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Okay so, my girlfriend reads quite abit, but she's always complaining about how the ending to her books are predictable and that "just once i'd like to see a piano fall on them." now I know the chances of finding a romantic novel that ends with a piano fatality are slim. So i'm just looking for any romantic novel with an unexpected ended.
I've tried searching everywhere and can't find anything apart from the obvious books that are already movies.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Knatuhlee
01/05/10, 04:01 PM
"everybody poops" - taro gami.
"everybody poops" - taro gami.
well she does also need to be potty trained. how did you know?
http://www.amazon.com/Last-Time-They-Met-Novel/dp/0316781266
Maybe?
bstthngunvrhd7
01/05/10, 05:40 PM
What is she interested in?
kbi the crowing
01/05/10, 05:43 PM
Okay so, my girlfriend reads quite abit, but she's always complaining about how the ending to her books are predictable and that "just once i'd like to see a piano fall on them." now I know the chances of finding a romantic novel that ends with a piano fatality are slim. So i'm just looking for any romantic novel with an unexpected ended.
I've tried searching everywhere and can't find anything apart from the obvious books that are already movies.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
does it have to be a romantic novel or can it be a novel with romance?
How to Kill Your Boyfriend (in Ten Easy Steps) By D. V. Bernard
j/k
does it have to be a romantic novel or can it be a novel with romance?
a novel with romance is okay. she reads quite alot as long as it's not sci-fi i think, that's pretty much all she doesn't read. but it's mainly like romance / crime stuff like that.
http://www.amazon.com/Last-Time-They-Met-Novel/dp/0316781266
Maybe?
already on her shelf haha.
showmethefever
01/05/10, 06:19 PM
Bright Shiny Morning.
radxbandit
01/05/10, 06:35 PM
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is pretty damn fantastic, and it has some humorous and dramatic romance in it. Highly recommended.
kbi the crowing
01/05/10, 06:36 PM
a novel with romance is okay. she reads quite alot as long as it's not sci-fi i think, that's pretty much all she doesn't read. but it's mainly like romance / crime stuff like that.
has she ever read anything by Palahniuk?
Lirr168
01/05/10, 06:42 PM
Okay so, my girlfriend reads quite abit, but she's always complaining about how the ending to her books are predictable and that "just once i'd like to see a piano fall on them." now I know the chances of finding a romantic novel that ends with a piano fatality are slim. So i'm just looking for any romantic novel with an unexpected ended.
I've tried searching everywhere and can't find anything apart from the obvious books that are already movies.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Derailed by James Siegel was a great read. Romance-y/relationship-y but a great thriller too.
radxbandit
01/05/10, 06:49 PM
has she ever read anything by Palahniuk?
Was going to mention this, too. :thumbup:
kbi the crowing
01/05/10, 06:59 PM
Was going to mention this, too. :thumbup:
:highfive:
has she ever read anything by Palahniuk?
I was actually thinking something like that, I've read some of Invisable Monsters but than lost my copy, what book would you sggest?
bears clap loud
01/05/10, 07:16 PM
zombie survival guide by max brooks
it's not romance, but it might save her life. just tell her that, she'll be impressed.
swt_catastrophe
01/05/10, 07:17 PM
I was actually thinking something like that, I've read some of Invisable Monsters but than lost my copy, what book would you sggest?
Lullaby is a great read
rollerman4221
01/05/10, 07:19 PM
Cat's Cradle - kurt vonnegut, great damn book
not romantic, but good book
from debris
01/05/10, 07:21 PM
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is pretty damn fantastic, and it has some humorous and dramatic romance in it. Highly recommended.
love this book
Bi11 Lumburgh
01/05/10, 08:04 PM
http://theyounglife.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/beer-in-hell.jpg
krystofer
01/05/10, 08:06 PM
I don't see what use a present would have for a book but ok?
kbi the crowing
01/05/10, 08:15 PM
I was actually thinking something like that, I've read some of Invisable Monsters but than lost my copy, what book would you sggest?
Survivor and Invisible Monsters would be good choices, but I'd read up the plot summary on amazon for both just to make sure cuz you know her better than I.
If she likes him, get her to read Rant eventually.
Bloodsucker II
01/05/10, 08:23 PM
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
http://www.thinkgeek.com/books/humor/b747
Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters
http://www.thinkgeek.com/books/humor/c2bb/
ohheroine
01/05/10, 08:29 PM
john fowles' the collector
zion the lion
01/05/10, 08:39 PM
House of Leaves
A Clockwork Orange
Satan Burger
The Haunted Vagina...vagina = romance right?
American Gods
Slaughterhouse Five
Lolita...is somewhat romantic I guess
Click by Kristopher Young has some form of romance...kind of.
and of course, the ultimate romance novel:
Twilight.
I dont read romance novels, I dont know too much about romance or really know it when I see it. I'm a sci-fi girl at heart so these are probably not the best for her.
And Hours Pass
01/05/10, 09:19 PM
Ice 9 - kurt vonnegut, great damn book
not romantic, but good book
I think what you meant here was Cat's Cradle.
And yes, it's quite a good book.
Dorian Grey
01/05/10, 09:25 PM
No Sci-fi? :[ I was going to suggest the Sookie Stackhouse novels. They all fall into the Sci-Fi/Mystery/Romance genres and are addictive as crack. Um, the only other book I could recommend is Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier. It's a Romance/Thriller set in the late '30s.
bstthngunvrhd7
01/05/10, 09:27 PM
http://theyounglife.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/beer-in-hell.jpg
I don't think I have laughed or cringed as much as I did when I read this book.
radxbandit
01/05/10, 09:38 PM
love this book
Props for the account name, Matt Pond PA is excellent. Have you heard that new 7-inch?
stereokiller
01/05/10, 09:43 PM
Okay so, my girlfriend reads quite abit, but she's always complaining about how the ending to her books are predictable and that "just once i'd like to see a piano fall on them." now I know the chances of finding a romantic novel that ends with a piano fatality are slim. So i'm just looking for any romantic novel with an unexpected ended.
I've tried searching everywhere and can't find anything apart from the obvious books that are already movies.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
for some reason, i found that to be really funny. :-d
Thriftstoresuit
01/05/10, 10:00 PM
the Time Travelers Wife. maybe? :shrug:
Its not really romantic, but i suggest The Story Of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
from debris
01/05/10, 10:34 PM
Props for the account name, Matt Pond PA is excellent. Have you heard that new 7-inch?
sadly, i've fallen off my matt pond PA game but immediately went to their myspace to check out the single off it...dig it.
from debris
01/05/10, 10:40 PM
Survivor and Invisible Monsters would be good choices, but I'd read up the plot summary on amazon for both just to make sure cuz you know her better than I.
If she likes him, get her to read Rant eventually.
not to turn this into a Palahniuk thread but i have been so disappointed with his work after Lullaby (Diary and Haunted were atrocious). Rant had so much potential but I think it fell flat. Anyone read Snuff or Pygmy?
crypticv24
01/05/10, 11:46 PM
Maybe Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (I think that's how you spell it...actually, probably not...it's French. Whatever). Good book. Definitely a classic.
bstthngunvrhd7
01/05/10, 11:53 PM
I know this is not a romantic book in the least but I Loveeedddd 'the Devil in the White City'
gabrielthespic
01/06/10, 02:33 AM
the hunger games?
kbi the crowing
01/06/10, 04:51 AM
not to turn this into a Palahniuk thread but i have been so disappointed with his work after Lullaby (Diary and Haunted were atrocious). Rant had so much potential but I think it fell flat. Anyone read Snuff or Pygmy?
I think Rant is his best, honestly. I'm not too big a fan of Diary either, and I don't remember Haunted much. Snuff is tin the same style of Rant, except each chapter is a different person instead of there being 6 people in a chapter, and there is way more sex haha. Pygmy is written entirely in broken english. Pygmy isn't bad, but it's not a must read.
Helpless
01/06/10, 08:12 AM
Looking For Alaska, John Green
Also Paper Towns by the same author
Romance and WTFs throughout both. Great reads.
maybe not some form of fiction? for example, this girl I'm interested in is wanting to become a kindergarden teacher, so for her b-day I got her a chicken soup book with heartwarming elementary school stories, and season 1 of degrassi (She's a huge fan.)
chassmariee
01/06/10, 11:19 AM
has she ever read anything by Palahniuk?
Yeah, let her read Snuff. She'll probably never want to have sex again.
chassmariee
01/06/10, 11:20 AM
maybe not some form of fiction? for example, this girl I'm interested in is wanting to become a kindergarden teacher, so for her b-day I got her a chicken soup book with heartwarming elementary school stories, and season 1 of degrassi (She's a huge fan.)
Sounds like....coverup child molester?
kbi the crowing
01/06/10, 11:37 AM
Yeah, let her read Snuff. She'll probably never want to have sex again.
pshT at least she'd learn how to make waxing less painful
Sounds like....coverup child molester?
haha she is 17... 18 in two weeks. :shrug:
chassmariee
01/06/10, 02:08 PM
pshT at least she'd learn how to make waxing less painful
I guess you've got a point there. Slap that shit.
bstthngunvrhd7
01/06/10, 02:18 PM
the hunger games?
A friend at work (I work at a library) is alllwaaaayyysss pushing this book.
shimmyshakes
01/06/10, 02:32 PM
Looking For Alaska. It's kind of for younger audiences, but I think anyone would enjoy it.
Gosh, romantic novels. I guess Mills and Boon are getting quite popular again. I love anything Jane Austin. "Tails of Love" by Sarah McCarty which is full of short stories is a good read from last year. Depends what she is into! I loved the Twilight books but some peeps find them quite simple. I also love "P.S. I Love You!" by Cecelia Ahern.
julietelizabeth
01/06/10, 03:57 PM
If she doesn't like predictable endings etc, DO NOT get her Twilight. She will hate you for it ;D
From what you've said, I'd be inclined to say that she and I perhaps have quite similar tastes in books and I really, really enjoy Chuck Palahniuk (Rant is my favourite of his that I've read); I loved Rebecca; Jane Eyre's a good one that I certainly didn't find predictable!
One of my favourite books of all time is The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets by Eva Rice. It might be a bit predictable, but I just love the era (it's set in the 50s) and I don't know... There's just something about it that makes me want to read it over and over again.
gabrielthespic
01/06/10, 06:58 PM
A friend at work (I work at a library) is alllwaaaayyysss pushing this book.
this is a really good book. each chapter ends in a cliff hanger and it is very hard to put down.
bstthngunvrhd7
01/06/10, 07:01 PM
this is a really good book. each chapter ends in a cliff hanger and it is very hard to put down.
Then I may have to check it out haha though I am going to start reading 'Youth in Revolt' tomorrow because my friend and I are planning on going to see it this weekend.
brokenmixtape
01/06/10, 07:01 PM
Love is a Mix Tape
..kind of a sad book though?
bstthngunvrhd7
01/06/10, 07:05 PM
Love is a Mix Tape
..kind of a sad book though?
That is a good book...but yes, really sad.
gabrielthespic
01/06/10, 07:13 PM
Then I may have to check it out haha though I am going to start reading 'Youth in Revolt' tomorrow because my friend and I are planning on going to see it this weekend.
ahh. i had no idea that was a book. i thought it was based off the family matters episodes where steve urkel creates stefan urquelle to win laura's heart.
brokenmixtape
01/06/10, 07:28 PM
That is a good book...but yes, really sad.
Agreed. I've reread it a few times I guess its one of my favorites
bstthngunvrhd7
01/06/10, 07:35 PM
ahh. i had no idea that was a book. i thought it was based off the family matters episodes where steve urkel creates stefan urquelle to win laura's heart.
Nope it's an actual book--I thought the title sounded familiar and we had it on shelf at work so I pulled it and I'm gonna start reading it tomorrow.
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