Books you love or hate

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Musaafir said:
One to add to my list. Just finished reading Velocity by Dean Koontz and I seriously couldn't put the book down. It was well written too and seriously thought provoking. Annoying thing is I'd already figured out who the killer freak was, not by name though, if you get what I mean. I just wondered if anyone else had read the book and what your thoughts were.
It was well worth the read though!
Crayon, have you read my sister's keeper yet? What's it all about? I'm wondering how long I can make this procrastination go on for. :rollseyes:
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I read this book, and found it quite interesting too, it's one of dean koontz better books. I've also read Forever Odd by him, I think its the second one in the Odd thomas series, i found it quite humourous, and well written. Dean Koontz has been added to my list of favourite Author's, along with Jeffrey Deaver, Jodi Picoult, James Patterson (although i find some of the scenes in his book too corny) and of course JK Rowling.

Here's a short review of my sister's keeper:


In My Sister's Keeper, Anna Fitzgerald was conceived and born so that she could provide genetically compatible body fluids and parts for her older sister, Kate, who suffers from leukemia. When Kate is 16 and Anna is 13, Kate needs a kidney transplant and Anna balks at giving up one of hers. She hires a lawyer to petition for medical emancipation from her parents, so that she alone can make decisions about her body. It's a decision that threatens to tear the family apart, from her mother who gave up a law practice to be a stay-at-home mom, an older brother who feels left out, and her father who wavers between choosing sides. Jodi Picoult's novel examines the inner workings of a family struggling to find love, and life, within all their relationships. My Sister's Keeper has received strong reviews with the San Jose Mercury News saying, "My Sister's Keeper is a terrific book, right down to the final surprise."
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Source:
http://www.reviewsofbooks.com/my_sisters_keeper/
 
^^ Oh. I've got to read that book. Have you read before I die by Jenny Dowdham. Sheesh, it was sad.
 
No i Haven't, but will try and get it.

Another good book by Jodi Picoult is nineteen minutes. Her books are quite intense, and there's always a love tale somewhere along the story.
 
Musaafir said:
One to add to my list. Just finished reading Velocity by Dean Koontz and I seriously couldn't put the book down. It was well written too and seriously thought provoking. Annoying thing is I'd already figured out who the killer freak was, not by name though, if you get what I mean. I just wondered if anyone else had read the book and what your thoughts were.
It was well worth the read though!
Crayon, have you read my sister's keeper yet? What's it all about? I'm wondering how long I can make this procrastination go on for. :rollseyes:
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Nooope, haven't gotten to it yet.
Last time I counted, I own 13 books I haven't read yet..
I end up buying books, letting my friends borrow them before I read them. And I borrow my friend's books and read those before mine, lol.

I've read "The Face" by Koontz, loved it.. The antagonist in the book is crazy, the things he does..
 
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crayon said:
Anyone read Joyce's "a portrait of the artist as a young man"? Is it any good, I've been wanting to read it for a while now..
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It's tremendous. :)

I'm a big fan of James Joyce's work, and Portrait is the one I started with. It's a vivid depiction of growing in Ireland in the late 19th century, and it's written in a highly original way.

As the protagonist, Stephen Dedalus, develops, so does the prose style. At the very start, he is little more than a baby, so the text is full of babyish words like "moocow"; as he grows up and learns more words, the vocabulary of the text expands accordingly.

The story charts one young man's progress through the early stages of life, and follows his dealings with family, nation and religion. The famous 'Hellfire Sermon' given by a priest half-way through the book is so vivid that it brought the English writer Anthony Burgess back to religion after years of atheism.

Portrait is also essential reading if you ever plan to read Joyce's masterpiece, Ulysses, which picks up where the Portrait ends. I would highly recommend aiming to read Ulysses, as it's the greatest novel ever written. It's encyclopaedic, experimental and hilarious; it is also very likely to transform the way you think about reading entirely.

Peace
 
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Greetings,
Malaikah said:
czgibson, have you read Oliver Twist? Is it any good?
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I read it many years ago; I made it to the end (which is of course a good sign); that's about all I can really remember about it.

To be honest, I'm not the best person to ask about this, because generally Dickens' writing does very little for me. He has his strengths, and he has his place in the pantheon of English writers, but there are many writers whose works I enjoy more.

Peace
 
czgibson said:
Greetings,

To be honest, I'm not the best person to ask about this, because generally Dickens' writing does very little for me. He has his strengths, and he has his place in the pantheon of English writers, but there are many writers whose works I enjoy more.

Peace
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I just watched 'The Muppet's Christmas Carol' and quite enjoyed it ... does that count?? :D
 
czgibson said:
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Better jokes and shorter sentences.

....Am I right? :D

Peace
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Exactly! Also funnier characters and lots of songs!! :D
(It still managed to make my daughter cry ...)

Oh, and definitely shorter sentences!! I expect Dickens took all but three sentences to tell the whole story!
 
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Greetings,
Proudly_Muslim said:
Anyone else here a fan of shakespeares?
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There are many of us.



How could anyone resist a book cover like this?:

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:D

Peace
 
I've only read two of shakespeare's books, Mcbeth, and Merchant of venice, both for english assignments, but i was hooked both times. Oh and that poem, something about a mistresses eyes, not sure of the name, thats a real classic.
 
^^ My mistress's eyes are nothing like the sun; it's Sonnet 130, one of my few Shakespearean favs.
Shakespeare is okayy.. He's not horrible, but I don't think he's as great as some people make him out to be..He's okay.
 
I love Shakespeare's work! I did the merchant of venice for GCSE and I loved it. It was BRILLIANT! Lol.

I like Romeo and Juliet as well. I have a total different take on it than other people. I hate it was "sexual tension" is talked about. I don't think it has anything to do with it.
 
I love everything that Carson McCullers wrote. I also dig Lee Martin's "The Bright Forever".

To the person who was wondering if there were any Shakespeare lovers in here, I'd say yessssssssssssss. I loved reading "The twelfth night" and "Too much ado about nothing".

But y'all forget to mention the books you hate!!??!!!
 
lol good point sis! Hmm. . . there aren't many books I hate. . . I don't particularly like Jaqueline Wilson to be honest. Hmm. . . Let me think lol
 
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I dislike A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. It was a really difficult read. I felt as if I had missed the plot completely. 200 pages into it the conflict had not arisen! But after such detailed descriptions of regular day to day complications about the poor working class in that time, I really could comprehend more in my history classes ever since that novel 4 years ago.
 

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