[cookielady]

It should be jerk Lochte

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[Nautilique]

I am finally reading A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle and am watching the Oprah class podcast about each chapter as I finish them

[katzncandles]

I need some suggestions for a good read. I will be taking my son to class 4 days a week and won't have time to come back home. I like Spiritual, suspenseful, twisty, or a plain good horror read. I'm up for any suggestions. Thank you friends.

[PuppyLove]

Katz, I adored "The Lovely Bones" by Alice Sebold. I'd definitely call it twisty. Also, most anything by Jodi Picoult is exceedingly good, IMO. And the wildly popular "The Help" is terrific, though not really suspenseful, twisty or horror. If you like non-traditional spiritual stuff, you might follow Laurie's lead and read "A New Earth." I've only just started it but I love it!

Let us know what you choose!

Gail

[cmarie]

I'm looking for some light fiction to read before bed. Nothing too suspenseful (moderate is ok) or scary. Any suggestions? (I'd consider The Lovely Bones if it isn't scary. I am 13th in line to get The Help from the public library.)

[PuppyLove]

Christy, I didn't think "The Lovely Bones" was scary, but I'm not easily spooked. It is a little unsettling and kind of sad, yet also oddly uplifting and joyful, told in the first person by a murdered girl who's looking down from heaven. It's beautifully written. "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society" by Mary Ann Shaffer might be more enjoyable. It's quirky, captivating, and an excellent read. "Where the Heart Is" by Billie Letts is another quirky tale, heartwarming and delightful.

Gail

[katzncandles]

I have requested from our library The Lovely Bones and A New Earth. Hopefully, they will both be in soon. Thanks for your thoughtful suggestions.

[Boogie]

I second The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society~ One of the nicest stories I have ever read.
Right now, I am devouring Before I Go To Sleep by S.J. Watson. It's about a 47 year old woman with severe memory loss after some type of an accident when she was 29. She wakes up every day not knowing where she is or who her husband is. She starts to keep a journal at the suggestion of a doctor. There is a lot of suspense, mostly about the nature of her "accident", which her husband lies about and doesn't appear to want her to remember.

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[cookielady]

I am reading Sympathy For The Devil by Jerrilyn Farmer, a culinary mystery.

[Boogie]

Read The Bungalow by Sarah Jio over the weekend, and have started The Midwife's Confession by Diane Chamberlain. I like Chamberlain's writing style and her deep insights into human relationships. You can tell she is a mother who has seen her children grow up and change.

[cookielady]

Just started Lost December by Richard Paul Evans.

[Aria]

The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory

[MaggieMae]

The Forgotton Garden by Kate Morton

[cookielady]

I have two favorite websites for books. www.DearReader.com. and www.Cozy-Mystery.com.

[katzncandles]

So far, I am loving The Lovely Bones. I will be doing lots of reading 4 days a week since I am driving my son to class and will not be coming back home. More suggestions are welcome. I'll probably be reading about a book a week. I thought about the Stephen King book something about 63. Has anyone read this one yet?

[Boogie]

katzncandles, on 11 January 2012 - 08:51 PM, said:

So far, I am loving The Lovely Bones. I will be doing lots of reading 4 days a week since I am driving my son to class and will not be coming back home. More suggestions are welcome. I'll probably be reading about a book a week. I thought about the Stephen King book something about 63. Has anyone read this one yet?

Yes, I just read 11/22/63 by King, and enjoyed it very, very much ! I also recommend King's Under the Dome if you have previously enjoyed King's The Stand.

Any of the Kate Morton books are fantastic~ Maggie, did you read the others by Morton ? They are all soooo good.

I plan to read as many Diane Chamberlain novels as I can, until I get sick of them. Really liked The Midwife's Confession.

Other novels that I highly recommend are
The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh;
The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman;
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett;
What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty;
Before I Go to Sleep by S. J. Watson ;
The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom ;
Mudbound by Hillary Jordan;
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer;
The Help by Kathryn Stockett;
The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer;
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Cutting For Stone by Abraham Verghese
Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman
Anything by Kate Morton, Sarah Addison Allen, Barbara Kingsolver, Lisa See, Stieg Larsson, Mitch Albom , and Chris Bohjalian

I read about three novels a week so have gone through quite a lot of books over the past few years. The ones above really stood out for me.

[cookielady]

Reading Unbreathed Memories by Marcia Talley.

[Boogie]

cookielady, on 11 January 2012 - 06:20 PM, said:

I have two favorite websites for books. www.DearReader.com. and www.Cozy-Mystery.com.

Try this one, too:

http://www.goodreads.com/

[cmarie]

Thanks to Gail and Boogie for your suggestions. I read The Lovely Bones and enjoyed it. DH is reading it now.

I have several books checked out now, including that Guernsey potato peel one, The Help, and one of the Outlander series books.

[Boogie]

I want to read at least the first book in the Outlander series.

Just started The Submission by Amy Waldman. It's about a memorial for the victims of 9/11, but the twist is that the anonymous designer of the project is revealed to be an American Muslim.