Favorite books?

[bjornolf]

I LOVE reading the bible. I just never seem to have enough time to read it as much as I'd like. My wife bought a book about Jesus that's pretty interesting.

I also liked the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series. It's just so out there.

[rockymtn devil]

A non-exhaustive list:

The Killer Angels--Michael Shaara
A March to Madness--John Feinstein
About Three Bricks Shy..and the Load Filled Up--Roy Blount Jr.
About a Boy--Nick Hornby
The first half of Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil--John Berendt

Currently I'm reading The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein. It's very good and I'd recommend it to any dog owner.

[DevilAlumna]

I can't do a Top 10 but I'll post some favorites.

Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice
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Oh, oh, oh just for you wilson and I really do love this book - read On Stranger Tides
by Tim Powers - it's got pirates and zombies and get this pirate-zombies (and Blackbeard).

So does this mean "Pride & Prejudice & Zombies" is already next in your reading queue?

(Yes, folks, it's a real book, just came out this Spring.)

[Bostondevil]

I've seen it and yes, I really want to read it, but I can't stand the cover so I'm waiting.

[OZZIE4DUKE]

BD,

I just sent you a PM.

[ArkieDukie]

I recently read "Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver and I'm a HUGE fan. It's one of the first books I recommend to people. Am also a fan of "The Lovely Bones." My current read is "Team of Rivals," which is the Doris Kerns Goodwin book about the Lincoln administration. It's a fascinating read. Other faves: the Harry Potter series and pretty much anything by Jodi Picoult. Oh, and has anyone else read "The Mists of Avalon" by Marion Zimmer Bradley? It's a different take on the King Arthur legend. Cool book.

[bjornolf]

BD,

I just sent you a PM.

Can I ask a stupid question? Why do people need to tell other people when they send them a PM? Doesn't it appear at the top of the page? I just don't get it, cause I've seen several people doing it. Or is it just blatant PW-ing, as in "I've sent a PM, but I want credit for a post too." ;)

[captmojo]

BD,

I just sent you a PM.

Can I ask a stupid question? Why do people need to tell other people when they send them a PM? Doesn't it appear at the top of the page? I just don't get it, cause I've seen several people doing it. Or is it just blatant PW-ing, as in "I've sent a PM, but I want credit for a post too." ;)

Something for the suggestion box? A prompter for PM's would be nice. It's easy to overlook the (new messages) line at the top. I have now taken to looking there first, before the thread lines.

[Bostondevil]

Oh, and has anyone else read "The Mists of Avalon" by Marion Zimmer Bradley? It's a different take on the King Arthur legend. Cool book.

Yep, with my book club, sort of the feminist version of the Arthurian legends.

[OZZIE4DUKE]

BD,

I just sent you a PM.

Can I ask a stupid question? Why do people need to tell other people when they send them a PM? Doesn't it appear at the top of the page? I just don't get it, cause I've seen several people doing it. Or is it just blatant PW-ing, as in "I've sent a PM, but I want credit for a post too." ;)

Something for the suggestion box? A prompter for PM's would be nice. It's easy to overlook the (new messages) line at the top. I have now taken to looking there first, before the thread lines.

Exactly. If you don't know to look to see if you have a message, and if you aren't set up to receive an email to let you know that you have a PM, the PM may never get read. I think I had a PM in my DBR in box for six months before I knew such a thing existed. Of course, once I started getting them regularly, thanks to Devildeac - who prefers PM's to email since he rarely checked that, it was the first thing I looked for on the boards. That's the only reason why I alerted BD to check for her PM.

[OZZIE4DUKE]

Or is it just blatant PW-ing, as in "I've sent a PM, but I want credit for a post too." ;)

No, this is blatant PW-ing!

[throatybeard]

If there were one book I could compel everyone I know to read, it would be James Howard Kunstler's Home from Nowhere. It's more accessible than The Geography of Nowhere and more expansive than The City in Mind.

[ArkieDukie]

Another fun read: I'm a huge fan of Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum novels. The main character is an inept bounty hunter whose car seems to get blown up, set on fire, or otherwise destroyed, in every single book. It's easy to read the books in order since they're numbered in the title ("One for the Money", etc.). The newest one, "Finger-lickin' Fifteen", is coming out this summer. I get the early ones mixed up, but the 5th one (or the 4th one?) made me laugh so hard I cried. Not just once, but in multiple places.

[wilson]

A few summers ago, during my last spate of fiction reading, I read a number by a Ron McLarty entitled The Memory of Running. It's about a sort of rudderless middle-aged guy who goes on a crisis journey of sorts to rediscover things when his parents die. Good read, and Smithy Ide, the protagonist, is a hell of a character for whom anyone with a soul will feel deep empathy.