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    Quote Originally Posted by Neely View Post
    Jesus, what sort of recommendation is that? That sounds awful. The lady needs a break, not something to take her over the edge.

    It fits MH's requirements.
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    Papaya, are you recommending crap? How would it take me over the edge. I like books that leave me thinking about them forever. Nothing scary though. I keep my husband up at night.

    All of these suggestions are giving me hope for the future!

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    mother, for you I'd recommend Silent Tears: A Journey of Hope by Kay Bratt. See if its review on the Azmo is to your liking.

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    Quote Originally Posted by motherhubbard View Post
    Papaya, are you recommending crap? How would it take me over the edge. I like books that leave me thinking about them forever. Nothing scary though.
    Of course I'm not recommending crap! Would I steer you wrong? The book is excerpts from a diary kept by Nikki Sixx, it is a little seedy but if you listened to music in the late 80's it's a pretty interesting read I think.

    As for going over the edge, I'm not sure what Neely is talking about.
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    I've read "Down the Nile" by Rosemary Mahoney. It was good. I didn't know she'd written other books, so now I'm going to have to check those out.

    I found this:

    http://www.nytimes.com/1998/12/21/bo...ted-dream.html

    And Fifth, I'd already put Mitchell and Marakumi on my list of authors to investigate.Your list has been helpful to me, too, MotherHubbard! Thank you.
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    I discovered a little gem recently, " The Maytrees " by Annie Dillard. A restful book, perfect to unwind to and beautifully written. Its also short.

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    Angela Huth: Inviation to the Married Life
    One of the most realistic books I've ever read.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheFifthElement View Post
    Armel P we have very similar taste in authors! HBW is my favourite Murakami novel, though I hear 1Q84 is being released in English in it's entirety in October and have already cleared a spot in my reading diary.

    Braugitan is such fun. I love The Hawkline Monster.

    Ballard is great at his trippy best in books like The Unlimited Dream Company. I haven't read The Day of Creation. I'll have to check in out.
    Nice!

    I was blown away by Murakami. Great stuff. That book is the only one I've read so far. I think Kafka on the Shore is next for me. What do you think?

    Brautigan is hilarious. I read In the Watermelon Sugar too which is equally fun. His poetry is great too. I'll check out THM.

    The Day of Creation is not his most known book. Sometimes I think I'm the only one that's read it but it is pretty cool. Very bizarre. I was going to read Super Cannes next but maybe I'll go with TUDC since someone with similar taste likes it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JuniperWoolf View Post
    From what I know about you, I think you'd like Life of Pi. It's not drab or depressing. It's fairly optimistic actually, for a shipwreck story.
    I've been thinking about reading this one.
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