Comments on: Reading List Update

By: Aubrey

Aubrey — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 13:40:56 +0000

I read Jewel and few months ago and like it a lot. I was remembering about when I read “My sister’s keeper.” I actually ended up reading it in a few sittings at the book store. When I finished, I was sitting in Barnes and Noble crying my eyes out. I do not even want to know what people who saw me thought. I guess that is what I get for reading a book for free at the book store.

By: Lucy

Lucy — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 00:25:38 +0000

I too find that I need to take breaks between books, especially well written ones. Greg Ilis is one of my favorites. He’s southern and you can tell. His writing is so beautiful. Dean Koontz is someone I’m really getting into these days, especially his more recent work. Some of his earlier stuff is too violent for me (I’m a huge crime novel fan), but his newer stuff has some real depth.
One book that I read and then had to take a break after was Anne Rice’s Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt. Her writing is so incredible! I’ve never read her vampire books (so not my cup of tea!), but I really enjoyed this book and have recommended it to many people (although not teenagers. As lovely a book as it is, it does make you want to read everything she’s ever written, which wouldn’t be healthy for youngsters.). I love beautiful writing.
Another great one is Tim Downs’ Bug Man Series.
I like books.

By: edj

edj — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 08:09:24 +0000

Bret Lott is a writer who needs to be read slowly and savoured–his style is rich in details and his pace is slow, he writes about the little everyday things. I’ve read 2 others by him (the retelling of Ruth (I forget the title) is really good; sad but hopeful) but not Jewel. After you finish a really good, deep book I think you need to take a break and just savor it, replay parts in your mind, etc, before starting a new one, so I agree with you. I haven’t read the other two you mentioned.

By: Laurel Wreath

Laurel Wreath — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 03:24:32 +0000

I am finishing The Memory Keeper’s Daughter right now, I have to say it is a “different type of book” but it grew on me. I liked the imagery, and how the author passed time. But I can totally understand someone not liking it.
It was a great story as a whole.

By: Antique Mommy

Antique Mommy — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 20:30:58 +0000

I got about 1/3 of the way into Memory Keeper’s Daughter and just stopped. It was like running under water, slogging and slogging through so much unnecessary verbage. The cover was so pretty and the story line seemed intriguing, but then… it was not.

By: Pass the Torch

Pass the Torch — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 19:09:18 +0000

Anything I read has to be a week-ender. Usually that’s all the time I have- or the equivalent of it over a week-long vacation.
I know what you mean, though. I rarely choose a book I’m not pretty certain I’ll like a lot. They’re the kind I just can’t put down until they’re done. I really get that way with historical fiction – like the ones that start in prehistory somewhere and lead up to the beginning of the story.

By: Randi

Randi — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:01:10 +0000

I have Jewel sitting on the bookshelf–i guess I need to pull it out and read it. You know a book is good when you feel sad about it ending!
I think I have told you this before, but I am not a big Jodi Piccoult fan My Sisters Keeper was so-so, but I get really tired of the fakey-introspection throughout her books. Her characters all seem to be too philisophical to be believable–for me, anyway!

By: nicole

nicole — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 16:08:19 +0000

Okay, I’m not very observant. I just noticed your reading list. We Were the Mulvaneys is also very good. In fact, I now think of that book when looking for another book to read because it is just a good story. Read it soon!

By: Heth

Heth — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 15:56:05 +0000

Oooh, I need to write those down. Every time I go to the library, I stand there and draw a blank.

By: Shalee

Shalee — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 14:45:37 +0000

I keep telling you Time Traveler’s Wife, but will you ever believe me?
I actually really appreciated My Sister’s Keeper. I thought it could have been a little better organized, but the writing, the story and the premise were really appreciable and deep. Yes, it’s a crier, but man it was well worth it.