TempeMom, The Giver gave me the creeps too.
I just read My Salinger Year. It was just OK…I suspect my 19 year old will like it better than I. It’s about a recent college grad in her first entry level real job. One of her duties is to respond to JD Salinger’s fan mail with a form letter, and she decides to go rogue. Not particularly well written, but cute.
I love the Giver. I read it in middle school, and it stuck with me so much that I actually re-read it as an adult, just this spring and still loved it.
The Giver was just recommended on the today show last week…I guess a movie is coming out next month.
Years ago, when militant conservatives were objecting to Harry Potter, my D (who was in about 8th grade) snorted and said "the Giver has been on the required reading list since forever, and NOW parents are saying HP is “too dark” ?
Oops, quote mistake…fixed it
I just finished “Ready Player One” by Ernest Cline. A sci fi read about a video game contest – a lot of great 80s culture references. It wouldn’t be for everyone, but if you have enjoyed gaming at all at any time in your life, and if you remember the 80s, you might really like it. I did. 
Welcome to the thread, LAMuniv.
When youngest was about four, she listened to Really Rosie every night on tape, for about a year, after I was done reading to her. ( she slept with us, & I think I can still recite the whole thing)
The next year, her selection was The Giver, read by Ron Rivkin, every night.
I thought it was empowering. She loved it.
As if we had any doubt 
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Just finished James Lee Burke’s most recent Dave Robicheaux novel, “Light of the World.” It was really good. So many of his books blur together in my mind, but this one has it all - beautiful writing, terrible villains, and a touch of the supernatural.
scout59, thanks for recommending Wiley Cash’s “A Land More Kind than Home”. I happened to see it at our library and I’m not sure I would have noticed it without reading about it here first. I have family near Asheville and I love finding good new talents who write about the South, so thanks for bringing him to my attention.
A new robicheaux book…I am spending too much on iBooks lately
Just finished The Rosie Project". Cute.
I’m moving The Dark Road to Mercy by Wiley Cash up on my list so I can read it before the movie comes out.
Just finished The Jewel in the Crown. A beautiful, amazing book. Next up is Lonesome Dove for the CC book club – talk about a change of venue! Then back for the second book of the Raj Quartet.
Glad you liked the book, Tiredofsnow! I grew up near Asheville, so I too have a special place in my heart for NC writers.
Thanks, scout59! I’d love to get some other suggestions from you. My hometown is on the other side of the state.
Ny times interview Larry McMurtry - <a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/books/review/larry-mcmurtry-by-the-book.html?src=me”>http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/books/review/larry-mcmurtry-by-the-book.html?src=me</a>
The Moonflower Vine by Jetta Carlton
Thanks everyone. I went back through the last 5 pages and made a list. Requested quite a few from my library. Now I just need to wait.
Another recommendation for Lonesome Dove.