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Mar. 8th, 2007 12:13 amI need some book suggestions.
I love sci-fi and speculative fiction, especially character driven stuff, though I like some pretty hard SF sometimes too. I love historical fiction, especially if it involves English history, Nordic history, or Old Testament Biblical characters. Not sure why those always catch my fancy, but they do.
I'm currenlty rereading The Good Earth, for probably the 20th time at least. I LOVE this book. It is joyful and searing and beautiful. I just read the part about Wang Lung taking his starving infant girl, the one everyone thinks of as a "slave" and worthless because she is a girl, inside his coat to keep her warm against his skin and her smiling at him...and it made me totally choke on tears. Good grief, I must be hormonal. If you need a classic to read and you haven't read it, this one is a must for every human being. Not because it makes me cry, but because it is so human.
Anyhoo...give me some good book suggestions! I have a 25% off coupon from Borders for doing a survey and I have to use it by the 18th and 3 points on bookmooch.com to use, so give me your best books list!
I love sci-fi and speculative fiction, especially character driven stuff, though I like some pretty hard SF sometimes too. I love historical fiction, especially if it involves English history, Nordic history, or Old Testament Biblical characters. Not sure why those always catch my fancy, but they do.
I'm currenlty rereading The Good Earth, for probably the 20th time at least. I LOVE this book. It is joyful and searing and beautiful. I just read the part about Wang Lung taking his starving infant girl, the one everyone thinks of as a "slave" and worthless because she is a girl, inside his coat to keep her warm against his skin and her smiling at him...and it made me totally choke on tears. Good grief, I must be hormonal. If you need a classic to read and you haven't read it, this one is a must for every human being. Not because it makes me cry, but because it is so human.
Anyhoo...give me some good book suggestions! I have a 25% off coupon from Borders for doing a survey and I have to use it by the 18th and 3 points on bookmooch.com to use, so give me your best books list!
