Anonymous
Post 06/26/2014 16:17     Subject: Do you ever find yourself totally consumed by a book that it sticks with you? Too long?
Anonymous wrote:The 100 Years Trilogy that Ken Follet is writing now. I'm literally waiting for the third like a stalker.


I read the first one and it was ok - when did you get hooked?
Anonymous
Post 06/26/2014 16:15     Subject: Re:Do you ever find yourself totally consumed by a book that it sticks with you? Too long?
Anonymous wrote:Oh, yes. A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry. Such a good book.


Yes, it was a beautiful, beautiful book, but I still shake and shudder sometimes about what happened when things got out of balance. I read it almost 5 years ago.

I was also long tortured by Oscar & Lucinda, another beautiful and haunting book.
Anonymous
Post 06/26/2014 16:12     Subject: Do you ever find yourself totally consumed by a book that it sticks with you? Too long?
Anonymous wrote:Mine are The Poisonwood Bible and 100 Years of Solitude.


Oh, the Poisonwood Bible! thank you for reminding me of that gem.

I LOVED The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes. as soon as i got to the end i had to read it all over again immediately.
Anonymous
Post 06/26/2014 16:08     Subject: Do you ever find yourself totally consumed by a book that it sticks with you? Too long?
The 100 Years Trilogy that Ken Follet is writing now. I'm literally waiting for the third like a stalker.
Anonymous
Post 06/26/2014 16:01     Subject: Do you ever find yourself totally consumed by a book that it sticks with you? Too long?
Mine are The Poisonwood Bible and 100 Years of Solitude.
Anonymous
Post 06/26/2014 15:58     Subject: Do you ever find yourself totally consumed by a book that it sticks with you? Too long?
Beyond the Beautiful Forevers, about slums near Mumbai. So vivid. So heartbreaking. I keep thinking about it. What happened to them?
Anonymous
Post 06/26/2014 15:56     Subject: Re:Do you ever find yourself totally consumed by a book that it sticks with you? Too long?
Anonymous wrote:My mom is still angry about the fact that I "made" her read the Flannery O'Connor short story "A Good Man is Hard to Find", which I thought was awesome. She brings this up 4 or 5 times a year, often to strangers. I was in 10th grade when I recommended it to her. She's been complaining for about 30 years at this point.


I remember reading that in HS! Pretty intense.
Anonymous
Post 06/26/2014 15:46     Subject: Re:Do you ever find yourself totally consumed by a book that it sticks with you? Too long?
Me Before You stuck with me a long time.
Anonymous
Post 06/26/2014 15:39     Subject: Do you ever find yourself totally consumed by a book that it sticks with you? Too long?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Yes, the book was Little Bee.

Still haunts me.

I just can't....


+1 and One hundred years of solitude and the Cairo trilogy. I have reread them all dozens of time and it feels like a death when they end.


I could not get through 100 years for love or money. It just confused the hell out of me.
Anonymous
Post 06/26/2014 15:38     Subject: Do you ever find yourself totally consumed by a book that it sticks with you? Too long?
Anonymous wrote:Which books would you recommend for a teen that does not like romance, but enjoys friendship/suspense/mystery type books?


Hunger games, for sure. Boy or girl?

I loved Stephen King as a teen - they are great fun.
Anonymous
Post 06/26/2014 15:14     Subject: Do you ever find yourself totally consumed by a book that it sticks with you? Too long?
Anonymous wrote:Yes, the book was Little Bee.

Still haunts me.

I just can't....


+1 and One hundred years of solitude and the Cairo trilogy. I have reread them all dozens of time and it feels like a death when they end.
Anonymous
Post 06/26/2014 15:09     Subject: Do you ever find yourself totally consumed by a book that it sticks with you? Too long?
Which books would you recommend for a teen that does not like romance, but enjoys friendship/suspense/mystery type books?
Anonymous
Post 06/26/2014 15:09     Subject: Re:Do you ever find yourself totally consumed by a book that it sticks with you? Too long?
Mine too are romance books that stick with me. Mine are even more embarassing because it is in the "romantica" category. There is one series with 16 books that I could read over again.
Anonymous
Post 06/26/2014 15:03     Subject: Do you ever find yourself totally consumed by a book that it sticks with you? Too long?
Yes. And most of them are romance books so I feel your shame with ya books but it's all good
Anonymous
Post 06/26/2014 14:59     Subject: Do you ever find yourself totally consumed by a book that it sticks with you? Too long?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Yes, these are some books that come to mind that affected me like that:

Vampire Winter
The Hot Zone
A Thousand Splendid Suns (kudos 13:13)
Swan Song (listened to it on Audible)
Enclave Series (listened to it on Audible)

FWIW, Enclave is a YA series, and I'm almost 40. Should I hang my head in shame to?



OP here - Enclave you say? Putting it on the list!


Honestly, I don't see why it's YA. It's pretty violent and bloody. I guess the absence of sex and cursing warrants a YA rating? I love PA fic

Is there any love/tension?


A bit, yes