can someone help me out with some good books

chavie11219

Sun, Oct 03 2010, 7:29 pm

I like long thick books, family saga and such,just finished reading ROSES by Leila Meacham, was a fabulous book...something along those lines
thanks!!!!!!! Very Happy

tsiggelle

Sun, Oct 03 2010, 7:33 pm

chavie11219 wrote:

I like long thick books, family saga and such,just finished reading ROSES by Leila Meacham, was a fabulous book...something along those lines
thanks!!!!!!! Very Happy

have you read 'a time to rend a time to sew', books by pomerants and lazewnick(sp?)

there are other good ones that I hav read, long family sagas, but I dont remember all the titles

Dev80

Mon, Oct 04 2010, 3:17 am

Behind the walls by Miriam Cohen is a true story about a girl in a convent during the Holocaust, not exactly a family saga (unfortunately) but thick and very good!
Sun inside rain, not sure who it's by, but also thick and follows the lives of a few individuals who are connected
Those are two lengthy Jewish novels that come to mind that are worth reading.

chanchy123

Mon, Oct 04 2010, 3:38 am

I like these also.
Not exactly the same janre but a nice thick book - Carter Beats the Devil. I really liked it, great story great charactors. Didn't like his second novel Sunnyside as much, all the pieces didn't fit in the puzzle at the end and it seemes like sloppy editting and a whole bunch of stories that would stand great each alone.

baba

Mon, Oct 04 2010, 4:08 am

I'm becoming a little frustrated.
You reminded me of this really great book, I think it had the word brothers in the title and it was about 2 brothers from a specific family, throughout a few generations. One still in Poland or Russia, then one generation during the war in Germany and one in England, then one post war in Russia. Throughout the novel, you kept following 2 brothers with their different attitudes and approaches to what was going on around them.

But google hasnt helped me find the book. It's so annoying.

baba

Mon, Oct 04 2010, 4:14 am

Ok, where google wasnt my friend, amazon was.

It's called Brothers by Bernice Rubens. http://www.amazon.com/Brothers.....r=1-6

It's really good literature. Are you also interested in non-Jewish novels?

Sherri

Mon, Oct 04 2010, 8:15 am

Kane and Abel, and sequel The Prodigal Daughter by Jeffrey Archer

Sherri

Mon, Oct 04 2010, 8:15 am

Someone here once mentioned a website where you can insert a book that you liked and it will generate similar titles that you might enjoy. Anyone? I would love to know it.

mosma

Mon, Oct 04 2010, 9:25 am

water for elephants is great. I just finished it. not completely clean though so I don't know if you're interested.

the book thief is fantastic. holocaust from a non jewish child's perspective.

mricci

Mon, Oct 04 2010, 7:09 pm

I really loved the book "the help"...it's sort of saga-like. it takes place in the south, and it follows black maids and the white families they serve through the years. I couldn't put the thing down!

Maya

Mon, Oct 04 2010, 8:41 pm

Sherri wrote:

Someone here once mentioned a website where you can insert a book that you liked and it will generate similar titles that you might enjoy. Anyone? I would love to know it.

I sometimes use this:
http://www.whatshouldireadnext.com/

I had another one which I liked better, but can't remember it at the moment.

RedRuby

Mon, Oct 04 2010, 8:46 pm

For a long, family saga type book, try these two authors:

Rosamunde Pilcher (Shellseekers and Coming Home were wonderful)

Maeve Binchy

I loved reading all the suggestions posted! I have a nice book list now...thank you!

(I also loved The Help)