertaining book with a good
spiritual/religious message. You should know of it anyway; if you haven't read it, do.
Please post your
recommendations for summer reading here. (Fiction only, please.)
I like all genres, as long as it’s
imaginative and original. My most recent finds are:
“Oryx and Crake” by Margaret Atwood - A frightfully
convincing vision of the not-too-distant future. Where bioengineered chicken nuggets grow on “trees”, executions are
the most popular form of internet porn, and drug companies compete by trying to design viruses that their
competitors can’t cure.
“In the Miso Soup” by Ryu Murakami - A psycho-thriller about a young man that works
as a tour guide for Americans that want to experience the seedier side of Tokyo’s night life.
“Homo
Zapiens” by Victor Pelevin - A dark satire in which former apparatchiks from the Ministry of Propaganda dominate the
advertising industry in post-communist Russia.
"A Life of Pi" by Yann Martel -
A story about a boy who gets stuck on a life boat with a tiger...or is it? Very entertaining book with a good
spiritual/religious message. You should know of it anyway; if you haven't read it, do.
I'veOriginally Posted by CptKipling
almost picked it up several times. Your recommendation clinches it. Thanks. I'm going right out to buy it now.
The DaVinci Code ---It's like a
history lesson, a must read.
I was just replying with that suggestion.Originally Posted by DCW
Definite must-read.
Ignorance, Milan Kundera
American Knees, Shawn Wong
Oh yes. I also enjoyed Dan Brown's previous thrillers : "DigitalOriginally Posted by DCW
Fortress" and "Angels & Demons".
A little less thrilling, but a lot more historical, Umberto Eco's "Foucolt's
Pendulum" is a conspiracy that spans centuries, involves alliances between the most unlikely historical figures (eg.
Hitler and Francis Bacon) and culminates in an ending that shouldn't surprise you, but it does anyway.
anything by Gary Paulson
and
the Golden Compass Trilogy
I used to date a teacher that lent me a copy of "The Crossing". What a powerful story! MoreOriginally Posted by TopDawg2050
hard-edged realism than most so-called adult novels.
Never heard of this. What's it about?Originally Posted by TopDawg2050
Curious George Rides A Bike - It's
got classic written all over it.
DCW
I'm sure you're talking
about recent stuff, but I've had a little thing where I've read at least one classic over the summer (I was tired
of everyone saying, "Did you read this? Did you read that? Oh, I had to read that in high school. It was good."),
and so far, I've read a bunch of good books:
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Catcher in the
Rye
Fahrenheit 451
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Time Machine
The Invisible
Man
I tried to read The Scarlet Letter, but the sentences were too descriptive for me to keep
focused. I kept drifting off while reading it. Maybe I was just burnt out.
Those are some good ones, though.
TTM and TIM, by H.G. Wells, both come in one book by Barnes & Noble.
Curious George Goes Camping is even better. HeOriginally Posted by DCW
helped those people put out the fire he started. What a monkey!
The Hobbit
The Lord of the Rings
1,2,and 3 by Tolkein
Where the Wild Things Are by Sendak
Rainbow 6 by Clancy
Anything written by Anton
Chekov
OMG!!!! Exit...I knew that you and I were meant to be together forever in a little log cabin weWhere the Wild Things Are
by Sendak
call our own.
That is my all time favorite book! I love Sendak and everything he has ever done. In the Night
Kitchen is another awesome children's book. Chicken soup with rice......
I may have to watch my Sendak video
today.
A classic. Anything by Sendak is amazing.Originally Posted by EXIT63
The Seagull.Anything written by
Anton Chekov
Holy shit! I thought that book was long-forgotten. One of myOriginally Posted by Elana
favorites. Great illustrations.
Catch 22
The Crystal
Cave
Role of Honor/Executive Orders (One story in two books)
Dune
You just like Mikey's lilOriginally Posted by Holmes
weenie.
yes, the illustrations are fantastic. I love the Signs on the buildings in the city at night.
Milk in the batter, Milk in the batter, we make cake and nothings the matter.
So you've read my autobiography?Originally Posted by belgareth
I like the Ender's Game and Ender's
Shadow Series by Orson Scott Card if you like Sci-Fi mixed with Action and a little bit of Philosophy and
Psychology.
Read Enders Game and enjoyed
it. How about some good non-fiction reading for us folk from the 60's and 70's:
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid
Test
Snow Blind
There always Carlos Castenada's series. They're classed as non fiction but he may have had a bit
too much Jimson Weed. It starts with A Yuagi Way of Knowledge.
Crime And
Punishment.
Anything by Leo Tolstoy.
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Sniffy & Fluffy Have An
Adventure
Kitty Wants a Box
Mr. Coyote Meets Mr. Snail
I like Pancho's original
list for someone about his age, just because they were the kind of books I used to read long ago. I've tended
towards non-fiction mostly in my later years but I do like a good read and my recommendation is Norman Mailer's
Harlot's Ghost which is 1200 plus pages and a good all-summer type of book, more for the guys though, not so
intriguing to women that I've been able to convince to read it (yep, I used to tell them I wouldn't have sex with
them till they read it - yep, rarely got laid).
Originally Posted by a.k.a.
I bought Angels & Demons on Sunday looking forward
to reading it, In fact I think I'll but all his books.
DCW
Lots of interesting titles here.
Belgareth, I think I like your tastes ( “Catch 22” opened my eyes to absurdity and I haven't been able to
close them since. "Dune" may be the most inspired Sci-fi ever written). So who wrote “Crystal Cave” and what is it
about? I would definitely classify Castaneda as fiction. “Journey to Ixtlan” was very cool, but I lost interest in
the series after “The Second Ring of Power”.
Pancho, judging from your list, you might also like “A
Clockwork Orange” by Anthony Burgess and the Sherlock Holmes series by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Holmes, I’m
sure you’re right about Tolstoy, but I don’t think I could finish one of his books in a single summer.
For
Children:
Walter the Farting Dog
The Stinky Cheese Man
The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad
Pig
No, David, No!
Fiction for Teenagers & Adults:
- The Dark Elf Trilogy, by R.A.
Salvatore - A must for any fan of the fantasy genre, especially where D&D is concerned, and definitely if you play
any RPG's.- Bad Boy, by Olivia Goldsmith - A funny romance which ironically parallels many of our own attempts
to improve our "attraction"/"seduction skills"- The Giver, by Lois Lowry - Was required reading years ago in
middle school, but it has had a lasting impact.- Harry Potter, by J.K. Rowling - Although the movies and hype
have ruined a once enjoyable storyline, it was still a very good story, before Warner Brothers screwed it
up.- Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien - I was originally fanatical about the novel, but ironically I like
the movies better. Great story no matter what, though.- Wizard's First Rule, by Terry Goodkind - Harry Potter
minus the childishness plus Lord of the Rings minus the length and the boring parts. This is the first in a series,
but can be read as a standalone novel.
stinky cheese man freakin ruled!
same with wizards first rule....
im reading grays anatomy right now o_O not fiction, not exactly a story, but
it is neat heehee
The Five people you meet
in heaven
By Mitch Albom
For Mother's Day my sister gave me this book as a gift & actually one of the
best books I ever read. After reading it I have been letting my friends borrow it because is the type of story that
tells about afterlife and the meaning of our lives here on earth. I enjoy reading books like this one and for once I
read something else besides
"Chicken Soup for the Soul" ...LOL ( love them books..)
The extended versions are pretty good, can't wait for the final one toOriginally Posted by xxxPantero
be released this fall. I'm still offended by some of the things/adventures left out (Tom Bimbidal, for instance)
apparently to make room for a whole series of things that weren't part of the story line. Artistic license, I
suppose.
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