Have you read a good book lately?

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If so, please share what it was. I'm looking for some new reading material.

[EmilieMadison]

Fifty Shades of Grey was AMAZING!












::insert the hugest possible amount of sarcasm available::

Do you have a specific genre you're particularly interested in? That might help with suggestions.

[LauraMoser]

May 13, 2012 18:48:25 GMT -5 EmilieMadison said:

Fifty Shades of Grey was AMAZING!





::insert the hugest possible amount of sarcasm available::

Do you have a specific genre you're particularly interested in? That might help with suggestions.

I keep hearing mixed reviews on this book. So what makes it suck? I hear the writing style is horrible?

I'm getting ready to start One Thousand White Women. MIL and GMIL both say its excellent. We shall see!

ETA: the last book I read was Shanghai Girls. I enjoyed it, although I felt the ending was kind of incomplete.

[mimosas]

May 13, 2012 18:53:55 GMT -5 LauraMoser said:

I keep hearing mixed reviews on this book. So what makes it suck? I hear the writing style is horrible?

Take Twilight. Make the writing eleven million times worse and more awkward.
Take Edward and Bella's fucked up relationship. Make it twelve million times more fucked up.
Peddle it to suburban women everywhere. Make millions.

[dr.girlfriend]

Name a few other books you like and I'll try to get a sense of your tastes...

[BravoBravo]

Here is a post with favorite books read recently on the book club board.

pandce.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=nbc&action=display&thread=797

[LauraMoser]

May 13, 2012 18:57:18 GMT -5 mimosas said:

May 13, 2012 18:53:55 GMT -5 LauraMoser said:

I keep hearing mixed reviews on this book. So what makes it suck? I hear the writing style is horrible?

Take Twilight. Make the writing eleven million times worse and more awkward.
Take Edward and Bella's fucked up relationship. Make it twelve million times more fucked up.
Peddle it to suburban women everywhere. Make millions.

I will admit I never read a single word of a Twilight book. Is 50 Shades about vampires too? I'm not really into vampire books, although I've never given them a chance yet.

[pugz]

just read Insurgent, sequel to Divergent, very good, but if you don't wan't to wait another year for the final book, maybe wait to read them

currently reading the Bloggess' memoir "Let's Pretend this Never Happened" and it is hilarious

if you like funny books, Tina Fey's Bossypants was funny, and Jen Lancaster's first novel "Wish You Were Here".

[Deleted]

I like to read different genres so I am open to anything except non-fiction.

I just finished last book in the millenium trilogy and I really liked those. I switch back and forth between trying something friends recommend and 'easy reading' books like Jennifer Weiner, Sophie Kinsella, Nicholas Sparks, etc.

[frlcb]

May 13, 2012 18:53:55 GMT -5 LauraMoser said:

May 13, 2012 18:48:25 GMT -5 EmilieMadison said:

Fifty Shades of Grey was AMAZING!





::insert the hugest possible amount of sarcasm available::

Do you have a specific genre you're particularly interested in? That might help with suggestions.

I keep hearing mixed reviews on this book. So what makes it suck? I hear the writing style is horrible?

I'm getting ready to start One Thousand White Women. MIL and GMIL both say its excellent. We shall see!

ETA: the last book I read was Shanghai Girls. I enjoyed it, although I felt the ending was kind of incomplete.

The ending was incomplete, you need to read Dreams of Joy, which is the sequel. Really good.

The Paris Wife was good too.

[litasail]

I just finished Stephen King's new book - 11/22/63. It was SO good. Nothing like typical King. Loved it!

[bunch]

I most recently read Bringing Up Bebe. I loved it, but I have a kid and im obsessed with her not becoming a holy terror, so take that suggestion for what it's worth.

[hazel]

May 13, 2012 18:53:55 GMT -5 LauraMoser said:

I'm getting ready to start One Thousand White Women. MIL and GMIL both say its excellent. We shall see!

ETA: the last book I read was Shanghai Girls. I enjoyed it, although I felt the ending was kind of incomplete.

I read One Thousand White Women last year and liked it too. There's a sequel to Shanghai Girls that I read a few weeks ago. It's called Dreams of Joy. It's probably one of the better books I've read this year.

Overall, I haven't read any great books this year. I haven't been reading as much as I usually do either. I feel like I'm in a reading slump and can't get out of it.

ETA: I've never read any Stephen King books, but I really want to read 11/22/63 since it's been raved about so much.

[Brie]

I just finished the whole Song of Ice and Fire series, which is exhausting but very good. I am not a fantasy/sci-fi person at all, but it's very well written and engaging. I generally read long historical fiction type books.

[LauraMoser]

May 13, 2012 19:09:10 GMT -5 mimosas said:

May 13, 2012 19:06:23 GMT -5 litasail said:

I just finished Stephen King's new book - 11/22/63. It was SO good. Nothing like typical King. Loved it!

Ditto! It was definitely my favorite book I've read this year. I'm not a huge SK fan and this book was FANTASTIC.

what genre? I started a SK book once and couldn't get part the first few chapters, it scared me so much. Lol

[whitepicketfence]

May 13, 2012 19:01:36 GMT -5 pugz said:

just read Insurgent, sequel to Divergent, very good, but if you don't wan't to wait another year for the final book, maybe wait to read them.

I loved Insurgent. If you like dystopian fiction, I highly recommend it.

Also, I know I'm behind the times but I recently read the second book in the Outlander series (Dragonfly in Amber) and it was fabulous.

[Deleted]

I'm currently reading The Art Of Racing in the Rain and can't put it down.

Don't read 50 shades of Gray. However, I highly recommend 50 Shades of Suck on tumblr. It's hilarious, and gives you a great taste of the awful writing and the story.

[dukesilver]

May 13, 2012 19:09:57 GMT -5 Brie said:

I just finished the whole Song of Ice and Fire series, which is exhausting but very good. I am not a fantasy/sci-fi person at all, but it's very well written and engaging. I generally read long historical fiction type books.

This. I typically don't ready fantasy books, but the Song of Ice and Fire series is wonderful.

[wallabyonwheels]

Storm Front by Jim Butcher is an amazing book. It is a fantasy book (which is my thing) but I think a lot of people would like it. It's the first in the Harry Dresdon series.

[cep1976]

I just finished The Lost Saints of Tennessee, and loved it. It's Southern fiction, and it's pretty Southern, so that may not appeal to you. Think kind of similar to Bastard Out of Carolina, if you read that.

[shell403b]

I'm currently reading the first Jack Reacher book (can't remember the name) by Lee Child. It's excellent.

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[Awkward]

I got a little over half way through 50 Shades and just had to give up. It was that bad. The sex wasn't even that hot. Lots of orgasming, like, if you looked the the female protagonist sideways she would orgasm. Orgasms on boats, orgasms while tied up, ORGASMS ON PARADE! I'm only kidding about that last one, mostly. Weird.

I finally got around to reading The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova. I'm only about 70 pages in and I like the creepy feeling to it. It's different from what I usually read. I'm glad someone said the new Stephen King book isn't like his other ones, I'll add that to my list next.

[jackie011]

I held out for a long time, but I just finished The Hunger Games and I loved it.

I'm not loving Chasing Fire as much, but I'm only about 3 chapters in.

My all time favorite book is East of Eden by John Steinbeck.

[Deleted]

May 13, 2012 19:08:34 GMT -5 bunch said:

I most recently read Bringing Up Bebe. I loved it, but I have a kid and im obsessed with her not becoming a holy terror, so take that suggestion for what it's worth.

I got this book for my sister for her birthday. She doesn't have any kids, she's just obsessed with all things French. And she is really into this book. LOL

Recent books that I've liked:
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series
Hunger Games series
The Help
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Outliers

[llamamama]

A book that I have been recommending to everyone is The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak. It is one that everyone I know has liked. You can find it in the young adult literature section in Barnes and Noble.

[annieh2]

May 13, 2012 20:40:12 GMT -5 llamamama said:

A book that I have been recommending to everyone is The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak. It is one that everyone I know has liked. You can find it in the young adult literature section in Barnes and Noble.

That book is great!

I've also recently enjoyed
Half-Broke Horses by Jeanette Walls
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Bringing Up Bebe

[Mrs.Beagle]

I just finished "Let's Pretend This Never Happened" by Jenny Lawson. I laughed so hard I cried.

I also enjoyed Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell, and anything by AJ Jacobs.

[bookqueen15]

May 13, 2012 19:29:12 GMT -5 @mrschicken said:

I'm currently reading The Art Of Racing in the Rain and can't put it down.

Don't read 50 shades of Gray. However, I highly recommend 50 Shades of Suck on tumblr. It's hilarious, and gives you a great taste of the awful writing and the story.

I just finished The Art of Racing in the Rain and couldn't put it down either! I really enjoyed it. Planning to read Insurgent next I think. Also second the Book Thief recommendation, that was a great book!

[definitelyO]

The Paris Wife - loved it!
The Reliable Wife - starts off slow but gets so much better
Sarah's Key
Divergent and Insurgent by Veronica Roth

[gt7301b]

Drop Dead Healthy by AJ Jacobs.