Any good books?
MrsFoster18
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I am looking to start a reading list for this year and would love some great book ideas! Soooo...what is everyone reading?!
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Try 90 minutes in heaven or Marley and Me. Both really good books
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something borrowed
something blue
love the one your with
baby proof
These are all by emily griffin.
If you like chelsea handler, her books are a great read. I was laughing out loud all the way through them.0 -
The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
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My favorite author (at the moment at least is) Janet Evanovich. She wrote the "Stephanie Plum" novels. They are HILARIOUS!! Funny, mysterious, throw in a hot guy or two, and you definitely got a hit. The Stephanie Plum novels are numbered, and there 15 of them right now. You should definitely check them out. The first one is entitiled "One for the Money"0
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A Thousand Splendid Sunsets. By the same Author as The Kite Runner. My favourite book, very sad though.0
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something borrowed
something blue
love the one your with
baby proof
These are all by emily griffin.
If you like chelsea handler, her books are a great read. I was laughing out loud all the way through them.
I LOVE these books!!0 -
A Thousand Splendid Sunsets. By the same Author as The Kite Runner. My favourite book, very sad though.
Looooove these books!0 -
anything by jodi piccoult is good, baby proof by emily griffin is excellent0
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Jennifer Weiner's 'Good in bed' is fantastic!!0
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If you like mystery, I recommend the Kenzie/Gennaro detective series by Dennis Lehane, the Myron Bolitar series by Harlan Coben, or The Innocent also by Harlan Coben. If you like romance, let me know I can send you the longest list imaginable, lol. If you like Sci-fi, I highly recommend The Host by Stephenie Meyer (whoever wrote the Twilight books), but this book was nothing like the Twilight Series and about 100 times better!!! I couldn't put it down!0
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Janet Evanovich 1-16 of the Stephanie Plum Books are great. There are between the number books, but they aren't as good.
Black Dagger Brotherhood by JR Ward
The Vampire Academy Series by Richelle Mead
The Body Movers Series by Stephanie Bond
Southern Vampire Series by Charlane Harris (True Blood)
House of Night Series by P.C. Cast
Loved all of these! I'm sure there will be more I think of later0 -
I just finished a book called "Love you, Mean It"--About 4 widows from 9/11 who meet and start "The Widows Club". It's a memoir, very powerful. It was the 2nd time Ive read it and I just love it!
If you are going for something funny, then anything by Jen Lancaster. She's friggen hilarious!0 -
If you sign up to www.lovereading.com you can browse by author or type.
If you like an author it suggests similar Authors and books0 -
I absolutely loved "The Black Dagger Brotherhood" and was psyched when John Matthew's book came out. Looking forward to the next one!!Janet Evanovich 1-16 of the Stephanie Plum Books are great. There are between the number books, but they aren't as good.
Black Dagger Brotherhood by JR Ward
The Vampire Academy Series by Richelle Mead
The Body Movers Series by Stephanie Bond
Southern Vampire Series by Charlane Harris (True Blood)
House of Night Series by P.C. Cast
Loved all of these! I'm sure there will be more I think of later0 -
I am a high school librarian, so I mostly read young adult fiction. Some of my favorite authors are Ellen Hopkins (novels in verse), Laura Halse Anderson, and Jodi Picoult. I did recently read "Rockabye: From Wild to Child" by Rebecca Wolff. It is a very good memoir. I am currently reading "Burned" by Ellen Hopkins and "Time of the Witches" by Anna Myers. I know, I know...reading 2 books at once, crazy! I just love reading!0
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Here are a few to try...
The Sherlockian
Kim Harrison's Rachel Morgan series
Charlaine Harris Sookie Stackhouse series, (I don't care for True Blood )
I just found Christopher Moore and started reading some of his books. The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove for example
J.A. Jance is a great writer she has a series in my home state of Washington and a series in my adopted state of Arizona.
Happy Reading!!!0 -
My favorite author (at the moment at least is) Janet Evanovich. She wrote the "Stephanie Plum" novels. They are HILARIOUS!! Funny, mysterious, throw in a hot guy or two, and you definitely got a hit. The Stephanie Plum novels are numbered, and there 15 of them right now. You should definitely check them out. The first one is entitiled "One for the Money"
I just read the first three in record time. Gotta get the rest. Love them!
I also enjoyed the Outlander series by Diane Gabaldon. World War II nurse accidentally travels back in time to 1740's Scotland and falls in love with a young Scot. The books have humor, lust, heartbreak, war, and a lot more lust. They made my inner monologue voice speak with a Scottish burr, though.
The Sookie Stackhouse books by Charlaine Harris that the True Blood tv show is based on. I like the books better. There's a certain sweetness and innocence that's missing from the series. At least as sweet an innocent as hot sex with supernatural beings can be.
I'm currently reading Terry Pratchet's Discworld books. There's about a billion of them. If you like Monty Python-esque humor, these are fantastic!0 -
Thanks for all the wonderful suggestions! I am so excited!0
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Just finished "The Last Lecture" by Randy Pausch. GREAT read! The video is also on youtube!0
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Oh, all the books by Sophie Kinsella are really good, especially The Undomestic Goddess, Twenties Girl and Remember Me... oh and all of the shopaholic series are a MUST. Very funny Chick-Lit.0
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Bump for ideas! I'm reading "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" right now and there are 2 other books in the series.0
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Bump for ideas! I'm reading "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" right now and there are 2 other books in the series.
I almost picked that up the other day at the store!0 -
Crazy Love by Francis Chan
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
I'm not a huge reader, but these books are seriously inspirationally awesome. (I think I just made that word up! ROFL!)
*Happy Reading*
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Bump for ideas! I'm reading "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" right now and there are 2 other books in the series.
I almost picked that up the other day at the store!
My New Year's Resolution was to start reading, so my boss gave me this book to start with. He warned me that it would take 100 pages to really get into it. Well, I'm on page 276 now and it's still pretty slow. Interesting, just not going as fast as I would like.
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Anything by Wally Lamb (deep), Christopher Moore (hilarious), John Krakauer (non-fiction but great storytelling), Dennis Lehane (mystery). Goodreads.com is a great website for book lists and reviews. I am trying to meet a 50 book goal for 2011. I had 35 last year and I was a little disappointed.
I am currently reading Where Men Win Glory-The Odyssey of Pat Tillman. I'm only 80 pages in but it is very good. I'm not much for chick-lit.0 -
My first question is always, what are you into? I personally prefer Fantasy/ Midevial type books.
My personal favs:
Anything by Tolkien (rereading LOTR for maybe the twentieth time in my life)
Guy Gavriel Kay
Pillars of the Earth
Shield of Three Lions
Jim Butcher: The Dresden Files (there's like 10 or 11 books in the series)
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (love Sherlock Holmes!)
Agatha Christy
I recently read "Life Along the Silk Road" by Susan Whitfield, a lot of history and NOT light reading!
If you like funny adult type stories, Carl Hiaason is really good.0 -
Nora Roberts is my favorite author.
Gone With the Wind is a classic favorite.0 -
Since the New Year I've read:
Cool Water by Dianne Warren
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things by Jon MacGregor
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
Some of my favourites:
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III0 -
My mom told me the same thing and I finished the book and still never got into it. I have read the second one and it is a little better. Will be reading the 3rd soon. Have also watched the first two movies (In Swedish with English subtitles so it was interesting, lol). Have the 3rd movie on reserve at my local library. My opinion is that there are so many more much better books out there that I really wouldn't recommend them to anyone.Bump for ideas! I'm reading "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" right now and there are 2 other books in the series.
I almost picked that up the other day at the store!
My New Year's Resolution was to start reading, so my boss gave me this book to start with. He warned me that it would take 100 pages to really get into it. Well, I'm on page 276 now and it's still pretty slow. Interesting, just not going as fast as I would like.0 -
I am really into young adult books... I dont know if it is because I am still young enough to relate to them or because I am just really used to them.
THE GREAT AND TERRIBLE BEAUTY - Libba Bray ( I loved this book. It is a trilogy so it is followed by REBEL ANGELS and A SWEET FAR THING, possibly not in that order.)
I also enjoy the books I have read written by LJ Smith.0
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