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Longhorn32:
Next - Michael Crichton. Genetic Engineering in the classic "world gone mad" (right now) Crichton style. A little melodramatic. And kinda blah.

In the Skin of a Lion - Michael Ondaatje. In which the characters of Hannah, Patrick, and Caravaggio from The English Patient make their first appearances. Don't let the film version of The English Patient scare you off! His writing is transcendental...poetry disguised as prose.

Everything is Illuminated - Jonathan Safran Foer. This is pretty much, like, the best book ever. Ok, maybe only the last ten years or so. Too many awards to mention. "Read it and you'll feel altered, chastened - seared in the fire of something new."

The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold. Seems excellent so far...

Front-Ranger:

--- Quote from: Longhorn32 on December 13, 2007, 03:34:04 pm ---Everything is Illuminated - Jonathan Safran Foer. This is pretty much, like, the best book ever. Ok, maybe only the last ten years or so. Too many awards to mention. "Read it and you'll feel altered, chastened - seared in the fire of something new."


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I loved that book as well as the movie, but my favourite Foer book is Incredibly Loud and Extremely Close. A great Catcher in the Rye type of book set in NY after 9/11.

Lumière:
Currently reading -

A Poetry Handbook by Mary Oliver.

as well as:

Black like us: A Century of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual African American Fiction -
a rather remarkable anthology with amazing work by 36 different authors over a period of 100 years.

bec:
just finished re-reading the harry potter series (big kid at heart  :laugh: )
not sure what to read next, any one recommend a good read ???

souxi:
I,m a big Stephen King fan, and my faves fo his are: "Salems lot",...."The Shining"....."Needful Things".
I also read, "A boy called it". I will NEVER read it again. EVER. That woman was beyond evil. The devil himself must have given birth to her. >:(
I like historical novels, such as "Imortal Queen", which tells the story of Mary Queen of Scots, thats very good.

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