Favorite Book and/or Author

[AXO Alum]

After completing my master's degree, I am reading any and every thing not related to education that I can get my hands on. I have always loved to read, but didn't have time when I was working on my degree.

Absolute fav's:
Tales of a 4th grade nothing by Judy Blume
A time to kill by John Grisham
Misery by Stephen King

Great reads:
Any Kay Scarpetta books by Patricia Cornwell
David Baldacci (I've only read Absolute Power - loved it - but I'm working on Saving Faith and its great too).

I guess you can tell that I'm a huge mystery/suspense fan! So what are your favorite books and/or authors?

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[equeen]

The Mists of Avalon, by Marion Zimmer Bradley.

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[BrandNubian]

Originally posted by AXO Alum:

Great reads:
Any Kay Scarpetta books by Patricia Cornwell

I guess you can tell that I'm a huge mystery/suspense fan! So what are your favorite books and/or authors?

AXO Alum:

I am in agreeance with you on the Patricia Cornwell. I was just saying I wanted to read her latest! Good to see another fan.

B.N.

[AXO Alum]

BrandNubian...which new one?

If anyone hasn't read these, I would definitely say start from the beginning. Although the plots can stand alone, her excellent work with blending the characters and their roles can only be appreciated by starting at the top.

I did not like Hornets Nest & Southern Cross which she also wrote - they were just so ordinary compared to her extraordinary Scarpetta series.

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[BrandNubian]

Originally posted by AXO Alum:
BrandNubian...which new one?

If anyone hasn't read these, I would definitely say start from the beginning. Although the plots can stand alone, her excellent work with blending the characters and their roles can only be appreciated by starting at the top.

I did not like Hornets Nest & Southern Cross which she also wrote - they were just so ordinary compared to her extraordinary Scarpetta series.

AXO Alum:

I don't like Hornet's Nest or Southern Cross too much either. She should stick with Scarpetta.

The name of the new book is "The Last Precinct"...it's out at the stores already.

B.N.

[AXO Alum]

Originally posted by BrandNubian:

The name of the new book is "The Last Precinct"...it's out at the stores already.

B.N.

Oh man am I behind - I better get to the library and put it on hold! Thanks for the head's up! We should start an on-line book club If you haven't read any of Baldacci's work you should try it. I am loving Saving Faith!

Email me if you have any other good suggestions!

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[RHOyal-Silence]

if any of u are interested in science fiction then i suggest u check out WILD SEED by Octavia Butler and also KINDRED by Octavia Butler.
(That chic can write!!)

[HeidiHo]

I just finished The Last Precinct. I thought I had a good secret to share, but am happy to see Patricia Cornwell is getting recognition. Everyone should read her books!
Heidi

[SilverTurtle]

Some all-time faves are:

Catcher in the Rye -J.D. Salinger
The Chocolate War - Robert... Can't remember
his last name!

A pretty recent book that's awesome:

The Student Body- Jane Harvard (if you like suspense/mystery it's a pretty hip version of it)

And my 2 fave authors, (I just adore anything they wrote/ write):

Shel Silverstein
Douglas Coupland

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[Asia2000]

Ok, my all time favorite book of my life is:

Song of Solomon
Toni Morrison

Wont' even bother to go into my reasons here on this board. Too many. Several things in the book just speak to me. I've ready it so many times I've stopped counting. I have to get a new copy since I let my ex borrow it and he never returned it. Jeez, I sure miss my book . ..

Asia

[CutiePie2000]

Originally posted by SilverTurtle:
Some all-time faves are:
The Chocolate War - Robert... Can't remember
his last name!

Douglas Coupland

SilverTurtle, The Chocolate War
is by "Robert Cormier" (I confirmed this on amazon.com).

As an interesting aside, Douglas Coupland was in my sister's grad class...how cool is that?
Class of 1979: http://www.sd45.bc.ca/sd45/sentinel/

My favorite book is "Alive" by Piers Paul Reid.

I love that show "Sex & The City", but I just read Candace Bushnell's book with the same name, and it was depressing and boring!

[12dn94dst]

My favs, in no particular order:

Redemption Song - Bertice Berry
Beloved - Toni Morrison
Sister, Sister - Eric Jerome Dickey
Sister Secrets and Beyond Our Mothers' Footsteps - Breggie James
Waiting to Exhale - Terri McMillan
Blessings - Sheneska Jackson

and the list goes on....

[BrandNubian]

Originally posted by RHOyal-Silence:
if any of u are interested in science fiction then i suggest u check out WILD SEED by Octavia Butler and also KINDRED by Octavia Butler.
(That chic can write!!)

RHOyal-Silence:

I love Octavia. I love pretty much all of her stuff!!! She's great! I love the way she mixes African-American culture with science fiction.

B.N.

[BrandNubian]

Originally posted by AXO Alum:
Oh man am I behind - I better get to the library and put it on hold! Thanks for the head's up! We should start an on-line book club If you haven't read any of Baldacci's work you should try it. I am loving Saving Faith!

Email me if you have any other good suggestions!

Yeah I am all game for an online book club. I haven't read "The Last Precinct" yet..but of course, I will. I tried to get into Baldacci, but it wasn't working for me.

Let's see, another good person to read is James Patterson ("Kiss the Girls")...

B.N.

[AXO Alum]

Originally posted by BrandNubian:

Let's see, another good person to read is James Patterson ("Kiss the Girls")...

B.N.

Yeah he's pretty good when he's not too out there - I didn't like that one about the children with wings or whatever. I think it was "Where the Wind Blows" or something like that. Too weird for me. I did like Jack & Jill. I need to read the others too.

Question for anyone: Where can you find a list of books by an author in the order they were published? Like I'd like to read Patterson from the top. I know that characters may change, but I like to get a feel for the author and his/her progress with each publication.

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