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Seamonkey

Friday, August 02, 2002 - 09:52 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ann Rule is great.. I've read quite a few of her books and have one on the pile.. in fact it may be the one I read next since I'll be hauling stuff in a backpack for a week while I go to see a tennis tournament.. and I always have to have a book.. and the one I have is paperback, so, portable.

Fflur

Saturday, August 03, 2002 - 11:42 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Kstme and Seamonkey, thank you both for the great recommendations. Im going to give her a try! I have to read something until the new Harry Potter comes out . Ive read all of the James Patterson's and I was looking for something new.

Seamonkey

Saturday, August 03, 2002 - 07:18 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I just started an Ann Rule paperback today: "The End of the Dream: The Golden Boy Who Never Grew Up and other true cases.. Ann Rules Crime Files: Vol 8" .. only 32 pages in but alread6y engaged..

This one says it was profiled on 48 hours.

Hope you find her enjoyable, cuz if you do, there are plenty more that she's written.

Maesin

Wednesday, August 07, 2002 - 01:11 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Seamonkey, that is one of my favs! I, too, have read almost everything Rule has written. When someone asks what she is like, that is the book I give to them. Hope you enjoy!

Fflur, since you are a Patterson fan, could you please tell me what book was the first appearance of Christine? I am on my fourth or fifth Patterson, and while I like him, I am having trouble reading so many in a row. Same writting style book after book wears me down. I do like them though, so maybe I just need a little break. Have you read 2nd Chance yet?

Seamonkey

Monday, August 12, 2002 - 04:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I finished the Ann Rule book.. good one indeed!

Maesin

Saturday, August 17, 2002 - 02:52 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Glad to know you liked it Seamonkey!

Bigd

Wednesday, August 28, 2002 - 08:29 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Alaskagal - it sounds like we have similar taste in books. I like "easy reading" have you tried Judith McNaught? They're great!

Jo_5329

Saturday, September 07, 2002 - 08:32 am EditMoveDeleteIP
If you like Nora Roberts books, have you tried her "In Death" books written as J.D. Robb?

Also, Leslie Glass has some great mysteries, as well as Lisa Gardner and Lisa Jackson.

Jo

Rolandcat

Sunday, September 08, 2002 - 11:57 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Whoami,
I am a big Clive Cussler fan.

Also John Sanford-Prey series Eyes of Prey, Night Prey, Birds of Prey..... xxx of PRey
Nelson DeMille-Charm School, Gold Coast, Plum Island
David Baldacci- kinda like john Grisham

Emerald

Tuesday, September 10, 2002 - 07:20 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Jo_5329 - The JD Robb books are right up there with my all time favorite! Can't wait for a new one to come out!

Rolandcat - You've also listed many of my favorites! Right now I'm reading the new Cussler "Fire Ice" (very good). In this same genre is Jeffrey Deaver, his books are great and similar in tone to Sanford. Also really good is Stuart Woods.

Rolandcat

Tuesday, September 10, 2002 - 08:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Emerald,
Thanks I need some new authors for new blood. Have not started the new Cussler.

This thread is great!

Romans8_1

Friday, September 27, 2002 - 11:03 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I would second Micheal Crighton, most of his stuff is pretty good

I would also suggest ...
1) Ayn Rand - really makes you think, and has some great ideas
2) Max Lucado - expresses spritual things in a wonderful way.
3) Frank Herbert - if you want to get into Sci-Fi with great themes that affect us all.
4) J.R. Tolken "Lord of the Rings" is a wonderful series is you are looking to expand your reading with something being reintroduced in the movies.

just my 2 cents.

Halfunit

Thursday, November 07, 2002 - 01:48 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
If you enjoy Ann Rule, try Jack Olsen. He is my favorite for true crime.

Zachsmom

Thursday, November 07, 2002 - 05:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I LOVE Jack Olsen Books!!! Ann Rule is great too!

I just finished Patricia Cornwells Isle of the Dogs Patricia is one of my all time favorite authors..but I really was disappointed in this book!

I love Nora Roberts/J.D.Robb! She's awesome!

Johnathan Kellerman is another great author..I am reading his Flesh and Blood and I am enjoying it is far!

James Patterson is great too!

I can go on and on and on!!

I read everynight..I don't watch TV..except BB of course..and occasionally Friends if I want lighthearted comedy for a half hour..other than that..I read before I sleep..the neighbors must wonder why a 30+ year old needs to sleep with her light on ..LOL!!!!

Cyn

Sunday, December 08, 2002 - 09:18 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ben Okri – The Famished Road

Won the coveted Booker Prize a few years ago. If you enjoyed "One Hundred Years of Solitude," you will salivate over these words. There is literally not a boring sentence in the entire novel. This is a classic that has surfaced in our Lifetime. I highly recommend it.

I just deleted the two paragraph synopsis of the book, because this is one of those that is about so much more than the storyline. Do your self the pleasure, if you haven't read this yet. It's a big book and perfect for winter daydreams.

I'll just say it's about a Family who tries to keep their child, while the child tries to negotiate staying on Earth with the intelligent beings and the nature spirits.

Seamonkey

Sunday, December 08, 2002 - 09:45 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Sounds wonderful.. just added it to my wishlist!!

Allietex

Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 08:39 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Try Dick Francis. He writes about everyday people with a good mystery involved and some romance. A little graphic violence but done "tastefully" if that is not a misnomer. His heros are very understated and there is usually a lot of humor. They are an easy read and you do not need a chart to keep up with the characters like in a Ludlum novel. Of course I love Ludlum novels.