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Permalink Reply by Debra (Debbie) Wilson on -
Tweak-Growing Up on Methamphetamines, Nic Sheff; powerful stuff. In the same vein as A Million Little Pieces, James Frey. I feel drawn to books like these; maybe because my life has been pretty sheltered. They're both hard to put down, needless to say. I read A Million Little Pieces, before it came out that Frey 'exaggerated' a lot of what he said happened to him, but it was well written, and I'd recommend it if you haven't read it.
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Thank You for those titles Debra - I will check them out. I've been meaning to read A Million Little Pieces & also heard the controversy about it. Nic Sheff's book sounds intense & I'll try to look for it : ) There's one book I'm still not ready for & that's James Joyce's Ulysses - it kind of freaks me out a bit! A Canticle for Lewbowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr. was an unusual piece of fiction I liked recently. If you like autobiographies, Sharon Osbourne's Extreme is a good one.
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Permalink Reply by Debra (Debbie) Wilson on
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Thanks, Me, I'll have to check out those titles too. Another book that's also been made into a movie, Running With Scissors, by Augusten Burroughs. It's a memoir of his, growing up. I guess I'm one for the offbeat.
I like historical/fantasy, and the 'Outlander' series, by Diana Gabaldon, is fun. It's about a woman who inadvertently time travels to 1740's Scotland when she falls through a cleft in some 'standing stones'. Gabaldon's 8th book of the series comes out next month and I've read the series 3 times (I'm one of those that can read certain books over and over if I really like them. Some ppl think that's weird. oh well....)
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Permalink Reply by Me on
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Oh wow! The Outlander! That book kept me company many times! My sister said she actually thanked Diana Gabaldon for writing it. Also, I was in the library not too long ago & someone described the plot as you did & asked if the librarian knew the book - of course I was excited to say I knew it well! This is so wild that you mentioned it! I think I've read it at least twice, but I know I would enjoy reading it again, so I completely understand what you mean! She has a sequel?
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Permalink Reply by Debra (Debbie) Wilson on
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Yes! there are 8 books in the series; Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, Drums of Autumn, Fiery Cross, Breath of Snow and Ashes,An Echo in the Bone, and the newest, coming out Nov. 29, The Scottish Prisoner. Can't wait for that! All of the series are as good as the first book, you should read them all!
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Permalink Reply by Me on
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Do I ever have a lot of reading to do! Gabaldon's writing is enchanting. All those titles sound intriguing. Hopefully that Jamie character continues in the series ;). Currently I'm reading Knocking on Heaven's Door by Lisa Randall which is kind of everything you ever wanted to know about the Large Hadron Collider but were afraid to ask! It's a good book, although certain sections make me feel a little dense, she writes clearly enough for the reader to understand what's happening in physics lately.
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Permalink Reply by Debra (Debbie) Wilson on
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Oh! that does sound interesting! I'll surely check that out! I've been following the progress of the LHC for awhile. But sometimes it's too mind-boggling, it gives me the willies! I love science, but I've never taken physics, so it's hard to comprehend sometimes.
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Permalink Reply by Melissa Kocurek on -
I read this book a couple of years ago and it was so interesting. I also read A Million Little Pieces which was criticized for being exaggerated. But I liked both books a lot. They aren't far off from what really happens in the hard core drug world.
Debra (Debbie) Wilson said:Tweak-Growing Up on Methamphetamines, Nic Sheff; powerful stuff. In the same vein as A Million Little Pieces, James Frey. I feel drawn to books like these; maybe because my life has been pretty sheltered. They're both hard to put down, needless to say. I read A Million Little Pieces, before it came out that Frey 'exaggerated' a lot of what he said happened to him, but it was well written, and I'd recommend it if you haven't read it.
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Permalink Reply by Melissa Kocurek on
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I just recently read the entire Chronicles of Narnia, it took me all summer. I really loved them. You're never too young to read about a fantasy world.
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Permalink Reply by Natalie on -
Oh wow Mel I reread those too this summer. They brought back such wonderful memories and I also love C.S. Lewis in general. Speaking of youth and fantasy worlds I also reread the Chrestomanci series of books by Dianna Wynne Jones who also wrote Howl's Moving Castle, which I actually also read for the first time and loved. I stumbled across a book in the series at a consignment store in a little town north of me called Jamestown (recognize it Debra ;). It totally transported me and I proceeded to spend the next several weeks finding and rereading every book in the series again and others by her that are just as magical and really quite intelligent fare. I would absolutely recommend her as an author.
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Permalink Reply by Debra (Debbie) Wilson on
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@yes, I do know Jamestown; don't get there too often, a friend own a gift shop there, 'La Petit Maison'. I've never heard of Dianna Wynne Jones. I love fantasy, so I'll be checking out the Chrestomanci series. I did see the animated movie Howl's Moving Castle - I bet the book's even better.
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Permalink Reply by Natalie on
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I haven't seen the movie so now I'll have to check it out. I think you'll really like the book Debra and there are actually 2 sequels to Howl's though I've only read one of those. What I also love is that she does a bit of what Stephen King (my FAVORITE author) does in that she intermixes characters from different stories. It's fun to read a story and catch a few familiar characters from a different series.
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