Book Comments (906)

RE: Anne Frank: The Diary of Anne Frank

Anne's real tale truly captures your heart and afterward you have a completely different outlook on life. Life is precious and we all share this earth...

RE: John Buchan: The Thirty-Nine Steps

a classic i love it ...the films the best ,,,,babsie

RE: Frank McCourt: Angela's Ashes

One of those books that can make you laugh and cry within one chapter. A great read for those of us who like out novels intense and thought provoking.

RE: George Orwell: 1984

A great book, a real "thinkers" novel. The intense emotions that are so deeply hidden for the majority of the book make it compulsive reading. And when the emotions are let loose, along with the grave consequences and awful treatment afterwards, you find yourself deeply considering what you would have done in the same situation. Although very wild in setting, its not uncomaprable to our lives today. Its extreme nature from begining to end make the novel one of the best to date.

RE: Ken Follett: The Pillars of the Earth

a very long book, but a long & great, funny interesting read ,

RE: Hunter S. Thompson: Fear and loathing in las vegas

a cut above other writers. HE will be missed.

RE: by Jack Kerouac: On The Road

it was a good read by the great Beat Poets of our times!!

RE: Margaret Mitchell: Gone with the wind

had to read this book and see the movie for 9th grade class in high school. The class was American History. we did not have 'puters then so we had to go with the times.

RE: Martina Cole..: The Jump..

all the books from Martina Cole are good reads ,always

RE: Frank McCourt: Angela's Ashes

read the book years ago ,great read , good true story ,

RE: Margaret Mitchell: Gone with the wind

wonderful roma ance xi feel i have been to where they were !!!!!!

RE: Thomas Hardy: The Woodlanders

yes i agree its fab.,......thomas hardys marvelous...its way above any like it,....i recommend it to all ....babs

RE: Brian Lumley: Necroscope

Lumley is a very good writer. I like the way he can draw you in with a single page.

RE: Anne Rice: Interview With The Vampire

I loved this book and the rest of the vampire chronicles i read them years ago and have just started to read them again and the first one is definitely the best

RE: Thomas Nelson: THE BIBLE

I was raised very religious but when I read the Word for myself it radically changed my life for the better in soooo many ways! I stopped being 'religious' & understood that it's all about a PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP with Christ; not some man's rules, rituals, regulations, denominations, etc. It's about Love, mercy & grace to EVERYONE who will receive Christ as Savoir & Lord. I just can't imagine NOT having a Bible. It is God's Love letter to us. It's not a book to be understood with our reason; its to be understood in our hearts thru faith. It's THE greatest book ever written. I couldnt survive without mine.

RE: Stephanie Meyer: Twilight

i love that book waiting till i can read them all i got the movie and waiting for the next one to come out

steve harvey: act like a lady think like a man

Kaya ,Let me know when you read the book and what chap. you like.

RE: steve harvey: act like a lady think like a man

This is on book I have to get!

RE: Danielle Steel: The Kiss

Such a sad but beautiful story. Have read it several times.

RE: Stephanie Meyer: Twilight

I've read the Twilight Saga and I must say I enjoyed every page of it, every word. So romantic and so filled with every sentiment one heart could ever taste.

RE: William P. Young: The Shack

I finished reading it for the first time yesterday and feel I need to go back and read parts of it again to fully grasp and keep reminding myself of the concepts. One of those books that's staying with me - mainly I suppose because I wholeheartedly agree with the Spirituality portrayed in it and this view of Christianity versus organised religion. I agree that even though it's fiction I wonder how close to life experience it is for the author. The website for The Shack is worth a look - especially the author's biography.

RE: Rhonda Burn: The Secret

This is a great book but really it does not tell 'The Secret'. I came across a book that has recently been published called Knowing the Secret- Author: Rosemary Christie and this book goes a lot further. If you type Knowing the Secret into google this lady's website comes up and gives a preview of the book. Truly amazing stuff.

RE: Rhonda Burn: The Secret

This is a great book but really it does not tell 'The Secret'. I came across a book that has recently been published called Knowing the Secret- Author: Rosemary Christie and this book goes a lot further. If you type Knowing the Secret into google this lady's website comes up and gives a preview of the book. Truly amazing stuff.

RE: Arturo Perez Reverte: The painter of battles

Haven`t read this book in particular, but several of his historical novels, which are well written and show knowledge of the times.
I haven`t read any non-fiction by him, so this book sounds a good start.TY for the info.

RE: Leon Uris: Trinity

Very well said!

It`s a real page-turner. Just couldn`t put it down.

Highly recommended.

RE: Stephanie Meyer: The Host

The beginning was a bit difficult to get through, but after those first few chapters I loved it. I suppose this book most reminded me of "The Invasion" with Nicole Kidman. I liked how Meyer presented readers with a different perspective. A truly awesome book!!

RE: Stephanie Meyer: The Host

I loved this book. Its even better than the Twilight series.

RE: Sir Terry Pratchett: Wyrd Sisters

I love Pratchett, but the witches, particularly Nanny and Granny are right up there in terms of favourite characters.

RE: Gabriel Garcia Marquez: 100 years of solitude

I`ve read some of his latest short stories, though, and they are not so good. I think it`s difficult to keep quality if a writer turns into a book-making machine. But I can understand the temptation...

RE: Malcolm Gladwell: The Tipping Point

Malcolm's book "Blink" is very interesting as well. Researchers have discovered new information about the way the human brain works in real-life scenarios. Sometimes we make split second decisions, how do we do that? What are the influences that make our decisions correct and other times fatally flawed?

RE: Sir Terry Pratchett: Wyrd Sisters

Sounds one I`d enjoy! TY for the tip.

RE: Anthony Burgess: A clockwork Oange

Hey, Mimi,lol, you won the upper hand! I came here precisely to post this book. I just finished reading it today. I read the original version, with 21 chapters,different from the American version, which had only 20 and on which Kubrik`s film was based. In the original version there is a change in the protagonist as he grows up. In the American and film version,vicious Alex does not change. Anyway, that 21st chapter is not enough explanation for the "ultra violence" seeping through the pages... The book is an unpleasant portrait of a nightmarish future in which pointless, ultra violence takes over the streets when the sun is down. Violence from all directions, on the part of blood thirsty teenagers, also from an all-powerful state, and also on the part of those who fight that government... I`d personally say it`s an uncomfortable read, but one that should be done as it still beacons a warning over forty years after it was written. A most politically incorrect book in my opinion, like a slap on the reader`s face, intended to awaken us to possible scenarios which may not be that far after all.

I personally dislike all kinds of violence and even shun many a film because of that, but felt it was good to read this novel. I don`t regret reading it, quite the contrary!

RE: dan brown: the da vinci code

I been givin this book twice on my birthday, left 1 in uk the other 1 here with me sitting on the shelve, I should read it hopefully soon :)