Book Junkies discussion

I decided to put up this thread a few days early, just cuz:) So if you have any books you'd like to nominate for our September group read, post them here and they'll be added into our poll! This thread will be closed on the 15th of August, so make sure to get your suggestion in before then.

People Who Eat Darkness: The True Story of a Young Woman Who Vanished from the Streets of Tokyo--and the Evil That Swallowed Her Up or The Hangman's Daughter
:D

Ooh! I have The Hangman's Daughter and just haven't gotten around to reading it yet. Thanks for those suggestions Jessi:D

I Am Alive
I Am A Ten (coming out in Aug)
I Am I

Beauty Never DiesAshes to Ashes and Cinder to CinderSnow White SorrowCinderella Dressed in Ashesjust to suggest a few (can you tell who I am reading right now? :D)

my pleasure! :D

Glad to hear it Jessi:)

@Shannan: Wow! That's a lot of Cameron Jace!

John Dies at the End by Wong.

Thanks, Melanie:)

***UPDATE*** For all those following this thread, and for those who will comment later, there is a new thread requesting nominations for another group read for September; this thread will take suggestions for the general BotM, while the other one will take suggestions for it's theme, witches and/or wizards.

Follow this link to see the thread: http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/9...

If your book suggestion is not witches and/or wizards, still post it on this thread.

Thanks!

I know it's a kids' book, but I kind of want to nominate Life of Pi. The movie's coming out and I'd like to read the book before watching it.

Melanie wrote: "John Dies at the End by Wong."

I've heard a lot of good things about this book when I was asking around trying to find a decent horror book. I ended up starting House of Leaves, though, but this is next on my list.

How about House, by Ted Dekker + Frank Peretti. My niece told me about this book and I am kinda excited to get started on it.

I'd like to nominate my debut novel, "A Life Worth Dreaming About."

I'm very anxious to hear what people think of it as I want to use some of the feedback for my next book.

To learn more, visit: www.nickdettmann.com.

Nick, maybe you'd like to nominate your book in the Indie BotM thread: http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/9...

It stands a better chance of winning the votes if you mention it there:D

Faize wrote: "Nick, maybe you'd like to nominate your book in the Indie BotM thread: http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/9...

It stands a better chance of winning the votes if you ..."

Thank you so much. This is a new process to me so I'm trying to find ways to get my book out there.

This is my first group and as I'm a book junkie with tastes that seem to match this group's description I am giving it a go.
So, I nominate Shadow of the Wind, by zafron. It's a book after a book-lovers heart.
As for Hangman's Daughter, it was a very good historical fiction/medieval whodunit.

Audrey wrote: "This is my first group and as I'm a book junkie with tastes that seem to match this group's description I am giving it a go.
So, I nominate Shadow of the Wind, by zafron. It's a book after a book-l..."
Ooo, I'm glad to hear! :D I just got the sequel to Hangman's Daughter for $0.99 on my kindle the other day, so I'm looking forward to it! :D

S

Sequel to hangman's daughter is waiting on my kindle so please let me know your thoughts when done. Am reading Age of Innocence as I just returned from the mansions in Newport, RI; I like combining history w/ lit of the time;

Will do! :D

I see a lot of great books to read, I use the Kindle app, does anyone recommend a free site for reading /download/ borrowing these books?

THE HOBBIT! (Just because I'm reading it at the moment, and my friend tells me it's a must read, plus the movie comes out this year...)

^No, I beg of you, The Hobbit sucks! Seriously. I had to force myself to move to every next page. Ranks among the most boring books of all time - unless you're a child, in which case you might find it awesome.

Oh, wow. I read The Hobbit ages ago, I barely even remember it.

I started reading iy like months ago and finally finished it just a couple of days ago.. FFS, I read even New Moon and Mockingjay (the worst books I've read) in a day each.

Hahahahaha. Well, i always make myself read books before I go watch the movies, and so far...I'm one page in. LOL. But I just wanted someone else to read it with me. D: But if you all insist, I take back my suggestion.

How about The Demon King? I actually quite liked the series. :)

I would vote for the riftwar saga but it's hard to find :( And don't feel too bad Teresa I remember the animated hobbit movie

I've never even seen the Lord of the Rings movies...My friend may be biased because she reads a lot of high fantasy and scifi stuff like Robin Hobb and...some other books I can't remember. LOL. She's basically going to drag me to see The Hobbit, just like she did with Prometheus, which was meant to be a SCIFI, not a horror (anything minutely scary or gorey is horror to me). >.>

If Sabareesh says it's boring, I will just have to endure the book alone. Although the outcome doesn't look so promising since I haven't picked it up since last week...

I'm looking forward to the Hobbit movie, I loved the animated version as a kid and I thought the book was okay as well.

I love the Hobbit, but have just read it...and read it to my class every few years. but I'm really looking forward to the movie...

I nominate:

Devices and Desires
It's a complex fantasy novel.

The Hangman's Daughter

If you're looking for an indy read, http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_nos... you can preview the book inside and e-books go for .99cents. It's about a twenty-something-year-old runaway searches for "home" down the yellow brick road's underworld of crime bosses, strippers, and a warped lover who wears a stitched-up happy face mask in this transgressive road trip down third-eye theology, drugs 101, and dangerous philosophy.

Here's a suggested read for Tolkien fans who really enjoyed the complexity of Middle Earth's Population and Ages. The Silmarillion was completed by Tolkien's son Christopher from his fathers partial manuscript and notes. It's not a fast read, but it is amazing and absorbing as the story of the first of the Elves in Middle Earth.The Silmarillion

I also found Tolkein like otes in Feist's works and am beyond sad that my father in law had given away the rest of the riftwar saga despite knowing I was reading it

http://www.sonofadam.org
Son Of Adam, takes us on the thrill ride exposing the monster lurking inside each of us.

Cal, a black, rough tempered, hard-nosed automotive engineer driving his way around life’s twisting race-track until the second Gulf War places him on a collision course with a pedophile serial killer in a distant war-torn land. Lives changed forever in an instant of horror.

Seventeen girls missing and seventeen weeping mothers with no hope of rescue confuse the soldier’s motives and missions. A small, foreign village with a fledgling infrastructure barely able to support traffic stops was a pedophiles playground. The shadows of war and the prowling despot have free reign over the frightened village families until the killer gets sloppy, exposing his bloodstained trail. All the gory pieces fall together and the Army platoon moves in for the arrest. Mission accomplished for all, except for the soldier that found him – the one who had to search the killer’s bedroom and catalog all of his bloody souvenirs.

Back home and years later, the demons of that horrible day are still lurking in the darkness, pushing him from odd job to odd job around the country, spiraling an out of control life but weaving it back together with help from some unlikely outsiders - just like him.
The suspenseful story winds its way from the foothills of the Alps to the foothills of the Appalachians as a new journey begins. With twists and turns along the way, finishing in the unwanted answer to an age old question. A life redeemed in the midst of disgraceful mistakes and youth’s tiresome baggage, bringing him back to the tender answer to a divisive social issue: How can anyone be Pro-Life and Pro-Death Penalty?

From first homes to the German Oktoberfest and jumbo jet rides across the Atlantic Ocean to automotive assembly plants in the new south, Son Of Adam, exposes the inner workings of the fall-out from the heinous crimes and bloody investigation, pieced by painful piece.

Be careful what you ask… Son Of Adam.

Eric wrote: "I nominate:

Devices and Desires
It's a complex fantasy novel."

I have this book, I am not far into it. I have a hard time getting there! Maybe if others were reading it to, I could hold myself more accountable to it :)

My suggestion is Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children or The Knife of Never Letting Go I think both of these seem like great reads :) They are on my to-read list anyways, so I am sure sooner or later I will get to them :)

Matthew Akers

I should suggest a shorter, fun read, too:

Home, an old-school, sci-fi novella just released on www.Smashwords.com/books/view/211937 in all eBook formats.It's listed here, but the cover isn;t coming up, yet.

A small group of Human colonists have escaped a lingering death on the drought and war ravaged planet Earth. Sadly, their new home may not offer the gleaming future life they expected. Besides losing all their technology and tools, dodging lurking predators and finding few sources of food, they have something new to worry about. They are not alone. They may not find any welcome here.

Anyway, it's a new direction for my writing, and if you enjoy it, or not, please let me know!

Andrew wrote: "If you're looking for an indy read, http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_nos... you can preview the book inside and e-books go for .99cents. It's..."

You should put this in the indie suggestion box too ^_^

Ariel wrote: "Andrew wrote: "If you're looking for an indy read, http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_nos... you can preview the book inside and e-books go for..."
Thank you :)

I would like to suggest "Wide Sargasso Sea". It is riveting and remarkably page turning. I read it in one sitting

Worm wrote: "http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43..."

I like Feist but before I buy this I am gonna see if my inlaws have it to borrow They have a HUGE pile of scifi fantasy novels

Its new and just released on amazon...Leaving Lila

no more books will be added. Thanks for your suggestions :)

Faize wrote: "I know it's a kids' book, but I kind of want to nominate Life of Pi. The movie's coming out and I'd like to read the book before watching it."

Oh Faize I love love love Life of Pi and I think it's not necessarily a children's book. The book triggered a lot of interesting thoughts in my mind and I felt like I've learn something from Pi's experiences in this story. I'm sure you'll love it too when you get around to reading it. Don't forget to review so I know what you think xD

Cool:)