ABC Surprises

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Fri, 08-05-2005 - 2:11pm

What's one book that was recommended or you discovered here at the ABC board that wasn't what you would normally read but surprisingly you enjoyed it? A different genre or author?

I'd like to thank the board for allowing me to discover Elizabeth Berg


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Fri, 08-05-2005 - 3:17pm
I am currently reading _How to be good_ by Nick Hornby, which someone here recommended. I didn't know if I would really like it, but I needed something to read and I am reallllllllly enjoying it. It's so funny! I really like the wry British sense of humor.
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Fri, 08-05-2005 - 3:54pm

I discovered Neil Gaimon. I loved Neverwhere and Stardust.

~Joey

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Sun, 08-07-2005 - 8:17am

Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale


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~Jackie


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Sun, 08-07-2005 - 9:49am

Hi Joey ~


Gaiman's American Gods is our August group read here!

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Sun, 08-07-2005 - 9:53am
"The Alchemist" is a fable by Paulo Coelho, a book recommended by many readers that I would have skipped over without the tip.
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Sun, 08-07-2005 - 11:49am

Blessed Are the Cheesemakers by Sara Kate Lynch. This was simply wonderful, and I know I never would have picked it up had it not been a group read here.

scrappy

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Fri, 08-12-2005 - 4:44pm
I'm with you. I haven't posted much, but in early summer, someone requested recommendations and Blessed are the Cheesemakers was listed. I got it from the library for vacation and found it really entertaining and a good read. I never would have read it if it hadn't been for the recommendation on this board.
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Fri, 08-12-2005 - 5:54pm

I have to agree with many of you! Elizabeth Berg, Neil Gaiman, Nick Hornby, Christopher Moore & Sarah-Kate Lynch. I enjoyed "Blessed are the Cheesemakers" so much. I have her next one "By Bread Alone" at home now - I think I'll be starting it as soon as I finish "Cross Bones" by kathy Reichs. Thanks for all the suggestions. There may be others, but I do get confused over which board I got them from: ABC, For Fiction Lovers & Mystery/Suspense. All I know is that my TBR list keeps getting longer! But I actually realized when taking my library books back the other day that not one of them was a mystery! I've definitely been taken out of my reading rut.

Liz




Edited 8/12/2005 5:59 pm ET ET by lizinsr

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