Books

[harris06]

Please give me book recommendations. I'm feeling really inspired to read which is awesome, but I have no idea WHAT to read

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[redrhodes]

have you ever read alain de botton's ON LOVE?? It's one of my most favorite books...if you're a theory/philosophy nerd and a romantic mixed into one, i think you'll really enjoy this read. he also wrote a book about traveling - equally as nerdy romantic - which might be more appropriate for you since you're abroad...

[harris06]

thanks! i'll check it out. i'm nerdily romantic without a doubt.

[currentlee]

right now, i'm obsessed with abe opincar's "fried butter", it's really short, like read-in-a-day short, but phenomenal.
try james morrow's "towing jehovah", which is cool.
nigel slater's "toast" was awesome, too.
i also read "the curious incident of the dog in the nighttime" last week, and it was good.

[harris06]

my mom recommended that last one too.
thanks for all of the votes. i'm excited to try them.

[supershell]

i don't know what you've read & what you haven't, but

god of small things/ arundhati roy [amazing beautiful great]
poisonwood bible/ b. kingsolver [interestingly written solid]
temple of my familiar/ alice walker [rachel's favorite; i've read an amazing 10p thus far]

[harris06]

thank you. i'll try 'em

[thomas_w]

I have "god of small things" in hebrew, in case you are interested in practicing the language, but I didn't like it at all.

[harris06]

hmm.....maybe i'll give it a shot. i imagine it's probably out of my league in terms of difficulty but...worth a shot

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