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Alaskagal

Thursday, June 06, 2002 - 04:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Help, I am looking for a new author(s). I read about a book a week (no I don't have kids) and have gotten bored with the same authors. I love Danielle Steele, Sandra Brown and Nora Roberts. I am not into really graphic goary books, but I am ready to switch gears from Romance novels. I really enjoy Sandra Brown as the romance usually is just a small side of the Suspense/thriller storyline, but some of hers get disgustingly graphic. Any recommendations would be great. I think some good action books would be good.

Soeur

Thursday, June 06, 2002 - 04:40 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Elinor Lipman elinorlipman

Soeur

Thursday, June 06, 2002 - 04:43 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Jennifer Cruisie cruisie

Car54

Thursday, June 06, 2002 - 05:56 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Elizabeth Berg

Wink

Thursday, June 06, 2002 - 08:23 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Joy Fielding
Tammy Hoag
Elisabeth Peters
Kathy Reich

Willi

Friday, June 07, 2002 - 08:46 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Rita Mae Brown

Marysafan

Friday, June 07, 2002 - 08:48 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I have to agree with Car54, I read Open House by Elizabeth Berg and loved it. I would like to read more of her stuff. You also might take a look at, Sue Miller, Anna Quindlen, and Maeve Binchy.

Alaskagal

Friday, June 07, 2002 - 12:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
What type of reading is Elizabeth Berg??

Seamonkey

Friday, June 07, 2002 - 01:38 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I love Elizabeth Berg!!

"Durable Goods", "Joy School" (a pair of books) and it looks like the new release (yay!! just discovered that) may take place between the two..

"Talk Before Sleep" and "Range of Motion" are good ones too. And "What We Keep" is also excellent.

"Open House" is in my pile of books to be read :)

Berg writes much about relationships in families, especially women. Alaska.. go to http://www.bn.com and search on Elizabeth Berg and browse thru some reviews to get a better idea.

Wink

Friday, June 07, 2002 - 01:51 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
"Open House" was a great read. I actually found myself laughing out loud at some of the main character's antics particularly the whole Tiffany's buying spree.

Soeur

Friday, June 07, 2002 - 02:19 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I loved 'What We Keep'. Elizabeth Berg is wonderful. How about Anita Shreeve? 'Fortune's Rocks' is my favorite book by her.

shreeve

Car54

Friday, June 07, 2002 - 05:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I am reading her new book, Sea Glass right now.
She is great.

Whoami

Saturday, June 08, 2002 - 01:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
For action, I like Clive Cussler, who has a series of books with a hero named Dirk Pitt. From a review on Amazon.com, here is a brief description of Pitt: "Pitt is a Special Projects Director for the NUMA organization yet seems to get involved in the wildest adventures. Pitt uses common sense, sarcasm, and his intellect to solve the hardest of mysteries." One of Cussler's books, Raise the Titanic, was made into a movie in 1988. I think I remember that it was done so poorly, Cussler vowed never to allow another book to be made into a movie.

There's also Michael Crichton, who has many well-known books made into movies. The most popular being the Jurrasic Park series. Other books made into movies are The Andromeda Strain, Coma, Rising Sun, Disclosure, and Sphere. He also is a writer for ER, and I think he is even credited for creating it.

David Morrell wrote an action series. The first one, The Brotherhood of the Rose, was also made into a movie, though I never saw it. But I remember liking the book series.

Then there's the Robert Ludlum books. One of his series, starting off with The Bourne Identity, was a made-for-tv movie starring Richard Chamberlain and Jaclyn Smith in 1988. There's also a current (or soon to be released) editon in the theatres, starring Matt Damon.

Mary Higgins Clark writes mystery type books. Several of her books have been made into TV movies. They often feature a woman hero.

Robin Cook also writes "who done it" books, and since he is a physician, he often writes it around the medical industry. One of his most recent books stepped away from the medical industry, and I thought it was quite imaginative. It's called Abduction, and has something to do with an undersea civilization (can't say any more, dont' want to be a spoiler!). Several of his books have also been made into TV movies.

Jonathan Kellerman writes mystery/who done it type books. His hero is Alex Delaware, who is a child psychologist, and helps out the local PD in solving crimes.

John Grisham does mysteries/adventure/action type stuff centered around the legal field. He also has several books made into movies, including The Client, The Pelican Brief, The Firm, and The Chamber.

Then there's my two all time favorite authors, Dean Koontz and Robert R. McCammon. Read about them in their own Library folders!

It's possible you've seen some of the movies I've mentioned above, that were made from these books. You can read about the movies on the Internet Movie Database (IMDB). And you can read reviews of all the books on Amazon.com. Amazon also allows you to search books by your favorite authors, and lists suggestions of similar books you may want to try.

I don't know if any of these are the types of books you'll like. But these are the authors that our whole family enjoys.

I didn't realise I got so into what books were made into movies. I was mostly listing some of the more well-known ones, in case you remembered the movie. The books are ALWAYS better than the movie. Also, if it looks interesting, you can get a plot summary off of IMDB from the movie version anyway. Of course, you can also get a plot summary on Amazon too!

Happy Reading!

Seamonkey

Saturday, June 08, 2002 - 08:30 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Crichton actually wrong a book called "ER".. I read it years ago. I like his stuff too.

Robin Cook gets a bit repetitive but that hasn't stopped me from reading most of his books.

I've read all of Jonathan Kellerman's Alex Delaware books.. but don't recommend him for
the originator of this thread.. gore/trauma/etc.. but excellent.

I enjoy Barbara Kingsolver's books and I'm very
excited that Anne Lamott has a book coming out in September.. I adore her work.

Whoami

Saturday, June 08, 2002 - 10:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oops, I didn't mean to imply that there was a book called ER by Crichton. I meant the TV Series. I was trying to connect the authors with some of their works that have been converted to TV and Movies (and, in Crichton's case, ALSO writes for ER), cause it's a wider media, and thought people would be more familiar with those works.

Sorry if I confused anyone. I guess that's what I get when I get carried away!

Seamonkey

Saturday, June 08, 2002 - 10:53 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
No.. there IS a book called ER by Crichton, and yes he was involved in er the tv show as well.

The book inspired the series, in fact.

Seamonkey

Saturday, June 08, 2002 - 11:05 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hmm well I just searched and I'm wrong.. I was pretty sure, could envision the book and all.. he did write Five Patients which was quite good.

What a puzzlement! Aieeee!

Whoami

Sunday, June 09, 2002 - 01:53 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh, ok! When you said, "Crichton actually wrong a book called ER.." I thought you were saying I was wrong about a book called ER!

Now I get you probably meant to write, "Crichton actually wrote a book called ER..." But I guess it's all moot anyway, since you couldn't come up with it on a search!

Also, I don't really see Kellerman's books as gorey or gruesome. I guess when I read Alaskagal's original post, I was thinking more along the line of the slasher/Friday the Thirteenth/Nightmare on Elm Street type of garbage! I guess it's all in the eye of the beholder. I don't like bloody/gorey/graphic books either. But I do like intense, and ones that keep you on your toes and make you think (like trying to figure it out before the author tells you!).

Seamonkey

Sunday, June 09, 2002 - 11:39 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Yes that was one of those awful typos..

Nope.. nothing on search..

Kellerman.. well some of the Kellerman scenarios can be pretty macabre, but yes!! I enjoy them and they are usually intense. But as a bridge from Danielle Steele, not sure.

It was fun reviewing Crichton's titles even tho I could not find the elusive (and undoubtedly imaginary) er book :) He really does write with great variety.

Alaskagal

Friday, June 14, 2002 - 02:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks Everyone, I am going to look for some new books, I'll let you know what I think

Snee

Monday, July 29, 2002 - 11:08 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
rosamunde pilcher has written some lovely books.

Honey51

Tuesday, July 30, 2002 - 06:22 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Janet Evonovich's series about a female bounty hunter named "Stephanie Plum" are "laugh out loud" funny. I don't find them gory, but there is mystery involved.

Lauword

Tuesday, July 30, 2002 - 06:55 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Try Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series. Its my absolute FAV. Its kind of long and complicated but most definitely worth the read! If you like Nora, you may also want to try Stephanie Laurens, Julie Garwood, Jayne Ann Krentz or if you like historicals try Theresa Mederios(sp).

Fflur

Friday, August 02, 2002 - 06:45 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I was wondering if anyone here has read any of Ann Rule's books? Ive seen her a couple of times on 48 hours and they look interesting, they are true crime books...something a little different for me.

Kstme

Friday, August 02, 2002 - 08:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Fflur...YES! I have read "almost" every one of her books! Being from the Pacific Northwest, I remember the days of Ted Bundy a little too well.
When her book "A Stranger Beside Me" came out, it flew off the shelves. She does an excellent job of really getting "into" the crime. I do find that sometimes she will repeat things until you think, "WHY is she is saying this again?" But it all makes sense in the end! She NEEDS you to understand...her books are about REAL (although there is one fiction out)people and events.

I do recommend her highly, but keep a good snuggly close by! Her website is www.annrules.com