A-Z of Books

[simplyn2deep]

A-Z of Books

shanachie_quill is reading a book for every letter of the alphabet and I thought that was a neat idea...and possibly easier (for me) than trying to read 50 books in the year (tried that, as well as 15,000 pages and didn't succeed)

LET THE READING BEGIN!

A--
B--
C--
D--
E--
F--
G--
H--
I--
J--
K--
L--
M--
N--
O--
P--
Q--
R--Red Pyramid, The by Rick Riordan
S--
T--
U--
V--
W--
X--
Y--
Z--Zapped by Carol Higgins Clark



If you have any suggestions of books I should read, let me know!



This entry was originally posted at http://simplyn2deep.dreamwidth.org/3707.html. You can comment here or there. Sometimes I lock entries. no biggie. add me as a friend if you want to see.
♥


comments

Comments

[fabulousweapon.livejournal.com]

The Princess Bride - William Goldman
Wishful Drinking - Carrie Fisher
All Over But the Shoutin' - Rick Bragg (Amazing non fiction)
Angel of Vengence - Trevor Munson (In case you don't do nonfiction - it's the book Alex's series Moonlight is based on)
Bossypants - Tina Fay
Wicked: Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West - Gregory McGuire
Game of Thrones - George Martin


:)

[simplyn2deep.livejournal.com]

oh thanks for the recommendations!

[dontelltheelf.livejournal.com]

Ooh, seconding The Princess Bride and Wicked. Also recommending The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman. I'm totally blanking on books right now so I'll get back to you on other ones.

[simplyn2deep.livejournal.com]

I'll add that to the list. thanks

[dontelltheelf.livejournal.com]

I think you'll like it. They're about this older lady who becomes a decoy/spy for the CIA. I think there are like 12 books in the series? Angela Lansbury was in a tv movie based on the first book back in the 90s.

[simplyn2deep.livejournal.com]

sounds interesting. I'll read up on it more and check out the tv movie. I really like Angela Lansbury

[bluedelft.livejournal.com]

If you like books about history my favorite is The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara. His son, Jeff Shaara, has also written some really good books a series on the Civil War and also one on the American Revolution.

[dontelltheelf.livejournal.com]

They're really funny, if I remember correctly. And she was great in it. She's always great in everything :)

Oh, and this might sound incredibly morbid, but I absolutely love Sarah Vowell's "Assassination Vacation." She was the voice of Violet in "The Incredibles." The whole premise of the book is her taking her young nephew along with her to visit the sites of the Presidential assassinations of Lincoln, McKinley and Garfield. It's hilarious. All of her books are.

Also, Seth Grahame-Smith's "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies." Best book EVER. Okay, maybe not ever, but It was pretty brilliant. "Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters" by Ben H. Winters was also pretty good too.

[simplyn2deep.livejournal.com]

I'll add those to the list as well. I've heard of the last 2 and have been meaning to check them out.

[dontelltheelf.livejournal.com]

There are parts in S&S&SM I thought were boring but P&P&Z was just downright hilarious.

I don't know if you're into vampires or anything, but I loved John Ajvide Lindqvist's "Let The Right One In." There was a Swedish movie and an American remake with Chloe Grace Moretz that came out a couple years ago.

[simplyn2deep.livejournal.com]

I think I've seen parts of the American version of "Let the Right One In"

[dontelltheelf.livejournal.com]

It was called "Let Me In." It was nearly as good as the original, I thought.

Oh! I remembered some more authors. The first is Steve Berry. I've enjoyed all his books. There are a few of his books that are stand-alone, and then he has the Cotton Malone series. The first book is called The Templar Legacy. The CM series is a combination of Jason Bourne meets Da Vinci Code.

The other one is David Gibbins. The lead character is an underwater archaeologist, kind of like Robert Ballard, who found the Titanic.

[theskyyends.livejournal.com]

B- Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates if you've never read it

[simplyn2deep.livejournal.com]

never read that. I'll add it to my list. thanks

[geminilove-ca.livejournal.com]

The Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher is awesome. It's really funny at times. The main character is like Harry Potter, if he'd been raised on a steady diet of film-noir detective flicks.

[simplyn2deep.livejournal.com]

I've heard of that series. thanks for the recommendation