I need book suggestions!

[G535]

Lots of ebooks available free online, you can download and read them when you have time. I get most of my books at garage/yard sales and second hand shops/stores. Much as I love computers I would not like a world without books too.

[ChrisH]

One of the books I love is Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts. (It's 933 pages long so could keep you occupied for a couple of days ).

Have you read any Terry Pratchett books? I'm just getting into them. I loved Good Omens - which he wrote with someone else, can't remember who - and am now reading Carpe Jugulum, which is part of the Discworld series.

[Pembroke_Corgi]

One of the books I love is Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts. (It's 933 pages long so could keep you occupied for a couple of days ).

Have you read any Terry Pratchett books? I'm just getting into them. I loved Good Omens - which he wrote with someone else, can't remember who - and am now reading Carpe Jugulum, which is part of the Discworld series.

I love Terry Prachett! He is sooooo funny, I really enjoy the Discworld series, and I really liked his new one, Thud!. Haha, how can you not want to read a book with that title?

I'm not sure about the author in particular you are trying to find...I'm thinking of southern authors and all that's coming up right now is William Faulkner- and his books would certainly not be called funny! (IMO, mind-numbingly confusing and disturbing would be a good description).

Just for ideas, I really like Willa Cather, Henry James (his best is Portrait of a Lady, I have read it about 5 times!), Bill Bryson (I love all of this books, they are so funny!) and I also really like the Harry Potter series. I know they are kids books, but I absolutely cannot wait until the final book comes out! Oh, and if you like good nonfiction about pets, Stephen Budiansky has some really good ones. I'll have to pay close attention to this thread as I'm always on the lookout for good books too.

[Zippy]

Great another Reader I LOVE to read.i sometimes make myself stay awake so i can read my books
Cold Sassy Tree it is a great book,the westing game it is a teen book but still i love it,and Babylon Rising series I am reading that right know
The parrots on teleograph hill I want to read it sometime.The Harry Potter Books.

[Cataholic]

Like Richard, I inhale books, too! Finally, Jonah is a good enough sleeper that I can indulge in an hour of reading at night, without worrying about a 5 am wake up time!

My fave authors' Stuart Wood, David Baldacci, LesCroart (sic), and anything in that 'genre'.

I also read Debbie Macromber, and Jonah (with help from Lillycat) got me her sequel to Blossom Street. I just finished it last night.

When all else fails, I will read magazines. If nothing else- I will read instruction manuals, product manuals, just give me something to read!

Jonah seems to love to read, too. We go to the library often (though the electric door button seems his fave thing right now), and he has a couple of shelves of books to choose from. Of course, his favorite is, "Where is the Cat".

Someone said to me once, "I don't have the time to read....". My answer- here it comes again, folks! Turn off the TV!

[JenBKR]

There's "Oedipus the King", by Sophocles, probably not what you want. The Oedipus complex is a Freudian idea, so a book about it maybe making fun? Not sure.... I read that in high school, very interesting....I am also an avid reader, I can't go to sleep at night until I've read something. My husband just doesn't understand...I can spend ALL day in a Barnes & Nobles. I have about 35 books on my shelf that I have yet to read

[luvofallhorses]

If you like horses -- chicken soup for the horse lover's soul is good. I got that book awhile back and am still reading it.

[Sevaede]

There's "Oedipus the King", by Sophocles, probably not what you want. The Oedipus complex is a Freudian idea, so a book about it maybe making fun? Not sure.... I read that in high school, very interesting....I am also an avid reader, I can't go to sleep at night until I've read something. My husband just doesn't understand...I can spend ALL day in a Barnes & Nobles. I have about 35 books on my shelf that I have yet to read

No, doesn't sound like it. Sounds like you went through a lot of trouble to look so thank you very much! Actually, the book I am looking for might be a short story. It's a funny story about a little boy who tries with all his might to make his dad not touch or sleep with his mother, his dad goes off to war, there is a lesson learned somewhere in there, I think, and it's pretty good.

Yeah, my husband has to get up early and does not understand my 5 am book-induced bed time. You sound like me with all of those books! (We had to donate so many to a book store because of the move.)

[Sevaede]

One of the books I love is Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts. (It's 933 pages long so could keep you occupied for a couple of days ).

Have you read any Terry Pratchett books? I'm just getting into them. I loved Good Omens - which he wrote with someone else, can't remember who - and am now reading Carpe Jugulum, which is part of the Discworld series.

HaHA! No book can tantalize me forever! I whip em out like *that*. *cockiness ensues*

No, I will have to check them out, though.