Five books I think my dear friend Raven should read. Let me think (and check my library!)...
Fifth Business by Robertson Davies. Magic shows, and fool saints, and businessmen. It's a murder mystery and a bildungsroman and so many things. It's really difficult not to love Dunstan Ramsay. A favourite of mine.
This Can't Be Happening at Macdonald Hall!" by Gordon Korman. A kids book, very light and fluffy and quick to read, but absolutely hilarious. Especially if you're looking for boarding school pranks. Bruno and Boots, and their friends Cathy and Diane at Ms. Scrimmage's Finishing School for Young Ladies across the road are brilliant. Perhaps part of the appeal of these books to me is that they are so realistic; they're not *that* exaggerated from the boarding school life I knew. You'll want to read the entire series. They're all good.
The Wars by Timothy Findley. This book is about the "War to End All Wars." Robert Ross is a nineteen year old Canadian officer who likes to read, and likes animals, and wasn't really interested in joining up but did, because he didn't really have anything else to do, after the death of his sister Rowena. It's a really sad, sometimes horrifying, touching story.
Sexing the Cherry by Jeannette Winterson. Interesting, strange book. I just couldn't put this one down. I can't really explain why it's good, it just is.
Hrm... that's all I can think of for now, and I'm really stretching it, as I couldn't even justify why I think you should read Sexing the Cherry. Oh! You need to read John Bellairs' books if you haven't already. And Libby on Wednesday by Zilpha Keatley Snyder (no relation). They're fabulous childrens books.
I don't like Jane Austen either. And I've tried So. Hard. I've pretty much arrived at the conclusion now that she is an author whose books are much improved by being made into movies.
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on 2003-09-28 01:11 pm (UTC)Fifth Business by Robertson Davies.
Magic shows, and fool saints, and businessmen. It's a murder mystery and a bildungsroman and so many things. It's really difficult not to love Dunstan Ramsay. A favourite of mine.
This Can't Be Happening at Macdonald Hall!" by Gordon Korman.
A kids book, very light and fluffy and quick to read, but absolutely hilarious. Especially if you're looking for boarding school pranks. Bruno and Boots, and their friends Cathy and Diane at Ms. Scrimmage's Finishing School for Young Ladies across the road are brilliant. Perhaps part of the appeal of these books to me is that they are so realistic; they're not *that* exaggerated from the boarding school life I knew. You'll want to read the entire series. They're all good.
The Wars by Timothy Findley.
This book is about the "War to End All Wars." Robert Ross is a nineteen year old Canadian officer who likes to read, and likes animals, and wasn't really interested in joining up but did, because he didn't really have anything else to do, after the death of his sister Rowena. It's a really sad, sometimes horrifying, touching story.
Sexing the Cherry by Jeannette Winterson.
Interesting, strange book. I just couldn't put this one down. I can't really explain why it's good, it just is.
Hrm... that's all I can think of for now, and I'm really stretching it, as I couldn't even justify why I think you should read Sexing the Cherry. Oh! You need to read John Bellairs' books if you haven't already. And Libby on Wednesday by Zilpha Keatley Snyder (no relation). They're fabulous childrens books.
I don't like Jane Austen either. And I've tried So. Hard. I've pretty much arrived at the conclusion now that she is an author whose books are much improved by being made into movies.