Bookworm Buddies discussion

If you would like to recommend some books or Authors it would be great if y'all could post those here. Please include links to either Author or book.

If you want a quick engaging read and enjoy post apocalyptic settings, give the ebookThe Old Man and the Wasteland by Nick Cole a try.

It's only 130 pages or so, but I really enjoyed it. Those who liked Ernest Hemingway'sThe Old Man and the Sea will appreciate it too. The best part is it's just .99c on amazon for the kindle version.


by Nick Cole

Sickened and my father's keeper by Julie gregory and what daddy did by Neal Shusterman

Tim I looked that up. It sounds interesting. I like stories like that myself. Will have to give it a go in the near future. Do that have that in a form of a book or just Kindle?

Hey guys I have got to recommend Adam, Dustin first told me about this book. I had already loved Ted Dekker! He is phenominal! I am still reading Adam but I feel confident in recommending this book and the Author in general. Ted Dekker

Janie wrote: "Hey guys I have got to recommend Adam, Dustin first told me about this book. I had already loved Ted Dekker! He is phenominal! I am still reading Adam but I feel confident in recommending this book..."

Wow, Janie I read the summary for Adam. I'm just surprised that they'd put so many spoilers in the summary, talk about dissapointed.

Yea I thought so too, but there is so much more to the book than what is revealed in the summary. I did however hate knowing that he was dead for 21 min. That would have been better left unsaid. I do hope you give the book a try though. Dekker is an amazing Author.

Janie wrote: "Tim I looked that up. It sounds interesting. I like stories like that myself. Will have to give it a go in the near future. Do that have that in a form of a book or just Kindle?"

Janie it's available as paperback for $8.55. I just mentioned the ebook because its such a great deal. The author is relatively new and i think he self published it.

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/old-m...

Tim wrote: "Janie wrote: "Tim I looked that up. It sounds interesting. I like stories like that myself. Will have to give it a go in the near future. Do that have that in a form of a book or just Kindle?"

Jan..."

Well reason I wwas asking is because I have a great used book store that I frequent and all their books are half price. They also have a lot of good specials too.

I'd be surprised if you found it. It's from a little known author and he doesn't have a lot of books out.

Hmmm ok, thanks Tim! :)

I'd recommend anything by Harlan Coben or Jonathan Kellerman. I think their books are awesome!

I am currently reading 'The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared' by Jonas Jonasson ~ http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16...

I am not finished it but its fab so far :)

LOL Paula is sounds like a very fun read!

Hi, Janie!

Here's a series of books I KNOW you'll appreciate.:)

The Complete Circle Series

Hello Pals!!!
I just got a horror book to recommend.
Its 'The Chill Of Fear ' by Kay Hooper. I read it from 10:00pm till 12:00.am two nights ago!
Greetings
Meryl

Oh Meryl! I will look it up! hehe I am always up for a new Author.

Same here! I am dying to get my hands on IT. I have to wait till my school reopens!

Kay's series on the Bishop/Special Crimes Unit are all about blood, horror and a lot of psychic and paranormal stuff! This book was my first Kay Hooper!

Holly wrote: "I'd recommend anything by Harlan Coben or Jonathan Kellerman. I think their books are awesome!"

Holly what are their genres?

Meryl wrote: "Same here! I am dying to get my hands on IT. I have to wait till my school reopens!"

Hey Meryl have you tried Amazon, lol (I sound like a broken record.) Anyway I was looking a few days back and saw that they had a few used dealers that are selling for under 10 cents and ship internationally. Something to check into.

It's nice to meet you Meryl

I managed to find It in a charity shop for 25p!

Other than a slightly damaged cover it was fine.

Awesome Cheryl! I am glad you got a copy! Will you be joining us in the group read?

I'll join in but I bought it a couple of months ago so I've finished it already.

oh ok! Well then you can discuss lol

I recently finished a couple of books I really enjoyed from authors I'd never read:

Peter Clines, 14
Adam Nevill, The Ritual


I wish they were all that good.

Chuck was is the genre of them?

I would like to recommend The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls and Do I Dare Disturb the Universe? by Charlise Lyles.

I read that book and i thought it was ok

Oops, I'm sorry, Janie. I guess they would be classified as horror.

The Glass Castle was awesome!

Had anyone here read Catch 22?

Guys, I wanted to recommend the book A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny. We're reading this as part of a group read. The book is split up in 31 chapters for each day in October. It's like a lunatic scavenger hunt told from the perspective of a dog named Snuff. I've only read the first chapter but it's hilarious and very entertaining! Perfectly suited for this time of year :)

Roger Zelazny

Oh ok thanks Chuck! :) Will check them out. Cheryl have not read Catch 22. Tim that sounds like a real cute book.

Here's a conversation between two dogs in a cemetary...

"...How long've you been a graveyard dog?"

"All my life"

"Like it?"

"It's a living," he said.

hahahahahahaha

I have a couple but will post later today

My recommendation for this month would be Anne Bishop especially her Black Jewel Trioloy. They are a dark fantasy genre, but so wonderful to read it would so great to finally find other people to discuss these books with lol.

http://www.annebishop.com/

Thanks Jessie for your recommendation. Not my genre of books but I will check it out anyway! I am always up for finding new stuff! I am sure that someone else here will also like them.

Question for you Jessie. Does this series keep the same characters throughout?

I believe that the intital characters do stay but i believe in the end a few of the key players do die, but i don't want to give anything away :x

I was asking because a lot of books that say they are a series, bring in a whole new cast of characters for each new book in the series. Including the main character. Those to me aren't really series. Just an order in which they were written. So I was curious about this one. If it is a series, I like to see that at least the main character carries over unless something happens to them and it is well expained.

Oh yes the main character sticks around atleast through the triology and even pops up in a few of the short stories by the author as well

ok awesome! I will check into reading them. I read the description for the first book in the series. Doesn't sound too bad! If you would like to post it for a Buddy read, feel free. You may get some takers on it.

Alright thanks for the suggestion ^.^ yeah this book is one of those kinds that you have to be interested in the genre to want to read it, but thanks for checking it out.

I'd have to recommend The Land Beyond the Portal and Vapors by J. S. Bailey. Wait a minute...

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I recommend This Book Is Full of Spiders: Seriously, Dude, Don’t Touch It. It's an apocalyptic story that has everything--evil, horror, humor, wit, love, monsters and friendship. For me, it's as good as the best of King.

Hey guys I have a recommended short story for y'all. It was pretty good and you can get it free on Amazon right now. It is called Whatever Possessed You, by Evans Light. So look it up and see if it might be something you would like. Here is a direct link to get from Amazon. Just wanted to share.

http://www.amazon.com/Whatever-Posses...

FREE for the next 5 days at Amazon. Everything, all! I declare free distribution of elephants. Since December 27.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AMRORJ6

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The world was shaken by two terrible events. The Unknown force stole two sacred stones – the Black Stone of the Kaaba and the Anointing Stone. But God's hiding the third one in his hand…
A desperate trek through the desert at Khufu . . . the discovery of an ancient treasure room, long since ransacked . . . a scar-faced priest, never without his little book and stone cross . . . a young boy, vanished from the beach . . . a pair of special-ops veterans, now in law enforcement . . . an inveterate fortune-seeker, reunited with the Cambodian goddess who had once rescued him from death . . . and a beautiful woman--pregnant and in the spring of life--who seeks to know who, or what, has taken her husband from this earth. The truth, like a gossamer web, enshrouds the path toward a stone whose origin is the birth of history; one of three such stones that, when at last brought together, will unleash the hordes of evil upon this mortal realm. All is intertwined, though the fact is not clear to them. The relationship is only discerned by the one whose awareness is not of this dimension; a green-eyed demon that blithely butchers anyone who happens to cross its path. It is called the Essence, and it will make your death a delight for the hounds of Hell. Thus the lonely quest of an aging priest meets that of an adventurer, two ex-commandos and a Creole widow. If they do not somehow meet, and function as no other team could, the world as we know it will end in an ocean of blood. In this spine-tingling thriller, "The Khufu Equation," the magic that transcends time is brought into ingenious play against a backdrop of intrigue, innocence and bold sexuality. It's the story of people from vastly different paths who must battle for their souls against a monster of indomitable power. What is the secret, and what does the monster want? Who can stop it? Find out . . . if you dare . . . in the teeth-chattering pages of this excellent new novel by the young Russian novelist Rail Sharif.

Hmmmm.... I think The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is one of the best books I 've ever read....
I also loved The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
Now... One of my favorite authors is John Grisham and in my opinion his best books are The Pelican Brief and The Runaway Jury
Oh! A great book is The Orange Girl by Jostein Gaarder too!