Papillon Mom Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 I'd like a fun book to read while dd is at camp. Nothing with too much romance and not young adult fiction. I just finished jk rowling's the silkworm and liked that. Any ideas for me? A feminist theme would be welcome. Thanks a million! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Angelmaker by Nick Harkaway is super fun. Loved it. A Wall Street Journal and Booklist Best Mystery of 2012A Best Science Fiction Book of 2012 -- The GuardianGeekDad's Best Adult Fiction of 2012 -- Wired.comFinalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the Arthur C. Clarke AwardA rollicking romp of a spy thriller from the acclaimed author of The Gone-Away World. Joe Spork fixes clocks. He has turned his back on his father’s legacy as one of London’s flashiest and most powerful gangsters and aims to live a quiet life. Edie Banister retired long ago from her career as a British secret agent. She spends her days with a cantankerous old pug for company. That is, until Joe repairs a particularly unusual clockwork mechanism, inadvertently triggering a 1950s doomsday machine. His once-quiet life is suddenly overrun by mad monks who worship John Ruskin, psychopathic serial killers, mad geniuses and dastardly villains. On the upside, he catches the eye of bright and brassy Polly, a woman with enough smarts to get anyone out of a sticky situation. In order to save the world and defeat the nefarious forces threatening it, Joe must help Edie complete a mission she abandoned years ago, and he must summon the courage to pick up his father’s old gun and join the fight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meena Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 The Spellman Files series by Lisa Lutz The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde (and the rest of the Thursday Next series books) The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series by Alexander McCall Smith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 It's not a feminist book; however, I'll recommend The Martian: A Novel by Andy Weir. "Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars.Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there.After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive—and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive.Chances are, though, he won't have time to starve to death. The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment, or plain-old "human error" are much more likely to kill him first.But Mark isn't ready to give up yet. Drawing on his ingenuity, his engineering skills—and a relentless, dogged refusal to quit—he steadfastly confronts one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next. Will his resourcefulness be enough to overcome the impossible odds against him?" If this book were a movie, it would be a cross between Castaway and Apollo 13. It was a fun read even for someone like me who typically does not read science fiction. Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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