Help! I need something to read so..

any suggestions?

All kinds of books, don't like romance novels (blecch), not keen on out there sci-fi. Stephen King, Dean Koontz, murders, mysteries, spy and general thrillers. And some fantasy stuff like Mercedes Lacky (The Bardic Chronicles).Current is Dale Brown :The Tin Man. Very good.
I am bored, please help!!!
Tell me what you are reading

(Going to see Spider Man 2 now, news at 11 )

 

Try Dan Brown's books - remember they're fiction - Angels and Demons, The DaVinci Code, Deception Point, and Digital Fortress.

But right now, I'm reading Apollo. All about the beginnings of the Apollo Space Program - interesting stuff.

 

Encyclopedia Britannica???....

 

Lostkiwi.... you MUST (yes must ) read White Oleander
Its seriously one of the best books ever. EVER.




EVER

 

I'm in the middle of restarting Piers Anthony's Xanth series...it's technically Sci-Fi, but not really. More fantasy, and pretty absurd fantasy at that.

Otherwise...I just pick random books based on their covers, and more often than not I win when I get them home. You might want to give that a try.

 

Here is a synopsis of White Oleander (I got it from a website)


"Astrid is the only child of single mother, Ingrid, a brilliant, obsessed poet who wields her luminous beauty to intimidate and manipulate men. Astrid worships her mother and cherishes their private world full of ritual and mystery — but their idyll is shattered when Astrid's mother falls apart over a lover. Deranged by rejection, Ingrid murders the man, is sentenced to life in prison.
White Oleander is the unforgettable story of Astrid's journey through a series of foster homes and her efforts to find a place for herself in impossible circumstances. Each home is its own universe, with a new set of laws and lessons to be learned. With determination and humor, Astrid confronts the challenges of loneliness and poverty, and strives to learn who a motherless child in an indifferent world can become. Tough, irrepressible, funny, and warm, Astrid is one of the most indelible characters in recent fiction.

White Oleander is an unforgettable story of mothers and daughters,the redemptive powers of art, and the unstoppable force of the emergent self. Written with exquisite beauty and grace, this is a compelling debut by an author poised to join the ranks of today's most gifted novelists."

 

Read or re-read the Clan of the Cave Bear series. Good stuff.

 

Have you ever read anything by Clive Barker? He's an English horror and fantasy author .

 

This ought to keep you busy for a while: http://www.4literature.net/James_Fenimore_Cooper/

 

Thanks everyone

Ken, I tried Digital Fortress but not too keen, friend told me DaVinci Code is better, will try thanks.

Phantom: No thanks

Cano, not usually my type of book but for you, I'll read it

Sgt Tibbs, have read some of his previously, it's hit and miss. Thanks

Big D: I read those years (er hm) ago. Liked them then, still have them

Just Playin: Used to read his books but after Weaveworld I quit he got weird

Muskybob, they look good too ((hug))

Thanks again.

More suggestions from others too would be great, good to have a reading list

BTW: Spider Man 2 was really cool, waaaay better than the first one. Two thumbs up (The game is good too)

Smilies for everybody!!!!

 

Go for the truth, sister lostkiwi:

 

LOL Robster, that would be a big no, no and no thanks
Cool suggestion though.... but I am......


NOT A GEEK

(What's a UNIX? Weren't they the guys who took care of Cleopatra?)

 

try some vonnegut, slaughterhouse 5

 

@lostkiwi -- very funny

HEEEEHEEEEHEEEE
Oh let me catch my breath, *** big inhale of O2 ****
Whew, that is funny. Sorry, folks, but I had NEVER heard that one before.

 

Eagle eyes,, you just made me spooge my monitor. Thanks. Now I gotta clean it again.






Now gimme pie.

 

I'm reading The Rage by Richard Lee Byers and The War of the Spider Queen series ... and yes ... I love the Forgotten Realms world

 

Have any of you guys read Chuck Palanhiuk? He wrote Fight Club.. All his books are amazing.. Favourite is Choke.. Brilliant!

 

You're welcome dp

(I know, sugar free..)

@Pegg, thanks, nice when that happens! That is why I am here

 

So just yesterday, someone at another forum posted a "what are your favourite authors" thread. So what the heck...maybe you'll get some inspiration.

Favourite authors? Hoo boy... (no particular order, just how they occurred to me)

Stephen King
Dean Koontz
Carl Hiaasen
Kinky Friedman
Christopher Moore
Tami Hoag
Iris Johansen
Robert Ludlum
James Michener
Charles Dickens
Tom Clancy
John Grisham
James Patterson
Ray Bradbury
Kurt Vonnegut
Richard Bach
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
C.S. Lewis
J.R.R. Tolkein
Piers Anthony (only reading the Xanth series, but liking him so far)
Robin Cook
Barbara Taylor Bradford
Scott Turow
Nancy Taylor Rosenberg
Diana Gabaldon
Michael Crichton
Anne Rice
Thomas Harris
Sara Paretsky

And many more...

 

Sgt Tibbs ... is there an author you don't like?

 

LOL Sgt Tibbs, you have a lot of authors on there that I like.
All it is right now, is no one has anything new that I haven't read
If Janet Evanovich would hurry up and put out a new Stephanie Plum novel for the summer or if Dave Barry would write something else (his last novel was hilarious), I could have a good laugh that doesn't require buying a laptop!

 

ROFL! Yeah, actually.

I really don't care for Mary Higgins Clark (too smarmy and predictable), Tony Hillerman (I'm sure they're fine, but they all read too simply for me, as if I were a mildly retarded 3rd grader), most Sci-Fi writers (too caught up in the techical aspects to write a good story), most Western writers (not my cup of tea), whats-her-face that wrote Harry Potter (I know, blasphemy...I really don't like the books), John Saul (although some of his early stuff was good, before he started writing the same three books over and over again), Stephen Crane (too dry), Nathaniel Hawthorne (also too dry), and probably a whole host of others whom I've read, put down, and promptly forgot about afterward.

 

lostkiwi---- I have an all time favorite, Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet.

I went through a period in time of reading many books, and this is the one I remember best.

It's setting is old catherdral building days, Follet portrays the characters in such a way that they come alive and are memorable. Some are very lovable some extremely hated. Follows the everyday lives of commoners and kings etc. Gripping from start to finish. Love, war, economics, politics, overcoming the odds, mystery, deciept,everything that still applies to present day living except without the high tech computers. It has geeks and inventors, masons carpenters, religious figures, it's fiction I guess, but man it could be real.

This was one of the books I couldn't put down. I typically like Sci Fi, but this was much better. Love the foundation series by Asimov. But the Pillars of the Earth by Follet exceded all literary works I have read.

Maybe you have already read this, but is still worth reading a couple times.
I have not spoken to anyone else who has read this and would like a second opinion. So do read, it only takes a couple days.

Try not to think about the pink elephant, hehehehehttp://www.websmileys.com/sm/animal/460.gif

 

LOL, flying pigs and pink elephants, I'm starting to feel better
I have read some Ken Follett and I think he wrote "Dog Day Afternoon" which was terrific. He did write the Third Twin which was great.
Thanks Mr Magoo.
I was planning on rereading "NIghtmares and Dreamscapes" (Stephen King), but the book is too heavy.....

 

Let us know what you picked and how you liked it.

 

I will and thanks to everyone
I read a lot, especially now that I can't sleep.
Of course the MG cult has cut into that time but it is working it's own magic.
Thanks again

 

Heavy, as in "it's summer and I have the hardcover", or heavy as in subject matter?

Either way, thanks for reminding me I own a book I actually haven't read a hundred times! I'm gonna have to haul that one out again when I'm done with Xanth.

 

I wasn't entirely joking about the Encyclopaedias. I used to read them a lot as kid. Still handy for browsing/reference.
(Yes, I'm a little strange!...)


Sadly, I don't have the time to read a book from cover to cover nowadays.

 

Your welcome,

Maybe after you pic one to read... you could read it here, or at least as a bedtime story, sit back with some cheese and crackers, a glass of wine, maybe a good cigar and off we go.

 

Haha, heavy as in "hardback"!

@Phantom: still "no". That is what Google is for

@Mr Magoo, sounds good, would be better if I could get someone to read to me!

 

No... No, I think it would be moo-ee bwayno for you to read to us

 

I was gonna mention the dictionary, I love reading in it. And I'm not the least bit strange. http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung0304/lachen/laughing-smiley-013.gif

 

Good grief, now I get to put you all to bed?
I must be doing something wrong somewhere.
Wenchie?

Help me....

WENNNN CHIE...............

 

I'm telling on you Now read me that stink'n story already. http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung0304/schlafen/sleeping-smiley-008.gif http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung0304/lachen/laughing-smiley-001.gif

 

http://www.gifs.net/animate/cat.gif

 

BTW, you are soooo eaten.

I'm goin to sleep, the board isn't postin proper tonight. Make that story good for tomorrow night.

 

Hey!
What's going on in here?
Is lostkiwi going to read us a bed time story?
Hey! That's great!!!

 

I want something with a happy ending.

 

You're in the wrong place.

 

No, you just haven't seen it yet? Open your eyes my smart Phantom. I think you will see the plot has set it's self up for a unexpected happy ending. Never over look the obvious just because it's not what you want it to be.








Now Kiwi, when does the story begin?

 

Nah, come on, now....
One happy ending, comin' up......
























Installing Antivirus detection on your linux box.....


And having it work!!!!
(Just so that I can be a "responsible web citizen")

hehe

 

OH MY GAWD!!!!!!!
*cleans off monitor*
ROTFLMAO.
You guys slay me....

Okay.
Speechless hahahahahah..
haha
ha (done)

 

Kiwi, don't be so cheap. Give us a longer story. That only took like a few seconds to read.

 

Yeah but did you read between the lines? lol
<still laughing>

Therapy? Pah, I ptooey on therapy. I have the lounge at Major Geeks!

 

Hmmm....

 

Nice one Phantom.

 

For Susan's benefit....the 7 dwarves have been looking everywhere for ya.

We'll keep you up to date....

 

One more author and then I am off to the Land of Nod:
Clive Cussler. Every book he has written!
Dirk Pitt <sigh>
Now there is a new hero. Kurt Austin. We'll see.
He wrote "Raise the Titanic".
Night all

PHANTOM: LMAO
Now I'll never be able to sleep!!!!!

 

If you want something to keep you occupied, start The Dark Tower by Stehen King, I've just finished the 6th book and can't wait for the 7th and final book due in September.

It's beginning to get very strange