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Permalink Reply by Oxana *Oxygen* on November 21, 2009 at 2:19pm

I would recommend, for example:

Çalıkuşu (the Wren/ The Autobiography of a Turkish Girl) by Reşat Nuri Güntekin
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wild
The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
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For children:
(I know that you speak Russian, so…)))

- The Adventures of Neznaika (Dunno) and His Friends (Приключения Незнайки и его друзей), Dunno in Sun City (Незнайка в Солнечном городе), Dunno on the Moon (Незнайка на луне) by Nikolai Nosov (Николай Носов)
- Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors (Королевство кривых зеркал) by Vitali Gubarev
- Scarlet Sails (Алые паруса) by Alexander Grin (Александр Грин)
- Amphibian Man (Человек-амфибия) by Alexander Beliaev (Александр Беляев)
…

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Permalink Reply by Oxana *Oxygen* on November 21, 2009 at 2:22pm

And what would *you* recommend?))

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Permalink Reply by LiLx on November 21, 2009 at 4:54pm

I just finished The Road by Cormac McCarthy and LOVED IT. If you like to think about what a post-apocalyptic world might be like, you should definitely read this book.

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Permalink Reply by ResQ51Kmg365 on November 21, 2009 at 5:48pm

Or maybe

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Permalink Reply by DanaAStone on November 21, 2009 at 7:54pm

I am going to Start reading: Dear John, by: Nicholas Sparks. It was just made into a film.

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Permalink Reply by Maša on November 30, 2009 at 4:09pm

To broaden your horizon I’d like to share with you a story written by one of my favourite Slovenian authors, Miha Mazzini. It was published in the collection Trenutki spoznanja (Clear moments). I think the Slovene version is slightly better in style, but the message remains the same. It’s the last story in the book and after finishing it I remained seated, staring at the book cover for a long while. You can read it in English on http://www.mihamazzini.com/SimpleStory/story.html . Mazzini also started a video project where people from different countries tell the same story, so I guess this post would also fit our “national identities” discussion in a way. You can find the video collection here http://www.mihamazzini.com/SimpleStory/default.html but I suggest you read the story first.

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Permalink Reply by Young Heejin on December 1, 2009 at 11:33pm

Really? How did you know? I love reading Nicholas Spark's work. Anyway I'm about to read The last song by Nicholas Sparks. I'm sure you know about "The Notebook" right? Try reading the sequel "The Wedding". It's the novel that made me read all his work. If you want a touch of X-Files, you can try True Believer and the sequel is At First Sight. It was great!

DanaAStone said:

I am going to Start reading: Dear John, by: Nicholas Sparks. It was just made into a film.

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Permalink Reply by Young Heejin on December 1, 2009 at 11:45pm

If anyone of you love Vampire stories, you could try Blue Bloods by Melissa Dela Cruz, Vampire Kisses by Ellen Schreiber, and Evermore and Blue Moon by Alyson Noel, Vampire Diaries by LJ Smith, House of Night by P.C Cast and Kristin Cast. I believe that the Vampire Kisses is already a movie. Evermore and Blue Moon might be a film now too. That's what I heard. I realy love Evermore and Blue Moon a lot because I can relate to Ever. ^_^

Blue Bloods are 4 novels, Vampire Kisses is 5 and up I believe, House of Night are 5 books too, so far the books of Alyson Noel is just 2 I believe. I hope this helps.

Try this:

Evermore by Alyson Noel
Blue Moon by Alyson Noel

If you like the Dexter series, of course there novels too but you can also try Heartsick by Chelsea Cain and the sequel.

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Permalink Reply by DanaAStone on December 2, 2009 at 1:54pm

I saw a preview for it when I went to the theatres to see New Moon.

Young Heejin said:

Really? How did you know? I love reading Nicholas Spark's work. Anyway I'm about to read The last song by Nicholas Sparks. I'm sure you know about "The Notebook" right? Try reading the sequel "The Wedding". It's the novel that made me read all his work. If you want a touch of X-Files, you can try True Believer and the sequel is At First Sight. It was great!

DanaAStone said:

I am going to Start reading: Dear John, by: Nicholas Sparks. It was just made into a film.

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Permalink Reply by FXFan1013 on December 13, 2009 at 11:07am

I am almost done reading Bleak House, magnificent novel!

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Permalink Reply by Young Heejin on December 14, 2009 at 5:38am

You should try books that Gillian loves: Books that made a difference in her life

The Known World by Edward P. Jones
Mountains of Minds by Robert Macfarlane
The Speed of Light by Elizabeth Rosner
When things fall apart by By Pema Chödrön
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

I just remembered reading this article from Oprah's magazine when I saw this question again.
If you want to know what she thinks of those books, you can find it here.

In the magazine, there were 5 books but the article only contains for books. I added the last one because I wrote them in a paper.

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Permalink Reply by FXFan1013 on December 14, 2009 at 10:35am

Thanks so much for the link! I had to go to Branes & Nobles.com, and order The Speed Of Light,I can't wait to read it !!!!

Young Heejin said:

You should try books that Gillian loves: Books that made a difference in her life

The Known World by Edward P. Jones
Mountains of Minds by Robert Macfarlane
The Speed of Light by Elizabeth Rosner
When things fall apart by By Pema Chödrön
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

I just remembered reading this article from Oprah's magazine when I saw this question again.
If you want to know what she thinks of those books, you can find it here.

In the magazine, there were 5 books but the article only contains for books. I added the last one because I wrote them in a paper.

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