Michelle @ Living Waters Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 I've been in a book drought for some time, not able to find anything to love, love, love. (I'm talking about for me, not my children). Anyone have anything they've read recently that they couldn't put down? Fiction or Non. Anything! I'm a much nicer person when I have a book I'm really into... Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 I've been in a book drought for some time, not able to find anything to love, love, love. (I'm talking about for me, not my children). Anyone have anything they've read recently that they couldn't put down? Fiction or Non. Anything! I'm a much nicer person when I have a book I'm really into...Thanks! I liked Cormac (thanks to Kelli in TN), The Rescue Artist (thanks to Jill, OK), and Deconstructing Penguins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 I just finished rereading James Michener's "Hawaii." I had last read it maybe 25 years ago or so. I was amazed, knowing so much more about history and sociology now than I did then, at how well it stood the test of time. Also, once you finish that unbelievably long and boring first part (the geological history), it is very very well-written and enjoyable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohio12 Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 Haven't read off the best seller's list in a few years, (parenting and hsing will do that to you!) but when I did last. I liked: The Liar's Club by Mary Karr and Peace Like a River by Leif Enger also a couple years ago I devoured ALL the novels by Reynolds Price and his memoir I am a Christian and would also recommend for non-fiction: Family Driven Faith by Ravi Zacharias Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy in Ky Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 Some of my recent favorites include The Omnivore's Dilemma; Animal, Vegetable, Miracle; The Long Emergency; Real Food, Food Inc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendi Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 Well, I'm currently addicted to the Amelia Peabody mysteries by Elizabeth Peters. When I read The Lord of the Rings, I definitely couldn't put it down. Also, try Connie Willis' book The Doomsday Book. Wow. Wendi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebecca in GA Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 How about The Shack? I'm reading it now. It's Christian fiction, if that matters. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle? Something by Jane Austen or Louisa May Alcott? Middlemarch? To Kill a Mockingbird? Tom Sawyer, or some other wanderlust kind of adventure novel? Two Christian NF books I've liked recently are Where's Mom? The High Calling of Wives and Mothers and Biblical Womanhood in the Home. Oh, and I really like Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie mysteries. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battlemaiden Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 I'm always suggesting Dorothy Sayer's Lord Peter Wimsey mystery series. They are the only fiction books that I love, love, love. I usually steer clear of any current best-selling fiction. I still need to get through the classics I missed in my highly limited literary youth. ;) I'm getting ready to read the George MacDonald fiction titles- At The Back of the North Wind, etc. I also like Stephen Ambrose and McCullough for non-fiction titles. Jo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorCalMom Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 For Christian fiction, one of my favorites is the Mark of the Lion trilogy by Francine Rivers. The first book is A Voice in the Wind. I loved them so much that I'm getting ready to start them again, after reading them only a year ago. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs. Readsalot Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 If you like dogs*******Marley and Me If you like Jane Austen****Lost in Austen (it is a choose your own adventure and really, really fun) If you like gardening****The $64 Tomato (laugh out loud funny) If you Like(d) Valerie Bertinelli ***Losing It (I found this surprisingly good) If you like to be informed *****The Autoimmune Epidemic If you want more animal stories***Dog Days by Jon Katz is very good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marie in Oh Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 Gone With the Wind. It is surpisingly (to me) a page turner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyDay Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 Pretense by Lori Wick True Honor by Dee Henderson Lies Women Believe by deMoss First Among Equals by Jeffry Archer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-FL Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 I'm reading "the Sunne in Splendor." It's historical fiction on the War of the Roses, Edward IV & Richard III. Good prelude to the Boylen women books. http://www.amazon.com/Sunne-Splendour-Sharon-Kay-Penman/dp/0345363132 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fourmother Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 If you love classic literature, mysteries, and science fiction, Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next series starting with The Eyre Affair will fit the bill. It's great fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 "Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley and Livingstone" by Martin Dugard (just finished & it was fascinating) "The Glass Castle: A Memoir" by Jeannette Walls "The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear" by Walter Moers (not for everyone, but I found it hysterically funny & entertaining) "Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress" by Dai Sijie (loved this book -- probably the best I've read in a long while) "In the Company of the Courtesan" by Sara Dunant Like you, I'm looking for a good book to get into (for myself). I've read quite a few lately that I ended up not liking or they were just so-so, not living up to expectation or anticipation. (Some of my recent reads that I haven't particularly enjoyed were: "Love in the Time of Cholera", "The Queen of the South", and "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer", with "Perfume" being one I really hated.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle @ Living Waters Posted May 19, 2008 Author Share Posted May 19, 2008 Thanks so much everyone!! My library list is now long! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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