Recommend & Review

Katherine · 07-13-2005, 05:09 AM

Recommendations & Reviews

We HAD a thread but it's gone into Storage and I can't seem to get it out. I guess it defeats the purpose if I can get it out.

Anyways...book recommendations for me anything by V.C. Andrews if you're into macabre, goth novels (beware of Incest)...but they're alot of fun, heart-breaking alot of times but overall a good read.

And I'll come back with a review...later...after I've finished a book.

seth_is_my_baby · 07-13-2005, 05:13 AM

Oooh! New forum! Love it

Incest- ewww!

If you want a teen book, full of everything they should have- but alas, this one is good- check out Looking For Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta and Saving Francesca, also by MM.

Katherine · 07-13-2005, 05:16 AM

Can you get that overseas? I LOVED Looking for Alibrandi. I totally felt for her. I haven't read SF but I've been meaning to because Alibrandi was good. Movie sucked though. Sorry if you liked it...eek!

seth_is_my_baby · 07-13-2005, 05:20 AM

I'm not sure if you can get it over seas Kat, I hope you can, because then our American and UK friends will be able to enjoy it to.

You must read Saving Francesca, its fantastic!

I liked the movie, I was a huge Kick Gurry fan, he was just too cute, but it could never live up to the book.

Katherine · 07-13-2005, 05:23 AM

That's why I didn't like it because it didn't live up to the book which is so good...Kick Gurry? Who did he play again (I'm sorry I'm not caught up with Aussie actors...I know Pia Miranda though

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Kari · 07-29-2005, 09:29 AM

'The Gospel According to Biff' by Christopher Moore.

This was a book, I totally loved.
I used to say to my best friend: "When life gets you down, Biff will get you up again".
It is actually the good old story we know from the New Testament, but it is told by Jesus' fictive best friend Biff, who is rather the opposite of Jesus.
It is kind of a parody, but in my opinion it is totally a Christian book.
It is about friendship and faith, and it is about love.

Summer_Roberts2 · 07-29-2005, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by seth_is_my_baby

If you want a teen book, full of everything they should have- but alas, this one is good- check out Looking For Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta and Saving Francesca, also by MM.

What are they about Em? I love a good teen book

OTH man · 07-30-2005, 12:04 AM

for a recommendation for all Christians and even some of you who arent Christian but would like an inspirational book, "She Said Yes" by Cassie Bernall its about a girl who was killed in COlumbine this was her last conversation before she died

Boys with guns: do u belive in God?
the girl: Yes
Boys with Guns: Why?(shoots her in the head)

its really sad but it goes over her life and she had a strange past she was ready to kill her parents and teachers but then with a strange turn of events turned to be a Christian willing to die for her faith also its a really easy read i read it in one sitting but its totally worth it!

"She Said Yes" by Cassie Bernall

Katherine · 07-31-2005, 06:01 AM

^^^ Sounds mighty interesting. I'll be sure to look out for it.

Jill. It's been awhile since I read Looking for Alibrandi (I actually bought it years ago and only read it once) but it's a really good book. Its about a girl who's trying to find her place. With all these outside influences around her. Like exams, her father, her culture, boys etc etc...

It's really good, heavy but good and it's a good representation of Multicultural Australia.

Kari · 08-29-2005, 10:44 AM

'Death and the Penguine' by Andrej Kurkow.

I got this book as a birthday present. I got interested because on the backcover it said that Kurkow was like a Russian John Irving, but then again, it seems kind of popular to compare new authors who are telling good and bizarre stories to John Irving.
However, I wouldn't say that the comparism is too wrong, neither it seems justified.

Fact is, that Kurkow is a really good writer.
In this book he tells the story of Viktor, who lives in Kiew, is about thirty and - apart from that - incredibly lonely.
His best friend is the Penguine Mischa, who he took to him after a part of the local zoo was closed because they couldn't feed the animals any longer.
Viktor is a writer, but he always failed to write a novel. He knows that he can write, his problem is that he can't write something that is longer than a few pages.
Anyway - one day - he gets a job - and a wel-paid one - that perfectly applies to his skills as a writer of short texts.
He writes obituaries for famous people for a big newspaper. Only the people about which he writes aren't dead yet. So, now that he has a new job, he is never publishes.
About that he once complains to a friend of his boss and suddenly several of the people die.
And Viktor is losing grip of what is happening. The friend of his boss leaves his daughter in Viktor's house, the Penguine is suddenly invited to countless funeral's because of his black and white cloak, Viktor makes friend with a professor who always explored Penguines - it turns out that Viktor is actually only a little player in a plot he can't influence.

The book is funny and an easy read - mainly because it is really well written - and on the other hand it is incredibly sad and full of melancholia.

Read it when it's really cold and stormy outside and you have it nice and warm.

Katherine · 09-04-2005, 07:49 AM

I actually need some recommendations.
For my 21st birthday party...each table is going to be called a book so far I have the following:
- Bridget Jones's Diary (for the mothers)
- Goosebumps (for my guy cousins)
- The BabySitters Club (for my girl cousins)
- Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban (for my best friends)
- The Lord of the Rings (for the dads)
- Pride & Prejudice (for well...let's not mention it)

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I need 4 more book recommendations for:
- My high school/net friends
- My overly pretentious older cousins
- 2 reject tables (people invited coz of parents)

Can you all help me...I need semi-well known books that don't have a name in the title aka Matilda, or Jane Eyre...

Summer_Roberts2 · 09-04-2005, 08:41 AM

Harry Potter has a name in the title...? But that's in a different league...I can't think of anything right now, but I'll try to think of something.

I finished your letter Kat! It's going in the mail today

Kari · 09-04-2005, 01:24 PM

This is more than sweet, makes me wish again I could make it. I mean, sitting on a table that is named after a book is like paradise...

Well, I don't know. I think for the two reject tables you could take some of those books everybody knows. Like...let me think of something...'Robinson Crusoe' or 'Great Expectations'...you know what I mean
Don't know about the others...for the protentious cousins...

Something by Marcel Proust...he is very protentious. 'Swann's World'

Speaking about letters...you both should get one soon.

Katherine · 09-05-2005, 01:29 AM

Oh so exciting...Jill I will mail your letter tomorrow...turns out Bella didn't get hers because they couldn't understand my writing. So yeay!

I just thought one for my pretentious cousins "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", and for my school friends "Apt Pupil" by Stephen King OR "Sweet Valley High"...

Now for the reject table...The Twits? The Witches? Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? The Magic Faraway Tree (I actually like that one...)

Kari · 09-05-2005, 02:11 PM

Hitchhiker always is great...geez, that reminds me of something.

I just love Zaphod.

07-13-2005, 05:09 AM	#1 (permalink)
Katherine Hollywood Elite Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Exile On Mainstream Posts: 34,756	Recommend & Review Recommendations & Reviews We HAD a thread but it's gone into Storage and I can't seem to get it out. I guess it defeats the purpose if I can get it out. Anyways...book recommendations for me anything by V.C. Andrews if you're into macabre, goth novels (beware of Incest)...but they're alot of fun, heart-breaking alot of times but overall a good read. And I'll come back with a review...later...after I've finished a book. __________________ Strange, where were you, when we started this gig, I wish the real world, would just stop hassling me

07-13-2005, 05:13 AM	#2 (permalink)
seth_is_my_baby Hollywood Elite Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: icon cred to cutiesmartgurl @ LJ Posts: 15,044	Oooh! New forum! Love it Incest- ewww! If you want a teen book, full of everything they should have- but alas, this one is good- check out Looking For Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta and Saving Francesca, also by MM. __________________ save me from the nothing i've become draco malfoy <3

07-13-2005, 05:16 AM	#3 (permalink)
Katherine Hollywood Elite Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Exile On Mainstream Posts: 34,756	Can you get that overseas? I LOVED Looking for Alibrandi. I totally felt for her. I haven't read SF but I've been meaning to because Alibrandi was good. Movie sucked though. Sorry if you liked it...eek! __________________ Strange, where were you, when we started this gig, I wish the real world, would just stop hassling me

07-13-2005, 05:20 AM	#4 (permalink)
seth_is_my_baby Hollywood Elite Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: icon cred to cutiesmartgurl @ LJ Posts: 15,044	I'm not sure if you can get it over seas Kat, I hope you can, because then our American and UK friends will be able to enjoy it to. You must read Saving Francesca, its fantastic! I liked the movie, I was a huge Kick Gurry fan, he was just too cute, but it could never live up to the book. __________________ save me from the nothing i've become draco malfoy <3

07-13-2005, 05:23 AM	#5 (permalink)
Katherine Hollywood Elite Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Exile On Mainstream Posts: 34,756	That's why I didn't like it because it didn't live up to the book which is so good...Kick Gurry? Who did he play again (I'm sorry I'm not caught up with Aussie actors...I know Pia Miranda though ) __________________ Strange, where were you, when we started this gig, I wish the real world, would just stop hassling me

07-29-2005, 09:29 AM	#6 (permalink)
Kari RPG Assistant Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Near Frankfurt/Main Posts: 14,416	'The Gospel According to Biff' by Christopher Moore. This was a book, I totally loved. I used to say to my best friend: "When life gets you down, Biff will get you up again". It is actually the good old story we know from the New Testament, but it is told by Jesus' fictive best friend Biff, who is rather the opposite of Jesus. It is kind of a parody, but in my opinion it is totally a Christian book. It is about friendship and faith, and it is about love. __________________ The Literabbits I discovered that my castles stand upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand

07-30-2005, 12:04 AM	#8 (permalink)
OTH man Hollywood Star Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in tha Chi-Town Posts: 6,884	for a recommendation for all Christians and even some of you who arent Christian but would like an inspirational book, "She Said Yes" by Cassie Bernall its about a girl who was killed in COlumbine this was her last conversation before she died Boys with guns: do u belive in God? the girl: Yes Boys with Guns: Why?(shoots her in the head) its really sad but it goes over her life and she had a strange past she was ready to kill her parents and teachers but then with a strange turn of events turned to be a Christian willing to die for her faith also its a really easy read i read it in one sitting but its totally worth it! "She Said Yes" by Cassie Bernall __________________ Dwyane Wade Romans 1:16 "I am not ashamed of the gospel.."

07-31-2005, 06:01 AM	#9 (permalink)
Katherine Hollywood Elite Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Exile On Mainstream Posts: 34,756	^^^ Sounds mighty interesting. I'll be sure to look out for it. Jill. It's been awhile since I read Looking for Alibrandi (I actually bought it years ago and only read it once) but it's a really good book. Its about a girl who's trying to find her place. With all these outside influences around her. Like exams, her father, her culture, boys etc etc... It's really good, heavy but good and it's a good representation of Multicultural Australia. __________________ Strange, where were you, when we started this gig, I wish the real world, would just stop hassling me

08-29-2005, 10:44 AM	#10 (permalink)
Kari RPG Assistant Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Near Frankfurt/Main Posts: 14,416	'Death and the Penguine' by Andrej Kurkow. I got this book as a birthday present. I got interested because on the backcover it said that Kurkow was like a Russian John Irving, but then again, it seems kind of popular to compare new authors who are telling good and bizarre stories to John Irving. However, I wouldn't say that the comparism is too wrong, neither it seems justified. Fact is, that Kurkow is a really good writer. In this book he tells the story of Viktor, who lives in Kiew, is about thirty and - apart from that - incredibly lonely. His best friend is the Penguine Mischa, who he took to him after a part of the local zoo was closed because they couldn't feed the animals any longer. Viktor is a writer, but he always failed to write a novel. He knows that he can write, his problem is that he can't write something that is longer than a few pages. Anyway - one day - he gets a job - and a wel-paid one - that perfectly applies to his skills as a writer of short texts. He writes obituaries for famous people for a big newspaper. Only the people about which he writes aren't dead yet. So, now that he has a new job, he is never publishes. About that he once complains to a friend of his boss and suddenly several of the people die. And Viktor is losing grip of what is happening. The friend of his boss leaves his daughter in Viktor's house, the Penguine is suddenly invited to countless funeral's because of his black and white cloak, Viktor makes friend with a professor who always explored Penguines - it turns out that Viktor is actually only a little player in a plot he can't influence. The book is funny and an easy read - mainly because it is really well written - and on the other hand it is incredibly sad and full of melancholia. Read it when it's really cold and stormy outside and you have it nice and warm. __________________ The Literabbits I discovered that my castles stand upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand

09-04-2005, 07:49 AM	#11 (permalink)
Katherine Hollywood Elite Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Exile On Mainstream Posts: 34,756	I actually need some recommendations. For my 21st birthday party...each table is going to be called a book so far I have the following: - Bridget Jones's Diary (for the mothers) - Goosebumps (for my guy cousins) - The BabySitters Club (for my girl cousins) - Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban (for my best friends) - The Lord of the Rings (for the dads) - Pride & Prejudice (for well...let's not mention it) ---------- I need 4 more book recommendations for: - My high school/net friends - My overly pretentious older cousins - 2 reject tables (people invited coz of parents) Can you all help me...I need semi-well known books that don't have a name in the title aka Matilda, or Jane Eyre... __________________ Strange, where were you, when we started this gig, I wish the real world, would just stop hassling me

09-04-2005, 08:41 AM	#12 (permalink)
Summer_Roberts2 Hollywood Star Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: credit to hpicons Posts: 6,829	Harry Potter has a name in the title...? But that's in a different league...I can't think of anything right now, but I'll try to think of something. I finished your letter Kat! It's going in the mail today __________________ Shackers Love Thanks to the Mars for the banner

09-04-2005, 01:24 PM	#13 (permalink)
Kari RPG Assistant Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Near Frankfurt/Main Posts: 14,416	This is more than sweet, makes me wish again I could make it. I mean, sitting on a table that is named after a book is like paradise... Well, I don't know. I think for the two reject tables you could take some of those books everybody knows. Like...let me think of something...'Robinson Crusoe' or 'Great Expectations'...you know what I mean Don't know about the others...for the protentious cousins... Something by Marcel Proust...he is very protentious. 'Swann's World' Speaking about letters...you both should get one soon. __________________ The Literabbits I discovered that my castles stand upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand

09-05-2005, 01:29 AM	#14 (permalink)
Katherine Hollywood Elite Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Exile On Mainstream Posts: 34,756	Oh so exciting...Jill I will mail your letter tomorrow...turns out Bella didn't get hers because they couldn't understand my writing. So yeay! I just thought one for my pretentious cousins "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", and for my school friends "Apt Pupil" by Stephen King OR "Sweet Valley High"... Now for the reject table...The Twits? The Witches? Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? The Magic Faraway Tree (I actually like that one...) __________________ Strange, where were you, when we started this gig, I wish the real world, would just stop hassling me

09-05-2005, 02:11 PM	#15 (permalink)
Kari RPG Assistant Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Near Frankfurt/Main Posts: 14,416	Hitchhiker always is great...geez, that reminds me of something. I just love Zaphod. __________________ The Literabbits I discovered that my castles stand upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand