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February 22, 2013

We are back with more recommendations!

Share with us your favorite books, what you are reading right now.

Check our recommendations posts, you might find your next favorite or another Bookporner to share your thoughts about that haunting book you just read!

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- caeru sent us a lovely message! “I love your rec posts; I’ve found a whole bunch of books I want to read now!”, we are glad you did! =D She was reading Mudwoman by Joyce Carol Oates and An Utterly Impartial History of Britain or 2000 Years of Upper Class Idiots In Charge by John O’Farrell. Favorites: Doomsday Book, of the Oxford Time Travel series by Connie Willis, As Meat Loves Salt by Maria McCann, The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber, Swordspoint from the Riverside series by Ellen Kushner and Hallucinating Foucault by Patricia Duncker.

- ladybadasskillington recommends Blueprints for Building Better Girls: Fiction by Elissa Schapell, “It’s a collection of short stories about American women and it’s AMAZING”.

- kousman93 was reading The Running Man by Stephen King. Recommends The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival by John Vaillant and For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway.

- waitaminutebaby recommends White Oleander by Janet Fitch and Lucky by Alice Sebold.

- tomorrow-comes-2day recommends her favorites: Gone series by Michael Grant, Looking for Alaska by John Green and The Awakening by Kate Chopin.

- dreamverse recommends A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick, “The most engrossing novel I’ve read this year, with a film that actually does the book justice. Must-read for any sci-fi or K Dick fan, especially those that have seen the film without realising it was based on a book”.

- 1864 recommends Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese and The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett.

- sketchesandbooks was reading Botchan by Natsume Soseki. Favorites: Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel García Márquez, The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, and Delta of Venus by Anaïs Nin.

- joseon-queen also recommends The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, that is part of The Cementery of Forgotten Books series. “The language was very simple but was written in such a lyrical, enchanting manner I felt as if I came to Barcelona myself”.

- starchaser1874 was reading A Feast for Crows from A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin. And always recommends Ender’s Game from Ender’s Saga by Orson Scott Card. “It is just a damn fine book”.

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That’s it for tonight!

Keep sending your recommendations and remember to check the past ones!

Keep reading, Bookporners!

January 10, 2013

Bookporners Recommendations #12

Share your all-time favorite books, your top reads and your current reads with us!

Find your next favorite novel or another fan to follow (=

Yup, more Bookporners Recommendations!

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- Ernest Carter recommends A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines, The Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter, The World Without Us by Alan Weisman, Chosen by a Horse by Susan Richards, Howl by Alan Ginsberg, Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman, The Reader by Bernard Schlink, “and despite the fact this list could go on and on, last suggestions is a crucially necessary read for everyone these days”, Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell.

- Invisiblesummercauseitsbritain recommends Across the Nightingale Floor from the Tales of the Otori series by Lian Hearn and was reading Shadow and Bone from The Grisha series by Leigh Bardugo.

- Claironner was about to finish reading We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver.

- Ecatcipation-proclamation recommends The Confessions of Max Tivoli by Andrew Sean Greer, “it is outstanding. It’s written so well it just perplexes me. I highly recommend it to anyone who hasn’t read it”.

- Intervalosdedemencia was reading The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa and Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov.

- Kristensquire was reading and loving Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Random Riggs.

- Mywarsarelaidawayinbooks was reading My Wars Are Laid Away in Books: The Life of Emily Dickinson by Alfred Habegger, La Capital: The Biography of Mexico City by Jonathan Kandell and More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite by Sebastian Mallaby.

- Roadtothehorizon was reading Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder and The Wall by Marlen Haushofer. Favorite: The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger.

- Kidontheslope was reading Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. Favorite: Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami.

- Persephoneblue was reading Sweetly by Jackson Pearce from the Fairytales Retellings series, The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold and Stranger Than Fiction by Chuck Palahniuk.

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So, that’s it for today! Keep sending us your recommendations and don’t forget to check the previous ones!

Smile and keep reading (=

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December 14, 2012

Bookporners Recommendations #11

Wondering what book to read next? Looking for ideas to read during the Holidays?

Here’s another round of Bookporn Recommendations from you to you!

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- Geeawnuh last read and loved The Warded Man from the Demon Cycle series by Peter V. Brett. “Story follows three characters as they grow up in a world where demons attack at night. It is a good epic fantasy if you enjoy those kind of novels”.

- Autumn Code was reading Paths of Glory; Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front by Irving S. Cobb and Damned by Chuck Palahniuk.

- Leader Dykeuk’s favorites are The Crow Road by Iain Banks and An Ungodly Child by Rachel Green.

- Cruel Atlas was reading and enjoying Player One by Douglas Coupland. Favorite: The Magus by John Fowles.

- Nemo 80 was reading Solaris by Stanislaw Lem. Recommends In Cold Blood by Truman Capote and Demian by Hermann Hesse, “books I can always read again and enjoy”. And was going to read next The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien (for the third time and before the movie comes out), A Dance With Dragons the fifth book of A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin (“it always amazes me that those two have same middle initials, R.R.”) and On the Road by Jack Kerouac.

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November 25, 2012

Bookporners Recommendations #10

More Bookporners Recommendations for you!

Share your favortite books and your current reads or find the book that could be your new favorite.

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- Hersphinxness finished reading the Imaginary Portraits by Walter Pater, “It’s, well, appropriately, deliciously beautiful!”, was going to re-read Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury unless The Swan King: Ludwig II of Bavaria by Christopher McIntosh arrived from the library first.

- Victus in Veritas, a multi-reader, was reading and enjoying Middlemarch: A study of Provincial Life by George Eliot, Pirate Utopias: Moorish Corsairs & European Renegadoes by Peter Lamborn Wilson, Black Opera by Mary Gentle, The Magus by John Fowles, The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-century Miller by Carlo Ginzburg and Nile Shadows from The Jerusalem Quartet series by Edward Whittemore. His favorite book is Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts, or perhaps Buddha’s Little Finger by Victor Pelevin.

- Just Add Music NZ was reading the Skulduggery Pleasant series by Derek Landy. “Yes they’re aimed at tweens.. yes I’m 30… but they’re fantastic!” (*Lemony Snicket fan applauds*). Favorites: used to be Grab On To Me Tightly As If I knew The Way: A Novel by Bryan Charles until she re-read it and it didn’t had the same effect. Then, in 2008 she read The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky and “fell in love again and again with each new read”.

- Breathing Insanity recommends Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami and Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood.

- Gotnd was reading Scottish Brides, an omnibus of short stories by Julia Quinn, Stephanie Laurens, Karen Ranney and Christina Dodd. Favorite series: Outlander by Diana Gabaldon.

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Keep reading and share with us!

November 21, 2012

Bookporners Recommendations #9

If you are wondering which book you should read or if you want to know someone’s opinion about a book you want to get your hands on… Today is your lucky day!

Here we have another round of Bookporners Recommendations.

Remember you can share with us your favorite books and your current reads or you can check the previous recs from other Bookporners.

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- Lily Literati was reading and enjoying The Tiger’s Wife by Téa Obreht and On Beauty by Zadie Smith.

- Wonderland and Fairytales was reading The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson. “It’s a really fun and lovely read so far!”.

- Misanthropic Nonsense re-read The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wild. “Amazing as always. I love Wilde!” (and we love him too!).

- Noddy Blue finished Paying for it by Chester Brown. “A great comic book memoir chronicling one man’s experiences with prostitution”.

- Eldritch Cry was reading 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami. All-time favorite: The Amber Spyglass of the His Dark Materials series by Philip Pullman.

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October 24, 2012

Bookporners Recommendations #8

Hey Bookporners! I hope you are ready for more recommendations!

Don’t be shy, send us your reading recommendations! We want to know what you are reading and which are your favorite books.

You can also check the previous posts and maybe find the next book you want to read.

Are you going to participate in All Hallow’s Read? What book will you give?

Enjoy!

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- Twist my Arm favorite book is The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky and totally recommends it.

- Anna has loads of recommendations to make (so we hope she sends more!) but she sent us this: The Young Wizards series by Diane Duane. “It’s for kids, I know, but it’s such a good series that I still read it even though I’m an adult”.

- Geekypaz was reading A Storm of Swords from the A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin. Her all-time favorites are The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.

- Kirsten Squire had just finished listening to Good Omens too and was reading The Feminine Mystic by Betty Friedan. Her favorites are Pride and Prejudice and Mansfield Park, both by Jane Austen.

- All Seven Warves was reading and loving Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez. Favorite all-time books: the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling but specially Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Presuasion by Jane Austen.

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So there you go, five more recs. Send yours and keep reading!

October 15, 2012

Bookporners Recommendations #7

More Bookporners recommendations for you!

If you sent yours and haven’t seen it published, do not worry, it will sometime soon. It’s just that there are a lot and we only publish 10 at a time.

So read and share what others recommend and send your recommendations and all-time favorite books!

Happy reading ^_^

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- Crash Your Ships favorite book is House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski.

- Jeff Essex absolute favorite is a graphic novel called Essex County by Jeff Lemire. “His book saved me from my worst terrors”.

- Madeleine chose The Book Thief by Markus Suzak as her favorite book and placed The Fault in Our Stars by John Green as a close second.

- Quixotic Exotic is currently reading A Clash of Kings from the A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin.

- Mesonoxian Frenzy’s favorite book is The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón. During a Shakespeare reading spree, was reading and enjoying (and probably finished by now) Julius Caesar.

- Finch’s Book Club favorites are the Bible and A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.

- Phlesh all-time favorite is The Good Earth from House of Earth series by Pearl S. Bucks and is currently reading The Essential Neruda for school.

- A Pale Fire’s absolute favorite is The Lake of Dead Languages by Carol Goodman and is currently reading Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs.

- Twist my Arm recommends The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. “Best book I’ve read hands down”.

- Diglett Dig recommends Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist. (The movie -not the remake- is one of my favorites and now I want to read the novel!)

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Enjoy and spread the love for books (=

*(and just in case you were wondering… yes, we give a name to the anons we get =P).

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October 5, 2012

Bookporners Recommendations #6

We know you love books and we know you love to read so here are more recommendations!

Thank you to all the people that have participated in this. Check out the previous recommendations and send us yours!

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- Duhkha is currently reading Hopscotch by Julio Cortázar.

- Veto Power Over Clocks is reading The Aldeburg Cezanne by John Alexander Graham. Favorites: Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman and The Princess Bride by William Goldman. Childhood favorites: Cuore (Heart) by Edmondo Amicis and The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly by Luis Sepúlveda. Thank you for sharing your childhood favs! I still have most of the books I read as a child.

- Jayalalita is reading and loving Dune from the Dune Chronicles series by Frank Herbet. Some favorites: I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith, The Gormenghast trilogy by Mervyn Peake, In the Night Garden from The Ophan’s Tales series by Catherynne M. Valente, The Welsh Fairy Book by W. Jenkyn Thomas. Favorite author: Lord Dunsany.

- Rostovs is currently reading War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy. One all-time favorite: Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken Kesey.

- Bread Killer is reading and loving The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo Giordano, or maybe that’s her favorite book. I’m not sure.

- Old Time Entombed was on the last few pages of A Game of Thrones and was about to start A Storm of Swords, both from A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin. All-time favorite: All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque.

- Books Before Boyfriends’s (awesome tumblr name ^_^) favorite novels: Across the Universe by Beth Revis and Incarceron by Catherine Fisher.

- Eat Distortion is reading Tiger, Tiger: A Memoir by Margaux Fragoso. All-time favorite: Two or Three Things I Know For Sure by Dorothy Allison.

- My High Fantasy has read The Way of Kings from The Stormlight Archive series by Brandon Sanderson 6 times in the past 12 months. Obviously he recommends it ;)

- Flames of a Time Lord likes fantasy books and recommends the Abhorsen trilogy by Garth Nix, The Warded Man and The Desert Spear from the Demon Cycle series by Peter V. Brett. He is re-reading The Black Prism by Brent Weeks before the second book of the Lightbringer series comes out.

Hope you enjoy this recommendations!

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September 29, 2012

Bookporners Recommendations #5

Another round of recommendations from Bookporn community!

Share what you are reading and your favorite books. Find the next book that might become one of your favorites!

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- Tocar el cielo is reading Scoop by Everyn Waugh, “It’s a satire of British journalism in the 1930s. It’s actually pretty funny and an interesting read”. Favorite all-time books: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, The Fault in Our Stars by John Green and La sombra del cielo )The Shadow of the Wind) by Carlos Ruiz Zafón.

- Cestla Vicky is re-reading Peter Pan and The Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson and recommends The Kingdom Keepers also by Ridley Pearson.

- My Mania favorites are The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger, Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut and Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson.

- Day Dreaming Dragon favorite book series are His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman and The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica by James A. Owen. “I strongly recommend the latter for anyone who enjoyed any of J.R.R. Tolkein’s or C.S. Lewis’s books”.

- Scamphoek just finished reading Browning Version by Terence Rattigan. All-time favorite: 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff.

- Ethereal Imbue is reading Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling. Top favorites: A Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys, Possessing the Secret of Joy by Alice Walker and Othello by William Shakespeare.

- Winterfell Princess is currently reading A Dance With Dragons by George R. R. Martin. All-time favorite: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë.

- Hey ice Machine was midway through and really enjoying Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse. All-time favorite: A Wild Sheep Chase from The Rat series by Haruki Murakami.

- Emergency Medical Doll is reading Face of a Killer from the Sydney Fritzpatrick series by Robin Burcell.

- Rhapsodien is reading Scaramouche by Rafael Rabatini (how very Queen of her XD) and The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde.

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Read on, dear Bookporners!

(If you sent your recommendations and you haven’t seen it published yet, be patient, it will! we only publish 10 recs each week and there are a lot in queue)

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September 23, 2012

Bookporners Recommendations #4

Here are this week’s Bookporners reading recommendations.

Send yours or read others!

Happy reading ^_^

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- Public Witness is reading and loving Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. All-time favorite: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole (One of my favorites too!).

- Caillte Inion is currently reading The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Some favorites: Shame by Salman Rushdie, The Bone People by Keri Hulme, Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, The entire The Lord of The Rings series by J. R. R. Tolkien and A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin.

- Caxigalines started reading The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi. Some all-time favorites: Hija de la fortuna (Daughter of Fortune) by Isabel Allende, Rayuela (Hopscotch) by Julio Cortázar, The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exúpery and the series of Discworld by Terry Pratchett and Earth’s Children by Jean M. Auel.

- The Novels is reading Partials by Dan Wells and re-reading A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket. Favorite: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë.

- Wolfsdick is currently reading and loving A Heartbreaking Work for Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers.

- Kewi Smash MacFlannery is reading and loving It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini and says it’s amazing. I don’t know about you, but I saw the movie and now I want to read the novel!

- Harlequinnade is multireader and is currently reading A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin, Pompeii by Richard Harris, Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach. Favorites: The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien and Watchmen by Alan Moore.

- Cara the Beara is reading Great Expectations by Charles Dickens and re-reading The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien.

- Sherpaek 379 is reading Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, Mortality by Christopher Hitchens, Money by Martin Amis and other philosophy books.

- Queen Under The Mountain is re-reading in time for the movie The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien. Favorite and highly recommended: Rhubarb by Craig Silvey.

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