God love Amazon.com

[electricland]

Here's what I shall propose:

• Resurrection Men by Ian Rankin; or


• The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown; or


• The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith; or


• something on the Canada Reads list

Just 'cause elissa_carey mentioned it, I was thinking I might suggest A Game of Thrones, but this crowd does not go for 700-page series books, so perhaps I'll just read it on my own one of these days.

Off now, wish me and my books luck!

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[mr-weasel.livejournal.com]

Good Luck!

[thebitterguy]

I know I'm late, but go with A Game of Thrones. It does rock.

[electricland.livejournal.com]

Thanks -- as you see it's Resurrection Men, but I'll look out for the other on my own. And it's my turn to pick again in a few months. I think it may be my duty to introduce a sci-fi/fantasy note to the gatherings, all they seem to have read in that line is Harry Potter and they weren't too whelmed. So many possibilities...

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[thebitterguy]

For a good fantasy novel, try Good Omens. It rocks.

[electricland.livejournal.com]

Isn't it? I have bought at least 4 copies, because I keep lending it to people and not getting it back. (And in the interests of full disclosure, I had crankygrrl's copy hostage for at least a year.) I was thinking of suggesting it myself. :)

It always makes me nostalgic, because I bought it while taking a summer course in 2nd year university, and I vividly remember sitting in the kitchen for about 4 solid hours reading it and laughing hysterically while I should have been doing calculus.

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[thebitterguy]

I have a copy of the hardcover that I hope/pray to get signed this fall by Pratchett and/or Gaiman at WorldCon.

[electricland.livejournal.com]

ooooh. I'm VERY jealous.

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[thebitterguy]

It's one of my most treasured possessions. Cat ever touches it, it's a chamois.