Outdoorsy Type Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 I want to read something: Light Romance but not graphic sex. Sci fi is okay. I love time travel. Not Anti-Christianity. I don't mind other views, but I'm tired of Christians being the bad guys in books. I'm in a blah mood and want to be happy. Escape! No deep or dark themes. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz CA Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Anything by Colleen Coble. Usually light mystery with some liight romance on the side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kareni Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 I want to read something: Light Romance but not graphic sex. Sci fi is okay. I love time travel Some of my favorite time travel books have been Time and Again by Jack Finney and its sequel From Time to Time as well as Replay by Ken Grimwood. The latter is not time travel per se but see below. From the Library Journal's review on Amazon (on Replay): "The possibility of traveling back in time to relive one's life has long fascinated science fiction writers. Without a single gesture toward an explanation, this mainstream novel recounts the story of a man and a woman mysteriously given the ability to live their lives over. Each dies in 1988 only to awaken as a teenager in 1963 with adult knowledge and wisdom intact and the ability to make a new set of choices." I also enjoyed the young adult book Jumper by Steven Gould and Flashforward by Robert J. Sawyer. In the romance area, author LaVyrle Spencer -- A couple of my favorites are Morning Glory and Years. For fun light-hearted reading: The Little World of Don Camillo by Giovanni Guareschi. There are six books. See the Wikipedia entry for details. Books by Bill Bryson -- He writes non-fiction that is usually entertaining; lots of travel books as well as books about language and a recent biography of Shakespeare. One of my favorites is The Mother Tongue: English and How it Got that Way. Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outdoorsy Type Posted March 23, 2014 Author Share Posted March 23, 2014 I have Time & Again in my to be read pile already! Glad to hear a recommendation. I read and liked Replay. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Very much young adult books, but I've recently been enjoying some free Little Colonel books on my Kindle. Positive, pleasant reading with good morals and an idyllic view of the late 1800's early 1900's south. There is the issue of how race is handled in the story, but if you can read past that they are interesting and fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onceuponatime Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 I'm enjoying A Year in Provence right now, it is lighthearted. Bellwether by Connie Willis is a favorite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrincessMommy Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 "To Say Nothing of the Dog" by Connie Willis was a lot of fun. It says it's #2 in a series, but I didn't know that when I read it and it wasn't a problem. "The Eyre Affair" by Jasper Fforde. Such a fun and entertaining book - every bibliophile should read this book! It's not really time travel.. it's traveling inside books! It's also alternative history (We're still fighting the Crimean war). There's a whole series but this is the first one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Another Jen Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 The Rosie project Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vida Winter Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Another rec for Time and Again - an all time favorite that I re-read every few years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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