any good books that you could recommend to your fellow orgers?...i like a good read now and then....i tend to read factual books on music,film, sports and science.
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i would recommend brian greene's "the elegant universe"...wonderful read and a real eye opener if you stick with it....gets a bit heavy sometimes but amazing to find out what the great minds have been up to recently.

I recently finished 'The Night Listener' by Armistead Maupin. Very quick read. It's a page turner! Sort of a mystery for those who don't really read mysteries. I highly recommend it.

Currently reading 'The Long Way Down' by Nick Hornby. I'm almost finished, and very happy with it so far.

"If on a winter's night a traveller" by Italo Calvino.

I wrote my final dissertation of 130 pages about this book, so I guess I must have liked it.

MarieLouise said:

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130 pages ...i dont think i could produce that many about war and peace!!!!

"The Penguin History of the 20th Century"

is a pretty good non-fiction read.

Homer - The Illiad

"Avril Crump...and her amazing clones" - by Angela Woolfe.



Avril Crump and the Slumber Code - Angela Woolfe



Because Angie's one of my closest friends, she's a great writer, and i love her to bits.

This one I'm sure you've read...but The Da Vinci Code was an awesome read... Real information laced with a great suspensful story....a must read for everyone!

CarrieMpls said:

I'm about to start reading this one in the next week or two!

the Dark Elf Trilogy by RA Salvatore

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Universaluv said:

That's my next book! It was on sale.

a classic that i think everyone should read. it may be for little kids tho.

RipHer2Shreds said:

I received it as a gift for my birthday. I will likely be picking up more by this author soon.

CarrieMpls said:

I'm reading it now. It's different, but good stuff.

Mmmm. I quite liked There's A Monster At The End of This Book by Grover from Sesame Street.

Poignantly(sp?), wretchedly scandalous!

Oh, everybody should read, "Sons and Lovers" by DH Lawrence, too.

and The Old Curiosity Shop by Dickens.

and Midnight's Children by Rushdie.

and 1984 by Orwell

and Cries Unheard by Gitta Sereny.

blackbob said:

I didn't discuss this book by the method of 'close-reading', but I've looked at the context in which it was produced (modernism, postmodernism...) and the philosophical ideas that are close to the ideas of the book (Barthes, Foucault, even Borges and Eco). Out of these elements I've looked at the tension between unity and fragments in the book.

This may seem Chinese to lots of you, but I can assure you it was not that difficult to fill 130 pages with it. I could have gone on at the time.

This sounds pretentious. But what I really meant to say is that I loved reading Calvino. The man has inspired me so much...

Bruce Chatwin's The Songlines.

Nibble, Nibble, Munch, Munch - Assorted Poetry by Michael Rosen

Canon

Books are boring.

JDINTERACTIVE said:

MarieLouise said:

What do you wanna read a book for?!

JDINTERACTIVE said:

Some people is all intoleckshual and want to learn fings. They spend all da time reading and den dey dont have time to do anyfink wiv it.

Fauxie said:

How sad.

MarieLouise said:

I'm being silly. I love reading. I recommend Morvern Caller by Alan Warner.

I just finished reading Empress Orchid by Anchee Min. It was a fantastic read. I highly recommend it. I'm about to tackle Anna Karenina (wish me luck).

brownsugar said:

Absolutely a great read! One of my favs. I highly recommend Imperial Woman by Buck too.

Either of these, they had me laughing out loud in the airport



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Some of my favourite reads of recent years (I also prefer factual and historical books):

Fermat's Last Theorem (Simon Singh) - I loved this book from beginning to end. I've always been terrible at maths and found it not at all interesting. This book changed that.

The Time Traveller's Wife (Audrey Niffenger) - A novel based on the concept of time travel and how a relationship builds through impossible circumstances between two people

The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafon) - This book makes the list because I really loved one of the main characters (not the main one). I also liked the writing style.

Bitter Sweet Symphony (Shyama Perera) - I don't read much "chick-lit" but this one was given to me by a friend and I adored it so much I then bought it for other friends as birthday presents. It's great for any woman who needs a boost following a break-up, or just wants a good summer read.

A Short History of Nearly Everything and Notes from a Small Island (Bill Bryson) - This man can do no wrong in my eyes. A Short History is just so interesting and Notes From a Small Island is really amusing, particularly if you're interested in (or resident of) Britain. Actually any Bill Bryson would make my list - I think he's fantastic and his sense of humour really tickles my funny bone

Conversations with God Book 3 (Neale Donald Walsh) - thought-provoking

Honourable mention:
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell) - I loved the way this book was written but found it a little hard-going at times ... but it did absorb me to the end.
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