What Are You Reading Right Now? Part II (Incomplete book list in 1st post)

[Pig Pen]

Okay! I need help in picking out a new book! I just finished The Help and after reading that amazing book, nothing else seems to compare or catch my interest.

Any suggestions?

I am in the middle of "11/22/63" by Stephen King and it has me hooked. It's the best SK book I have read in a long time!

 

[MELSMICE]

Okay! I need help in picking out a new book! I just finished The Help and after reading that amazing book, nothing else seems to compare or catch my interest.

Any suggestions?

Try Mudbound or The Kitchen House. Mudbound is similar in the setting as The Help. The Kitchen House deals with slavery, but is set in Virginia during the late 1700's, early 1800's.

 

[phorsenuf]

I am in the middle of "11/22/63" by Stephen King and it has me hooked. It's the best SK book I have read in a long time!

I'm almost done with this. Such a long book! I like it quite a bit but I haven't flown through it like I would normally do with SK books. Usually I'll stay up all night reading his stuff.

Try Mudbound or The Kitchen House. Mudbound is similar in the setting as The Help. The Kitchen House deals with slavery, but is set in Virginia during the late 1700's, early 1800's.

Very good suggestions. I read those after reading the help as well, thanks to suggestions here. I really liked The Kitchen House. Rush Home Road is very good too.

 

[Pakey]

I am currently reading The Girls by Lori Lansens (she also wrote Rush Home Road). It's a fictional autobiography about conjoined twins, written at the time they are approaching 30 and have been told that one of them has 6 months to live (they are conjoined at the head so both of them will die).

 

[MELSMICE]

Very good suggestions. I read those after reading the help as well, thanks to suggestions here. I really liked The Kitchen House. Rush Home Road is very good too.

I enjoyed Rush Home Road also.

I just started Cutting For Stone. A friend of mine said it was one of the best books she's read & I had it on my "wishlist" so I downloaded it. I guess we'll see. I'm not even 50 pages in yet.

 

[OceanAnnie]

I enjoyed, Rush Home Road, too. I read it right after, The Help. I actually liked Rush Home Road better. And that's saying a lot because I really loved, The Help. The characters in Rush Home Road stayed with me longer for some reason. It's just a touching and haunting tale.

 

[marcyinPA]

I am currently reading The Girls by Lori Lansens (she also wrote Rush Home Road). It's a fictional autobiography about conjoined twins, written at the time they are approaching 30 and have been told that one of them has 6 months to live (they are conjoined at the head so both of them will die).

I read this last summer, and although I liked it, I found it oddly written. Maybe because it is a fictional autobiography? I don't know. It was weird for me in spots.

 

[MickeysBFF]

Right now I am reading the Hunger Games(for the fourth time), but I hope to be reading either Thirteen Reasons Why or The Help soon

 

[WDWBarb]

I just finished 11-22-63. I LOVED that book! I hated for it to be over. I listen to audiobooks (my eyes simply can't handle reading anymore AND I adore having my books while I'm driving) and I was distraught when it was over. What a wonderful story! No one does character development like Stephen King.. I felt like I was leaving behind old friends when it ended. And while I have always been a huge fan of King's work, I've never liked his endings, but this story is the exception. Loved every minute of it! It ranks up there with IT and The Stand as one of my favorites of his work.

 

[Pocahottie]

I am in the middle of "11/22/63" by Stephen King and it has me hooked. It's the best SK book I have read in a long time!

Try Mudbound or The Kitchen House. Mudbound is similar in the setting as The Help. The Kitchen House deals with slavery, but is set in Virginia during the late 1700's, early 1800's.

Ooh! Thanks! I'll go Kobo those now.^^

 

[Pocahottie]

Right now I am reading the Hunger Games(for the fourth time), but I hope to be reading either Thirteen Reasons Why or The Help soon

I loved The Help! I had to read it after watching the movie.

If you do go to Thirteen Reasons Why first though, please tell me how you like it! I've been looking at it for ages.

 

[Cantw8]

Ooh! Thanks! I'll go Kobo those now.^^

I've also heard some good things about The Wedding Gift. Sounds similar to Kitchen House. I have not read it but it's on my list. Here's a description...

When wealthy plantation owner Cornelius Allen marries off his daughter Clarissa, he presents her with a wedding gift: a young slave woman called Sarah. It just so happens that Sarah is Allen’s daughter as well, the product of a long-term sexual relationship with his slave Emmeline. When Clarissa’s husband rejects her newborn son as illegitimate and sends Clarissa and Sarah back to the Allens, their return sets in motion a series of events that will destroy the once-powerful family. Told through the alternating view points of Sarah and Theodora Allen, Cornelius’s wife, The Wedding Gift shines a glaring light on the brutality of slavery in the antebellum South.

Based on a court case in 19th century Alabama, The Wedding Gift draws readers into the complex world of American slavery and provides an unflinching account of the tactics used to control women, slave and free. This compelling historical novel twists and turns through the wealthy planter and merchant societies of Alabama, South Carolina, Louisiana, and New York, culminating in the British West Indies, where its controversial and shocking conclusion is sure to leave readers aghast.

 

[Cantw8]

I read this last summer, and although I liked it, I found it oddly written. Maybe because it is a fictional autobiography? I don't know. It was weird for me in spots.

I did not like that book at all, although I did like A Wife's Tale by the same author

 

[phorsenuf]

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children just became available at my library. I was on the waiting list so I guess I'll be reading this next.

I'll have to check into The Wedding Gift because it sounds pretty good.

This is such a great thread. I've read so many really good books I may not have ever read had it not been for everyone's recommendations. Thanks to all!

 

[Pocahottie]

I've also heard some good things about The Wedding Gift. Sounds similar to Kitchen House. I have not read it but it's on my list. Here's a description...

When wealthy plantation owner Cornelius Allen marries off his daughter Clarissa, he presents her with a wedding gift: a young slave woman called Sarah. It just so happens that Sarah is Allen’s daughter as well, the product of a long-term sexual relationship with his slave Emmeline. When Clarissa’s husband rejects her newborn son as illegitimate and sends Clarissa and Sarah back to the Allens, their return sets in motion a series of events that will destroy the once-powerful family. Told through the alternating view points of Sarah and Theodora Allen, Cornelius’s wife, The Wedding Gift shines a glaring light on the brutality of slavery in the antebellum South.

Based on a court case in 19th century Alabama, The Wedding Gift draws readers into the complex world of American slavery and provides an unflinching account of the tactics used to control women, slave and free. This compelling historical novel twists and turns through the wealthy planter and merchant societies of Alabama, South Carolina, Louisiana, and New York, culminating in the British West Indies, where its controversial and shocking conclusion is sure to leave readers aghast.

Ooh! That does sound intriguing too! Haha I had no books to look at before and now I'm starting a list.

 

[MELSMICE]

I've also heard some good things about The Wedding Gift. Sounds similar to Kitchen House. I have not read it but it's on my list. Here's a description...

When wealthy plantation owner Cornelius Allen marries off his daughter Clarissa, he presents her with a wedding gift: a young slave woman called Sarah. It just so happens that Sarah is Allen’s daughter as well, the product of a long-term sexual relationship with his slave Emmeline. When Clarissa’s husband rejects her newborn son as illegitimate and sends Clarissa and Sarah back to the Allens, their return sets in motion a series of events that will destroy the once-powerful family. Told through the alternating view points of Sarah and Theodora Allen, Cornelius’s wife, The Wedding Gift shines a glaring light on the brutality of slavery in the antebellum South.

Based on a court case in 19th century Alabama, The Wedding Gift draws readers into the complex world of American slavery and provides an unflinching account of the tactics used to control women, slave and free. This compelling historical novel twists and turns through the wealthy planter and merchant societies of Alabama, South Carolina, Louisiana, and New York, culminating in the British West Indies, where its controversial and shocking conclusion is sure to leave readers aghast.

Could you tell me who the author of The Weddimg Gift is. I can't find it when I search on my Nook.

 

[Rekenna]

Just finished "The Help"-as we all know a very good book.

Also, recently finished "11/22/63" and as others have said it's one of King's best books in quite a while. Another more recent one by him that I give 2 thumbs up to is "Duma Key".

Currently reading "In the Garden of Beasts" by Erik Larson, non-fiction about the Dodd family-Dodd was the US ambassador to Germany during the rise of Hitler and onset of WWII. If you haven't tried Larson yet, give him a shot. He has a great way of writing non-fiction that really draws you in. I recently read "Thunderstruck" by him as well and it was really engrossing.

Haven't read recently but, if anyone like suspense try Thomas H. Cook-I really like his work.

Can't wait for my upcoming Disney trip (solo) so just me and my Nook and Mickey-absolutely perfect! Just picturing myself now, in EPCOT, sitting in the France Pavilion with my Grand Marnier Slushie and my trusty Nook...

 

[Cantw8]

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children just became available at my library. I was on the waiting list so I guess I'll be reading this next.

I'll have to check into The Wedding Gift because it sounds pretty good.

This is such a great thread. I've read so many really good books I may not have ever read had it not been for everyone's recommendations. Thanks to all!

I so agree, I have found this thread most helpful. 4's, let me know what you think about Miss Peregrine's Home For Pecuilar Children. It looks real interesting but "pecilar", even for me

Could you tell me who the author of The Weddimg Gift is. I can't find it when I search on my Nook.

The author is Marlen Suyapa Bodden. I have never heard of her but the book does sound good

 

[Pocahottie]

The author is Marlen Suyapa Bodden. I have never heard of her but the book does sound good

Rats! I don't see that author popping up on the Kobo site.

 

[MELSMICE]

Rats! I don't see that author popping up on the Kobo site.

I found it on Amazon for Kindle only.

The author is Marlen Suyapa Bodden. I have never heard of her but the book does sound good

When I saw it on Amazon I knew I recognized it. My DD had downloaded it for 99 cents & read it. She said it was "just okay" & then said "actually it really stunk", so who knows, that's her opinion. It sounds like something I might like so I may read it on my IPad through the Kindle App.