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mudweiser
Apr 20, 2010, 06:11 AM
I haven't picked up a book in a long time, and would really like to start reading again. I went to the library yesterday afternoon and found myself a little lost trying to pick out a book. I ended up with "The Bad Mother's Handbook" by Kate Long. It wasn't very good...

I like books that keep me on edge! So whether it's sad, scary, romantic or funny, let me know so I can jot it down and read it!

Thanks!

Wondergirl
Apr 20, 2010, 06:32 AM
I'm never disappointed by Anita Shreve or Jodi Picoult.

Cat1864
Apr 20, 2010, 06:43 AM
I tend to read a lot Fantasy and Sci-fi as any list I come up with will show. :)

Wen Spencer's Tinker (Tinker, book 1) by Wen Spencer (http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/s/wen-spencer/tinker.htm) and its sequel Wolf Who Rules (Tinker, book 2) by Wen Spencer (http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/s/wen-spencer/wolf-who-rules.htm) are good reads.

Jim Butcher's Dresden Files.

Patricia C. Wrede's Enchanted Forest series and her Lyra books.

Mike Resnick has a lot of good books. Too many to list.

David Weber's Path of the Fury by David Weber (http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/w/david-weber/path-of-fury.htm) (I haven't read the extened version In Fury Born, yet.)

The list will get longer. :D

mudweiser
Apr 20, 2010, 06:57 AM
Oh thanks guys! I've written them down on my list.

eecarson
Apr 20, 2010, 08:46 AM
I like Hester Browne's books. Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series is also a fun read. If you're looking for a more serious book, Sarah's Key is great.

JoeCanada76
Apr 20, 2010, 08:52 AM
The Shack.

aliseaodo
Apr 22, 2010, 09:15 AM
Pillars of the Earth
Swan Song

mudweiser
Apr 22, 2010, 09:16 AM
Thanks! I was waiting for another response. I'm going to the library tonight and I really would like to bring home a pile of books :)

slapshot_oi
Apr 23, 2010, 08:55 AM
On the Road
The Jungle

Blue Angel
Apr 23, 2010, 09:04 AM
Gregory Maguire has some really good books, my favorites are Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister and Wicked (the Wicked musical is based off this book). The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown are fairly fast paced and will keep you wanting to see what comes next, Angel's and Demons was pretty good too.

mudweiser
Apr 23, 2010, 11:40 AM
Oh thanks guys!

After I'm done reading them I will let you what I think about it. :)

Kitkat22
Apr 23, 2010, 03:23 PM
James Patterson... Kiss The Girls.
Nora Roberts.. Carolina Moon. The scariest book I have ever read was "Salems Lot" Stephen King.

startover22
Apr 30, 2010, 10:27 AM
Opal The Journal of an Understanding Heart.

Just finished it, easy couple of days reading. Loved loved loved it! Brought me back to being grateful for the children and nature around us!

startover22
Apr 30, 2010, 10:29 AM
Fannie Flagg
She wrote Fried Green Tomatoes.
I have loved all of her other books too! Ohhhhh, I need to go get some new books!

Emland
Apr 30, 2010, 10:47 AM
I love Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series.

Catsmine
May 3, 2010, 06:24 PM
Go back to the dusty shelves, Muddy. Anything you find by Erma Bombeck or Will Rogers will be worth the hunt.

methefabulous
May 16, 2010, 11:23 PM
The kite runner by khaled hosseini

Kitkat22
May 17, 2010, 10:27 AM
Harlen Cobin... Great author

JoeCanada76
May 17, 2010, 01:24 PM
The Secret.

Kitkat22
May 17, 2010, 01:26 PM
The Secret.

David Balducci... The Lottery Winner.

bleusong52
May 30, 2010, 06:16 PM
"A Thousand Splendid Suns" by
Khaled Hosseini is also very good.

Kitkat22
May 30, 2010, 06:27 PM
I just finished two new books Muddy.. one by Jodi Picoult called;
"House Rules"... The other by Harlan Coben called; "Caught", it kept me on the edge of my seat until the very last page. You'll never guess the ending.

Catsmine
May 31, 2010, 03:17 AM
Ask again next year when you've read all of these. Has Rachel sprained her brain on Theodore Geisel yet?

Kitkat22
May 31, 2010, 08:08 AM
Ask again next year when you've read all of these. Has Rachel sprained her brain on Theodore Geisel yet?




It would take a year to read all the books we've suggested:)

startover22
Aug 26, 2010, 06:18 PM
The Road
Memoirs of a Geisha
Going to Extremes
AND
Only You
Great books, I liked them all

Kitkat22
Aug 26, 2010, 06:23 PM
Any thing by David Balducci. His best one is "The Lottery Winner and Absolute Power"

JoeCanada76
Aug 26, 2010, 07:38 PM
Of course,

The Shack.

Kitkat22
Aug 26, 2010, 07:45 PM
Drood... Dan Simmons

Just_Another_Lemming
Aug 27, 2010, 05:05 AM
Okay, I know this thread goes back to April & you are probably so inundated but there are a few books that I so enjoyed the titles have stayed with me for years. Some of them were already mentioned so I won't repeat them. There are really so many BUT I will limit myself to listing only 4,

The Alienist by Caleb Carr
Aztec by Gary Jennings
Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
Puddinhead Wilson by Mark Twain

If you like epic historical novels, Gary Jennings was one of the best In my opinion. I have read and enjoyed all of his books.

startover22
Sep 3, 2010, 09:05 AM
White Oleander, just finished and loved it!

Kitkat22
Sep 3, 2010, 09:12 AM
"To Kill a Mockingbird".. Harper Lee

bendingleconte
Sep 3, 2010, 04:25 PM
The Bhagavad-Gita

Catsmine
Sep 3, 2010, 05:15 PM
The Bhagavad-Gita

The "Gita" reads like Tolkien, but slower. Stories of Krsna better told can be found in the Srimad Bhagavatam.