02-15-2006, 11:55 AM | #11 |
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Great page turning books begin and end with:
Atlas Shrugged The best novel ever written
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I love anything Tom Clancy, but especially Executive Orders. I also like Ender's Game- Orson Scott Card Lost Boys- Orson Scott Card... a surprisingly honest portrayal of an LDS family. Doesn't sugarcoat it, doesn't focus on the negative... I found it impressive. Huck Finn Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire |
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First of all "Angels and Demons" had the most implausible ending of any book I have ever read. I liked it until the last 80 pages. The Da Vinci code was interesting but the end as well was kind of bull crap
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I agree the end of the Da Vinci code sucked. But it was a page turner I read it in two days.
I also thought Enders Game was a very good book. A few others: To Kill a MockingBird and anything by Clive Barker
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Dan Brown does a lot of things well. His stories are good, his research is good (if not entirely 100% true) and his characters are believable, but the man is not a good writer. I think it is fairly well accepted that Dan Brown is not a pulitzer prize winning author. But the man can write a good page-turner. The endings for angels and demons and davinci code were way over-the-top and didn't help the book a bit. But I also read both of those books in 2-3 days. Homeboy - good catch on the Undaunted Courage. As I was making my list, I had forgotten about the novel requirement for the list. Nonetheless, it was an excellent read and probably the best Lewis and Clark book I've ever read. |
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I just added the White Boys book to the Books page.
SeattleUte, so you have read Musashi? Me too. I found it highly inspirational, in the sense of bettering ones self. |
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the book i tore through faster than any other book i have ever read was....
into thin air-jon krakauer and i dont know anyone who hasnt tore through the book as well. |
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Yes, the Onion Field is non-ficition. (I suppose I should have started another list of non-fiction, eh?) Wambaugh was a policeman in his original career and unless I'm mistaken, he was on the police force in the town where the story takes place.
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