[summerdamsel]

I've been feeling pretty bored lately and the internet is not helping at all.
Been trying to find something to do but there's nothing that interests me anymore.
Then, I thought 'Hey, why not read a book for a change?!'
I guess you could say I'm new at these 'things'.. I have not read a book on my will ever since
Can anybody recommend me a couple of good books to read?
I do not really care whatever genre it is as long as its supposedly good enough.

[kennesu]

like japanese fiction?

try something by banana yoshimoto (yeah that's her name) or haruki murakami (i just finished his 'after dark'- was pretty good).

[Sky's Crying]

I read a lot of books in all sorts of genres, but I don't know what you're looking for or what you enjoy, so I'll suggest some different types.

1. The Queen's Fool by Phillipa Gregory
If you've seen The Other Boleyn Girl movie, this book was written by the same author. It's from the perspective of a Jewish girl who starts the book at age 14. Her father and her are sort of like nomads in that they constantly are on the move away from the Spanish Inquisition. The beginning of the book finds them in London, quietly running a bookshop. Two lords (aka, handsome men in the book lol) stop by when she has a vision. They quickly bring her to the King and she becomes a "holy fool." She eventually becomes a spy for the two men, but her loyalties get complicated when she befriends the new Queen, falls in love with her Lord, and the person she's betrothed (engaged) to. A good read I have to say. The language isn't dated at all. Pretty engaging "historical" fiction. I finished the book in two-three days.

2. White Oleander by Janet Fitch
Read this if you haven't seen the movie version before. I thought the movie version was terrible in comparison to the book. It's about the relationship between a young girl and her artist mother. After her mom commits a crime (that I won't disclose haha, might be a spoiler) she gets sent away to foster care. She gets moved around constantly and becomes increasingly alienated from her mom. It's a type of coming-of-age book where you follow this girl through all of her troubles until she finally finds herself. It's a fantastic read.

3. Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin
Something Borrowed is more of a light day-on-the-beach, summer kind of read. You'll get sucked into the story fairly quickly and it moves fast as well. It's "chick-lit," that's how it's designed, what can I say? . It's written in the point of view of a young woman named Rachel. She's a manhattan lawyer who has a friend (or frenemy if you know what I mean haha) named Darcy who's always in the lime-light. On Rachel's 30th birthday she ends up in bed with Darcy's fiance--a friend of Rach's from law school. They continue the affair, but she struggles between her loyalty for her friend and her feelings for Dex (the fiance). Something Blue is the name of the sequel, which is a good read as well, and it is in the perspective of Darcy.

I'm too lazy to comment on the rest, so I'll just list now haha.

4. Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris

5. Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

6. The Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyer

7. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

8. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean Dominique Bauby

9. Battle Royale by Koushun Takami

10. The Hours by Michael Cunningham

[DDuk]

The Twilight Series - Stephenie Meyer

The Last Lecture - Randy Pausch

The Alchemist, The Witch of Portobello, Veronika Decides to Die - Paulo Coelho

Tuesday's with Morrie, Five People You Meet In Heaven, For One More Day - Mitch Albom (all of his books are quick but touching reads)

there are more.. but i just cant remember them.. teehee

[summerdamsel]

thank you so much
i'll be listing them all down
and am going a trip to the bookstore
thanks again !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
you guys are amazing, awesome!!!

[rectitude*]

I like all the books by "Lurlene McDaniel".
if you're interested in love stories and all,
but usually they're sad because at least one of the characters of some kind of sickness,
but her books are really good. I read like all of them already.

[x_TaintedLove]

thank you so much
i'll be listing them all down
and am going a trip to the bookstore
thanks again !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
you guys are amazing, awesome!!!

You should be visiting the library, not the book store. Hardcover books are expensive nowadays and so are novels that are incredibly thick and large-sized.
Also, you may not find various suggestions as appealing as the next. That's why you should most likely get a library card. But if your friends have some of these novels, then borrow it off them. Some recommend the Twilight series, but they are usually rarely available at the library and extremely expensive at book stores unless you want to find them second-hand.

My suggestions [These books are mainly based on your reading habits and age];
- Tithe by Holly Black
- Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
- The Blue Girl by Charles de Lint
- The Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyer (Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn. I personally don't like them, but a majority of people seem to love them these days)
- The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
- The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong
- Marked by PC Cast & Kristen Cast
- Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
- Harry Potter Series by JK Rowling (Please tell me you read these; who hasn't?)
- Tamora Pierce (Author)
- The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
- The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
- Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
- Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curis Klause
- Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (Author)

[Spiffy Girl]

Twilight Series are pretty quick to read. At most it can take up a week to read all four books.
Harry Potter. Very suspenseful.

The Truth About Forever
This Lullaby
(Sarah Dessen)
These are cute teen love books.

I just finished reading Prep. It's pretty interesting but I think you might 'need' to sorta mature about it. Especially the last chapter. x]

[VersusVillain]

Some good classics (pre-1985):

-Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
-Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky
-The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
-The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
-The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
-Light in August by William Faulkner
-The Sound of Waves by Yukio Mishima
-Dracula by Bram Stoker
-Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby, Jr.
-Night by Elie Wiesel
-Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice

Modern:

-Mysterious Skin by Scott Heim
-The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
-Atonement by Ian McEwan
-Battle Royale by Koushun Takami
-The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

Random horror & suspense:

-Resurrection Dreams by Richard Laymon
-Blood Games by Richard Laymon
-Life Expectancy by Dean Koontz
-Postmortem by Patricia Cornwell

Well, actually any of the authors listed above are good for those types of books. There's also Stephen King, Mary Higgins Clark, James Patterson, etc.

I'm not into most YA stuff though, but it seems you've received plenty of recommendations from other posters on that front.