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Old 08-24-2014, 06:49 AM   #61
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If you want to read one of Follett's books, I'd suggest "The Pillars of the Earth". An excellent read.
Fantastic book.
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Old 08-24-2014, 07:01 AM   #62
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As I say, you're missing out on some great books if you decide that you wouldn't read, say, "Tom Sawyer", because it's "racist" by modern standards. I think it is your loss. You are of course welcome to disagree .
No thanks. I know this is a forum and all, but I'll not chase after every point. One reason for that is that I'm already satisfied with my contribution to the site.
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Old 08-24-2014, 07:03 AM   #63
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Fantastic book.
I wanted to read it. But I hesitated because of the rape scenes in the book. I'm more adventurous now but I'll read the other recs first.
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I'm wary of Classics from 5 decades ago, but I'll take this rec under advisement.
Than your in luck. The Cider House rules was less than 4 decades ago, and A Prayer For Owen Meany is newer than that.

I'm not sure I've heard of either book refered to as a classic?
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Than your in luck. The Cider House rules was less than 4 decades ago, and A Prayer For Owen Meany is newer than that.

I'm not sure I've heard of either book refered to as a classic?
Well here it's classified as a classic, which I instinctively guessed, because of the author's reputation. Irving, I mean.
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Cool. But much less than 5 decades, so read away.
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Cool. But much less than 5 decades, so read away.
Hehe, I'll try my best to validate this enthusiasm of yours. The books must be some kind of good, I suppose.
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As I say, you're missing out on some great books if you decide that you wouldn't read, say, "Tom Sawyer", because it's "racist" by modern standards. I think it is your loss. You are of course welcome to disagree .
I've read Tom Sayer and I did enjoy it. It's just sometimes the way it's written is the turn off.
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I don't think this is a good fit for the OP. The OP is looking for good books and this is not a good book. It's downright awful.
I disagree [about "Cloud Atlas"], but let me frame my disagreement in a much better way, one that allows for avenues of discussion and for intellectual disagreement:

In my opinion, I think this book is wonderful, because the book probes areas of good and evil - important issues, I would argue - and understands the strength and importance of the power of making narratives in our lives.

This may, indeed, not be a very good fit for the OP - but that would be another issue for discussion, I would think.
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Also, The Cider House Rules by John Irving.
I've not read the book, but I did enjoy the movie.
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I disagree [about "Cloud Atlas"], but let me frame my disagreement in a much better way, one that allows for avenues of discussion and for intellectual disagreement:

In my opinion, I think this book is wonderful, because the book probes areas of good and evil - important issues, I would argue - and understands the strength and importance of the power of making narratives in our lives.

This may, indeed, not be a very good fit for the OP - but that would be another issue for discussion, I would think.
I'm not 100% sure I'll hate Cloud Atlas, but I'll take the books that are nearer to my comfort zone first.
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I've not read the book, but I did enjoy the movie.
Than read A Prayer For Owen Meany first, the movie is less like the book.
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Another +500 page book I thoroughly enjoyed was The Physician by Noah Gordon. Also the sequel Shaman, but The Physician was the better of the two. A great book.
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Another +500 page book I thoroughly enjoyed was The Physician by Noah Gordon. Also the sequel Shaman, but The Physician was the better of the two. A great book.
Thanks drofgnal, I'm amazed at the titles I didn't know that are so highly rated.
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"The Island of Second Sight" by Albert Vigoleis Thelen is a 1953 German book that recently came out in English translation and weighs in at 736 pages in paper. It is also available as an ebook.
It's a very amusing shaggy dog of a book set on Mallorca in the 1930s with some quite serious historical perspectives along the way.

4.5 stars on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Island-Second-.../dp/1468307134
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