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Autumn is approaching, and I need some good reading material to enjoy on a quiet evening sitting at the fireplace. Any suggestions?
Until now, I mostly read SF, fantasy and humor books, but I would like to endeavor in something new. Any particular genre, book, writer or series you recommend? Nothing too heavy please, I should be able to read a couple of dozen pages, then put it away again, and pick it up a week later.
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September 24, 2009 12:48 PM
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Mithrandir, I sugguest that you join http://www.goodreads.com/. It's an outstanding resource for this sort of answer.
Have you read The Time Travelers Wife by Audrey Niffenegger?
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14050.The_Time_Traveler_s_Wife
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The movie is a bit sappy, but the book is an interesting look at time travel through the eyes of a historian. Sure, there's a bit of a romance (the wife), but to me that really played second string to the Niffenegger trying to convey what it would feel like to be a time traveler.
I like SF books too and this was a good departure but not too far outside of my usual complicated interests.
Give it a try, I bet it's exactly what you're looking for.
Have you read The Time Travelers Wife by Audrey Niffenegger?
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14050.The_Time_Traveler_s_Wife
The movie is a bit sappy, but the book is an interesting look at time travel through the eyes of a historian. Sure, there's a bit of a romance (the wife), but to me that really played second string to the Niffenegger trying to convey what it would feel like to be a time traveler.
I like SF books too and this was a good departure but not too far outside of my usual complicated interests.
Give it a try, I bet it's exactly what you're looking for.
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• Some great out-of-the-box answers here, but I liked this answer best, as it linked with my current reading experience, while still suggesting something new.
I'll be adding the short history of nearly everything to my to-read-list too, next to the travellers' wife...
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The best author for a cold night by the fire is any book by P.G. Wodehouse, particularly the Jeeves and Wooster series! Classic 1920's English wit, great for complete escapism, nothing too heavy and often laugh out loud funny.
And if you enjoy those, make sure you check out the 1990's tv series of Jeeves and Wooster, starring a very young Hugh Laurie as Bertie Wooster.
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And if you enjoy those, make sure you check out the 1990's tv series of Jeeves and Wooster, starring a very young Hugh Laurie as Bertie Wooster.
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I'd reccomend anything by Bill Bryson. His latest paperback is The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid... which is his memoirs about growing up in 1950s america.
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Bill Bryson was born in the middle of the American century—1951—in the middle of the United States—Des Moines, Iowa—in the middle of the largest generation in American history—the baby boomers. As one of the best and funniest writers alive, he is perfectly positioned to mine his memories of a totally all-American childhood for 24-carat memoir gold. Like millions of his generational peers, Bill Bryson grew up with a rich fantasy life as a superhero. In his case, he ran around his house and neighborhood with an old football jersey with a thunderbolt on it and a towel about his neck that served as his cape, leaping tall buildings in a single bound and vanquishing awful evildoers (and morons)—in his head—as "The Thunderbolt Kid."
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http://www.randomhouse.com/features/billbryson/bb_title/display.pperl?isbn=
I'd also recommend 'A short history of nearly everything'
http://www.randomhouse.com/features/billbryson/bb_title/display.pperl?isbn=9780767908184
which is his attempt to explain everything from the big bang to where we are now. Its not a dull science book, but its full of interersting stories, side notes about famous discoveries and forgotten people and history.
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Bill Bryson was born in the middle of the American century—1951—in the middle of the United States—Des Moines, Iowa—in the middle of the largest generation in American history—the baby boomers. As one of the best and funniest writers alive, he is perfectly positioned to mine his memories of a totally all-American childhood for 24-carat memoir gold. Like millions of his generational peers, Bill Bryson grew up with a rich fantasy life as a superhero. In his case, he ran around his house and neighborhood with an old football jersey with a thunderbolt on it and a towel about his neck that served as his cape, leaping tall buildings in a single bound and vanquishing awful evildoers (and morons)—in his head—as "The Thunderbolt Kid."
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http://www.randomhouse.com/features/billbryson/bb_title/display.pperl?isbn=
I'd also recommend 'A short history of nearly everything'
http://www.randomhouse.com/features/billbryson/bb_title/display.pperl?isbn=9780767908184
which is his attempt to explain everything from the big bang to where we are now. Its not a dull science book, but its full of interersting stories, side notes about famous discoveries and forgotten people and history.
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