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Post by java on May 8, 2015 21:14:29 GMT -5
Hello my name is Lisa and I'm addicted to Fanfiction. I used to read lovely wonderful books but fanfiction has cursed me and won't let go of its choke hold on me. I feel your addiction lol-smiley-face I also read eBooks, graphic novels, paperbacks, well many different things. I also always have an audio book going when I drive. The last things I have been reading/ listening to are: Double Zebra:Of Zen and Zombies by Allison Bonde this is only an eBook. She uses lots of nods to Nathan in this. Not at all what you would think from the title. Nice story. The Derrick Storm short eBooks ( there are 3) by R. Castle of course Plum Island by Nelson DeMille Robert Parker books The Softwire series by P.J. Haarsma Clive Cussler John Nance "Orbit" Ok now back to reading...and listening sheepish |
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Post by java on May 8, 2015 21:15:08 GMT -5
I'll just make a list since I read books like they're made of chocolate. Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin Cleopatra's Daughter by Michelle Moran (very interesting historical fiction about Rome under Augustus) The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn by Robin Maxwell (how my Anne Boleyn obsession began and 10000 times better than The Other Boleyn Girl)
Something Borrowed and it's sequel Something Blue by Emily Griffin The Sword, The Ring and the Chalice Trilogy, The Ruby Throne Trilogy, and The Pearls and the Crown Duology by Deborah Chester (a couple of excellent fantasy series by a little known author)
The Darcy Gentlemen Trilogy: An Assembly Such as This, Duty and Desire, These Three Remain by Pamela Aiden (For those of you who love Pride and Prejudice and long to see Darcy's point of view, this is the trilogy for you)
That's all I'll do for now, but I have a bunch more. |
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Post by java on May 8, 2015 21:15:41 GMT -5
Love anything by Nicholas Sparks, Safe Haven was fabulous |
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Post by java on May 8, 2015 21:17:09 GMT -5
I am a serious book junkie. I usually have at least two books going at any one time. One for my own self, and one I'm reading to decide whether or not to put it on the bookshelf at school. My self
My self is currently reading World War Z for my book club. It actually is a very interesting read. It's less about zombies and more about how we as a world would handle a global crisis. I'm just about done with this, so after that it's on to Death Comes to Pemberly by P.D. James. It's a Pride and Prejudice book that I happened to find at the bookstore and decided to give it a read. I also love Harry Potter, The Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde, all Jane Austen but especially Pride and Prejudice, Persuasion, and Mansfield Park.
Kiddo Books
One of my boys got me reading this book series called Conspiracy 365 by Gabrielle Lord. It's about this kid who is on the run from his family, the police, and a bunch of bad guys as he tries to solve the mystery of his family. There are twelve books in the series, one for every month. If you have boys who like action stories, this has proven to be good. I also enjoy 39 Clues and a bunch of my kiddos love these. Percy Jackson wonderful. Skip the movies, read the books. Little House Series, any book by Judy Blume. My kiddos also really like the I Survived..... Series. Short but interesting reads. Tin, I'm going to check out those Pride and Prejudice books you recommended. They sound great! |
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Post by java on May 8, 2015 21:17:38 GMT -5
Recent books I've read: The Host -Stephenie Meyer Incarceron- Catherine Fisher Dragonswood- Janet Lee Carey Favorite books: The Lord of the Rings and The HobbitThe entire Redwall series The Inheritance CycleThe Deptford Mice trilogy and HistoriesThe Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica
The Chronicles of Narnia |
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Post by java on May 8, 2015 21:18:21 GMT -5
I'll just make a list since I read books like they're made of chocolate. Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin Cleopatra's Daughter by Michelle Moran (very interesting historical fiction about Rome under Augustus) The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn by Robin Maxwell (how my Anne Boleyn obsession began and 10000 times better than The Other Boleyn Girl)
Something Borrowed and it's sequel Something Blue by Emily Griffin The Sword, The Ring and the Chalice Trilogy, The Ruby Throne Trilogy, and The Pearls and the Crown Duology by Deborah Chester (a couple of excellent fantasy series by a little known author)
The Darcy Gentlemen Trilogy: An Assembly Such as This, Duty and Desire, These Three Remain by Pamela Aiden (For those of you who love Pride and Prejudice and long to see Darcy's point of view, this is the trilogy for you)
That's all I'll do for now, but I have a bunch more. Tin, if you liked the Emily Giffin books, in her third book, Baby Proof, the two main characters from Something Borrowed and Something Blue make a brief appearance about two-thirds of the way through the book. I used to be a voracious reader, but there just doesn't seem to be enough hours in the day these days. I went through the historical romance (commonly referred to as bodice rippers) phase, then the Danielle Steele phase, and now I suppose much of what's sitting on my shelf waiting to be read would be considered of the "chick lit" variety. The only books I've actually read of late are the Nikki Heat and Derrick Storm books. |
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Post by java on May 8, 2015 21:19:11 GMT -5
Love to read, taste runs from A-to Z. Science, History, some Mysteries,..Sherlock Holmes books, James Bond books and lots of science fiction and fantasyRG and I like some of the same authors in science fiction and fantasy. I would add Sharon lee and Steve Miller, Roger Zelazny, Steven Brust,Larry Niven, Gordon Dickson, Guy Gavirel Kay,Anne Bishop Ann McCaffrey, David Brin, Raymond Feist, Lord Dunsany, Evangline Walton, Marion Zimmer Bradley and Tolkien of course.( yes I do read a lot of Sf and fantasy)Geology books, Japanese History, books on religious history, biblical criticism, books on events that change history i.e. Black Death,Volcanoes, Ice ages. OK I am way past rambling. One more thing, when I got married I had over thousand paperback ( mostly sf and fantasy). My wife thought we didn't have room for all the books and me being in love agreed to sell them. Biggest mistake ever on my part. Most of the books are no longer in print or cost a lot more today. |
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Post by java on May 8, 2015 21:19:52 GMT -5
I'll just make a list since I read books like they're made of chocolate.
The Darcy Gentlemen Trilogy: An Assembly Such as This, Duty and Desire, These Three Remain by Pamela Aiden (For those of you who love Pride and Prejudice and long to see Darcy's point of view, this is the trilogy for you)
That's all I'll do for now, but I have a bunch more.
I love Pride and Prejudice fan fiction. I read the Pamela Aiden trilogy first and was quite spoiled. I've read many others, but few compare to her stories. One Thread Pulled by Diana J. Oakes was good and Jan Hahn's The Journey and An Arranged Marriage were decent. Linda Wells' Imperative story was solid, but could have been better without as much sack time......very M rated. |
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Post by java on May 8, 2015 21:20:46 GMT -5
I just reread all of the Harry Potter books over my winter break. I also dug into the first Derrick Storm book, and will soon read the second. I am just starting The Help and Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl novel right now. I want to reread the Hunger Game trilogy sometime soon too. And a reread of the Nikki Heat's might not be bad either.  I went through Pride and Prejudice for probably the 10th time last summer (I'm a big fan of most of Jane Austen's works). I may have to check out some of the Austen suggestions the rest of you mentioned! I did read the Fifty Shades series, and the first one was okay, but I kind of got annoyed with the characters in the middle of the series. It was a so-so series for me. But then that isn't a huge surprise as I have long-since been disillusioned by Twilight, so a series that spun-off from that was likely to have a few misgivings. I've read my fair share of fanfiction as well. I love most of Meg Cabot's books as far as chick-lit goes; Boy Meets Girl is one of my favorites, but her Queen of Babble Series is quite good as well. She tends to have quirky heroines who are usually their own worst enemy, lol. She also has the Size 12 is Not Fat series that might appeal to the Nikki Heat loving crowd, as its about an ex-pop star who finds herself in the middle of murder cases quite frequently. I have liked most of her teen novels apart from the Princess Diaries (which I could never quite get into). Sophie Kinsella has some good ones too: She is known for her Shopaholic series, but I particularly like some of her standalone novels like Can You Keep A Secret, The Undomestic Goddess, and Can I Have Your Number. As for children/teen books, Sarah Dessen has some good books out there that handle real issues, but not in a heavy-handed way. The Wake series by Lisa McMann is good too- it's about a girl who can fall into people's dreams; it's a little dark, but good series. I always liked historical novels aimed toward kids as well, typically the diary kind like the Dear America series that focused around a specific time frame in history. I was a fan of Ann Rinaldi as well. Another novel I have been meaning to read again, that I haven't in a while was The Westing Game. I read it in elementary school and I haven't read it since. I also liked the entire Anne of Green Gables series. This post is making me want to go to a bookstore or the library just to find some more books! |
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Post by java on May 8, 2015 21:23:04 GMT -5
If you like Chick Lit, I recommend Metro Girl and Motor Mouth by Janet Evanovich. While her Stephanie Plum Series has sort of out lived it's welcome (at least for me it has) those two are really funny. It's about a girl named Alex Barnaby but her childhood nickname is Barney. She used to be this major tomboy, and while she grew out of the grunge look, she still loves working on cars and engines, at least in secret. When her brother, Bill, gets into trouble she goes down to Florida to help him and runs into Sam Hooker, a NASCAR driver and a ladies man. Since Bill stole his boat and Hooker wants it back, he follows Barney around and they realize Bill is in way over his head with Cuban smugglers and the FBI. Basically, they have to find Bill before the bad guys do, and they wind up in some pretty hilarious situations. You'll love Hooker, he's hysterical throughout the whole thing and his dog Beans in the second book is also funny too. I love Chick Lit, and I will definitely have to check those out! I tried to get into the Stephanie Plum series after the movie One For the Money came out last year, but it was just one of those books that took me forever to read (and I'm the speed-reader, can't put it down until I finish it type). I don't know what it was, but it just was a slow read for me. And I never went further in the series because I felt I had to read it in order (I had to reread all of the HP books in order over break, even though this was about my 3rd time going through the whole series again, and I had to wait for some to be available and could have easily skipped ahead and gone back to the one I was waiting on...but I didn't; literal ocd), but our library didn't have all of the books and I didn't feel like spending all of that money buying the books. Those other books by Janet sound promising though, so I'll definitely look into it! |
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Post by java on May 8, 2015 21:25:18 GMT -5
I love "The Wild Trees" by Richard Preston. It takes you on a discovery to the tallest and oldest living objects on Earth!!! I love this book in spite of believing that it could have been better written. STILL, its worth a read!!!!! |
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Post by java on May 8, 2015 21:25:59 GMT -5
I love Chick Lit, and I will definitely have to check those out! I tried to get into the Stephanie Plum series after the movie One For the Money came out last year, but it was just one of those books that took me forever to read (and I'm the speed-reader, can't put it down until I finish it type). I don't know what it was, but it just was a slow read for me. And I never went further in the series because I felt I had to read it in order (I had to reread all of the HP books in order over break, even though this was about my 3rd time going through the whole series again, and I had to wait for some to be available and could have easily skipped ahead and gone back to the one I was waiting on...but I didn't; literal ocd), but our library didn't have all of the books and I didn't feel like spending all of that money buying the books. Those other books by Janet sound promising though, so I'll definitely look into it! My mom loves Stephanie Plum, but I feel like it's been going on too long. I mean, it's been like nineteen books and she still can't decide which guy she wants? Oh there are funny parts, but I feel like every book ends the same. "I love Morelli but I also love Ranger, woe to my life. I have two guys who want me. Throw me a pity party." That's not the case for the Alex Barnaby books. Not only are there just two (unless you count the graphic novel) but there is only one guy and she's not irritating like Stephanie is. |
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Post by java on May 8, 2015 21:26:50 GMT -5
Some of my favorite books are the classics. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, Emma, and Wuthering Heights although the last one I've never seen as a great love story, just a great character study. I use to devour all of the Pride and Prejudice fanfiction that's been published. I've read more than I can count or remember. Castle fan fiction has kind of taken over where that left off and best of all it's free! I have a stack of books I want to read or am in the middle of but between my writing and my 3 year old I never seem to find the time. I bought Frozen Heat the day it came out but still haven't read it. I also have the Pleasure Groove by John Taylor (bass player of Duran Duran who I had a huge crush on at 14!) and the first book in the Game of Thrones series. Goodness knows when I'll finish them all. I'm holding off on the Harry Potter series. I'm hoping to read them with my daughter in a few years. |
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Post by java on May 8, 2015 21:29:29 GMT -5
Many of my fav books have already been mention so I will list the ones that are off the beaten path in the hope that others may enjoy them too.
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, by Stephen King. Hilarious. Half the book is an autobiography and the other half is about the craft. Highly recommended for aspiring writers. I love to write but I do so very infrequently as my muse is an undesciplined, wanton, drunken, unreliable xxxxxxx.
The Chicago Manual of Style, by The University of Chicago Press. This is a great reference book and I should spend more time flipping through it. I learned typing on a real typewriter ages ago and we were taught to double space after a colon within a sentence and between sentences. That's no longer true (single space).
Rebecca, by Daphne Du Maurier. Probably my favorite classic (I have a leatherbound edition on my shelf). In 7th grade, we were given the option to read Fahrenheith 451 or Rebecca. All the boys chose Fahrenheit and the girls went with the much thicker Rebecca except me. Having read Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys series and finding Drew a much better read, I typically followed what the girls read and that has always served me well with the exception of Flowers in the Attic. 
Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World Class Performers from Everybody Else, by Geoff Colvin. I'll sum it up: 10,000 hours of active, focused, intentional practice. However, read the book for the details because it is fascinating.
The Primal Blueprint, by Mark Sisson. As someone who had a history of health issues, this book, the next book by Robb Wolf, and the friend who I trade notes and experience with, have changed my life. Mark's message is simple, easy, and more forgiving. You can check out his website by searching for "Mark's Daily Apple". Everything in the book is on the website, his message is free, but the book is better organized.
The Paleo Diet: The Original Human Diet, by Robb Wolf. Robb is a bit more hardcore and technical than Mark with plenty of biochemistry which I love. His message is also free via his website and he has a huge and extensive podcast (free).
The House of Medici: It's Rise and Fall, by Christopher Hibbert. I love a good historical read now and then.
How to Be Your Dog's Best Friend and The Art of Raising a Puppy, by the Monks of New Skete. I love dog books and these are my two favorites on dog training (or training the owner).
Underwater Dogs, by Seth Casteel. Take a tennis ball and toss it in a pool. Take a photo underwater. Laugh hysterically. Great coffee table book for dog lovers.
Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training, by Mark Rippetoe and Lon Kilgore. Forget the Bowflex. Buy this book and go online and read from the bodybuilding.com forum. You can be the next Mr. Universe, Ms. Fitness, or just be lean, strong, and healthy without the bulk and it all boils down to reps, set, sleep, and what you feed your body. Highly recommended.
The Patrick O'Brian seafaring, swashbuckling series (Aubrey/Maturin). I have it all including the last unfinished book, 21 books total I think (they're in the other room). I'm somewhere on book 10, The Far Side of the World.
As with most, and probably all, of you, there are many more books I love but this is a good start. Enjoy and thanks for sharing. |
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Post by ProudTVJunkie on May 8, 2015 21:37:53 GMT -5
Thank java for doing this. I actually copied all of this from the 12th to my own computer because I didn't want to lose any of the great recommendations.  |
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I went through Pride and Prejudice for probably the 10th time last summer (I'm a big fan of most of Jane Austen's works). I may have to check out some of the Austen suggestions the rest of you mentioned! 
