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Posted: 16 December 2008 at 12:01pm |
I'm looking for some book suggestions.
I've beed trying to read The Bourne Ultimatum and then when I gave up on that I tried to read the Dave Groehl story but I can't get into that one either so I am bookless at the moment  .
I may go to the library and see if they have The Secret of Bees and the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows since I still haven't read either but those won't last long so I'm wondering what are you reading at the moment and/or what would you recommend?
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Posted: 16 December 2008 at 12:08pm |
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anything by Marian Keyes (although you do need a dirty sense of humour sometimes)
also have you every read the gunslinger series by Stephen King. They aren't horror its more fantasy but is really really good.
If you like adventure books Clive Cussler is great
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Posted: 16 December 2008 at 12:11pm |
I finally got around to reading The Time Traveller's Wife - had put it off because I thought it sounded a bit naff/far fetched, but a friend gave it to me and I loved it!
Also recently finished Perfume by Patrick Suskind (no, haven't seen the movie) and that was excellent too  And really enjoyed Broken (Daniel Clay) - bought it because I loved the cover design and wasn't disappointed.
IKWYM about the Bourne Ultimatum! I find Robert Ludlum dreary to read!!!
Other favourites, off the top of my head:
Life of Pi
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime
The Red Tent
The Moonstone
Mister Pip
and I am always disappointed to finish To Kill a Mockingbird
...oh, and my guilty pleasures if you're after an easier read are Michael Connelly (good airport thrillers IYKWIM - The Lincoln Lawyer is a good place to start) and Marion Keyes 
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Posted: 16 December 2008 at 12:12pm |
 Henna79 wrote:
anything by Marian Keyes (although you do need a dirty sense of humour sometimes)
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Does Marian Keyes have anything new out? I'm pretty sure I've read all hers but the last one I read was This Charming Man.
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Posted: 16 December 2008 at 12:14pm |
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snap Heather! And I second the Clive Cussler - I had ignored them because the cover design looked so... male, but out of desperation I picked up one while camping last year (The Chase) and really enjoyed it.
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Posted: 16 December 2008 at 12:16pm |
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Not sure about Marion Keyes, the last one I read was Anybody Out There? That makes all of the Walsh sisters except Helen, who I assume has a book of her own in the pipeline (or have I missed it?).
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Posted: 16 December 2008 at 12:26pm |
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I second weegee's reccomendation of "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime", if you havne't already read it. I was very impressed by that one.
I went through a Lee Child phase recently... although I'm not sure if that was a passing thing, I've got the one book of his that I haven't read sitting at home and haven't picked it up yet.
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Posted: 16 December 2008 at 12:28pm |
Oh, and I like the Jean Auel books. The detail is amazing. (But although it makes me sound like a bit of a prude, I'm just not into all the graphic scenes. I tend to skip them  )
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Posted: 16 December 2008 at 1:09pm |
Hopes wrote:
I went through a Lee Child phase recently... although I'm not sure if that was a passing thing, I've got the one book of his that I haven't read sitting at home and haven't picked it up yet. |
I really enjoyed all the Jack Reacher books.
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Posted: 16 December 2008 at 1:10pm |
my fave authors are
nikki french
dean koontz
sandra brown
stephen king
jonathon kellerman
i love crime/thriller novels...but haven't read anything for ages
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Posted: 16 December 2008 at 1:11pm |
Hopes wrote:
Oh, and I like the Jean Auel books. The detail is amazing. (But although it makes me sound like a bit of a prude, I'm just not into all the graphic scenes. I tend to skip them ) |
LOL. I tend to avoid romance novels, their a bit too lewd for innocent wee me.
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Posted: 16 December 2008 at 1:21pm |
Fiona Walker is hillarious - I could send some of hers down if you like
Novel about my wife - Emily Perkins
Have you read the Lucy Plum series by Janet Evanovich?
What about James Patterson?
Anything by Jeffrey Deaver is good, particularly the Lincoln Rhyme series.
Kristin Hannah writes No Brainer books
Martina Cole? Her books can be very dark though. Still a great read. I've got them all if you want to read.
Losing Gemma - Really good
Anita Shreve - Some of her books are good, I find others of hers quite slow.
Patricia Cornwall - The Scarpetta Series.
All of the Mitch Albom books. Tuesdays with Morrie, 5 people you meet in heaven and Just one more day. Fully recommend these ones.
Ok thats whats in my bookcase
ETA: Oh I've got Deathly Hollows here if you want it? Also Tales of Beedle the Bard
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Posted: 16 December 2008 at 1:22pm |
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Ive been reading a few of dannielle steele recently
really should go check out the library soon and see whats new.
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Posted: 16 December 2008 at 1:23pm |
Some good books I've read this year are:
The Kite Runner, and A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Housseni - they're both quite intense, and not at all 'light' reading. Incredible stories though.
Atonement and Saturday by Ian McEwan. Both are utterly brilliant.
Pretty much anything by Margaret Atwood is fantastic. (The Blind Assassin, Cat's Eye, Oryx and Crake, The Robber Bride, Alias Grace etc...)
Some of Kate Atkinson's early stuff is great - Behind the Scenes at the Museum, and Human Croquet in particular.
I also read Mr Pip and The Curious Incident of the Dog... and agree that they're both fab too.
And I finally got around to reading the final Harry Potter book - which ROCKED!
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Posted: 16 December 2008 at 1:27pm |
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I have just got into Vanda Symons, a kiwi crime writer.
I like MArion Keyes, Jodi Piccoult, oh, and Sarah Kate Lynch for happy funny chick-lit books. I haven't read her latest (am waiting for it to arrive in the library) but for me, they're the ultimate chill out with good lines and yummy recipes (they're all food based)
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Posted: 16 December 2008 at 1:33pm |
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My favorites are:
Jodi Picoult - have just started her new book Change of Heart but anything by her is good!
Belinda Alexandra - The bronze horseman, The White Gardenia
Jenifer Donnelly - The Tea Rose and the Winter Rose
Bryce Courtnay - Jessica
And im getting into Marian Keyes and Fiona Walker
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Posted: 16 December 2008 at 1:33pm |
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Posted: 16 December 2008 at 1:35pm |
Thanks everyone. Please keep the suggestions coming.
I've been searching the library catalogues too and found out one of my fave mystery authors (Charles Todd) has a book out that I haven't read. I'm very excited. Now I just need to figure out where I put my library card 
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Posted: 16 December 2008 at 1:36pm |
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weegee- we have similiar taste i think
I read My Sister's Keeper for school and loved it, have read a few others of picoult's now and have not been as impressed.
Am re-reading the lovely bones and after that will go back to the bone people which I read at least once a year.
Now that I have a bit more free time I am going to go back to reading - am going to try biographies I think. I read Lana turners just on a whim and it was FABULOUS
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Posted: 16 December 2008 at 1:52pm |
Ooh, talking about biographies, I really enjoyed Sir Ed's "Journey to the Summit". The part about how he proposed to his first wife made me laugh out loud
I really enjoyed My Sister's Keeper too, but haven't read any others by her.
I love Dick Francis - I think I have all his books except the latest one at home.
I'm also a closet teenage novel fan. Not the Sweet Valley High type (although I read them growing up) but Meg Cabot, Isobelle Carmody, Tamora Pierce, Jacqueline Wilson, John Marsden, that kind of thing. Because you can read one in about half an hour they I enjoy filling in the gaps with them 
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