[Looking for a good intelligent book on how to clear me mind]

Hello, with so many so-called mind fixing books on the shelves I guess it is difficult to find a quick fix to the stresses of life's battles!  However, many years ago and on recommendation from various friends and family members of all ages and both sexes who had read it, I too, read "You Can Heal Your Life" by Louise Hay.  Now, stop wincing, yes, it was written by an American lady a long time ago in which she is suggesting all kinds of apparently sound advice on how to cope and believe in yourself. And that is just the point. Affirmation, affirmation, affirmation! When was the last time you looked at yourself in the mirror and told yourself just how fabulous you are?! It actually works!

 

Good luck

 

[Devi's Mount TBR List 2014]

So a friend of my mums dropped by a bag of books for me to check out. One was on my wishlist!

 

i have to check them out, so far I've just seen the authors and titles. The books are:

 

 

Trapped - Chris Jordan

The Plantation - Di Morrisey

The Ignorance of Blood - Robert Wilson

Mean Spirit - Will Kingdom

I'm Not Scared - Niccolò Ammaniti

Present Danger - Stella Rimington

The Dogs of War - Frederick Forsyth

When Eight Bells Toll - Allistair Maclean

Red Mist - Patricia Cornwell

The Road to Gandolfo - Robert Ludlum

The Osterman Weekend - Robert Ludlum

Black Market - James Patterson

Ravensdale Spring - Kate Fielding

Musicophilia: Tales or Music and the Brain - Oliver Sacks

On Chesil Beach - Ian McEwan

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time - Mark Haddon ~ this was the one on my wishlist.

 

These two I read growing up, and couldn't believe my luck when I found them in the bag. Andy Griffiths was one of my favourite authors to read back then.

 

 

Just Disgusting - Andy Griffiths

The Day my Bum Went Psycho Andy Griffiths

 

 

If anyone knows anything about the books I mentioned, I'd love to hear your thoughts!

I have read Chesil Beach, recommended by an old friend. It took all of a wet and windy afternoon to get through it, by which time, I was close to tears over the criminal waste of a desire to love, and to be loved in return. Fantastic.

[On travel writing]

Travel writing is one of my all time favorite genres: perhaps have a go at Henry Hemming's Misadventure in the Middle East - travels as tramp, artist and spy.

it's he tale of two young men and a truck called Yasmin, travelling post 9/11 and caught  up in all manner of adventures.  The book has some very funny anecdotes at times, at others, there are some poignant and thought provoking incidents.

[Who is (or are) your favorite writer?]

I am searching a new writer to read, and for this motive i would like know your favorite writer...thanks

 

Have you tried the work of Egyptian author, Adhaf Soueif? Amongst other titiles, she has collections of short stories in Sandpiper, and I also love her great love story set between London and Egypt in 1900 The Map of Love

[The Big Bang Theory]

I'm not too  much of a tele fan - but The Big Bang Theory is one show I will watch!

 

The thought of Sheldon even contemplating the possibilty of getting it on with Amy is gobsmacking; no wonder Penny nearly fell off her chair!

 

[Bibliomaniac]

At last...it's nearly over! The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year will be consigned to the back of a very dark cupboard. Just arrived  this morning, something infinitely more exciting to read: In Borrowed Light Barbara and Stephanie Keating (Blood Sisters - wonderful read!)

[Bibliomaniac]

Just passing by to say

Many thanks! Looks like we have the same name!

[Bibliomaniac]

Hey Artemis (I think we have something in common )..

 

Welcome here . I recently bought two Dan Brown books, if I like them I might have to put Enigma on my wishlist.

 

I hope you like the forum, the people here are very friendly and my wishlist has grown quite a bit from all the nice book recommendations from everyone here.

Thank you, I'm sure this forum will fill the void left by having to leave my previous book club!

[Suggested Reading List?]

Hey everyone, just a quick background, I have a really bad attention span growing which in the past has made it difficult for me to just sit down and read a book with no distractions, and at 24 now, there's really a lot of great books out there I feel I should have read but haven't so I've decided to properly knuckle down and just read as many books as I can really, so I'm just looking for a reading list that other fellow readers and users on the forums can suggest.

 

I'm pretty open to all kinds of books, at the moment i'm trying to cover some of the more obvious classics that I feel I either should have read as a child or just should have read in general. The most recent of which I have read have been George Orwell's Animal Farm (although it may be a cliche, 1984 is my favourite book I've read) Jules Verne's Around the World in 80 Days, Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse 5 and Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island.

 

I'm currently reading through Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and then i'm hoping to get back to a few Jules Verne/Robert Louis Stevenson/George Orwell/Kurt Vonnegut books before moving on to new authors and books all together.

 

So if there are any classics you think I might like from what I have listed, or just a classic in general you think everyone should read, please let me know and I'll look forward to reading it.

 

Cheers everyone!

 

Hello, have you tried something from Adhaf Soueif? An Egyptian writer who's books I like to read over again.  One in particular is the Map of Love, but for yourself, might I suggest In the Eye of the Sun.

 

Other titles you might like:

 

Julian Barnes - Flaubert's Parrot

Vladimir Nabokov - Lotita

Vikram Seth - From Heaven Lake

Mohsin Hamid -The Reluctant Fundamentalist (short listed Man Booker prize 2007)

Jim Grace - Quarantine (Whitbread book of the year 1997)

Mourid Barghouti - I saw Ramallah, translated by Adhaf Soueif

 

and finally, if you fancy a laugh you could try Julian Clary's Brief Encounters

 

Happy reading

[Stories that have helped you through dark times]

Fairy stories - the older the better.

[Recommend books that blew you away!]

There was a pretty eclectic mix of ladies in my last book club which meant that we got to read books, that might not have otherwise been bothered with. Some of these titles have stuck with me, not least Blood Sisters, by Babara and Stephanie Keating. I found it impossible to put down, grabbing a page or two between classes or in the taxi into town!

[Bibliomaniac]

Well, thank you for all the nice welcome messages; I really did not expect to hear from anyone quite so soon!

 

Hey Artemis, welcome to BCF.

 

Are you a fan of the Artemis Fowl books or is that your actual name? Just curious, welcome anyway!

I have a particular interest in mythology and my own name is closely associated with that of Artemis, a Greek goddess.

 

Hello Artemis and welcome to the forum, I hope you like it here!

 

Are you not getting along with The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year, then? I'm sorry to hear that. I've enjoyed pretty much every book I've read by Sue Townsend... But I find that the Adrian Mole books are by far her best

As for The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year, I'm hoping it will raise a laugh before I get to the end of it, just as its reviews suggest it should do...

[Bibliomaniac]

Hello, from North Wales

 

As a new member of the Book Club Forum I am looking forward to finding some new titles to read and hearing about what other forum members have to say about them.

 

It's also my first time out signing up to a forum of any kind - getting used to this on-line culture has become a bit of a necessity; since I now live in a remote village in North Wales, and seriously miss my old book club in the United Arab Emirates where I used to live.

 

Dan Brown's "Enigma" is on my wish list, which will be a welcome respite from my current read: "The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year"!