JWN, recommended reading club.

by rolling rock 8 Replies latest jw friends

  • rolling rock
    rolling rock

    JWN, recommended reading club. So I have been laid off for the past few weeks and reading quite a few books. I was just looking for some good insight on some good books that you fine people have been reading. I will give a few of my own.

    Anything by Ken Follett, but I would highly recommend: The Pillars Of The Earth and World With Out End. By far some of the reads I have read in a long time.

    The Story Of Junk, by Linda Yablonsky. A vary compelling story about drug use in the 1980s and when aids first started to hit the US/UK scene.

    The Ultimate hitchhikers Guide, by Douglas Adams. It's a vary hard book to read(as in following along with what's always going on) But thats OK just keep reading on. By the end of the book you will be rolling out of your seat. It's funny sh!t.

    Yesterday I started to read the book called the Conspiracy Of Paper, by David Liss. So far so good, a real page turner. I will give an update when I'm done.

    Holy crap I can't believe I started a topic on JWN. I have not done that for quite sometime. Come on JWN, give me some good books to add to my library. Thanks.

  • rolling rock
    rolling rock

    So... No one has anything to add?

  • White Dove
    White Dove

    "The Grapes of Wrath"

    "Twilight" series

    J. R. Ward's "Black Daggar Brotherhood" series

    "Pride and Prejudice"

    All of the "Harry Potter" series

    The Brothers Grimm

    Mother Goose

  • White Dove
    White Dove

    "Of Mice and Men"

  • White Dove
    White Dove

    Joseph Finder's "Paranoia"

    "The Firm" and other legal escapade books by the author of that book

  • leavingwt
    leavingwt

    Kurt Vonnegut: Timequake

  • quietlyleaving
    quietlyleaving

    I've just started reading The Bible as Literature

    Looking good so far.

  • keyser soze
    keyser soze

    Anything from Kurt Vonnegut, especially Slaughterhouse-5 or Cat's Cradle

    Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

    Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe(caution: don't cheat and watch the movie)

  • TheSilence
    TheSilence

    I tried to do a book club here for a while... but it eventually fizzled out and died. I did compile a list of books that people wanted to discuss, though. You might find a few good reads on there:

    TitleAuthorSuggested By
    Various Short StoriesEdgar Allen PoeTheSilence
    A Handmaid's TaleMargaret AtwoodAWAKE&WATCHING
    Lord of the FliesWilliam GoldingTheSilence
    The Secret HistoryDonna TarttTheSilence
    A Thousand Splendid SunsKhalid Hosseinillbh
    1984George OrwellSad emo
    Cold Comfort FarmStella Gibbonstinker
    Of Mice and MenJohn SteinbeckTheSilence
    The Glass CastleJeannette WallsTheSilence & Scully
    Brave New WorldAldous Huxleyjakmarx
    Memnoch the DevilAnne RiceTheSilence
    The Memory Keeper's DaughterKim EdwardsScully
    Into Thin AirJon Krakauertinker
    The Clan of the Cave BearJean M. AuelTheSilence
    The AlchemistPaulo CoelhoTheSilence
    The Secret Life of BeesSue Monk KiddScully
    The Kite RunnerKhalid HosseiniScully
    The TrialKafkaJohn Doe
    The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnMark TwainTheSilence
    Animal FarmGeorge OrwellSad emo
    The Red TentAnita DiamantTheSilence
    Confessions of Max TivoliAndrew Sean GreerTheSilence
    To Kill a MockingbirdHarper LeeTheSilence
    American GodsNeil GaimanBreck
    Confessions of an Ugly StepsisterGregory MaguireTheSilence
    Bloodletting and Miraculous CuresVincent LamScully
    Stones from the RiverUrsala HegiAWAKE&WATCHING
    Behind the Scenes at the MuseumKate AtkinsonFe203Girl
    The Tale of DespereauxKate DiCamilloSarahlynne
    Snowflower and the Secret FanLisa SeeTheSilence
    The Da Vinci CodeDan BrownTheSilence
    The RoadCormac McCarthyCrumpet
    The Other Boleyn GirlPhilippa GregoryTheSilence
    Memoirs of a GeishaArthur GoldenTheSilence
    The Birth HouseAmy McKayScully

    Some of the books were actually discussed. If you look at my topic history you can see them if you'd like.

    Jackie

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