I am reading a book by Tim O’Brien called “The things they carried.” I love it. Has anyone out there ever read it? And also does anyone recommend any Non-war books that are good to read?
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Good books tend to be longer.
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I understand that. So what's a good book to read?
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I like the Anne Rice books. The Vampire Chronicles, specifically. I also like Dan Brown, Poe, Shakespere, Brahm Stoker, Mary Shelly, and a bunch of comic book writers like David Hopkins, Johnen Vasquez, and Stan Lee. Really, you just need to read a bunch of diferent authors and find what works for you.
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my fav. would be johnen vasquez, andorson scott card read the enders game collection
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my fav. would be johnen vasquez, andorson scott card read the enders game collection i ment orson
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What kind of books does Vasquez write? Topics wise
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life ,death ,insanity,human scum
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there is more it is just a great book any that he writes
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Read some of the lighter Graham Greene stuff. Travels with my Aunt or Our Man in Havana.
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Johnen is the creator of Invader Zim, Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, and Squee. He's a brilliant writer, and artist.
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Well I just had to read Siddhartha by Hermen Hesse for school. It's only 150 pages and it's a really easy bok. But I loved it. It was really interesting... you might have already read it or you might not want to, but I loved it.
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Yes! and "Demian" is also great by Herman Hesse (176 pages.) My absolute favorites are "I Claudius" and "Cladius the God" by Robert Graves - but those are long reads. I liked "Girl in Hyacinth Blue" - Susan Vreeland (180 pages) which wasn't too long of a read. I tend to go for those historical fact mixed with fiction reads, but they also are usually quite lengthy. Right now I am reading "Fire in the Blood" - Irène Némirovsky (a new short novel - 160 pages.) I like her style. She is a very descriptive writer like Amy Tan or Fannie Flagg... "Suite Française" by the same author was a great read in my opinion, but a much longer one at that... http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/09/books/review/09gray.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss Hope you find something that keeps your interest! :)
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"Don't Move" by Margaret Mazzantini. One of the best books I've ever read. "Italian actress Margaret Mazzantini publishes her second novel, Don't Move, a suspenseful psychological thriller. Be prepared to open this book and not want to put it down until you have reached the end. Timoteo is a prominent Italian surgeon who is married to Elsa, a beautiful Italian woman who comes from an upper class family. Timoteo and Elsa have a fifteen-year-old daughter, Angela, who is the light of their lives. One day, Timoteo receives shocking, horrible news from a coworker at the hospital: Angela has been in an accident and has suffered a life threatening brain injury. Hospital staff recognizes Angela's name in the diary in her backpack, and Timoteo is devastated to learn that his daughter may not survive the accident. As Angela lies in emergency surgery, Timoteo thinks back and silently has a "conversation" with Angela, where he unburdens himself of a period of sin and guilt in a time shortly before Angela was born. The events in Timoteo’s life that precede the year before Angela's birth form the basis for Don't Move."
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Read Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers. It's officially the last day of banned books week, and Fallen Angels for some reason or another made the list. You'd enjoy it.
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Oh ...and anything by Truman Capote. His observations in his writing are insightful and his style witty and eloquant. I have to say that I must agree with his assesment of himself... he was truly a literary genius. Breakfast at Tiffany's: A Short Novel and Three Stories The Grass Harp - Including Tree of Night and Other Stories Music for Chameleons (more short stories)