Reviews for the Literary Inclined discussion

As with the authors...Tell some of the books that left an impression on you.


"The Giver" - Lois Lowry
"Julius Caesar" - William Shakespeare
"Alice in Wonderland" - Lewis Carroll
"Through the Looking Glass" - Lewis Carroll
"The Odyssey" - Homer
"Naked in Death" - J.D. Robb
"Pride & Prejudice" - Jane Austen
"Dracula" - Bram Stoker
"Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales" - Brothers Grimm
"A Christmas Carol" - Charles Dickens
"The BFG" - Roald Dahl
"A Wrinkle in Time" - Madeleine L'Engle
"The Golden Compass" - Philip Pullman
"Harry Potter series" - J.K. Rowling

Ride the Wind by Lucia St Clair Robson
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
ALL of Kelley Armstrongs books
The Hunger Games (book 1) Suzanne Collins
Un Homme Ordinaire by Paul Rusesabagina (english version is calle "An Ordinary Man)

I do have several favorites... but the first titles that come to mind are: Eon by Greg Bear, Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear, One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Ubik by Philip K Dick...

Monica wrote: "I do have several favorites... but the first titles that come to mind are: Eon by Greg Bear, Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear, One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Ubik by Philip K D..."

I have 100 Years of Solitude on my shelf...how did you rate it?

I read One Hundred Years of Solitude in three different languages, first time in Italian (2 or 3 times) when I was 16, loved it. Then again, in my thirties in English, adored it. Finally, and more recently in my forties, in Spanish, it blew me away. I love magic realism and I connected with Marquez's world right away. It was love at first read. It's a perfect ten for me.

Monica wrote: "I read One Hundred Years of Solitude in three different languages, first time in Italian (2 or 3 times) when I was 16, loved it. Then again, in my thirties in English, adored it. Finally, and more ..."

Oh my goodness!! You are AMAZING!!! :o)

Hmm... I, like Sarajayne prefer series, but I do have a few stand alones that stuck out for me...

Stand Alone Novels:
The Power of One by Bryce Courtney
Master of the Game - Sidney Sheldon
Carrie - Stephen King
The Bad place and Midnight by Dean Koontz
Faerietale - Raymond E. Feist
The Redemption of Althalus - David Eddings.
Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte'
The Lies of Locke Lamora - Scott Lynch (even though its part of a series, its the only one I've read so far)
Oh - and Season of Passage - Christopher Pike

Series:
Empire Trilogy - Raymond E Feist
The Wheel of Time - Robert Jordan/Sanderson
The Black Magician - Trudi Canavan
The Liveship Traders - Robin Hobb

I have LISTS more, But I don't wanna hog the page... :D

I have a lot of favorites but my top 14 are listed above

Way too many to list them all, but here's a sampling in no particular order:

The World According to Garp, John Irving
The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger
The Kite Runner, Khaled Husseini
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Dave Eggers
What is the What, Dave Eggers
The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway
Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen
Norwegian Wood, Haruki Murakami
Slaughterhouse Five, Kurt Vonnegut Jr
Love in the Time of Cholera, Gabriel Garcia-Marquez

Harry Potter and the Half-blood prince by J.K Rowling
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K Rowling
Fallen by Lauren Kate
Torment by Lauren Kate
Passion by Lauren Kate
Rapture by Lauren Kate
Miss Marple by Agatha Cristie
Ravensgate by Anthony Horowitz
Evil Star by Anthony Horowitz
Nightrise by Anthony Horowitz

Many others to list.
*When I think of any more, I'll add to the list.