I like them all. Looking for Alaska is not the best John Green, but it was my first and I liked it. The Book Thief is brilliant. Skulduggery is pure fun. So... any of them?
You know, it's funny. We went to war never looking to come back, but it's the real world I couldn't survive.
Tracy ,'The Message'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Gris - Feb 19, 2013 7:39:48 am PST #20469 of 28359
Hey. New board.
Amy - Feb 19, 2013 7:45:12 am PST #20470 of 28359
Because books.
You people are no help. Or possibly too much help.
I think I'm going to finish Montmaray and then start The Book Thief.
We'll see, anyway.
EpicTangent - Feb 19, 2013 10:30:15 am PST #20471 of 28359
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Well, if you are interested, Duane is re-releasing an edited and updated set of the novels, which take into account advances in technology in the time since she started writing the series.
This is definitely of interest. I'll definitely have to look into them. Especially as ebooks, given the piles of literature currently threatening to bury me in the next big quake.
Cass - Feb 19, 2013 6:50:50 pm PST #20472 of 28359
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Mount Toberead
One day, I hope to summit it.
Even just the analog version. I can kinda hide the digital, the actual books taunt me.
Ginger - Feb 19, 2013 7:07:58 pm PST #20473 of 28359
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I have been working on Mount Toberead and Mount Tobeshelved for the last several days, because the avalanches have been getting in the way of walking around.
javachik - Feb 19, 2013 10:18:08 pm PST #20474 of 28359
Our wings are not tired.
I read that as Mount Toblerone. And now I crave delicious candy.
Kat - Feb 20, 2013 3:53:56 am PST #20475 of 28359
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I generally avoid WWII novels, for no clearly defined reason except I just... I don't know. I'm just not that into them. For this reason, I was super resistant to The Book Thief, but I ended up loving it. It's a wonderfully written book. (Also, I loved the Montmaray books and have passed them on multiple times).
Amy - Feb 20, 2013 4:18:44 am PST #20476 of 28359
Because books.
WWII books are only ever my thing if they're centered on the home front. So Rosamund Pilcher's Shell Seekers worked for me, and the Montmaray books, etc. I think Code Name Verity is the closest I ever get to actual action.
megan walker - Feb 20, 2013 7:52:35 am PST #20477 of 28359
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
A couple of years ago, it seemed everything I read involved WWII, so I actively avoided it last year.
But now I'm reading HHhH.
Ginger - Feb 20, 2013 9:11:04 am PST #20478 of 28359
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
James Patterson on encouraging kids to read: [link]