Recommending books ?

[jackthehat]

I'm going to be housebound for the next few weeks........and can read without interruption, or guilt, or expectation that I ought to be doing 'something else'.

So, I shall be heading off to Waterstones soon.

Can you provide me with a list of books I ought to consider buying ?
A brief synopsis would also be useful.

Thankyou, matey-peeps :o)

[askyourgran]

Jth it's very rare I can afford to buy books at Waterstones etc, I usually buy mine from the bookstores or clean ones from charity shops nowadays. Hope you are going to be Ok.

[sara3]

I've just picked up Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro.

I saw a trailer for the film (with Keira Knightly) at the weekend and fancied cramming in the book before seeing the film. it's the same author as The Remains of the Day.

[jackthehat]

Asked and answered, tt..........

Thanks, sara..........that's another on the list.

Waterstones vouchers have already been purchased for me.........so my hand is sort of forced. It would be churlish to complain that I'd have preferred Amazon vouchers !!

But as far as I'm concerned I'm getting free books, anyway. :o)

[askyourgran]

Tonyted see page 2 15.24.

I tend to forget now which ones I've read. Harlen Coben and Lee Child write good American detective novels.

[bednobs]

i'm in the same position as you JtH, but i have bought myself a kindle as the books seem a bit cheaper, plus also take up less space in hospital plus easier to open/hold with my knackered wrists

[karenmac60]

I Know This Much is True and The Hour I First Believed both by Wally Lamb. The first is about a man whose twin brother is schizophrenic and the love hate relationship they have. The second is about a couple who work at Columbine High School at the time of the shootings and the aftermath for them. Both books are related as the characters are from the same town and you must read them in order (the ending of the first is mentioned in the second so it kind of gives it away if you do it the wrong way round). Also, Until I Find You by John Irving. It's about an actor's search for his father and strange relationship with his mother. All 3 are big hefty books, but well worth the read.

[cazzz1975]

can you reserve library books now online?

[DaisyNonna]

TheSkallagrigg by William Harwood. Intriguing

Dragons of Pern Series by Anne McCaffrey. She creates a whole new world. Science Fantasy incorporating insight into human relationships. Fascinating. Start with "Dragonflight", the first written , but then there are others set in earlier times.

"Crocodile on the Sandbank" by Elizabeth Peters is the first of a series about a Victorian female visiting Egypt who becomes involved in archaeology and solves mysteries. Came near to swooning at her description of "his sappharine eyes".
The series continues through three generations. Could make you laugh.

[bednobs]

they never seem to have the books i want at the library.
Plus i always get fines because i never seem to be able to take them back on time!

[joggerjayne]

Library book fines ... ?

Do they keep on mounting up ?

I've taken DVDs back to Blockbuster and been fined waaaay more than the cost of buying the DVD. You'd think that once the fine reached the cost of the DVD/book, then they would just charge you for replacing it.

[cazzz1975]

when I used to go to the library there was always a great big crowd of pensioners at the "mills and boon" romance (large print) section.

[craft1948]

I renew my books online but didn't know you could reserve them as well........