
Last Book I Read for Leisure
#1
Posted 22 March 2007 - 10:48 PM
1. All the normal Member Guidelines apply to your review.
2. These are books you read for leisure or would recommend to others as leisure books. Do not include the book for your English Literature class, Scriptures or other religious texts, or that monster computer manual.
3. Books not suitable for teens should be labeled with a suggested age or maturity level. Also provide some reason why it's not appropriate (language, violence, etc).
Since I'm starting this thread, I guess I should go first.
In preparation for the new Harry Potter book and movie coming out this summer, I'm revisiting all the books in this series. The last book I've read this time around was Harry Potter and the Prisoner from Azkaban. I feel this book is on par with the first two for reading and comprehension level. That is to say that people as young as 10 could enjoy it. This book introduces Divination classes (discerning the future through palmistry, reading tea dredges, gazing in crystal balls, etc), so some Christians may be offended.
I give it 4 stars out of 5.
I didn't lose my mind - I have it backed up on a disk ... somewhere
#2
Posted 23 March 2007 - 01:21 AM
#3
Posted 23 March 2007 - 07:20 AM
#4
Posted 23 March 2007 - 09:31 AM
Does Poetry count? Am revisiting Pablo Neruda's Captain's verses. They are so sensual and soft. definitely 5 stars.
#5
Posted 23 March 2007 - 09:47 AM
A friend just gave me THE HIDDEN MESSAGES IN WATER by Masaru Emoto, and it looks very interesting! That'll be what I read next.
#6
Posted 23 March 2007 - 06:25 PM
#7
Posted 23 March 2007 - 06:54 PM
It has violence and language/moderate.
#8
Posted 24 March 2007 - 01:08 AM

#9
Posted 24 March 2007 - 06:26 AM
wizards first rule by: Terry Goodkind, this is the first in the series, the others are great also.
but there are some parts of the book I would say that the younger teens shouldn`t read this for, so I would give this book an age group of about 16 and over.
5 out of 5 stars for the series, but especially this one.
a truly awesome writer.
oh and also anything by Anne rice...I especially loved Lasher.

#10
Posted 24 March 2007 - 06:59 AM
It was about a 2 year old girl who was kidnapped. The one's who kidnapped her had lost a baby before that. And the woman went kind of crazy with missing a child.
In the end it all worked out.
Don't ask who it was written by, I can't even remember. I do think I have the book somewhere around the house. I do know it took me a short time to read it. And I really enjoyed it..... Hubby called it "Chic book".. LOL, he's funny (he thinks)

#11
Posted 02 April 2007 - 06:18 PM
I recommend it to those at least 12 years old.
Mike Ramsdell was an American spy in the Soviet Union during the Cold War and witnessed the collapse of that empire. This story is based on his experiences there from 1988 to 2002, though portions have been fictionalized for his safety:
It is important to understand that, as a former intelligence officer, I had no other choice than to have this work categorized as fiction. The reason for this is three fold: First, I am subject to certain laws and regulations that govern what can and cannot be disclosed about my former work. Secondly, it would be foolish to put myself or my family in harm's way by disclosing anything traceable regarding past encounters with the Russian mafia. And, thirdly, it would be impossible to write this book and not have the liberty to add dialog, description, and detail in order to make the story more enjoyable. Therefore, due to the forgoing reasons, several of the events, dates, places, and names in the book have been altered or fictionalized.
This book is packed with action, suspense, faith, and the struggle for survival. The bulk of the story takes Mike from a small town in Siberia nearly 6000 miles to Moscow, mostly by train. Potevka is a small town along the way with a safe house, where Mike is forced to lie low to throw the mafia off his trail. What happens there is the heart of the tale, if not the climax. At least one miracle takes place in the safe house (sorry, won't give it away). And towards the end of the book we have a very unexpected encounter in an unexpected locale.
Mike Ramsdell is a Mormon from a small Utah town, and in the desperate times he draws strength from his faith. However, this book is not geared just towards fellow Latter-day Saints, but anyone who loves action, adventure, and good conquering evil in the end.
I didn't lose my mind - I have it backed up on a disk ... somewhere
#12
Posted 02 April 2007 - 06:46 PM
I'm also reading "Twilight Eyes" by Dean Koontz. It's one of his earlier works, and I read it almost 20 years ago. The story is great, and stuck with me all this time, so I decided to re-read it. It also contains adult language and a great deal of violence, so again, not for kids or for the squeamish. It's the first-person story of Slim McKenzie, a 17 year old run-away, on the lam for killing his uncle - because his uncle is a goblin! There's an army of them living amongst us, and the war is about to start. This is a great thriller, and trust me - if you read this book, you'll never quite look at people the same way again...
#13
Posted 02 April 2007 - 07:38 PM
#14
Posted 02 April 2007 - 08:13 PM
Horror so ofcourse there are adult themes. I absolutely was enthralled a couple hundred pages into the book but there are parts that drag on for what seems like forever. Though Kostova's imagery with words makes you feel like you're seeing the countries shes describing in the book it doesnt last all through the book which leads me to my second read.
"Haunted Heritage" by Michael Norman and Beth Scott. I love their whole series and was suprised to see this one at Borders, I thought I had them all!
Or do things worth the writing.

#15
Posted 05 April 2007 - 01:27 PM

The next book on my to-be-read stack is called The Thirteenth Tale. It looks promising. Has anyone read Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz? That was a good one.
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