Istoryan Readers: Book reviews and recommendations~

[misfit]

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if u don't like really thick books, try OF MICE AND MEN by JOHN STEINBECK

short but super!

[IceInHeLL]

if you enjoyed Dan Brown's Angels & Demons and The Da Vinci Code, I would recommend The RULE of FOUR.

[amaw]

........THE HOLCROFT COVENANT - by Robert Ludlum. A full 180 character arc for Holcroft, read the novel and see what I mean.

I agree, one of Ludlum's masterpieces....... sad to say, this guy passed away and all this ludlum wannabees are trying so hard to copy him(latest is the moscow vector).


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To those who like to read confident, intelligent, sexual character, with suspense and action-packed....... I would recommend, Lee Childs book on Jack Richer...... this guy(jack richer character) rocks! :mrgreen:

[glassjawed_grrl]

the road less travelled
further along the road less travelled..
both by m. scott peck
[these two books changed me]

the hotel new hampshire
the world according to garp
[by john irving..]
two of the funniest, most heart-wrenching books i've ever read

[CuJo!!!]

probably the best ludlum i ever read, in terms of developing a character was "aquiataine progression".. Nice lead character.. a lawyer named joel converse... he reminds me a lot of Clancy's Jack Ryan..

[brownskin_writes]

Some books which I still read over and over again:
Dune books of Frank Herbert
Silmarillion by JRR Tolkien
The Harry Potter series
Anthem by Ayn Rand (kay nipis ra man)Â*
Different Seasons by Stephen King (superb gyud!- esp. The Body)Â* :mrgreen:

These books I don't really wanna read again! but which stories are so intense i can't get them off my mind forever:

Queen of the Damned by Anne RiceÂ*
Neil Gaiman's American Gods (Killer!Â* )
Lord of the Flies....kinsa gani to ang author...gosh, i forgotÂ*
Adventures of Boone Barnaby...nalimut na sad ko sa author..

[samokan]

Inheritance Trilogy by Christoper Paolini
Book 1 - Eragon
Book2 - Eldest


Life of Pi

[daposmansan]

james patterson

thomas harris

puzo

all time fave kay Anne Rice...

Tried reading king but...

[daryl]

I recommend One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love In the Time of Cholera, both by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

I also recommend Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita.

None of Dan Brown's Garbage.

The Alchemist is also garbage.

Mang flame jud ko.

You can flame me back if you want.

Hehehe.

[itstheshoes]

Amy Tan novels are quite a treat. It has love, drama, interesting Chinese values & culture intertwined in its plot. One of her acclaimed literary piece, Joy Luck Club even made it to the big screen. Check out The Kitchen God's wife, The Hundred Secret Sense and her newest book The Bonesetter's Daughter. I haven't had a chance to read the latter but would love to get my hands on one.