Defending Jacob was a good court-room mystery. Also just finished the Weird Sisters, very good choice. Any new suggestions?
^ I loved both of those!
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I really liked The Weird Sisters too.
My husband really liked Destiny of the Republic too. He also recommends The River of Doubt: Theodore Rooseveltâs Darkest Journey by the same author Candice Millard.
I could use a suggestion of something light, happy & funny. Finished the new Sophie Kinsella, Iâve Got Your Number. I know, I know itâs surely not amongst the best books" but it was entertaining and diverting. Looking for another along those lines. . .
A debut novel by Charlotte Rogan (whose triplets made national news four years ago when one was accepted to Harvard, one to Yale, and the other to Penn) entitled *The Lifeboat. * Itâs the story of a group of passengers who have just escaped from a sinking ocean liner which was traveling from Europe to the US at the outbreak of WWI. It is a gripping account of what happens when these people are faced with an unthinkable dilemma-how to survive an unsurvivable situation.
I read it in one sitting last night. Itâs a real page turner.
For funny light hearted reading- try this one
Best friends, occasional enemies : the lighter side of life as a mother and daughter by
Lisa Scottoline.
I love her non fiction books.
âThe Graveyard Bookâ by Neil Gaiman. Itâs Young Adult Fiction and itâs amazingly good. I defy any parent to read the last chapter without tearing up.
I really enjoyed the The Weird Sisters. Just finished it yesterday.
I liked the Lisa Scottoline and Neil Gaiman books mentioned above⊠Especially âThe Graveyard Book.â
Recently finished âDeath Comes to Pemberleyâ by P.D. James - if you loved Pride and Prejudice (and the movie), you will enjoy it!
About to read Death Comes to Pemberley so was glad to see the thumbs up.
I just re-read Middlemarch after several years and find myself even more completely rocked by the brilliance and emotional power of this novel. The scene between Dorothea and Rosamond near the end is just stunning. I had to put the book down and just cry for awhile. Wow. They donât write 'em like that anymore.
Iâve been re-reading lots of the classics lately. Finished Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Wuthering Heights, and Jane Eyre in the last few months. I am fascinated by how I viewed those books thirty years ago and how I view them today. In the past, I was bored sillyâdidnât feel that the books had anything to say. Iâve changed my view. Out of the group I read, I did think Jane Eyre was the best of the lot.
^^^^Sense and Sensibility is my favorite book of the ones you mentioned above. Itâs certainly my favorite Jane Austen book.
I was surprised by how much I enjoyed The Underside of Joy, the debut novel by Sere Prince Halverson. Emotionally stirring and thought provoking.
Back around posts 1475/1476 (LolâŠwe have a lot to say about books!) we were discussing Jacqueline Carey. I just finished reading âSanta Oliviaâ by her, and thought it was great. I actually liked it better than her fantasy novels. I was glued to it (reading it on my lunch hour, and was soooo tempted to head down early and stay just a little longer in the lunchroom every day to finish it!). Just discovered that my library does not have the sequel âSaints Astrayâ (published in 2011, so too recent for interlibrary loan in our area, too). Off to put in a request for the library to order it!
We..the Drowned by Carsten Jensen. Best book I have read in the past 6 <em>years</em>, and I read a LOT
intparent re post 1554: Iâm only on the second in the Kushiel series - Kushielâs Chosen - and like it as much as the first one so far. I donât plan to read the series straight through but rather intersperse it with other books. Nice to see you recommend Careyâs Santa Olivia. I just checked and my library has both it and its sequel. Iâll definitely look into them.
SewhappyâI cannot over-emphasize how much I adore Middlemarchâpossibly my favorite book of all time. That scene is stupendous. And also, the one where Dorothea thinks sheâll have to give up Ladislaw and basically falls apart all night but then in the morning sheâs still and resoluteâand that Rosamund redeems herself by making things okay between R and L (actually, been a few years, I think that might be the scene youâre talking about!). Love, love love that book!
Iâm just finishing The Hunger Games and have already downloaded the second book. Itâs been awhile since Iâve gotten my hands on a canât-put-it-down like this one.
^Me too LasMa. Then, I got back on the reading kick!!!
I was inspired to read Margret Atwoodâs The Handmaidâs Tale by the recent politics of womens health issues. Itâs a gripping read, and I highly recommend it. A page turner. You have no idea how itâs going to end until you get there. I just finished The Hunger Games, also. Dystopia is in the air.