What book are you reading?

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  • amandavictoria80
    amandavictoria80 Posts: 734 Member
    I love this series. :) Unfortunately though, I had a friend wreck it for me by blurting out happenings I hadn't read about yet. Still pissed about that.
    I was thinking of reading them again before the series comes back to HBO. Which is very soon. lol
  • jpierce8806
    jpierce8806 Posts: 44
    I really enjoyed the Crank series by Ellen Hopkins...I read each book in one day...lol it goes Crank, Glass, Fallout
  • ladybugz_247
    ladybugz_247 Posts: 120
    Im reading "Not my daughter" by Barbara Delinsky


    Summary

    When Susan Tate's 17-year-old daughter, Lily, announces she is pregnant, Susan is stunned. A single mother, she has struggled to do everything right. She sees the pregnancy as an unimaginable tragedy both for Lily and herself.

    Then comes word of two more pregnancies among high school seniors who happen to be Lily's best friends - and the town turns to talk of a pact. But criticism of the girls quickly becomes criticism of their mothers, especially of Susan, who holds a visible position in town. As principal of the high school, she is considered a role model of hard work and core values. Now her detractors accuse her of being a lax mother, perhaps not worthy of the job of shepherding impressionable students. Susan is still struggling with the personal implications of her daughter's pregnancy, when she hears calls for her resignation.

    But what of her close friendship with the two other moms? Are they any less at fault than she is? The friendships suffer - but shouldn't loyalty trump community pressure? And what of a fourth friend, who has power enough to minimize the fallout but whose own daughter has a murky tie to the pact?

    Set in a small Maine town that cherishes responsibility, Not My Daughter raises many issues, not the least of which is the age-old question: What does it take to be a good mother?


    **** I love drama*** :happy:
  • amandavictoria80
    amandavictoria80 Posts: 734 Member
    Ellen Hopkins: Fallout.


    I would recommend ANY of her books.
    They're amazing. <3

    I have thought about reading her books. Should I start with Crank and Glass before reading Fallout?
  • Liz915
    Liz915 Posts: 123
    Right now I am reading Wicked by Gregory Maguire. Love it! (& I get to see the musical in September!!)
  • Carol_s
    Carol_s Posts: 73
    Has anyone read any good mystery type books recently? I enjoyed the Dan Brown books.
  • Kris0109
    Kris0109 Posts: 177 Member
    Michael Conolly - The Harry Bosch and Lincoln Lawyer series are super great.

    Also, David Baldacci Oliver Stone books ... Oliver Stone books are similar but more easily digested than Dan Brown
  • Carol_s
    Carol_s Posts: 73
    Thanks, I'll have a look at the Oliver Stone books. :smile:

    I've read some Michael Connelly ones, and enjoyed them.
  • flgirlsteph
    flgirlsteph Posts: 125 Member
    A sappy Romance Novel since my love life sucks :P
  • oldscratch
    oldscratch Posts: 146
    on the shoulders of giants- stephen hawking awesome
    still life with woodpecker- tom robbins real cool
    them- jon ronson
  • annrum
    annrum Posts: 144
    Depends on what you like :-)

    For a historical detective one, there's 'Suspicions of mr Whicher: or the murder at Road Hill House' by Kate Summerscale. Interesting account of a Victorian murder-mystery & the early detectives.

    I read more or less anything... :-)
    I am going to have to check out the hystorical detective books you mentioned.

    Hope you enjoy it - it was very interesting from a social perspective as well as how the early detectives worked :)
  • teanabean
    teanabean Posts: 168 Member
    Game of Thrones is AMAZING! Just finished book 1!!
  • micklepickle61
    micklepickle61 Posts: 73
    Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas. It is the sequel to The Three Musketeers. Highly recommend it.

    Mike
  • rhutchinson88
    rhutchinson88 Posts: 19
    I'm currently reading the second of Russell Brands books. And just because they were mentioned, I'm a huge fan of the Ellen Hopkins books... Also anything Tolkien.
  • ladeb
    ladeb Posts: 304 Member
    I read about 100 books/year. Here are some I have liked thus far in2011:
    The Postmistress by Sarah Blake
    The Charm School by Nelson DeMille
    Austenland by Shannon Hale
    The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
    Sheepfarmer’s Daughter by Elizabeth Moon
    The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb
    Vermilion Drift by William Kent Krueger
    It’s All Too Much by Peter Walsh (NF)

    Can't wait to check into a few listed here!
  • Carol_s
    Carol_s Posts: 73
    Great recommendations, thanks everyone. I've already added some to my list :smile:
  • brewingaz
    brewingaz Posts: 1,136 Member
    I'm reading The Long Walk right now, (Stephen King)
  • MayMaydoesntrun
    MayMaydoesntrun Posts: 805 Member
    A Salty Piece of Land by Jimmy Buffett

    It's a fiction novel but it is the most feel good, laugh out loud, wishing I was there, novel I've read in a lonnnnggg time.
  • Lovelystrumpet
    Lovelystrumpet Posts: 44
    The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams - all 4 in the series.

    I'm a complete Sci-Fi/fantasy/comic book geek, and this is one of my all time favourites. Read them all 3 times now :glasses:
  • hazelbliss6
    hazelbliss6 Posts: 253 Member
    I'm just starting a new book called "The SIngle Mother's Guide to Raising Remarkable Boys." Pretty clear why I'm reading it :) It's not bad so far, execept the stats are outdated. Obama was listed as one of the remarkable men from single mother homes, but as a senator. We'll see if there is any useful advice in here .
  • irishblonde2011
    irishblonde2011 Posts: 618 Member
    The Secret. Oldie but a goodie.
  • KeriA
    KeriA Posts: 3,338 Member
    Has anyone read any good mystery type books recently? I enjoyed the Dan Brown books.

    The Maisie Dobbs series is Mystery it is set in England between the 2 wars. My neice stumbled onto the series and all of in the family are hooked.
  • jpierce8806
    jpierce8806 Posts: 44
    Absolutely. Make sure you read them in order or they may not make sense :) They were MARVELOUS!
  • RoadDog
    RoadDog Posts: 2,946 Member
    No Second Chance by Harlan Coben
  • Atlantique
    Atlantique Posts: 2,484 Member
    Just picked up Dog Sense:How the New Science of Dog Behavior Can Make You A Better Friend to Your Pet by Dr. John Bradshaw.

    http://www.amazon.com/Dog-Sense-Science-Behavior-Better/dp/0465019447
  • thetrishwarp
    thetrishwarp Posts: 838 Member
    My Name is Memory by Ann Brashares. I'm loving it so far, it's a well-written, creative, well-thought-out love story.
  • KeriA
    KeriA Posts: 3,338 Member
    Yay! I am reading A Lesson in Secrets #8 of the Maisie Dobbs Series by Jacqueline Winspear now. I love books but my brother the early adopter got me and my sister nooks for our birthdays. Well he organized our families to get them anyway, since we all share books with each other. So this is my first eBook. Yes start with the 1st of the series. Maisie Bobbs. Mysteries set in post WWI England. But not written then. Summer has begun.
  • jamie78
    jamie78 Posts: 514 Member
    well I read all the time My Kindle is on all day long , If I cant read it I listen to it lol... I am reading the Night Huntress series by Jeaniene Frost right now and its pretty good...
    The Sookie Stackhouse books are excellent.
    and if you like those you may also like the Anita Blake series by Laurell K Hamilton. some of the books are kinda graphic but they story line is awesome! One my favorite series.
    Keri Authors--- Riley Jensen Guardian series is really good
    Patricia Briggs-- Mercy Thompson series is one of my favorites!
    Carrie Vaughn--- Kitty and the midnight hour series is good too...
    Lori Hendeland-- night creatures series is also a good one.
    As you can tell I read alot of the silly shapeshifter / vampire romance series silly stuff but very entertaining..

    Serious books I love to read are
    anything by Max Lucado
    Made to Crave-- Lysa TerKeurst
    Heaven is for real - A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip --- AWESOME book!!!
  • teri1956
    teri1956 Posts: 221 Member
    Noah's Flood: The New Scientific Discoveries About the Event that Changed History by William Ryan and Walter Pitman, published in 1999.

    Pretty fascinating reading for history buffs, mythology aficionados, and armchair geologists.
  • MinnieInMaine
    MinnieInMaine Posts: 6,400 Member
    I'm currently reading Tess Gerritsen's "Harvest" (medical drama) and it's pretty good so far. I've also enjoyed her Rizolli & Isles series and the sci-fi/medical book called "Gravity".

    I'm also listening to (long commute, hate listening to the radio anymore) "The Night Season" by Chelsea Cain. It's technically part of a series but definitely deviates from the first three novels, still a really good story. Her first three were "Evil at Heart", "Sweetheart" and "Heart Sick"- very twisted but very good books.

    Thinking about listening to "Breaking Dawn" by Stephanie Meyer next - have already read the 1st 3 books.
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