Recommend a good book

Nlongenecker
Nlongenecker Posts: 765
edited September 23 in Chit-Chat
I am going on vacation next month and the one thing I always looking forward to is reading a good book. On a ten day vacation I'll read 2-3 books. Have you read anything good? What did you like about it?
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  • Triquetra
    Triquetra Posts: 270 Member
    Depends on what genre you like (action with smut, archeology mysteries, a good horror, a nice period romance) I could have recommendations for any...I am an avid reader with a home library approaching 800 books:blushing: , this is my weakness!!!
  • midgetrapper
    midgetrapper Posts: 60 Member
    the total money makeover by dave ramsey you can get it at www.daveramsey.com
  • denise309
    denise309 Posts: 39
    I am an avid reader...although that has been interrupted with working out and counting calories LOL

    My favorite book is: The Kite Runner...AMAZING!!!!
    The Help...was OK most LOVED it
    The Boy in the Striped Pajamas... GREAT book
    Loving Frank: A Novel
    I also LOVED the Twilight series
    Also Most by Jodi Picoult

    Hope this helps
  • RoadDog
    RoadDog Posts: 2,946 Member
    Authors I like. Robert McGammon, Andrew Vaachs, Lee Child, Robert Crais

    My wife likes Robert Crais, Jonathan Kellerman, Faye Kellerman.

    We both just finished James Paterson's "Women's Murder Club" Novels. I think #1 thru #8 are out in paperback.

    Not knowing what your tastes run towards, it's hard to suggest a book. All the above have great skills and recurring protagonists that you will like. Except Vaachs. He's very dark. All these authors will be in your local used book store.
  • RoadDog
    RoadDog Posts: 2,946 Member
    the total money makeover by dave ramsey you can get it at www.daveramsey.com

    Read it. Attended the classes. Followed the concept to become debt free several years ago, but seriously would not recommend while relaxing on vacation.
  • HealthyChanges2010
    HealthyChanges2010 Posts: 5,831 Member
    I am going on vacation next month and the one thing I always looking forward to is reading a good book. On a ten day vacation I'll read 2-3 books. Have you read anything good? What did you like about it?
    Here's a great thread Steph started before her surgery to get book ideas so along with this current thread you started and this link below I bet you'll find many of interest!

    Enjoy your time away:flowerforyou: and of course your book browsing!:wink:

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/138550-looking-for-a-good-book-to-read?hl=good+books
  • HealthyChanges2010
    HealthyChanges2010 Posts: 5,831 Member
    Authors I like. Robert McGammon, Andrew Vaachs, Lee Child, Robert Crais

    My wife likes Robert Crais, Jonathan Kellerman, Faye Kellerman.

    We both just finished James Paterson's "Women's Murder Club" Novels. I think #1 thru #8 are out in paperback.

    Not knowing what your tastes run towards, it's hard to suggest a book. All the above have great skills and recurring protagonists that you will like. Except Vaachs. He's very dark. All these authors will be in your local used book store.
    Thanks :) I love the Kellermans so good reminder to me! Also want to start on the 'Women's Murder Club' Novels.
    I so love when book threads pop up, always get reminded of my favorite authors that I've set aside for a bit and new ones as well from suggestions!

    Thanks Mike!:wink::flowerforyou:
  • blankcanvas
    blankcanvas Posts: 177
    I absolutely love historical romances! One of the best series I ever read was the Series about the beginnings of our wonderful country..by John Jakes, the first book is The *kitten*. It follows one family line from a *kitten* birth in England to his part in the beginnings of the American revolution. The family series continues through the Civil War. You can probably get the whole series on eBay at a good price. I read the entire series during one summer:)
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  • Nlongenecker
    Nlongenecker Posts: 765
    I guess I should've clarified my taste-no vampires, nothing like Nicholas Sparks that will make me cry at the end (I don't mind touching stories of personal strength and survival, just no mushy romance). I like historical fiction I guess, feel good non-fiction. I like books set in other places/periods. I also like a good mystery.
  • RoadDog
    RoadDog Posts: 2,946 Member
    Thanks :) I love the Kellermans so good reminder to me! Also want to start on the 'Women's Murder Club' Novels.
    I so love when book threads pop up, always get reminded of my favorite authors that I've set aside for a bit and new ones as well from suggestions!

    Thanks Mike!:wink::flowerforyou:

    My wife and I, along with our daughters are avid readers. I go through at least 2 a week and Jan goes through 1 or 2. We both go back and forth about authors. She brings a lot of books home from her work for me to read. I have a hard time with women authors. Don't shoot me! Not being a chauvinist. It's just the perspective. Men and women think differently. We both love the Kellermans. If you like them, Becca, thry Robert Crais and John Sandford. Both have strong recurring characters like the Kellerman books. Robert Crais has a series with the characters Elvis Cole and Joe Pike. They are my wife's favorites.
  • abalina
    abalina Posts: 59 Member
    anything by Anne Rice is amazing!
  • skinnyminnie
    skinnyminnie Posts: 95 Member
    Hi Nikki! Here are some of the best that I've read with genre descriptions attached:

    1. 'Drowning Ruth' by Christina Schwarz
    This is a drama/mystery set in the 1920's. Extremely good with the most satisfying ending ever!

    2. 'And Then There Were None' by Agatha Christie
    A period murder mystery set in England. Extremely good as well.

    3. 'Sleeping Murder' by Agatha Christie
    Another period murder set in England. Excellent!
  • marianrandall
    marianrandall Posts: 4 Member
    For all those looking to make a change in their life, health and wealth ....... The slight edge by jeff olsen ..... read it and re-read it again and again !
  • HealthyChanges2010
    HealthyChanges2010 Posts: 5,831 Member
    bump to catch up on this later today:flowerforyou:
  • iplayoutside19
    iplayoutside19 Posts: 2,304 Member
    This is a tough one. The wife and I demolish a lot of books. But we're morally opposed to owning books in most cases...that's what the library is for.

    I'm pretty eclectic in my reading. A lot of westerns: Louis L'Amour, William Johnstone, and JA Johnstone. Spy/suspence novels: Lee Child, Vince Flynn, Brad Thor, Jack Higgins, Dale Brown etc. Gen Fiction: Harlan Coben, Dean Koontz, Nelson DeMille, and of course John Grisham..I have read everything he has written.
  • mariamxo
    mariamxo Posts: 21
    Anything by Ellen Hopkins, she's such a lovely writer and her books are just amazing. I can't even choose a favorite they're all so good, definitely look into her!
  • Rachel_Leigh84
    Rachel_Leigh84 Posts: 120
    Any of Harlen Cobens books, his books are fanastic. Crime Thrillers would best describe. Has anyone read his books? You literally cannot put them down. I also absolutely love Jackie Collins if you fancy a light-hearted, fun read. Shes's not to everyones tastes i know but personally I love her books.
  • Rachel_Leigh84
    Rachel_Leigh84 Posts: 120
    Any of Harlen Cobens books, his books are fanastic. Crime Thrillers would best describe. Has anyone read his books? You literally cannot put them down. I also absolutely love Jackie Collins if you fancy a light-hearted, fun read. Shes's not to everyones tastes i know but personally I love her books.
  • Rachel_Leigh84
    Rachel_Leigh84 Posts: 120
    Ooooops just posted twice and wont let me delete one!
  • geeky1
    geeky1 Posts: 142
    I am an absolute passionate reader. I especially love Karen Rose (romance-thriller)
  • Serenitytoo
    Serenitytoo Posts: 449 Member
    Diana Gabaldon's outlander series is pretty good, goes back into the 1700s. The other plus is they are pretty long books, you might not need as many :laugh:

    I have been enjoying the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich, light reads, and quite funny about a not so skilled female bounty hunter.

    My mom just finished a book called "the Secret Daughter" I have been told by many that it is a really good book. I am borrowing it after my Aunt is finished with it.

    Wally Lamb has a few good ones out there too.

    I am like others on here I have overflowing bookshelves in every room and tastes range from serious, to romance to horror to thriller... I pretty much read anything :laugh:
  • FutureFormerFatGurl
    FutureFormerFatGurl Posts: 32 Member
    Thanks for all the great suggestions!
  • HealthyChanges2010
    HealthyChanges2010 Posts: 5,831 Member
    :drinker:
  • HealthyChanges2010
    HealthyChanges2010 Posts: 5,831 Member
    Thanks :) I love the Kellermans so good reminder to me! Also want to start on the 'Women's Murder Club' Novels.
    I so love when book threads pop up, always get reminded of my favorite authors that I've set aside for a bit and new ones as well from suggestions!

    Thanks Mike!:wink::flowerforyou:

    My wife and I, along with our daughters are avid readers. I go through at least 2 a week and Jan goes through 1 or 2. We both go back and forth about authors. She brings a lot of books home from her work for me to read. I have a hard time with women authors. Don't shoot me! Not being a chauvinist. It's just the perspective. Men and women think differently. We both love the Kellermans. If you like them, Becca, thry Robert Crais and John Sandford. Both have strong recurring characters like the Kellerman books. Robert Crais has a series with the characters Elvis Cole and Joe Pike. They are my wife's favorites.
    Thanks so much Mike for the ideas, really appreciated!! Seems the more I get to know you, the more I get to know the real you.:flowerforyou: I shouldn't be surprised, guess that's how it works.:tongue:

    Oh in regards to male/female authors.. I understand what you're saying... I see that as merely a preference, I can definitely think of some female authors off the top of my head that a guy might not be at interested in because of the authors angle. Guess that's why there are so many wonderful authors to choose from:drinker:
  • Hearts_2015
    Hearts_2015 Posts: 12,031 Member
    :flowerforyou:
  • missesm
    missesm Posts: 3
    Have just finished reading Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin.... absolutely love it.... !
  • HeatherShrinking
    HeatherShrinking Posts: 776 Member
    The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. The whole trilogy is great. Recommended it to several people and all have LOVED it.

    Here is the synopsis from the Barnes and Nobel website.
    "In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she is forced to represent her district in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before-and survival."
  • tara3103
    tara3103 Posts: 107
    I guess I should've clarified my taste-no vampires, nothing like Nicholas Sparks that will make me cry at the end (I don't mind touching stories of personal strength and survival, just no mushy romance). I like historical fiction I guess, feel good non-fiction. I like books set in other places/periods. I also like a good mystery.

    I loved The Book Thief- its set in WWII and is fiction. I also just finished Water for Elephants set in the 1930's around a circus, but its really a love story!
  • duckie33
    duckie33 Posts: 46 Member
    I am going on vacation next month and the one thing I always looking forward to is reading a good book. On a ten day vacation I'll read 2-3 books. Have you read anything good? What did you like about it?
    Well, my last book read was Christian fiction. And, it was absolutely awesome! The book, "The Shack" by William P. Young just took you on a journey. Every emotion you would muster up in your real life comes up as you read this book. It was the best Christian fiction book I've ever read, and I have been raving about it for the past month.
  • Triquetra
    Triquetra Posts: 270 Member
    Anything by Phillipa Gregory would be historical romance type (think Tutor England era)
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