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Hello there, how is it going? Do any one of you know of books that will keep you turning those pages. I mean books that you can't put down until you reach the last chapter?
Two come to mind: Copper Sun, and The Darkest Child. Both very sad but moving and definitely page-turning. Good luck.
the dark tower series by Steven King. Also, timeline by Michael Criton.
A lot of dean Koontz's works keep me turning, and have kept me up a lot, just listening to it. Patricia Cornwell's another good one too. I wouldn't read Cornwell, unless u aren't afraid of blood or antonmy, as she writes about a medical examineer. Koontz is a horror/thriller writer, though a bit more realistic then king. King is still really good though, he just does a lot of supernatural things.
Ok, apparently I can't spell today either. I thought of a few titles for ya. "False Memmories" by Dean Koontz, "shadow Fires" by Dean Koontz, "Cruel and Unusual" by Patricia Cornwell, "the Good Guy" by Dean Koontz, "Predditor" by Patricia Cornwell...man this is hard, since I get all of mine from the library of congress, and they haven't sent me any in a while...um..."the Last Precinct" by Patricia Cornwell, "Thunder" by Dean Koontz, "lightning" by Dean Koontz, I can't think of this ones name by Dean Koontz, but its about a security guard named Ethan, who works for an actor named Channing Manhime, and he has a son named Frick...crap i can't think of the name now...o, and one more for ya, "the Runaway Jurry" by I think its John Grisham?
Ja konrath is the best thriller writer I'd read in awhile. He deals with blood, but the cases are doen by a woman police officer. ja konrath.com is his website, go read some of his free stuff and if you like audio, Susie Breck and Dick Hill do an incredible job narrasing. I didn't thinkI'd like that, but wow...
I have trouble putting down William W. Johnston books. They are westerns. I also love law thrillers, John Grisham, Stephen White and more. I agree with the posts above Coontz and King are awesome!
Dean Koontz and Michael Crichton are two of my favorite writers; Matthew Stover's writing style is unforgettable so I couldn't put down Episode III of Star Wars; omg he did an absolutely wondrous job of that! The writers I respect the most for their imagination, creativity, writing ability, and all other things combined have to be Frank Herbert and Robert Jordan. Frank Herbert's Dune series is the shit, I'm telling you!
I'm currently reading False Memory, it really is a page-turner.
Lord of the Rings, that all-time classic, is always good.
Anne McCaffrey's Brain/Brawn series (The Ship Who Searched, The Ship Who Sang, so on) were extremely good. She's always really, really good though.
For some reason I couldn't put down Laurell K. Hamilton's books. She's not better than some I've said but... the plot just drags me in, especially her Princess Meredith books. There's quite a bit of sex in those, though (no, that's not why they were page-turners, lollol.)
I'll write more if I'll think of them later though.
Hmmm... depending on what genres of books you like:
Horror
Many people have read goosebumps, and it is undoubtedly a very good series and one of my favorites, but another great horror series is Strange Matter. All the stories are set in the town of Fairfield, and the creepy antagonists range from a ghostly baron from around the 13th century to slimy creatures, called daros, that can combine with one another and become so large that they can envelop an entire person. Some good titles from this series are:
Deadly Delivery
Dead on Its Tracks
Bad Circuits
Frozen Dinners
Fly the Unfriendly Skies
Something Rotten
Nightmare
Suspense
Drum's Ring: Set in the town of Opportunity, Kansas, in 1878, Drum's Ring is a page-turning thriller in which Angie Drum, the editor of the town's most popular newspaper, must try and convince her son, the mayor, to stop his double dealing before she has no choice but to expose him and his entire ring.
Mystery
Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys are wonderful, but if you want something a bit off the beaten path, check out the Cat Who series, in which newspaper writer Jim Quillerin's highly intelligent cat, Cocoa, always leads Quillerin directly to the clues to unravel the mystery. Some good titles from this series are:
The Cat Who Talked to Ghosts
The Cat Who Came to Breakfast
The Cat Who Sang for the Birds
The Cat Who Brought Down the House
Romance
Silent Honor: In yet another Danielle Steele classic, timid Hiroko sets off from Japan to California, where she'll live with relatives and go to college. Much to her surprise, she falls in love with an American. But as hatred for the Japanese grows after Pearl Harbor, Hiroko and her family prepare for the inevitable relocation to concentration camps. As Hiroko begins her journey through the hard and often sorrowful life in the camps, her traditional Japanese ideals battle with her desire for a life of freedom.
Fantasy:
Harry Potter: Nuff said.
And I'll post more later.
twilight series! omg 14 days till the movie
depends what you want to read really. if you like horror, then books buy steven king would be good. things like pet cemitery. if you like thrillers then go for steven leather, he's brilliant. fantacy, then i'd reccomend reading the wheel of time buy robert jordan. and you seriously have to read the discworld series buy terry pratchett. if you like historical fiction, then you might like bernard cornwell's sharp books, or the war lord trilogy.
and ok, i'll post more later.
How about books that deals with personality development?
I just finished reading "I Am The Messenger" by Mark Zuzack I believe his name is. I thought it was really well done, though if you have never heard the way Brittish people talk, get ready for it then. What made it even better was that when my English teacher gave me the book to listen to, the narrator of it was Brittish so it made it even better. I has to do with an ordinary cab driver, some how managing to stop a bank holdup. After this, he starts to recieve aces in the mail, with addresses on them. He goes to each of these addresses, and he helps out people. I'm not going to give it away, but it had me laughing with some of the things taht eent on, and kept me reading till about 3 in the morning till I got done it.
If your in the mood for a mystery, my english teacher has also gotten me into the Harlan Coben books. the only two that I have "No Second Chance" and "Gone For Good". Both of them got me hooked from the first page, and I wouldn't put them down till I found out what happened next. The thing about his writing is, that he will leave you in suspense, so unless you stop reading at the end of a chapter, you will find it hard to put it down, until you find out what happens next. Another good writer which I found was Carol Nelson Douglas. She writes about a cat named Midnight Louie. What keeps this interesing, is that Louie solves crimes with his daughter Midnight Louise, but its not only them that solve them, the story switches between them, Temple Louie's owner, Max, Temple's boyfriend, Melena, a lutinentant in the police, and Temple's I guess you could say Ex boyfriend. The only one that I have read so far in the series is "Cat in an Indigo Mood". Their are supposed to be 27 books in the series though. That's all I have for now.
You should read The Cold One by Christopher pike. it kept me turning pages until I finished the book. Unfortunatly, The Blind Mirror; The Cold One (The sequel Seedling was never written
Peter James, "good news" journalist working on his first hard news story, has just met Julie Moore, graduate student in Near Death Experiences. Jerry Washington,
ex-gangbanger, has fallen in love with upper-crust cheerleader Susan Darly. Each of these people will meet the Cold One--a villain whose touch can wither
a person's soul--and be irrevocably changed.
Oooh sounds definitly like something I'd like.
yeah, it's an awsome read
Wow that's a lot of books! I may have to check out some of these! Yeah, twilight series definitely had me reading all the time! I also loved Harry Potter but that's a given! I really like fantacy and mystery type stuff. Another couple of my favorites is a series, the first book is called "Both Sides of Time" and is followed by "Out Of Time". I dont know who the author is at the moment, but it's about a girl who finds a way to go back in time, and she falls in love with a guy from the other time she goes back into. It's really a good book! Both are! Also I highly recommend Rebecca, if you like a sort of mystery and romance mixed together. I really like that one! The narrator gets married to a guy she barely knows, and everyone in the house is used to his ex wife, Rebecca! So they never stop talking about her, as if she was such a wonderful person, and it makes the narrator uneasy. Also the housekeeper who really adorred Rebecca really makes the narrrator feel bad because she doesn't like her. But eventually she finds out that her husband actually killed Rebecca, after everyone was convinced she died in a boat accident, but enough said....read the book! Lol!
And that's about all I can think of now...
twilight all the way baby! three more days til the movie! yayayayayayayaya! lol. they're really awesome books though
but the books that really hooked me in were the books by james patterson, honestly, he is the most amazing mystery/suspense author out there, lol. the woman murder club series is just amazing. i'm rereading most of them now. the eighth book is coming out next year i think. but the book: my sister's keeper really got me too. actually, anything by jodie pecoult is amazing. she's an author that really makes you thinks about soe of the subjects she writes about and everything. hmm, lets see. i mostly read fantasy stuff. but like i said, the twilight series. the his dark materials trilogy by phillip pullman is awesome too. he's grate with his works. even though its kind of hard to understand sometimes. the inheritance cycle. they're awesome books too. kind of gory though. hmm, what else. oh, i actually dont like patricia cornwell. i read, or tried to read this book by her, but it was just awful, didnt hook me in at all. ok, i think thats it, for now anyway. but i've read a lot, so i'll probably think of more later
What book did u try and read by her? Some of her books take a bit to get into. The first one that I read by her, was called "Trace". Have you tried that one? Its going to jump you right in, since its not the first book with Skarpetta in it, and so the story has kind of gotten launched, but you can get the jist of what is going on. "At Risk" maybe wasn't one of her better works, but it was still an alright read. I read "The Runaway Jury", I'd like to see if I can find the movie now, to compare it with the book.
The book that immediately comes to mind is The Kite Runner by Khaled Housseini (and right now, I can't recall the exact spelling). Amazing good book, and even though there's not a whole lot of action, I couldn't put it down.
If you're into more children-y literature, Eoin Colfer is really good - I was engrossed in the Supernaturalist for every spare minute I had till I finished it. But then, I'm a weirdo who likes that kind of stuff, so if it's not your thing, that's okay too.
Alison
Here are mine
Dale Carnegie
How To Win Friends And Influence People
Great communication skills. These skills will help anyone to a good success and future. I suggest it because people need to learn better skills to deal with each other. I’ve used a lot of these and I have got nothing but success.
Ayn Rand
Atlas Shrugged
Fountainhead
The Voice Of reason
We The Living
Anthem
A bunch of philosophy reads, but good. None are dry, it has a lot of reasons and entertainment.
I definitely second any novels written by Jodie Picoult (I've read hem all), as well as both "The Kite Runner" and "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Husseini. I'm not much of a fantassy fan, but books that I'd recommend to just about anyone include:
A Confederacy of Dunces-John Kenedy Toole
Marly and Me -John Grogan (I hear the movie's a tear-jerker too!)
we Need to Talk about Kevin-Lionel Shriver (about the killer in a highschool shooting-must be ok with disturbing novels)
Eat, Pray, Love -Elizabeth Gilbert
...and so many more.
I would recomend the blue nowhere by jeffrey deather. Good book, I spent all of last night reading it.
what genre would the blue nowhere fall in to?
Suspense/murder mystery.
hmm, sounds like something I'd read. I'll check it out
jack katchum the girl next door is an awesome book very sad though it is hoor/thriller