Comments on: Best Books Ever!

By: Brady

Brady — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 02:45:11 +0000

Yeah, I probably won’t be reading Fablehaven. YA and all, plus 5th grade YA and all. Thanks for the warning.

By: Julia

Julia — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 19:46:58 +0000

DON’T, WHATEVER YOU DO, read Fable Haven. It was not good, fairly predictable, poor writing style and geared towards 5th graders. PLEASE,PLEASE,PLEASE don’t read this book. I have never once in my life not finished a series. Once I get started I have to finish, but I almost stopped reading this one halfway through the first book (I have only once not finished a book.) I did manage to make myself finish it and swore off YA books for a very long time. After the vampire series then this…. yuck. Don’t do it.

By: Carol

Carol — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:39:35 +0000

Have a few kids and a job and then tell me how many books you read every year!

FYI, I’m currently enjoying Paganini’s Ghost by Paul Adam. (Chances are I’ll still be enjoying it in a month, too!)

Love the new format.

By: Brady

Brady — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:18:05 +0000

I’ve been meaning to get back and re-read some Ayn Rand. It’s been over 10 years since I read Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead, and it seems like they’d be particularly relevant. Thanks for the suggestion.

By: Brady

Brady — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:16:48 +0000

I guess what I really meant was, my To-Read shelf has emptied, and I didn’t have specific plans for the replenishment of it, especially since I’m trying to change up my genre reading habits. I could always wander around the sci-fi section of Borders, but there are so many other books out there. Having an empty To-Read shelf scares me, so I asked for help.

I did brave my way through James Joyce. It was good for me…

By: Jen

Jen — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:59:55 +0000

You know, I read this, and for some reason another book popped into my head – maybe it was the part about trying to stay out of your ordinary reading “groove”.

You should try “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society” – it’s not really my usual genre, but it is an AWESOME book. I really enjoyed it…didn’t want it to end, which is a pretty high compliment in my book. (Ugh…pun not intended, but I’ll leave it there anyway.)

By: Ed Conning

Ed Conning — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:54:37 +0000

Hey, don’t forget Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. Of course, it’s pretty scary reading right now!

By: Martha Sorensen

Martha Sorensen — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:57:09 +0000

I’m with Katherine. I don’t think I’ll ever get through my “To Read” list. That doesn’t mean I always know what I’m in the mood to read, though! Expanding to multiple genres definitely helps keep that list going. I have copies of all the books I recommended, as well as Cry the Beloved Country, Fablehaven, Three Cups of Tea, and To Kill a Mockingbird.

By: Katherine Fisher

Katherine Fisher — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:29:56 +0000

Running out of things to read?? I can’t even imagine what that would feel like, ever. Also, I’m afraid to recommend books to you because of your better-left-undescribed James Joyce experience.

By: Clint

Clint — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:10:00 +0000

And I really can spell my own name…lol