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Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 11:43 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Yeah, Animal Farm and 1984 are really good. The Animal farm carry the politic aspect of the Russian Revolution and Communism. It soon became a big bang in the Western society at that time. The way I saw it was that major represented marx, napoleon=stalin, snowball= a russian idealist, etc. It's an amazing book. Give it a try. You won't regret.

I love novels of Franz Kafka and Gabriel Garcia Marquez as well. But I love Erich Maria Remarque's novels the most. You can try all of the novels and they are really really good such as All Quiet on the Western Front, Three Comrades, Arch of Triumph...etc..which are books that I love. I collect all of his Novels Wub

François Sagan with Bonjour tristesse is also nice. I love it when I was 18...till now Laugh

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 12:14 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Here are some books I definitely recommend:

Thinner by Stephen King --- Shocking Thriller that got me hooked. It's about a fat man whom has run over a gypsy and has become cursed and becomes thinner and thinner until he melts away.

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden---Movie sucked but my gosh, you'll be blown away at this novel. I was. I cried. Simply brilliant.

Life of Pi by Yann Martel ---- Common~ It's really famous here in Canada.. not as much as the Da Vinci Code though. WHO DOESN'T LIKE AN INDIAN BOY NAMED PI WHO'S LOST AT SEA WITH A TIGER? Oh, my gosh, it's a life-altering novel. Makes you see things in a different light. It's becoming a classic.

The Child Called It by Dave Pelzer ---- It's about California's most BRUTAL child abuse case ever. This book appeared in Oprah's show, just so you know.. The author is actually describes how he survived those horrifying tortures his mom put him through. One including how his mother forced him to lie on the oven while it was on.

Daughter of The Forest by Juliet Mariller --- Fantasy. and goddamn brilliant. It's about a supposed to be the seventh son of the seventh sons but the child was a girl. In order to save her brothers whom an evil echantress turned her loving brothers into swans, she cannot speak and sacrifice to save her brothers. It's Part one of the Sevenwaters Trilogy. It's based on the Celtic legend of the Swans.

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 12:17 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 1:36 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
Was featured on Oprah's Book club. It is a beautiful tale of a poor, hard-working, Chinese farmer and his wife, raising their family in pre-revolutionary China in the 1920s.
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
A true classic, and one of my most favorite peices of 19th century literature. The movie doesn't even hold a candle to this.
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Again, so much better than the movie.
Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant
Coming-of-age novel set in 15th century Florence, Italy, about a 14-year old girl caught in an unconventional, loveless marriage and her secret romance with a mysterious painter.

Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:56 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Bo, Bo-ok? Whats a book? Blink

Can you eat it?

Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:37 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I don't read much that isn't digital but I definitely recommend Shogun by James Clavell.
"It is set in feudal Japan in the year 1600 some months before the critical battle of Sekigahara, and gives an account of the rise of the daimyo "Toranaga" (clearly in reference to the real-life Tokugawa Ieyasu) to the Shogunate, seen through the eyes of an English sailor whose fictional heroics are loosely based on William Adams' exploits."
(credit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dgun_%28novel%29)
I learned a great deal about feudal Japan and samurai through this novel. Not to mention the story is great thumleft

Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:40 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
A Thousand Splendid Suns + The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan + Peony in Love by Lisa See
The Kitchen God's Wife + The Bonesetter's Daughter + The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Nectar in a Sieve by Kamala Purnaiya Taylor
The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang (may she RIP...)

and I'm sure these were probably already mentioned:
The Da Vinci Code + Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 12:17 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I recommend Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. This is a really good classic. Its a rather morbid dark book with alot of symbolism and imagery. It deals with lust and revenge, very fascinating.

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson I remember reading once and it wasn't a bad read.

The Harry Potter series of course lol

I have been reading The Prince by Niccol Manchiavelli but started that like last year and I still haven't finished it yet ~ kinda forgot about it Laugh

I heard that His Dark Materials the triolgy of books by Philip Pullman are really good. I need to read the Lord of the Rings Trilogy one day and 1984 by George Orwell

I haven't really read much books recently. I used to read quite a bit when I was younger but can't be bothered to open a book any more sadly.

Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 5:25 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events ^^ (all of them!)

Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 5:46 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Romane Novels:
The Mallory Stories - Johanna Lindsey
The Bride, The Wedding - Julie Garwood
Once and Always - Judith McNaught

Paranormal Romance
Brotherhood of the Dagger Series - JR Ward
Dark Hunter Series - S. Kenyon

Fiction:
The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
Battle Royale (The book not the graphic novels) - Koushun
The 5 people you meet in heaven - morris

Non-Fiction
Freakanomics

YA Books:
The Twilight Series - Stephenie Meyer
Wickedly Lovely - Melissa Maar
Thirteen Reasons Why - Jay Asher
Modern Fairetale #1 / #3 - Holly Black

Upper El/Middle School
Harry Potter Series
Charlie Bone Series
Elsewhere

Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 6:01 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I am Morgan le Fay by Nancy Springer just because i like to reminisce ;D terribly childish but still such a good book~ takes place in Camelot a bit before King Arthur's time
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See, about foot-binding just for a heads up (: