Comments | lachrymoselife: book nerd since '84

lachrymoselife

book nerd since '84

Jun 25, 2003 10:33

i read the lovely bones in a matter of hours. & already i can't sit still and want nothing more than to go to barnes & noble. so i think it's time for a reading list, informal, and updated frequently, of the books ( i've read, will read, and want to read )

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lachie June 25 2003, 07:57:53 UTC

the lovely bones is..lovely!
hrm you might have read some of these before but:
The Perks of Being a Wallflower/ Stephen Chbosky
Memoirs of a Geisha/ Arthur Golden
The Mists of Avalon/ Marion Zimmer Bradley (this is rather long!)
A Ring of Endless Light/ Madeleine L'Engle (this has been my favorite book since 5th grade. I've read it over 30 times and still love it each time. It's simple, but so lovely.)

lachrymoselife June 26 2003, 05:10:30 UTC

ooh. i've read perks several times already. memoirs of a geisha i've always wanted to read. i shall have to acquire a copy this summer. & i remember reading a wrinkle in time, i believe that's by l'engle too? i shall have to check it out.
i found my all time favorite "book" when i was only five. the giving tree, hehe. i want it to be the story of my life. :)

Re: lachie June 26 2003, 06:59:37 UTC

when you were five?! aw that's so cute :)

dandelion_love June 27 2003, 03:21:38 UTC

ooh dear!! the giving tree is my favourite too!
i found it when i was 7 and it always makes me cry.

xo
ophie

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lachrymoselife June 26 2003, 05:15:02 UTC

oooh, who is the fuckup by? i remember hearing about it before.
i've read almost all chuck palahniuk. i enjoyed choke a lot.
& the old man & the sea is one of the only hemmingway's i haven't read. so i shall get that next time.
girl, interrupted was a great movie. you have really good taste :) thank you!

mewmewmewmewmew June 25 2003, 09:03:42 UTC

Have you read The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula LeGuin? That's the first suggestion book that came to my mind. Or for some philosophy, Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis.

lachrymoselife June 26 2003, 05:16:01 UTC

nope, i've never even heard it! i'll have to check it out! :)

dosidella June 25 2003, 09:51:46 UTC

Damn, that's a hardcore reading list.

I'd rec something, but it's been a very long time since I've read anything that wasn't young adult or for class.

lachrymoselife June 26 2003, 05:25:33 UTC

haha, young adult can still be very enjoyable. i have a weakness for certain books that i should clearly be far too old for. <3

pakigrl4l June 25 2003, 11:24:16 UTC

ahh, I think you should give this book a chance..
Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia by Jean Sasson. might shock ya, but it was really a good read.

lachrymoselife June 26 2003, 05:17:58 UTC

interesting! i'll have to look into that. i like being shocked whenever possible :)