1988

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1988

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1varielle
Bewerkt: okt 23, 2007, 11:24 am

I think I got married that year. Hmmm.

I've only read The Queen of the Damned out of this bunch. I used to be fond of Anne Rice but after a while I realized no one can beat a dead horse quite like she can, even if it is all the way to the bank.

1. The Cardinal of the Kremlin, Tom Clancy 1,227 copies on LT

2. The Sands of Time, Sidney Sheldon 229 copies

3. Zoya, Danielle Steel 130 copies

4. The Icarus Agenda, Robert Ludlum 370 copies

5. Alaska, James A. Michener 425 copies

6. Till We Meet Again, Judith Krantz 94 copies

7. The Queen of the Damned, Anne Rice 2,730 copies

8. To Be the Best, Barbara Taylor Bradford 84 copies

9. One: A Novel, Richard Bach 424 copies

10. Mitla Pass, Leon Uris 106 copies

2raggedtig
okt 23, 2007, 11:25 am

Wow, this is the most I've read off of any of the lists put out so far. I have read: Mitla Pass, Queen of the Damned, and The Sands of Time. I love Anne Rice and Sidney Sheldon both, but I know what u mean about Anne beating a dead horse! How much more do we need to know about Lestat? I personally liked her witch chronicals more.

3philosojerk
okt 23, 2007, 11:25 am

I think this is the first year I've seen that I've read a majority of the books on the list. I'm pretty sure the only ones I haven't read out of these are 8, 9, and 10.

4Shortride
okt 23, 2007, 3:04 pm

I struck out on this one.

5usnmm2
Bewerkt: okt 23, 2007, 6:51 pm

read the following;
The Cardinal of the Kremlin by Tom Clancy
Alaska by James A. Michener
(Micheners' book Journey was from a chapter from Alaska)

6Bookmarque
okt 23, 2007, 6:42 pm

Only QotD for me, too. It was the last good novel she wrote.

7aviddiva
okt 31, 2007, 2:15 am

I haven't read any of these.

8punxsygal
nov 2, 2007, 8:20 pm

Zoya (I gave up Steele in 1991 with Message from Nam when I almost threw it across the room in disgust for the lack of any depth to the writing. Alaska I like Michener and I will read anything I can get my hands on about Alaska-good combination. The Cardinal of the Kremlin earlier Clancy and quite good. Til We Meet Again and To Be the Best. All this talk of books reminds me of the one I have waiting - off to go stick my nose in a book. :-)

9varielle
Bewerkt: feb 6, 2008, 8:40 am

US Non-Fiction

1. The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure, Robert E. Kowalski 27 copies on LT

2. Talking Straight, Lee Iacocca with Sonny Kleinfield 46 copies on LT

3. A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes, Steven W. Hawking 4,490 copies

4. Trump: The Art of the Deal, Donald J. Trump with Tony Schwartz 178 copies

5. Gracie: A Love Story, George Burns 90 copies

6. Elizabeth Takes Off, Elizabeth Taylor 20 copies

7. Swim with the Sharks without Being Eaten Alive, Harvey MacKay 130 copies

8. Christmas in America: Images of the Holiday Season, David Cohen, editor 22 copies

9. Weight Watchers Quick Success Program Book, Jean Nidetch 11 copies

10. Moonwalk, Michael Jackson 29 copies

10vpfluke
feb 7, 2008, 11:59 am

I actually used recipes out of this cookbook, The 8-week cholesterol cure : how to lower your blood cholesterol by up to 40 percent without drugs or deprivation. With a slight amendment, I was able to make delicious oat bran muffins, and I did this for about 5 years.

I also have read A Brief History of Time, which I thought was a pretty good read. Apparently lots of people bought this, but didn't read it. There is a thread about this somewhere on LT.

And I'm sure my wife got the Weight Watchers Quick Success book, now withdrawn from our library (unlike the one mentioned above).

11barney67
apr 14, 2008, 9:16 pm

I read the Hawking book and found it surprisingly thin, though maybe not surprising given the disability of the author.

How long has Michener been writing? I wonder if he has had more bestsellers than anyone.

12vpfluke
apr 15, 2008, 9:52 am

Michener began writing just after WWII. I took a look and came up with 14 bestsellers:

Return to Paradise #8 in 1951, 91 in LT own.
Hawaii #3 in 1959, #2 in 1960, 854 own.
Caravans #3 in 1963, 271 own.
The Source #1 in 1965, 917 own.
The Drifters #8 in 1971, 322 own.
Centennial #1 in 1974, 676 own.
Chesapeake #1 in 1974, 704 own.
The Covenant #1 in 1980, 419 own.
Space #2 in 1982, 539 own.
Poland #2 in 1983, 520 own.
Texas #2 in 1985, 539 own.
Alaska #5 in 1988, 574 own.
Caribbean #5 in 1989, 410 own.
Mexico #8 in 1992, 325 own.

In addition, 328 people own Tales of the South Pacific.

The non-fiction, Iberia is owned by 269, and The Novel is owned by 209.

13vpfluke
apr 15, 2008, 9:54 am

Well, I see I lost all my Touchstones for Michener's books. Maybe, I put in too many books.

14vpfluke
apr 15, 2008, 9:56 am

Now, after a minute, the Touchstones have jumped back in, and I thin they are all correct! Go figure! (caching, presumably)

15vpfluke
apr 15, 2008, 9:58 am

Now, you're going to really tire of me. There is a James A. Michener society, link: http://webpages.charter.net/boerad/michener.htm
Got this from the author page.

16keren7
apr 23, 2008, 3:42 pm

I have read nada of these - and I was 12 in 88 and already a big time reader.

But then again, I did grow up in South Africa and we do tend to have different tastes.

17vpfluke
apr 23, 2008, 11:55 pm

keren7

Do you have any access to bestseller lists from South Africa? It would be interesting to see what other people besides Americans read.

18keren7
apr 24, 2008, 12:45 pm

I am going to take a look

19oregonobsessionz
apr 25, 2008, 2:48 am

I have read Alaska and A Brief History of Time.

As usual, Michener took 100+ pages to get up to speed. Coming Into the Country by John McPhee, published in 1977, is a much better book on Alaska, as is Going to Extremes by Joe McGinniss. For the gold rush era, you can’t beat Klondike: the Life and Death of the Last Great Gold Rush by Pierre Berton (also published as Klondike Fever).

20ElizaJane
apr 25, 2008, 4:10 pm

Only a few that I've read here. I haven't read any of the non-fiction.

I read: Zoya I think, her books all kind of run together in my mind, The Icarus Agenda, andAlaska.

21Storeetllr
apr 25, 2008, 6:50 pm

I've only read two from this batch ~ A Brief History of Time and Queen of the Damned. Hawking lost me somewhere around the middle, when he was talking about quarks, I think it was, but I kept the book and intend to get back to it sometime. I'm hoping my mind has matured enough, without my brain cells having aged too much, to stick with it until I actually finish.

22Shortride
apr 27, 2008, 5:31 am

19: I'll second Coming Into the Country - a very good book.

23rocketjk
jan 28, 2010, 11:49 am

I own Gracie: a Love Story but haven't read it yet.

24adpaton
jul 12, 2010, 3:32 am

I think I've read Queen of the Damned but I'm not an Anne Rice fan. Michener appeals to certain people and I suspect Alaska will remain in print for some years - the rest are forgetable though.