Books recommended by our members - November 2008

[marianneg]

It's m/m, my weakness so if you don't like that, stay away. But it was a wonderful blend of history and fiction, IMO.

Sorry for the dumb question, especially in a sticky thread, but what is m/m?

[Bacardi Jim]

Sorry for the dumb question, especially in a sticky thread, but what is m/m?

Man on man action.

[Linda Cannon-Mott]

Thanks for clarification BJ, I didn't know either. 

[Bacardi Jim]

Leave it to ol' BJ to clarify the oral sex references. 

[Dori]

It's very dark. Valen goes through a lot in the book, and Carol Berg has a habit of letting her characters get one step away from freedom and happiness before piling a bunch of crap on them again. So if you're easily depressed, I wouldn't read it. Maybe download the sample to get a taste of her writing style?

I don't read to get depressed.  I can do that on my own.  I like fluff.  I get teary just thinking about the Three Little Kittens losing their mittens.

[Linda Cannon-Mott]

Leave it to ol' BJ to clarify the oral sex references. 

  

[Bacardi Jim]

 

Linda!  Those are the whitest teeth I've ever come across!


*rimshot*

[Linda Cannon-Mott]

I don't read to get depressed.  I can do that on my own.  I like fluff.  I get teary just thinking about the Three Little Kittens losing their mittens.

I cry easily too Dori, books, movies, articles in the newspaper     My hubby will say, "it's only a movie, it's only a TV show." Thats a man for you!!

[Linda Cannon-Mott]

Linda!  Those are the whitest teeth I've ever come across!


*rimshot*

Surprising since I gave up toothpaste to have more Kindle $$$   

[Bacardi Jim]

I cry easily too Dori, books, movies, articles in the newspaper     My hubby will say, "it's only a movie, it's only a TV show." Thats a man for you!!

I was sobbing in bed last time I re-read the end of you-know-what.  LR giggled and poked fun at at me, since I often see her crying at the end of ER episodes and ask her if her uterus is leaking out her eyeballs.

[Linda Cannon-Mott]

I was sobbing in bed last time I re-read the end of you-know-what.  LR giggled and poked fun at at me, since I often see her crying at the end of ER episodes and ask her if her uterus is leaking out her eyeballs.

Okay I am shaking I am laughing so hard. What would we do without your sense of humor? 

[Bacardi Jim]

Why do you think someone as brilliant, talented, beautiful and fascinating as LR keeps me around?

[Hint:  It's NOT because I'm 73 inches of dork.]

[Betsy the Quilter]

I was sobbing in bed last time I re-read the end of you-know-what.  LR giggled and poked fun at at me, since I often see her crying at the end of ER episodes and ask her if her uterus is leaking out her eyeballs.

Your sensitivity is why we love you, Jim.

Betsy

[Bacardi Jim]

All kidding aside:  Thank you, Betsy.

[Betsy the Quilter]

All kidding aside.  You're welcome, Jim.   

Betsy

[Leslie]

I am glad Jim was here to answer Marianner's question, since I went to bed early to start the sequel to Ransom, Winds of Change. I'll let you know in a day or two if it is as good as the first book.

L

[Leslie]

I cry easily too Dori, books, movies, articles in the newspaper     My hubby will say, "it's only a movie, it's only a TV show." Thats a man for you!!

Heck, I was crying reading the description of the book about the parrot!

I think it's good to cry. When people make fun of me, I say it means I don't keep my emotions bottled up. I am an emotionally healthy person! LOL

L

[Betsy the Quilter]

Heck, I was crying reading the description of the book about the parrot!

I think it's good to cry. When people make fun of me, I say it means I don't keep my emotions bottled up. I am an emotionally healthy person! LOL

L

My husband cries at all kinds of stuff.  I think he cries more easily than I do.  One of the things I like about him.

BEtsy

[Mikuto]

I don't read to get depressed.  I can do that on my own.  I like fluff.  I get teary just thinking about the Three Little Kittens losing their mittens.

I know how it can be. I have a pretty high tolerance though, although anything involving animals sends me into little-girl sobbing.

[sherylb]

In Her Name, by Michael R. Hicks (aka KreelanWarrior)
"An epic novel blending fantasy, science fiction and romance"

(Sorry, I don't know how to do links!!  )

I just finished this fantastic book last Thursday and I can recommend it without reservation!

After the first couple of chapters I found this book such an engrossing read I had a hard time putting it down to do mundane things like go to work and such. The characters are well developed, the story is fabulous and it made me laugh and cry (just like a good book should) and the ending tied all together and made sense. The romantic theme is what drives the book and what is ultimately the most satisfying about the characters. The Universe Mike created is so rich and real I just wanted to be a part of it.

In Her Name is a BIG book and took me a week to read, and I'm a fast reader. I think my DH is very glad I have finished it though, I didn't talk to him for a week I was so busy reading at every available opportunity!

You can't go wrong with this book and the price is an absolute steal!

Sheryl

[ScottBooks]

  there you go Sheryl

[Chad Winters]

I just finished the Mistborn trilogy by Brandon Sanderson and it was excellent fantasy fiction. It was very different from classic sword and sorcery. It was interesting and unique.  The first book was a free TOR ebook and should be available at the Kindleholics site...http://groups.google.com/group/kindleaholics-anonymous/files?hl=en

[Dori]

  I better grab my and head out to church.

[Leslie]

I am glad Jim was here to answer Marianner's question, since I went to bed early to start the sequel to Ransom, Winds of Change. I'll let you know in a day or two if it is as good as the first book.

L

And I'm back. I loved Winds of Change by Lee Rowan. It is one of those books that I read fast because I wanted to see what would happen but now that I'm finished, I'm incredibly sad that it's over. I may have to go back and re-read it.

It's different than Ransom--it is much more of a romance. It starts off with the sailing adventure but about halfway through the story switches gears--which was fine with me. The story opens with lovers William and David still together on the Calypso. They have been lovers for a year, despite the fact that their relationship is illegal and they both know it. Their ever present worry is if they'll be parted and in this story they are. So there is lots of heart wrenching drama around that and not knowing if they'll get back together. And even if they do get together, how can they build a life? I couldn't flip the pages fast enough to find out how it would all end.

Highly recommended. There is a fair amount of sex so if you don't like that, stay away. I didn't find it gratuitous--it was necessary to advance the plot but I just wanted to give a fair warning.

You can buy it from Amazon at this link. Winds of Change

Please ignore the corny cover! (which is why I didn't post it here!)

L

[Khabita]

For anyone who is into science and non-fiction -- and is NOT opposed to evolution . . . two of the best books I've read this year are Microcosm: E. Coli and the New Science of Life by Carl Zimmer, and Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5 Billion Year History of the Human Body by Neil Shubin.

These were the first 2 books I purchased for my Kindle, and I thought they were both excellent reads. You don't have to have a PhD. in Biology to understand either one -- they are both very well-written and aimed at non-scientists.

On the fiction side, I can't say enough wonderful things about Khaled Hosseini's A Thousand Splendid Suns.

And for pure entertainment value, pick up Olen Steinhauer's The Bridge of Sighs (don't mix it up with the Richard Russo book of the same title), and Daniel Silva's The English Assassin.