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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Friday, June 24, 2005 - 6:47 pm
Now that summer is here, I am looking for some good books. Old, new, mainly light. (As I usually can't put 100% attention in my reading-have to keep an ear open for kids...) But maybe not as light as Danielle Steele. Mysteries are always fun. Please list your recommendations with a brief description. THANKS!!!
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Friday, June 24, 2005 - 7:16 pm
Oh there's this great series, Shopaholic something something. Let me look in another thread.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Friday, June 24, 2005 - 7:25 pm
Anything starting with "The Sweet Potato Queens" --- hysterically funny, light, intelligent and definitely CHICK lit for the summer. I also love Laurie Notaro's books for fun reading -- The Idiot Girls' Action Adventure Club, Autobiography of a Fat Bride, and I Love Everybody (and Other Atrocious Lies). My personal favorites for the summer is the Outlander series by Diana Gabladon. There is absolutely no way to classify them by genre -- lots of love, sex but also humor, fantasy (time travel is the center piece), history, you name it, these books have it. However, they are EXTREMELY dangerous -- when I start reading them (and all 5 of them are over 800 pages), everything else can go hang. Laundry doesn't get done, my child eats PB and J, I ignore my husband, and the answering machine takes my calls. Read at your own risk! LOL
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, June 24, 2005 - 7:28 pm
The Shopaholic series is by Sophie Kinsella. They are very light and a lot of fun.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Friday, June 24, 2005 - 7:33 pm
Thanks guys!!! Keep 'em coming! And feel free to recommend a few that aren't super light either. I'm also looking for a few good mysteries for my mom.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Friday, June 24, 2005 - 7:51 pm
That's it! Thanks Mamie. Oh Sue Gafton writes great mysteries.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Friday, June 24, 2005 - 7:53 pm
Yeah, my mom loves Sue Grafton. She also likes Higgins Clark. Any other suggestions like those? THANKS again!!!
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Friday, June 24, 2005 - 10:50 pm
There is a brand new Stephanie Plum book by Janet Evanovich coming out. It is called 11 On Top. There are the funniest books I have ever read. They are sort of mystery. Stephanie Plum is a bounty hunter. A very inept bounty hunter.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Saturday, June 25, 2005 - 12:13 pm
Nelson DeMille, Robert Ludlum, Patricia Cornwell and Richard North Patterson are my favorite mystery writiers. Most of them are mystery/spy/lawyer books. Nelson DeMille's newer books are "lighter" than his first, but I still enjoy them. His newest, Night Fall, was about the TWA flight that was shot down. Of his older books, I love Cathedral and Gold Coast. Ludlum's books are more complicated, but his new series (The Jansen Directive, The Paris Option, et. al)are not nearly as convoluted as his earlier stuff, but I still love the three Bourne books best. North Patterson connects mystery w/ lawyer stuff -- usually a murder -- usually very good. Cornwell has a female detective who is also a medical examiner (I think -- been a while since I read one), but she also has new non-fiction book out about Jack the Ripper and her theory of who it was. Stephanie Plum is great too -- like SG said, they are funny!
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Saturday, June 25, 2005 - 12:15 pm
One more recommendation - -Ken Follet! His "Pillars of the Earth" is an absolute classic. His newer books, JackDaws and Hornet Flight in particular, are EXCELLENT books about WWII. I haven't had a chance to get Whiteout (the newest book) yet, but it's on my summer reading list! OK -- I'll shut up now!! I just get so excited about summer reading because during the school year, I end up reading the same books over and over (1984, Crime and Punishment, To Kill a Mockingbird, etc) just to keep them "fresh" as I teach them. Summer is my FUN reading time!
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Saturday, June 25, 2005 - 12:25 pm
For a light mystery try reading the Lillian Jackson Braun series. A retired news reporter winds up with two cats and the cats help him solve the mysteries. Just finished reading Sue Grafton's "R" book. Her books are a quick read also.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Saturday, June 25, 2005 - 12:30 pm
Is that out now Rosie? I haven't been to the library in awhile and the last one I read was Q. I'll have to look for this one.
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Scout
Member
01-20-2005
| Saturday, June 25, 2005 - 12:30 pm
Teachmichigan - I love "Pillars of the Earth" - it's my favorite Ken Follett! "Whiteout" was okay, but no where near as good (to me) as some of his others. I like the other authors you recommended, also.
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Saturday, June 25, 2005 - 12:35 pm
Yup, Mocha, I just read it in a paperback so it has been out a while now. Pm me your address and I will send it to you. 
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Saturday, June 25, 2005 - 12:54 pm
Oh thanks Rosie!! Let me figure out how to do that. I actually hate the pm feature lol. Ok done. 
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Saturday, June 25, 2005 - 1:27 pm
LOL. I will look for your PM now. I said to PM because I no longer have the email addy that you knew about. Sorry.
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Saturday, June 25, 2005 - 1:30 pm
Pillars of Earth is a really good read. I am a very eclectic reader. Just finished Richard North Patterson's "Conviction" It is not light reading but makes a person reevaluate their belief in capitol punishment...would make a whole new thread of discussion!
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Saturday, June 25, 2005 - 1:30 pm
No problem Rosie.
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Saturday, June 25, 2005 - 1:45 pm
Received and answered. 
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Monday, June 27, 2005 - 9:48 am
Mocha, I looked all over for a plain, suspicious looking wrapper but couldn't find one. So, it is on its way to you in a regular U.S. Mail wrapper. lol
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Saturday, July 09, 2005 - 1:56 pm
Has anyone read the Sue Henry mysteries? They are about Alaska, she has a good plot plus great discriptions of Alaska. They are easy quick entertaining reads. I believe the first one is Murder on the Iditerod(sp) Right now I am finishing "The Sleeping Lady" Learning more than I needed about Grizzlies!
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Monday, July 11, 2005 - 8:21 am
Hi all, I don't usually venture over this way because I don't get a lot of extra time to read, but there are a few reads that I highly reccomend. 1.Ride the Wind by Lucia St Clair Robson 2.The Notebook Nicholas Sparks 3.The Texas, The Vegas, and followed by the Kentucky series by Fern Michaels (they all tie in together) 4.Montana Sky Nora Roberts
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Bluejaxrock
Member
04-23-2004
| Thursday, July 28, 2005 - 8:25 pm
Supergranny, I'm reading Conviction now and am almost done. Thank you for the recommendation! I'm enjoying it very much, and hope the ending doesn't ruin that. I'm going to the library this weekend to check out more of his stuff. Again, thanks!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, July 28, 2005 - 9:09 pm
Thanks to everyone's recommendations, I finally read One For The Money. Just loved it! I ended up ordering the whole series!
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Saggkl
Member
07-17-2002
| Saturday, July 30, 2005 - 10:20 pm
Teachmichigan, I love all the authors you mentioned some of my favorites. Have you tried Jeffery Deaver, Greg Iles, Barbara Parker, David Morrell? Really liked Plum Island.
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