I need a new book...recommendations.?

[Dana49]

"True Evil" by Greg Iles is excellent. If you enjoy mysteries and suspense, I don't think you'll be disappointed.

 

[MushyMushy]

"True Evil" by Greg Iles is excellent. If you enjoy mysteries and suspense, I don't think you'll be disappointed.

Oh yeah! I just read that one too, and it was great. Ilove Greg Iles.

 

[DVCLiz]

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




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.

Oh, I liked The Mermaid Chair - it was my beach book last summer. It wasn't in the same league as Bees, of course, but I was interested enough in the story to keep reading. It helped that I was reading it while I was at Hilton Head, so all of those descriptions of the low country were appealing because I could look up from my book and see the actual low country from my balcony!!

 

[TTFN]

I very (very, very) strongly recommend The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. My book club has been reading a book a month for 3 years, and this is by far the favorite of everyone. Read the first page, and you'll be hooked.

 

[Pooh's Pixie]

I loved Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides...funny, sad, interesting, just didn't want it to end.
Kite Runner is also a fascinating read.

 

[astarr]

The Cell - Stephen King
Frankenstein - Book One & Book Two - Dean Koontz
Widow of the South - Robert Hicks

I especially liked Widow of the South because when it came out we happened to be in Franklin TN where most of it takes place. It's a mixture of fiction & non-fiction.

 

[korbbec]

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

Two books at the same time? You've got skills- I'd get all confused.

I second
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon- great book- history, action, romance, sci fi and it has several follow up books so if you really like it you can keep reading. Although it is a romantic book, It is nothing like a harlequin romance, so don't be afraid.

Down and Out In the Magic Kingdom by Corey Doctorow- I've mentioned it here before- really great futuristic book centered around the various sections of MK and the groups that live in and operate those areas.

 

[Mike.Wazowski]

Nicholas Sparks - Dear John

 

[CobraBubbles]

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

I second the nom for anything by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child...anything Pendergast is good!

The Cell - Stephen King
Frankenstein - Book One & Book Two - Dean Koontz
Widow of the South - Robert Hicks

I especially liked Widow of the South because when it came out we happened to be in Franklin TN where most of it takes place. It's a mixture of fiction & non-fiction.

I'm about to read The Cell, but I've not read the Frankenstein series by Dean Koontz. I've read nearly everything else by him, but was never really into Frankenstein, so didn't read it. Do you think it has appeal to those who really aren't into Frankenstein the original?

Two books at the same time? You've got skills- I'd get all confused.

I second
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon- great book- history, action, romance, sci fi and it has several follow up books so if you really like it you can keep reading. Although it is a romantic book, It is nothing like a harlequin romance, so don't be afraid.

Sometimes I read as much as 4 books at a time Different books for different things. A book on tape for the car. A book to read before bed, and one to carry around to school that is lighter...etc.

Plus, if you like Outlander, it's a series, so that's an added bonus.

 

[clh2]

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.

I just purchased this book too. The reviews on B&N sounded great. I should have a chance to start it this afternoon.

 

[antmaril]

I just finished reading "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls - fantastic!

I agree with another poster - I was hooked by the first sentence.

 

[CobraBubbles]

Ooh, what is The Glass Castle about?

I have so many favorite books!

Also I recommend "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel. It's really good. Don't read what it's about, just start and see where it takes you. It starts a bit slowly, but very interestingly, and takes you on a wild ride.

 

[BethID]

I really enjoyed "One Thousand White Women:The Journals of Mary Dodd" by Jim Fergus. Also "The Fourth Queen" by Debbie Taylor.

 

[astarr]

I'm about to read The Cell, but I've not read the Frankenstein series by Dean Koontz. I've read nearly everything else by him, but was never really into Frankenstein, so didn't read it. Do you think it has appeal to those who really aren't into Frankenstein the original?

The Frankenstein is more of a modern day science experiment gone wrong. I really enjoyed it but then I like almost all of Koontz's books. I wouldn't say this was as far out as some

 

[cherylp3]

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