[Thinker]

Can't go wrong with Thomas Harris .. pay no attention to the movies.

:-)
"Due to complaints from KSCPCA and other animal fanatics, I shall henceforth only eat meat from animals that have commited suicide"

And then there was life: BACK FROM THE DEAD :: http://geocities.com/roomthinker

[kuze]

Runaway jury by John Grisham.
gives a look behind the scenes in the tobbaci industry.
an eyeopener to the devious practices of the indusstry

[heathcliff]

kuze - i read that book a while back (cant remember exactly what happened) and have watched the movie... not bad

[heathcliff]

oh, and has anybody read the "great american book" about a drifter by some bloke called (i think) jack kerouac (or something like that) and is it any good????

[Jibril Cessay]

Heathcliff,

I found a book that will crack u up for life:

'How to be a Kenyan' by the late Wahome Mutahi (Whispers)

I was reading leo, kwanza the Chapters for mazishi( A matter of life and death)'Rost and Mboilo' and a jamaa blowing his car horn at red light so that it can change faster (Moving Violation). This is a seriously humorous book.

[Jibril Cessay]

U can use the following link to buy Wahome Mutahi's books:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/se...821816-7194559

[heathcliff]

thanks jibril although your amazon link led me to something to with a bug... will get the wahome book though, it sounds quite entertaining....

[deejaym]

I've read lotsa books so am not sure which is my favorite but one has stayed in my mind. Legacy of Silence by Belva Plain. Belva is Jewish so her books have alot of jewish/Nazi problems. I enjoy her books coz they have a twist a the end. Another book i enjoyed, Cobra Event (can't remember writer). I mostly read books based on the writers. Thomas Williams has a Lord of the Rings, Gothic like writing style. Fern Michaels for action/romance and johanna Lindsay for 18th century England ( i love anything traditional england including movies) and Sandra brown for something current. As i said, the style of writing draws me, i hate simple books, the bore me and am too old for mills.

[Jibril Cessay]

Cobra Event is by Richard Preston. I heard he writes, Medical Thrillers. I will tafuta his books.

'The Secret life of bees' by Sue Monk Kidd is an excellent read. The book is a page-tuner, sad and reflective. It is humorous and makes u feel as though u lived in Lily's house.

[heathcliff]

has anybody read Michael Faber? someone recommended "the crimson petal and the white" as a perfect book....
JC, what do you think?