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What are your favorite authors? I like a lot, but my two faves are James Patterson and Bill Bryson. I also like Anne Rice, Iris Johansen (though I've only read a few of her's), and I can't believe I can't remember her name, but she writes the Kay Scarpetta crime series. Grrrr, what is it!? (I'll probably remember as soon as I hit "send message", lol!) |
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I am reading Jean Plaidy's books right now. Royalty in the 1500-1800 in Europe really interests me and Plaidy is good at it. Right now I am reading about William and Mary of England. |
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Cindy Lou- try Margaret George. Her historical fiction is great reading- I especially liked Cleopatra, but Mary, Queen of Scots is good too. |
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Lolo, I so agree that the Alex Cross novels are fantastic!! I just love that series and the characters (like Nana Mama). I didn't like the way his family life left off at the end of The Big Bad Wolf, so I'm impatiently awaiting the next in the series. Also, thanks to the movies, I hear Morgan Freeman's voice when I read Alex's words, which is kind of nice since I like his voice. |
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| | | From: Ivy | Sent: 6/14/2004 8:01 PM |
Speaking of James Patterson...has anyone else read "Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas"? I could not put the book down! And anytime a book make you cry, you know it's a good read. |
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Thanks Julie for that suggestion. Next time I am at the library I will pick up a Margaret George book. I finished William and Mary and now I have Queen Caroline Mathilda of Denmark as well as Hortense, daughter of Jospephine who married Bonaparte. I just love history. |
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| | | From: Smoky | Sent: 11/1/2004 6:23 AM |
I guess I have too many to list also. Love the Alex Cross series by James Patterson; the first 5 or 6 books by John Grisham; the first 3 by David Baldacci; all of the early Stephen King Books; even more of the early Dean Koontz Books (I think he took a lot longer to deteriorate than Stephen King). Most of Robert McCammon, especially They Thirst, Swan Song and The Wolf's Hour. Also enjoyed that VC Andrews series Flowers In The Attic; Petals On The Wind and If There Be Thorns. And almost anything by Agatha Christie and Robert Heinlein. To narrow it down, I guess I should go by my favorite re-reads, in approximate order: 1. "It" by Stephen King. 2."And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie, the book that first turned me on to the whole Survivor series. 3."Stranger In A Strange Land" by Robert Heinlein. 4."Watchers" by Dean Koontz 5."The Stand" by Stephen King 6."Twilight Eyes" by Dean Koontz 7."The Foundation Series" by Isaac Asimov 8."Christine" by Stephen King (I may get brickbats for that one, but I love it everytime I read it) 9."Murder At The Vicarage" by Agatha Christie. Not one of her more intricate mysteries, but the characters and the narration are classic. 10."Crooked House" by Agatha Christie, the best "murder in the family book I've ever read. I guess I'd better stop before this turns into The Hot 100, even though I'll probably think of someone crucial that I left out about 4 seconds after I send this. Truth to tell, this is the first season that I've posted in any of the boards other than the General one. It's just hard to think of anything much to say about Survivor this time. These castaways are starting to make Africa and Thailand look intersesting by comparison. |
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Hey- Smoky! I'm always ready to talk about books. Is "Watchers" the Dean Koontz one with the super intelligent dog and the mutant baboon thing? I loved that book! Now I'm gonna have to dig it out and read it again! Did you read his 2 about Christopher Snow- the guy with the light sensitvie disorder that only comes out at night? I've been waiting forever for him to come out with a third in that series. I haven't read a whole lot of his later ones though. And as far as King goes- start over with the Dark Tower Series- each book gets more complex and ties into so many other things- including his previous books. The Final installment is just out and is one heck of a finale! King's still got it- he just hid it under a lot of commercialism for a while! |
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| | | From: Smoky | Sent: 11/3/2004 1:13 PM |
Hi Julie. Just saw your post. "Watchers" is the one about Einstein, the intelligent dog. That one is my all-time favorite Koonst, with "Twilight Eyes" a really close second. I did enjoy the Christopher Snow stories but haven't re-read either yet. I'll probably do that when the third one comes out. Actually that story-line is very similar to "Midnight", which IMHO was a much better book. Also really like re-reading "Lightning". "Strangers", "Darkfall", "Phantoms" and "Whispers" As far as "The Dark Tower" series goes, I haven't read any of them, but I'll take your advice and give it a try. Stephen King started losing it for me around about the time "Gerald's Game" came out. I kept right on reading him, though, plodding right through "Delores Claiborne", "Desperation" and its twin in Connecticut (the name escapes me for the moment) and several other clunkers. The last straw was "Insomnia", though. I saw that it took place in Derry, Maine, which put my "IT" fetish into overdrive. So Dummy rushes out and pays about 30 bucks for the hardcover because he couldn't wait for the paperback to come out. Naturally, it turned out to be the worst book I'd ever read by Stephen King (or anyone else, for that matter). Since then, I've been a lot more cautious. I can always go on and on about books, but I've got to stop at least for now. The carpets are being steam-cleaned here at 10:30, and I've got to get a lot of stuff off the floor. More later. Smoky |
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My favorites also include: James Patterson, Dean Koontz, Stephen King... The first two are usually so believeable and true to life ingenuity that you become afraid and paranoid by reading them..... Stephen King is just a fun scare as so many of his play something phony into it that I can take myself out of the book knowing it is just a good read. Now.... Anne Rice? I could never get into her vampire type series.... although some very heat creating sections..... if you want to read what I feel is her best... written under her alias..... A.K. ROQUELAIRE (sp ?) read her sleeping beauty series....... there were moments I thought my whole body was turning inside out with the intensity of it. As I mentioned in a previous post.... Robert Mccammon, the only book I have ever remembered for years, detail for detail.... A Boys life..... changed the way I raised my kids, the forward was life changing.... and I have tried a few more of his books but still have not found one as good. Anyone out there listen to audio books.... as I have become more handicapped, carpel tunnel (cannot hold the books for long) and high blood pressure taking my sight (cannot take the eye pain from reading).... I listen to more and more.... belonged to a book club Simply Audio that mails them to me but they were a failure... wondering if anyone has connections to a better audio by mail club? |
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Yes, I have read Anne Rice's Sleeping Beauty trilogy. Very well done although we should mention they are Xrated books. |
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best book ever is Not Wanted on the Voyage by Timothy Findley. its sucha good book, so i would say that he is one of my fav. authors. i also like V.C. Andrews. & cuz i love Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling is great too!!!! |
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I love VC Andrews books too! I have alot of her books.I also like JK
Rowling,herHarry Potter books are awesome!Stephen King and Dean Koontz
are also faves of mine!
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I haven't read a book in quite a while and it disgusts me! I LOVE reading but my eyes seem too tired by nighttime! But, there was a post about Patterson's "Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas" - I have it and it's on my nightstand and should get to it soon! After that I plan on reading Jester. "Watchers" was the Koontz book that got me hooked on him many moons ago. I haven't read anything of his in ages but I have a shelf of books I want to get to soon and Icebound is on it. There's another fantastic book I read once that I want to get to again - has anyone ever read "Dust"? I'm not sure of the author's name but it's something like James or Charles Peregrino/Peligrino (oh, I can't remember!). That book was so intense! I can barely remember a lot of it now (senility at age 37, lol) but it was like something upset the balance of nature and dust mites/bugs started swarming and so on. Very unnerving and a lot of action! Would make a great movie! |
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