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Need some recommendations!

I have read two fantastic books in the past few weeks-

Room by Emma Donoghue and just last night I finished The Help by Kathryn Stockett. I got totally engrossed in both. But now I am stuck....can't find anything that remotely interests me!!

So what books have the AAM folks on their bedside table at the moment??
 
I'm one of these sad people that has 2-3 books on the go at any one time. Just finished Skippy Dies by Paul Murray, have to say I enjoyed it, especially as it was set in a boarding school, and I went to one, although it did go a wee bit odd in places

If you want a good detective one, myself and my BH are going through a Wallander phase at the minute, (Henning Mankel). I'm also about to start Peter Kays 2nd part of his autobigraphy. Usually have a biography or history book on the go as well and am just finishing one on Joe Torre (ex new York Yankees manager) and am about to start one on the History of the Crusades
 
Actually I have had the Wallander books recommended to me before. Is there a particular one I should start with?
 
I just finished reading Last Train From Liguria by Christine Dwyer Hickey and I LOVED it, really really recommend it. I bought Ghost Light by Joseph O'Connor and I'll take a break for a couple of weeks and read it next month on hols. ps are you male or female, helps with book suggestions I think....
 
Recently read "The Popes Children" by David McWilliams - good observations, but that's all it was, observations. Started "The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas" yesterday evening.
 
There was another thread about a year ago (?) on people's favourite books - can't seem to find it so if someone can post a link that would be great!
 
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows - very enjoyable. If you liked Room I think you'll like it (I read Room right after it and was mega pleased to have 2 such good ones in a row).
 
Recently finished two good books

The Twin by Gerhard Bakker
Curse the river of time - Per Peterson

Currently reading Ghost light by Joseph OConnor. Good but undecided on whether its great or not
 
I read 'The Room' recently too, I enjoyed it, but felt it was too 'short' if that makes any sense, I thought the story was over before it really began.
Read 'Ghost Light' because I loved Star of teh Sea - found this a bit sad, it was heavy going emotionally at times.
There's an irish author, Mary O'Connor I think, love her books - the lastest was 'So what if I'm Broken' - very heavy subject matter and yet great reading.
I've picked up The Alchemist again this week, Paolo Cuelho, for inspiration :)
 
Just finished twenty thousand roads - a biography of gram parsons , brilliant read.
The two fiction books I read recently were both good - Sebastian Faulks A week in December which details the devious machinations of hedge fund managers and yet is far from dull and Robert Harris's Lustrum , a tale of Roman politics - a kind of Fianna Fail in togas
 
Great suggestions folks...thanks so much. Will be googling the reviews later!

Mel I totally get what your saying about Room. I felt the same about The Help as well but I think its because I enjoyed them so much I just wanted to keep on reading about their lives.

With all this rain today I think an open fire and a good book is just the tonic for the evening!
 
Deiseblue said:
The two fiction books I read recently were both good - Sebastian Faulks A week in December which details the devious machinations of hedge fund managers and yet is far from dull
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I bought this book last year in hardbook and gave up reading it! Which I have only ever done once before in my life....half way through it and I just couldn't get into it or care about any of the characters which goes to show how different books are to different people. I had bought it as Birdsong by Sebastian is probably my favourite book I ever read and one I have re read many times.
As I mentioned above I bought Ghost Light for my hols but in light of posts above that it's heavy going emotionally I may need to give in and bring the latest ROCK!!
 
N&C said:
Actually I have had the Wallander books recommended to me before. Is there a particular one I should start with?
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Not sure, I started with one at the end and am back reading one he wrote in the early 90s now. They're all stand alone stories, it's just that the characters background circumstances change a bit.

I know it's off topic, but if anyone is sitting in on a Saturday night, the Swedish version(not the kenneth Brannagh version) of Wallander is on BBC 4 at 9pm, possibly the best programme on telly at the minute.
 
Just finished Shantaram by George David Roberts a few weeks ago - a hefty tome but the best read in ages.
Currently have two on the go. The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas - interesting book in that it depicts Australian society very differently from all these "move to Australia" programs that are currently on the TV with their "shiny happy people" on their BBQ all day long. Not a riveting read though.
Also reading Wasters by Shane Ross (and someone else). I hadnt read a "why the economy is fecked book" in a long time!
 
Just finished The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society, loved it. Recently read 84 Charing Cross Road-which is similarly based on letters, enjoyed that too. Like other posters here, I usually have a number of books on the go, all at once. I read The Help, a couple of months ago, liked it, but think it should have been longer! I'm not sure what I will read next, might try some of the recommendations here.
 
Just started Harry Potter and the order of the Phoenix, i'm a late convert to the Harry Potter books!
Also just started the third book in the millenium trilogy, not normally my bag but have enjoyed them so far.
Just got the latest Stephen Hawking book so gearing my brain up to dive into that
 
BillK said:
"The Elegance of the Hedgehog"

Can't remember the author at the moment.
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Oh I am trudging through this since April and cannot get anyway involved or enjoy it........I have read 2 books in the middle as I just can't seem to finish this one. I am half way through and tempted to give up.......
 
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