I've got 2 Barnes and Noble gift cards I'm gonna use soon and I want a good book reccomendation. I've already decided to get Jackson Browne's latest CD hit collection and this really cool sounding book called "Lies My Teacher Never Told Me."
This leaves about $7-8 for another book so please any good classic or sorta current book would be appreciated.
Taylor-Mayed · Member since
"Jennifer Government" by Max Barry
Daburcor? · Member since
Wow.. This is such a wide topic... I shall think about it and post again later! ;p
Sir Archie 'Tiffany' Leach · Member since
I advise a dictionary old bean.
Sir Archie 'Tiffany' Leach · Member since
Hang on a minute!
Only you Danno old boy could write I'll come back when I've had a think about it. Corking!
Daburcor? · Member since
Well, After thinking a bit, I will recommend most ANYTHING by Roald Dahl (yes, I know they are mainly kids books, but I love them), and The Hobbit (I am currently half through it, And really think I should stop trying to 'streach it out' as I've had it since Christmas). Also, I really enjoy the book "If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a 'B' Movie Actor" by Bruce Campbell. VERY funny! Also, Some Stephen King books are good. Pet Semetary being my fave of the lot. ;p
geeksandgeeks · Member since
Stephen King's great. And Dan, you're right - Pet Sematary is the best one.
But if I had to recommend one book right now, it would be "Silas Marner" by George Eliot.
NO DON'T SHOOT!!! It's actually good. I hated it the first time I read it and then the second time around decided it was actually pretty good. And the TV movie with Ben Kingsley wasn't bad either.
Kuku · Member since
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]geeksandgeeks wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Stephen King's great. And Dan, you're right - Pet Sematary is the best one.
But if I had to recommend one book right now, it would be "Silas Marner" by George Eliot.
NO DON'T SHOOT!!! It's actually good. I hated it the first time I read it and then the second time around decided it was actually pretty good. And the TV movie with Ben Kingsley wasn't bad either.[/QUOTE]
Yay to Silas Marner! In where I live there are classic editions called Wordworth. (not the poet). Only ~$2US a book! Anything George Eliot is good... especially Middle March.
Wreckage · Member since
'Anti-Americanism' - by Jean Francois Revel
David Jones · Member since
Argh! Not Silas Marner! Memories of GCSE! Its not a bad book though!...
Kuku · Member since
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Miss James wrote: [/QUOTENAME] "Cause Celeb" by Helen Fielding - quite humorous.
"The Awakening & other short stories" by Kate Chopin - interesting stories.
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee - just cos it's the best book ever. ;^)[/QUOTE]
I sound repetitive, but wow! What a good list, Miss James.
geeksandgeeks · Member since
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]David Jones wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Argh! Not Silas Marner! Memories of GCSE! Its not a bad book though!...[/QUOTE]
What's GCSE and what's it got to do with SM?
Or do I even want to know? ;D
Taylor-Mayed · Member since
GCSEs are the exams everyone in the UK takes at the age of 16 as the finale to compulsory schooling.
It stands for General Certificate of Secondary Education.
FreddiesGhettoTrench · Member since
Hmm... I would suggest:
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Doskeyvsky (I love Alyosha!!)
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot
1984 by George Orwell
and I second To Kill a Mockingbird
geeksandgeeks · Member since
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Taylor-Mayed wrote: [/QUOTENAME]GCSEs are the exams everyone in the UK takes at the age of 16 as the finale to compulsory schooling.
It stands for General Certificate of Secondary Education.[/QUOTE]
Okay...no more questions, as I think I can guess how a book would relate to an exam.
