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(The) Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver and I thought of another H book, but will save it for when the game comes around again :)

lol... already we're off track... "I imagine Heaven to be a kind of library." -Borges "Dante... the hyena who writes poetry in tombs." -Nietzsche

Happy Birthday, sirmyk! Hope it's a good one :)

Ya know, SFG, that's a good question. I miss Kook! Where are you, funny penguin??

No, it's not. The title comes from the rumor, as expressed in the novel, that Satan came to Mohammad one night in the cave instead of God, and gave him verses that Mohammad thought were God's and therefore included in the Quaran. At least that's how I remember it being told in the novel.

Happy birthday guys!

I'm taking my fiance to Smokey Bones. Yep, I know what he likes ;) I also got him candy and I think he's getting some flowers for me:D

So far I've had very limited exposure; I saw both seasons of Orphen and I liked them a lot though.

I've read it twice and on some levels I really enjoyed it and on others I didn't. His style of writing is very strange to a novice, because he doesn't really tell a linear story in the traditional sense. I mean, there are linear sections to the novel, but they are also interwoven and shuffled...

Ship 'em off to Patagonia. Do you clip coupons and if so do you ever remember to use them?

Hi, Yes, All Quiet was originally written in German. So I guess you should leave that one alone for now. But here's another one for you: Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt is about the American Civil War. It tells the story about how the war tore a family apart. And another one: A Farewell to...

*laughs ruefully* Good God, on bad days it must be something like 10-12 hours. Work, you know. And schoolwork. If you had an office (or if you do already) what would/do you use to decorate it?

Try DeathDay by William C. Dietz. Here's a short review from Library Journal: A surprise invasion by the alien Saurons devastates Earth and reduces humans to slaves forced to labor in the construction of mysterious temples for their masters. When former government bodyguard Jack Manning...

A very happy birthday to you SFG! Hope you have a great one :)

Oh my God, SFG, I could barely stop laughing long enough to tell my fiance what the heck I was laughing so hard about... this is a great list! :D

Take a peek at this thread.

Oh dear. Out of the ones I've read I can only think of A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, and that's really about the French Revolution, not a war. And then there's Time's Arrow by Martin Amis, which is quite challenging because it's written in a more obscure, postmodern style. It's...

You could try Jeffrey Deaver. He wrote The Coffin Dancer and The Bone Collector. They are forensic, mystery/police type thrillers. Tess Gerritsen is also pretty good - she writes medical thrillers.

I will echo Hermione's post :) In terms of murder mysteries, Janet Evanovich writes a REALLY GOOD mystery series about bounty hunter Stephanie Plum. Start with One for the Money. They're fun, with good characters and action, and just hilarious! The first book is a tad violent however...

Keep going. BUT if you still hate it by 50 pages into The Drawing of the Three, then you should quit. As you said, life is short.