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Sep 10, 2009, 05:25 PM
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Synnen mentioned a book list, it did not include all the ones she wanted, or books others wanted.
Lets have our own list of books.
Give us name of the book, author and if possible a link to a summary on the book.
Or I will try and find a summary for any book mentioned here. 
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Oct 10, 2009, 05:21 PM
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Oct 11, 2009, 12:48 AM
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| Any of the fiction/action book series by Clive Cussler. Clive Cussler Clive Cussler - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cussler is a local (for me) successful author from Aurora, Illinois about 10 miles from me.
I have all his books in hardback, he is interesting, exciting, and he is an easy read. With all the reports, manuals, business magazines and books that I have to read, he is my escape. Marta loves him also. He is quite the success story.
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Oct 11, 2009, 06:18 PM
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Oct 28, 2009, 11:26 AM
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| I have to agree with hheath541 about Anne Rice and Anne MacCafferty (are we spelling that right? somehow it doesn't look it). I started reading the Dragonrider books when I was pregnant with my daughter, and here I am, five grandchildren later, still waiting for when I can get the new ones I've missed. (To be honest, I am kind of glad that her son will be picking up for her when she stops writing, or so I thought I read somewhere.)
Seeing "A Tale of Two Cities" mentioned made me think about how long its been since I've read it. And how much I'd like to read classics like it, and a few others, again -- "Wuthering Heights," "Jane Eyre," "War and Peace," "The Count of Monte Cristo," "The Three Musketeers," etc.
And as for redhead35's choice of "for one more day," I would have to agree without having read it yet. Mitch Albom writes well. I loved Tuesdays With Morrie" and "The Five People You Meet in Heaven."
And, of course, there would have to be on the list anything by James Michner, James Clavell, James Jones, Robert Heinlein, Terry Prachett, Marion Bradley Zimmer (or is it Zimmer Bradley? I get it mixed up), Mary Stewart, Stephen R. Donaldson (particularly the "Thomas Covanant trilogies"), Greg Bear (and to think that the first place I read him was "Omni" magazine all those years ago...).
Then there's just about anything that I consider well written like "The Thornbirds." And anything Arthurian from "le Morte de' Artur" <sp?> on out to any book written about or from the POV of any Round Table personage.
Then there is other historical fiction, but I'm tending to lean more toward the historical than the fiction on that score anymore. | |
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Oct 28, 2009, 06:17 PM
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| I recommend the book "Busting Vegas" by Ben Mezrich. Its a compelling true story about the MIT students that counted cards! | |
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Oct 29, 2009, 10:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Rhiannnonn  I have to agree with hheath541 about Anne Rice and Anne MacCafferty (are we spelling that right? somehow it doesn't look it). I started reading the Dragonrider books when I was pregnant with my daughter, and here I am, five grandchildren later, still waiting for when I can get the new ones I've missed. (To be honest, I am kind of glad that her son will be picking up for her when she stops writing, or so I thought I read somewhere.)
And, of course, there would have to be on the list anything by James Michner, James Clavell, James Jones, Robert Heinlein, Terry Prachett, Marion Bradley Zimmer (or is it Zimmer Bradley? I get it mixed up), Mary Stewart, Stephen R. Donaldson (particularly the "Thomas Covanant trilogies"), Greg Bear (and to think that the first place I read him was "Omni" magazine all those years ago...). | i remember reading something to that effect on her web site. i think anne mccafferty's son co-wrote the last book or two of the dragonriders series and wrote a few on his own that take place within the same universe, but not within the main storyline.
marion zimmer bradley is an amazing author. i can't believe i forgot to mention her. i love the mists of avalon series.
i would like to add anne bishop to my list. I'm about half-way through the second book of her black jewels trilogy and can't seem to put the book down for more than a couple hours at a time. | |
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Oct 29, 2009, 06:57 PM
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Originally Posted by hheath541 i remember reading something to that effect on her web site. i think anne mccafferty's son co-wrote the last book or two of the dragonriders series and wrote a few on his own that take place within the same universe, but not within the main storyline.
marion zimmer bradley is an amazing author. i can't believe i forgot to mention her. i love the mists of avalon series.
i would like to add anne bishop to my list. I'm about half-way through the second book of her black jewels trilogy and can't seem to put the book down for more than a couple hours at a time. | I think Anne McCaffery's website was where I'd gotten the info from when I first heard about it. She'd had one or more strokes and was going to have to start taking things easier, if I remember right.
As for Marion Zimmer Bradley, I got into "The Mists of Avalon" just because it's time frame was during the period of Merlin and Arthur. I have gotten another of the Avalon books and I just can't seem to get very far into it.
As for Anne Bishop and her "Black Jewels," I can't say that they ring any bells. Although, that does make me think of Anne McCaffery's Killashandra Ree "The Crystal Singer." | |
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Oct 29, 2009, 07:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Rhiannnonn I think Anne McCaffery's website was where I'd gotten the info from when I first heard about it. She'd had one or more strokes and was going to have to start taking things easier, if I remember right.
As for Marion Zimmer Bradley, I got into "The Mists of Avalon" just because it's time frame was during the period of Merlin and Arthur. I have gotten another of the Avalon books and I just can't seem to get very far into it.
As for Anne Bishop and her "Black Jewels," I can't say that they ring any bells. Although, that does make me think of Anne McCaffery's Killashandra Ree "The Crystal Singer." | since you like anne mccafferty, you'll probably like anne bishop, too. even though they have completely different writing styles, there's something about them that seems similar. maybe it's because they both created intricate, multi-faceted, societies and worlds they you can almost see yourself living in. | |
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