Recommend a book!

[Scheherazade]

Recommend a book for the person who is above you to read and tell us why!

[The Comedian]

Hey! I've got an idea. You should read One of Ours, by Willa Cather. I bet reading that book might help you fulfill some kind of goal or something.

[Scheherazade]

:D

It is on my Ereader... Was hoping that it would be one of the BC selections... But I will soon :)

The Comedian should read... Jane Eyre... You don't know what you are missing! :p

[The Comedian]

The Comedian should read... Jane Eyre... You don't know what you are missing! :p

Is there anything in that book about how the "course of true love never did run smooth"? Or maybe there's a dash of "is he a good guy/match" theme? Or could there be a "nice girl loves the jerk" theme? I love those kind of books! :p

Here's one that you might enjoy, Scher:

http://www.supermanhomepage.com/images/comic-covers/Post-Crisis-Classic-Covers/sup-for-all-seasons.gif

[Oniw17]

Most recently, I've read Crime and Punishment and would recommend to anyone, as it is my new favorite book. Also from the post above it seems like you like real-world oriented books, and it is in my opinion the essence of what life feels like and appears to be when you're poor.

[JuniperWoolf]

Maus - because eugenics only sounds good on paper.

[Scheherazade]

The Alienist (http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=51807)... Because... Well, the more the merrier! :D

[JuniperWoolf]

:) Dave just ordered it for me today, it should be in the library within the week (yes, my town is so small that the library actually has to order in the books that we're looking for).

For you, I reccomend: Stardust, by Neil Gaiman. It was the only fantasy book that I actually liked a lot, and your usual avatar is pretty fantasy-esque.

[Pendragon]

A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelzany

Comical, horror, and detective novel all rolled into one and a fantastic read!

[JuniperWoolf]

The Maltese Falcon my Dashiell Hammett.

The only detictive novel that I can stand (besides Holmes, but I figured that you'd have read all of them by now). Sam's secretary Effie is pretty cool.

[Niamh]

The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien
Whay? Why not! Its pure Genius!

[JuniperWoolf]

Promethea by Alan Moore.

It's a comic book series, and I think that you'd love it. It's all about how the creative mind and human understanding of the things around us are sort of a seperate world all on their own. The images are fantastic, it's really some of the most beautiful artistry that I've ever seen. Lots of fairies, very woodsy and complex.

I like this thread.

[papayahed]

The Alienist because it's good.

[The Comedian]

Baseball fan, eh. How about The Natural by Bernard Malamud.

[free]

Venetia by Georgette Heyer, because it is on the list of bestsellers even in our days, and I understand why - it is really nice.

[JuniperWoolf]

The Grapes of Wrath. Something tells me you dig freedom and the outdoors.

[Niamh]

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman.
Its Gaiman at his finest and i believe you are someone who would appriciate the genius that is Gaiman. :nod:

[Scheherazade]

Rebecca by Du Maurier because I think you might like the Gothic elements in it.

[Niamh]

Actually i've always wanted to read that book!

Knife by RJ Anderson.
Kids book but i think you'd like the main character. Headstrong, bold, defiant Fairy who has more cop on and brains than the rest of her tree. :)

[Satan]

The Secret and The Alchemist ..'cause ...'cause they're so popular. :nod:

[JuniperWoolf]

Paradise Lost if you haven't read it. Satan has a pretty cool role in that one.

[Niamh]

Candide. I think you'd get the humour (but i guess you probably have already read it!)

[grace86]

Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell for Niamh....I think you'd find it a bit more entertaining than I did because of the magic aspect...oh and the faeries (if I remember correctly!)

[Scheherazade]

Chocolat by Joanne Harris.

I enjoyed reading it; both characters and the story line were quirky.


Knife by RJ Anderson.
Kids book but i think you'd like the main character. Headstrong, bold, defiant Fairy who has more cop on and brains than the rest of her tree. :)Oh, finally a character I can look up to... Has all the qualities I terribly lack...

:D

[Scheherazade]

I think I should read The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay as it is going to be the next selection of the Book Club!

:p

[Niamh]

I think you should really read The Picture of Dorian Gray and join in my Dublin: One City, One Book :p

[Scheherazade]

Already read it so many times that I don't think I will pick it up again in near future.

Niamh should read... The Alienist by Caleb Carr; I am pretty sure you would like the mystery.

[Niamh]

You trying to get me to join in your discussion instead? :goof:

I recomend you Danny Wallaces Friends Like These. Its full of laughs, joy and sadness... plus wallace is a Nutter. :nod:

[The Comedian]

Sandman (comic) by Neil Gaiman and various artists. It's graphic story telling at its best and for a lover of faerie, well, it's like frosting on a cake.

[*Classic*Charm*]

Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea

I think you'd find a connection, Comedian :)

[JuniperWoolf]

Riddley Walker. It's science-ey.

[The Comedian]

Essex Country Trilogy.

http://www.topshelfcomix.com/catalog/covers/essexcountysoftcover_lg.gif

[TheFifthElement]

If on a Winter's Night, a Traveler - Italo Calvino, because it's really ace and you'll love it.

[Scheherazade]

Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay (because it is going to be the May book in the BC :D)