Good Books And Movies, Know any? Options

[todrownarose]

Poor person with the female artists, however shouldnt have reposted. oh well.

I was just wondering, i've been trying to find mainly a REALLY good book to read, and always end of finding that they're all entirely the same, kinda like some movies. I'm really open to any suggestions, thought i don't really like chick lit, u know gossip girls and things.

Thanks!

[shortiiex]

Daughters of The Moon seris is pretty good
The Lovely Bones

[DisneyPrincessKa...]

check out some dean koontz books. i can never ever put them down. he's awesome.

[azn_r4pf4n]

Somebody's Daughter - Marie Lee (her middle name is in korean, 4got what it was). Ending is unexpected than what you will think it is once you read the book.

[mickybeans]

"p.s. i love you"- cecilia adhert
"starting from square two"- caren lissener

^ two recent books that i've read that were really sad but encouraging (:

[*tweeak*]

im currently reading the life of pi by yann martel. its pretty good

[yummy_delight]

i just finished "white oleander" by jane fitch. it was so great, i couldn't put it down and i finished it in a day.

i highly recommend it.

[yupimchuck]

Um for books;
Tears of a Tiger.
Life in the Fat Lane
Monster. (theyre making that into a movie i think)
Rainbow boys.

[sammi rules you]

the giver
the sisterhood of the traveling pants

[DisneyPrincessKa...]

im currently reading the life of pi by yann martel. its pretty good

i loved that book, i thought the first part was a little slow though

[*tweeak*]

which is interesting, because the first part was what i liked. im a bit bored with the lifeboat right now

[technicolour]

life of pi..yup yup..good book..M Night Shallayman (The guy who did the village) wrote the screenplay for the movie, or so IMDB says

[senoritacheese]

books... um Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz and Body in the Library by Agatha Christie

[fameONE]

Catch 22 by Joseph Heller is by far one of the best pieces of literature I have ever been exposed to in my whole entire life.

For modern satire and autobiographical shock, you should pick up Running With Scissors or Magical Thinking by Augusten Burroughs.

1984 by George Orwell is incredible. Read it twice to udnerstand it.

And to really fcuk up your mind, you should try reading Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto.

As for the movies....

A Bronx Tale
Imitation of Life
Finding Forrester
Mr. Holland's Opus
Dead Poet's Society
A Beautiful Mind
Citizen Kane

[madchenallein]

Any of Thomas Hardy's fiction, so far my absolute favorite is either Far From the Madding Crowd or the Mayor of Casterbridge. The first one is about a shepherd whose dog runs his whole flock of sheep over a cliff, impoverishing him in a single night, and how he falls in love with and pursues a snooty bourgoise country girl and the 'madness' that ensues. The second one is about a man who sells his wife at a country fair and later goes on to become a town mayor then his misdeeds come back to haunt him. All of Hardy's books are great though.

For something lighter, try Jodi Picoult. My favorites from her are Plain Truth, about an Amish girl who gets pregnant out of wedlock and the baby dies shortly after its birth, and My Sister's Keeper, about a girl who was born to serve as a blood and marrow donor for her sickly older sister and seeks medical emancipation.

Also, another favorite author of mine is Judith Merkle-Riley, she is awesome if you like history, but takes a fresher viewpoint on it. I think my favorite one from her is The Serpent Garden, but A Vision of Light is also very enjoyable. If you like astrology or magick, you might read her Master of All Desires or The Oracle Glass.

For passionate, yet not brainless, 'historical fiction' (romance), try Bertrice Small's Skye O'Malley series. They are older, but set in early 1500s Ireland, England, and Middle East, so their age really doesn't matter.

Ahhh, books, I should stop now.
Enjoy.

[alliegrl_x]

My most recent book is Son of the Mob.
Hilarious, unless you are relly mature or something.
The curious incident of the Dog in the night time <--very amusing book

And The sisterhood of the travelling pants (movie and book) was pretty good. i actually didnt think it would be when i picked it up. i thought it would be one of those preppy girl novels. but i couldnt put it down. (or maybe it was because i skipped that day =S) anyway, i havent seen the movie, so i cant make any recommendations for that.
but a few good books =)

[megan_x3]

Well .. uh me in 6th grade .. heh
Ghost in the Tokiado Inn </--**
Harry Potter Book 4th + 5th </-- **
Here Today --Ann M. Martin
Gregor the Overlander </-- **
House of the Scorpion </-- **
Olive's Ocean
Chasing Vermeer ..
Running out of time </-- **
Movies -- Taegukgi / White Chicks / Save the Last dance / Coyote Ugly / The Last Samurai / Hard Ball / Endless love - Autumn / Winter / Spring .. Korean</-- / A Walk to Remember

[toodlepops.]

Seriously, go read the DaVinci Code. It's the best book, ever

[ichiban]

>>books

harry potters
perks of being a wallflower
princess diaries
journey to the center of the earth
five people you meet in heaven
confessions of georgia nicolson

>>movies

saved!
lotr: fellowship of the ring
star wars

[biglamchops]

Harry potter books rock... I'm a loser...
Movies:
Primal Fear
Man on Fire

[TwistMe]

You Don't Know Me by David Klass.

[*mzkandi*]

Moonlight Becomes You by Mary Higgins Clark

[*mipadi*]

I'm currently reading Jennifer Government by Max Berry, Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson, and The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind. They are all quite good.

[Melissad1016]

Patricia Cornwell writes some excellent books. Look into her!

[*Kathleen*]

The Woman Who Walked Into Doors - I can't remember the author's name at the moment; I'm sure you could find it online

Prozac Nation - This is actually going to be a movie starring Christina Ricci

Girl Interrupted - I haven't actually seen the movie yet, but the book is good.

The Phantom of the Opera - What I'm currently reading now; much better storyline/plot than the movie or musical.

1984 - Someone mentioned this above; you should follow their advice.