Is anyone interested in a great books thread?

[Beebers]

Redwings In Love.

Fabulous true story about redwing hawks trying to nest and live in Manhattan and the hardened, sophisticated New Yorkers who fall in love with them. Not a new book, maybe 8-9 years out now, any library would have it. A Great Book.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Purpose Driven Life (skip chapters 1 and 2--they just repeat themselves paragraph for paragraph about how wonderful you are). My mom bought it for me and it's pretty good.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0310205719/002-7856125-4171257?v=glance

 

[Beebers]

I screwed that up, redtails not redwings, wasn't awake. Redtail hawks.

 

[Jennifer12]

Al Franken's Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them was roll on the floor hysterical one moment and rage-inducing the next. The man has a gift for parody and irony that has managed to turn me Kermit-green with envy.

Interestingly, Franken sites all of his sources, which is something many authors of a political nature don't do. They can have a tendency to make accusations and not back them up with facts - Ann Coulter is famous for this- but Franken is very thorough. He even includes keywords he used in his Lexis-Nexus searches.

Anyway, it's a great book for those who are fans of political humor and/or those just not satisfied with the folks currently holding office in Washington DC.

Jennifer

 

[Whatever]

Well, yes, he was one of those Tormented Brilliant Talents, as so often happens in the arts.

Like Holderlin, who ended his days insane in a tower. It's a pretty yellow tower overlooking one of my favorite rivers though. Hey, maybe that wouldn't be so bad after all.

 

[JaniceFerSure]

Other books I recommend

• The Godfather
• Clockwork Orange
• 1984
• The Exorcist
• The Firm
• Dog Day Afternoon
• Long Day's Journey into Night
• Accidental Tourist
• Beaches
• Catch-22
• X-men 2
• Underworld
• The Phantom Tollbooth
• In the Heat of the Night
• Shogun
• A Simple Plan

 

[Malachy]

Best book ever written: Animal Farm

Great plot, believeable characters, and biting satire. An all around wonderful novel. I suggest anyone who hasn't read it to do so, and anyone who has do so again.

 

[JaniceFerSure]

Best book ever written: Animal Farm

Great plot, believeable characters, and biting satire. An all around wonderful novel. I suggest anyone who hasn't read it to do so, and anyone who has do so again.

I read that in 9th grade,was the first high school novel we read.

 

[Docnzhoss]

Yes, I always find farm animals who can speak, revolt and play poker believable characters. Just razzin' ya, Malachy, I love that book.

My favorites:

The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Iliad and The Odyssey (Homer)
What's Eating Gilbert Grape? (Peter Hedges)
The Once and Future King (T.H. White)
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)

I am currently reading Tortilla Flats by John Steinbeck.

 

[Malachy]

Mockingbird and Grapes are both greats Doczhoss. I never knew What's Eating Gilbert Grape was a novel though..I'll have to check that out, I loved the film.