Books that are worthwhile to own
I am intending to do a big order of books-for-holidays this week. So I need suggestions. In particular, I would like books that take more than a few hours to read (no serial killer novels) but are still fun. Intelligent, but fun. Also, books that cost less than 20$ (Cdn) would be nice. These ought to be books I would like to own since, well, I’ll be buying them. Fiction and non-fiction are both great. Anything with the first chapter available online is even greater.
November 29th, 2004 at 7:25 pm
It came out ages ago, but if you haven’t yet read “A Suitable Boy,” I highly recommend it. It’s looooong and a great read.
November 29th, 2004 at 8:16 pm
I really loved “The Lovely Bones” a few weeks ago.
November 29th, 2004 at 9:57 pm
I loved ‘A Suitable Boy’ (and also ‘A Fine Balance’, which I read just after, and though I know they’re by different people, I always need to think about it for a bit). ‘The Lovely Bones’ mostly irritated me, though I couldn’t put the finger on why.
November 29th, 2004 at 11:32 pm
How about the Makioka Sisters by Tanizaki? I read it a while ago but remember loving it a lot.
November 30th, 2004 at 1:35 pm
Anything by Jose Saramago: All The Names, Blindness, The Cave, Baltasar and Blimunda.
December 2nd, 2004 at 2:37 am
J. B. Priestley’s *The Good Companions*. You won’t be sorry.