I need a new book...recommendations.?

[Blondy876]

I just finished Wicked in December and Brother Odd yesterday and loved both. Now I have nothing new to read so I will be making a trip to the library and/or book store tomorrow. Any recommendations?

 

[MushyMushy]

I just finished Teacher Man, by Frank McCourt. I give it and I'm definitely going to read his other books.

 

[Evil Genius]

If you like vampire novels with a twist try "The Historian" by Elizabeth Kostova

 

[CourtasanSatine]

Devil Wears Prada is a riot

 

[janette]

The one I liked most recently was Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. If you like stories that are a bit different you'll enjoy it, Wicked & Brother Odd are in that group.

 

[DVCLiz]

Water for Elephants by Sarah Gruen, The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield, and Snow FLower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See were the three best fiction books I read this year. For Christmas, I got the new book by the author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, I think the title might be A spot of Bother, and also a great book I picked out at the bookstore called When Madeleine Was Young. Those are next on my list, along with The Memory Keeper's Daughter.

If you like fiction, The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd was one of the best I read year before last, along with The Time Traveler's Wife and The Kite Runner. There are lots of great choices out there!!!!

 

[DVCLiz]

The one I liked most recently was Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. If you like stories that are a bit different you'll enjoy it, Wicked & Brother Odd are in that group.

Ha! We posted at the same time!! Wasn't it good? Didn't you think the ending was just AMAZING!!!!!

 

[sk8ingmom]

If you liked Wicked, the same guy wrote Mirror Mirror (Snow White) & the Cinderella story (can't remember the book title & I'm too lazy to get up and look!) I loved all 3, but the Cinderella one was my fav. I read all 3 on a 7-day Disney Cruise.

Probably the best book I've read in 10 years is "The Amazing Adventures of Cavalier and Clay" (again too laxy to look up the author). My brother gave it to me for Chirstmas a few years ago with a note that said "This is good - like Huck Finn, Cathcher in the Rye, good" which is a very high compliment for us. And he was right.

 

[AZMickeyfans]

If you are a dog lover I recomment Marley and Me by John Grogan. You will laugh and cry. If you are like me I spent the last few chapters reading it petting my dog on the floor. Great book.

 

[HomeSweetDisney]

If you liked Wicked, the same guy wrote Mirror Mirror (Snow White) & the Cinderella story (can't remember the book title & I'm too lazy to get up and look!) I loved all 3, but the Cinderella one was my fav. I read all 3 on a 7-day Disney Cruise.

The Cinderella one was Confessions of An Ugly Stepsister. Great book Gregory Maguire is an exceptional author!

I recommend Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt. It's a memoir he wrote about his childhood in Limerick, Ireland. It's a beautiful, wickedly funny, and at times tragic book. It's one of my all time favorites that I never lend out to anyone because I'm afraid something will happen to it, lol. The sequel, Tis, is equally good.

Also, The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. It deals with a pretty sensitive subject matter (the girl who narrates the story is narrating from heaven, she was raped and murdered) but it's one of the most beautiful stories I've ever read. Its major themes are dealing with loss, pain, lonliness, family, death, and how to move on. But it's surprisingly not as morbid as you would think. There are definitely some parts that are sad but if you can make it past the first chapter, it gets a lot easier to read.

 

[CobraBubbles]

Weird.

I'm in the middle of both Wicked and Brother Odd right now. I love Odd Thomas so much...that's what I was going to recommend before I saw that you had read it. Well, the first book, of course.

Hmm...what else is good.

Along the lines of Dean Koontz my second favorite is 'Watchers'

'Outlander' is a good romantic-type sci fi book by Diana Gabaldon

'Insomnia' by Stephen King is long, but really good.

'The Lovely Bones' is a good but sad book...

 

[janette]

Ha! We posted at the same time!! Wasn't it good? Didn't you think the ending was just AMAZING!!!!!

Yes the ending was great, really only one thing I kept wishing would end differently.

If you like fiction, The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd was one of the best I read year before last, along with The Time Traveler's Wife and The Kite Runner. There are lots of great choices out there!!!!

Looks like our like list is pretty similar. Those are all excellent books, I'll have to check out some of the other ones you have listed. The worst book I read this year is Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd, really disappointed and pointless. Such a shame considering how good Secret Live of Bees was.

 

[flying_babyb]

police woman one by gayleen hays

Actully a fun read. True story too

 

[Aidensmom]

Once Upon A Day by Lisa Tucker

 

[preshi]

Marley & Me.... AMAZING book

 

[kandeebunny]

Confessions of An Ugly Stepsister
Angela's Ashes
All Souls (I can't remember the author to save my lilfe)
Caucasia
Kite Runner
Me Talk Pretty One Day

All amazing!

 

[Poppinsme]

Anything by: James Rollins,
Brian Keene,
Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Its a good start to some really great reads.

 

[LJC1861]

If you like historical fiction...particularly the Tudor period in England read anything by Phillipa Gregory. " The Other Bolyen Girl" has been my favorite thus far, but they are all good. They deal with the stories of the wives and other lovers of Henry VIII.

The Memory Keeper's Daughter and Snow Flower and the Secret Fan are also superb.

Another book that I really enjoyed was "Thirteen Moons" by Charles Frazier the man who wrote Cold Mountain.

Another of my all time favorits books are the Mitford books by Jan Karon. They tell the tale of Father Tim Kavanaugh and the town of Mitford, North Carolina. The books are extremely well written and the characters absolutely full of life. The author lives in Blowing Rock NC and the town of Mitford is based on Blowing Rock. Once you pick up the first book "At Home in Mitford" you will be hooked and just have to read the rest, simply to find out what happens to all the characters. They are little books and a very quick read.

Linda

 

[LindsayDunn228]

If you like vampire novels with a twist try "The Historian" by Elizabeth Kostova

This is a vampire novel? I recently bought it and I didn't know this.

 

[PirateKitty]

Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella - I loved that book.