do you ever just all the sudden get in a reading mood? well, i do.. in a big way.
i’ve been in a big reading mood lately. one night i just suddenly felt the urge to read a good book. a few minutes later, i packed the mr. and the baby into the car headed for barnes and noble. we had a good time, the mr. of course looking at history related books and i.. i was on the search for a book. a good summer reading book.
i ended up jotting down a, well large list of books, and then we headed home so i could place all these books on hold at the library… i guess i’m economical. anyhow, many of these books came available, all at the same time… so i’ve been reading and reading. two down, a zillion to go.
so… i’m dying to know??? what is your favorite book?? or a good read that you recommend? i’m always looking for a book, so don’t be shy and puh-lease let me know your favs.
Oh, I love to read. I always have at least 3 books going at once. One in my purse, a couple on the nightstand, one for bubble baths… Right now I am reading "Eat Pray Love" and I can't think of the author's name, but I am loving it! I want to reread it as soon as I am finished. I love the books "Mrs. Mike" "The Kitchen Boy" "The Kite Runner" and "A Thousand Splendid Suns". I also have a long list of books I want to read:) I love going to B&N!!
Anything by Anne Tyler, her writing on the intricacies of life astound me.
I think my favorite all time book is Kite Runner. I'm sure you've already read it, but isn't it so beautiful?! My favorite book when I was a kid is James & the Giant Peach- I still love reading it every few years.
Suite Francaise (Irene Nemirovsky), East of Eden (John Steinbeck), Testament of Youth (Vera Brittain), are all favorites.
I think you would love Suite Francaise. Its three separate stories about life in France during WW2. Its honestly one of my all time favorites.
I too have a stack of books i need to read, now if i could just do that for a living.
hey thanks everyone for the recommendations so far!
i have read eat, pray, love. i liked it.. didn’t love it, but i’d recommend it. i have also read the kite runner as a few of you suggested and i really enjoyed that one too.
loving all the suggestions, please keep them coming!
I’m not a huge reader, and I guess tend to be a “trend reader”. I read whatever is the latest and greatest that everyone is talking about. So I bet I don’t have any suggestions that you haven’t already read! Have fun though.
i am so glad you posted this, i was going to post a similar post on my blog just to see what people are reading. i am in the same mood right now, hence me reading the twilight books. so are you going to try to get the new book tomorrow at midnight? keri and i are going to try and find it somewhere, if you want to come with, let me know.
also, thanks for your recommendations, i’ll have to read some of those books as well.
have you read memoires of a geisha? i really liked that one. it’s an older book, but i loved it. much better than the movie, for sure!
have you read or heard about the Twilight Series??? by Stefanie Meyers… very good books. Can’t stop reading. Also her new one The Host,,,, different but good.
AND, a sorta-recent fave- “The Glass Castle…” so inspiring!
naomi-yes, i do really like memoirs of a geisha, i’ve read that one several times as well.
and lacey, thanks for the recommendations too, it’s been years since i’ve read to kill a mockingbird, but i love that one as well. i’ll have to check out the others.
oh, and yes.. guilty pleasure i have read all the twilight books and will be reading the last one when it comes out this week. i really, really liked them at first, and to be honest have liked them less and less the more i think about them [don’t stone me], but they are really good fast reads.. but, of course i still have to see what happends in the last one. oh, and yes i just read the host too. i liked it ok. a good fast read.
again, thanks for all the recommendations! i’d love to hear more! keep them coming!
A couple favorites: The Book Thief and Life of Pi. I also liked The Thirteenth Tale.
Have you checked out goodreads.com? It’s a great way to get recommendations from people you know and see their reviews on books they’ve read.
Have lurked before but never commented..couldn’t resist! I read alot.
I see you already have some Jodi Picoult on there, The Pact is the best in my opinion but others are good too, all the same style so don’t read too many in a row. They get really addicting though.
The Gravedigger’s daughter by Joyce Carol Oates.
I’m with Stephanie. “Crossing to Safety” is so so good. I heart Wallace Stegner.
My favorites are “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” by Jonathan Safran Foer, “The History of Love,” by Nicole Krauss and “Dandelion Wine” by Ray Bradbury. All three remind you what it’s like to be a kid.
I too love Crossing to Safety and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. Both are so good. I recently read Gone with the Wind and LOVED it. If you haven’t read it before, I would highly recommend it!
Hi there – I just finished “The Road” by Cormac McCarthy. Amazing book. Not a light one, but so worth reading.
Jodi Picoult’s ‘Plain Truth’ is really good. Quite fascinating to learn about Amish life and a good mystery.
I’m reading ‘The Ha Ha’ next for my book group. I’m also working through ‘Animal, Vegetable, Miracle’ by Barbara Kingsolver between my other books. It’s a fascinating look at eating locally/growing your own food.
Your post sounds exactly like me.
I go on reading frenzies.
I “shop” at the bookstore and then put my list on hold at the library.
And all the books become available at about the same time so I have a huge stack to work my way through.
Someone already said “The Time Traveler’s Wife.” I just finished it and I loved it!
I love your blog. I am reading through the archives, and can't resist stopping here to recommend a few books.
Isabel's Bed by Elinor Lipman. A funny tale that I re-read all the time. Love Elinor Lipman.
These are all fairly light, but exceptionally readable. Enjoy!