Posted by beardedlady on March 30, 2003, at 10:23:18
In reply to Re: what I'm reading » beardedlady, posted by NikkiT2 on March 30, 2003, at 9:02:23
>Thats why I get so excited about finding a series of books.. so that I can look foward to "meeting" the characters again!
Me too, but I can only find them in serial killer novels and Harry Potter!
> Gonna look for some of the books you'ce reccomended at the book shop on tuesday :o) I really need a good book to restore my faith in authors again!! *lol*
I don't know what kind of fiction you like, but, even though this was an Oprah book, I really recommend that Andre Dubus book, The House of Sand and Fog. (I linked it above.) It's sad, maddening, disturbing, and creepy, so if you're looking for a happy book, fagetabowdit. For something more uplifting, though still very sad in its way, The Secret Life of Bees. For something totally silly and totally "men are idiots," The Frog King (about a guy who treats his girlfriend like dirt and deserves all the bad crap that happens to him), this will make you laugh.
But really, best book I've ever read, Middlesex, by the guy who wrote Virgin Suicides. It's huge--500 pages. But the writing--if you want to read a writer who can really write, who has an excellent vocabulary, who combines historical events with bizarre ideas and makes them come alive (this is, after all, about a hermaphrodite), this book's for you. I want everyone to read it. My mom's reading it now and can't believe how right I was (we have totally different taste, but she loved Sand and Fog as much as I did).
> Thanks for posting
Nikki, it's always a pleasure to read your posts. You have great spunk!
beardy : )>
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