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A Great Read
<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="1">Like to read great books? From fiction books like <u>The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo</u> to non-fiction autobiographies, members of the Book Message Board can help you find that next great read!</font>
I don't usually post on the boards but I read some fantastic books this summer....THE POWER OF NOW & A NEW EARTH; AWAKENING TO YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE....both by ECKHART TOLLE. The author is abs
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Re: A Great Read
posted at March 30, 2012 2:35 PM EDT
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My current read is “The Start-Up of You” by LinkedIn cofounder and chairman Reid Hoffman and author Ben Casnocha. Key is to manage your career as if it were a start-up business. Still reading it, but has some good stuff and giving me some good third party validation to what I teach as a job search coach; invest in yourself, build networks, take intelligent risks, and develop an unique competitive advantage. Just my two coconuts worth Gene AKA Bro Kini |
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Re: A Great Read
posted at March 30, 2012 2:37 PM EDT
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Every day is Friday is a great book to read by Joel Olsteen. Very uplifting! We need more books like this and not so much doom and gloom. I definitely would recomment this book to anyone who has not read it. |
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Re: A Great Read
posted at March 30, 2012 2:41 PM EDT
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I am on disability & love reading the series "Left Behind" by Tim LaHaye & Jerry Jenkins. These are so intriguing & I can't wait to get the next one & the next one, etc. It's almost as if I'm right there experiencing everything as it happens. I am ready to go whether the "tribulation" happens before, during or after the Rapture!!! Has anyone else been reading this series? If so, which book are you on, or have you already finished the whole series? 
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Re: A Great Read
posted at March 30, 2012 3:00 PM EDT
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If you're talking about fiction, the keystone is well-developed, believable characters. The best plot, the best setting, the best descriptions will fall flat if the characters don't "work", if they do not seem real. Just as in real life, two-dimensional characters do not hold our interest, simply because we do not believe in them. Well done characters not only move and talk in the "now" believably, but they also have a solid back-story. Again, as with real folks, they are the sum of all their parts and experiences. |
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Re: A Great Read
posted at March 30, 2012 3:05 PM EDT
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In Response to Re: A Great Read: This is my first visit to AARP's Message Boards. Seeing the headline "A Great Read" I couldn't let the opportunity pass, to tell everyone about two novels by Wilkie Collins. Both were written in Victorian England in the 1860's, but both still carry the incredible power of can't-put-it-down mystery novels. Some portions do drag a bit, but they serve to develop the characters - some bizarre and some heroic.The Moonstone is about the theft of a diamond sacred to the Buddhist faith, and Woman In White draws you in to the sleazy greed of conspiracies to marry for money. Both books are about 150 years old, but both will grab you after only three or four pages. They're still in print. Try them and see. The Moonstone is the first detective novel, in English at least, structuring the central role very well. Woman in White, situated in wealthy, genteel society, reveals how sinister and black-hearted some people can become. Both are five star reads on my shelf. Dan Posted by CarolandDan I have read both of the above and agree. There is a book (I don;t know if it's still in print, that is a history of mystert abd detectuve books and writeres. I read it many years ago. Hopefully, it has been updated. Must check on that, for I read and actually studied it. Fun. |
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Re: A Great Read
posted at March 30, 2012 3:12 PM EDT
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Just finished the novel The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar. It takes place in India and is about two women of different social status and their interactions as employer/employee. Very good. Also just read The Art of Racing In the Rain by Garth Stein. If you are interested in families, racing or the relationship between a philosophical dog and his master, you'll like this book. |
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Re: A Great Read
posted at March 30, 2012 3:16 PM EDT
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I hope I'm not posting this twice. I have read both of the Wilkie Collins books listed above and enjoyed them. There is a book called "Mortal Consequences" by Julian Symons which is a history of detective and crime novels. You can order it through Amazon, mostly used----may be out of print. I've read and actually studied it several times. |
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