reading for pleasure

[cntryZTA5]

I just finished The Five People You Meet in Heaven by the same author who wrote Tuesday's With Morrie. It is a quick read and makes you re-evaluate what you imagine heaven is like.

[AUDeltaGam]

Originally posted by cntryZTA5
I just finished The Five People You Meet in Heaven by the same author who wrote Tuesday's With Morrie. It is a quick read and makes you re-evaluate what you imagine heaven is like.

I LOVED that book!

[texas*princess]

I just finished Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister and I LOVED it!!!!!!!

I can't wait to read more of Gregory Mcguire's stuff!!!!

[KerriMarie]

I like children's books and am currently re-reading A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket... some of my favorites. They're hilarious.

[sugar and spice]

Originally posted by texas*princess
I just finished Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister and I LOVED it!!!!!!!

I can't wait to read more of Gregory Mcguire's stuff!!!!

I read Wicked and really liked it, although it's definitely on the dark side. I want to read some of his other books but I've been told by a lot of people that Wicked is the best of it, so I think I've ruined the rest by starting out with that.

Originally posted by xok85xo
i read "the girls guide to hunting and fishing" by melissa banks on the plane to vegas and loved it..i was a really quick read, but theres on part that left me kind of confused..can someone who has read this recently PM me so I can ask them about it?

I've read it and if your question is "Who are the people in the chapter about the pregnancy?" they lived in the same apartment building as Jane's great-aunt Rita before she died. They talk about it pretty early in the chapter, but it's a passing mention. Otherwise, no connection to Jane or the rest of the book, really.

If that's not the question, feel free to PM me and I'll see if I know . . . but I thought I'd take a stab at it since that's the part everybody's always confused about.

[Munchkin03]

Originally posted by sugar and spice

I've read it and if your question is "Who are the people in the chapter about the pregnancy?" they lived in the same apartment building as Jane's great-aunt Rita before she died. They talk about it pretty early in the chapter, but it's a passing mention. Otherwise, no connection to Jane or the rest of the book, really.

If that's not the question, feel free to PM me and I'll see if I know . . . but I thought I'd take a stab at it since that's the part everybody's always confused about.

That part confused me too. I had to reread it to understand it.

Another good book in that vein is The Good People of New York by Thisbe Nissen.

[CatStarESP4]

I am now reading Bedford Square by Anne Perry.

[xok85xo]

Originally posted by sugar and spice
I've read it and if your question is "Who are the people in the chapter about the pregnancy?" they lived in the same apartment building as Jane's great-aunt Rita before she died. They talk about it pretty early in the chapter, but it's a passing mention. Otherwise, no connection to Jane or the rest of the book, really.

yeah, thats what i was confused about i actually did make the connection that she lived in the same building.. i guess i was just waiting throughout the rest of the book for their lives to intersect some way or for that chapter to make sense - but it never did, at least not to me..

so basically its just a random chapter thrown in there to serve no purpose? is there something deeper i'm missing? munchkin - you said you had to reread it to understand it..can you explain what you understood?

[ADPiSAI]

I'm currently reading Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi. SUCH a good book. I hate having to put it down...

[Schmeer]

I am currently re-reading the Chronicles of Narnia and LOVE them again!!!

most recently read the Divinci code.......really good

I will read anything John Gresham
and i will read anyting danielle steele

[AlethiaSi]

hmm... i couldn't read through that whole thread- so many suggestions! but my favorite book to read and also works if you need some perspective on life is called the Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster- i read it for the first time int eh 6th grade- but read it again a few years ago- but i usually pick it up about 3 times a year- it is an amazing story.... but you'll have to read it to find out! also- i LOVE gone with the wind... its a classic- and not exactly a light read ( but i read it in 2 days) umm... i would have to say my favorite author is john irving... a prayer for owen meaney!! ugh that books is amazing- so is a widow for one year.... the hotel new hampshire- whats eating gilbert grape... all sooooo good- i highly recommend anything by him- but be prepared- he sometimes writes bluntly... but i think thats why he's so good

[FiReKraCkEr]

"Good in Bed" by Jennifer Weiner is a hilarious book! I can't wait to get back to the states to read her two other books!!

As for my all time favorite books: "Memoirs of a Geisha" and "She's Come Undone" will always be loved by me

Hopefully one day the book I'm working on right now will be on this list... It's a sort of a semiautobiographical with lots of twists...

[texas*princess]

Originally posted by sugar and spice
I read Wicked and really liked it, although it's definitely on the dark side. I want to read some of his other books but I've been told by a lot of people that Wicked is the best of it, so I think I've ruined the rest by starting out with that.

oh oh! that's second to next on my list (next is going to be The Notebook).

The thing I liked most about Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister is that there isnt anything Disney about it! I liked how it was a bit dark and mysterious and it really wanted me to keep reading to see how the next chapter would turn out... and the chapter after that...

A friend of mine said Mcguire's MIrror, Mirror is also pretty good. I'm not too sure about Lost though.. that book just sounds too creepy...

[SigKapSmurf]

Has anyone read The Beachers by John Gersim (sp?)? I have heard both that it was really good and really bad and I want to know what others thought about it before I read it. Thanks in advance.