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jksd posted: I am searching for a really good book to take along camping this next weekend. I am almost done with The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet which I have really enjoyed and would recommend to others. So….everyone….do you have recommendation for me?
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judy5ca responded: The Arrivals–I’m reading this right now. Contemporary story of adult children who return to their parents’ home. I’m enjoying it. Maisie Dobbs–I’m listening to this series (8 so far) about a sleuth/psychologist set just after WWI in Britain. I love Maisie Dobbs!
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Rich/CA says: It’s been a few years since I read them, but some of you might like the Cairo Trilogy by Naguib Mahfouz. They are 1) Palace Walk, 2) Palace of Desire, & 3) Sugar Street. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988. They follow an Egyptian family through the political and social upheavals in Egypt from 1917 through 1944. It is a fascinating look into a time and a culture I knew nothing about, while being very interesting and entertaining story-telling of the highest order. IMO it was a very well deserved Nobel Prize. In my experience it is rare to find books like these that combine seriousness with such high interest and entertainment values.Other oldies but goodies would be Cancer Ward and First Circle by Alexander Solzhenitsyn.
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jme said: Last week on my beach vacation I enjoyed Star Island (Carl Haisson). This week for my staycation I’m enjoying Smoking Seventeen (Janet Evanovich). Easy, entertaining summer reads, sort-of-mysteries.
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Kelly Z posted: I’m reading Maria Vargas Llosa’s The War of The End of The World. Isabel Allende’s The House of Spirits. Stephen Fry’s The Liar.
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Sp. said: My best reads so far this summer, The Habit of Being, a collection of Flannery O’Connor’s letters and Bernard Malamud’s short stories.
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Anon. poster said: “Before I go to Sleep”, by S. Watson. Could not put it down. Just started “Cutting for Stone” and I think it may even top that one.
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AM said:
A couple books I really enjoyed the last couple years were A Thousand Splendid Suns
http://www.khaledhosseini.com/hosseini-books-splendidsuns.html
Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv http://richardlouv.com/books/last-child/
This book was MUCH more enjoyable than expected and covered a much wider area than just children.
Kabul Beauty School by Debra Rodriguez http://x.co/YCwK
This book the difference impulsive people can make in the word. LOL Good book.
This looks like an interesting book about a teacher. I haven’t read it but I just added it to my list. http://x.co/YCwm
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mrsnoname posted: Excellent reads:
Winter Garden Kristin Hannah- Mother/ daughter story: daughters learn of the mother’s sad past in war torn Russia
Save Me Lisa Scottoline – A parent volunteers at school. Explosion in the cafeteria. Can save her daughter or the 2 children who had been taunting/bullying her
Moloka’i by Alan Bennet – Late 1800′s. Young Hwaiian girl seperated from family and sent to live in a leper colony. Fascinating. Not depressing or “gross” at all
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aggie 1 r shared this: I’ve just finished 2 wonderful books on my Kindle: Room by Emma Donoghue and The Diary of Mattie Spenser by Sandra Dallas. I couldn’t put either one down and reccommend them to everyone!
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1st posted: I loved The Cross and the Switchblade
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Unsigned suggests: Saving Cee Cee Honeycutt – Beth Hoffman
Twelve-year-old CeeCee Honeycutt is in trouble. For years, she has been the caretaker of her psychotic mother, Camille-the tiara-toting, lipstick-smeared laughingstock of an entire town- a woman trapped in her long-ago moment of glory as the 1951 Vidalia Onion Queen. But when Camille is hit by a truck and killed, CeeCee is left to fend for herself.
Remarkable Creatures – Tracy Chevalier
In the early nineteenth century, a windswept beach along the English coast brims with fossils for those with the eye! From the moment she’s struck by lightning as a baby, it is clear Mary Anning is marked for greatness. When she uncovers unknown dinosaur fossils in the cliffs near her home, she sets the scientific world alight, challenging ideas about the world’s creation and stimulating debate over our origins. In an arena dominated by men, however, Mary is soon reduced to a serving role, facing prejudice from the academic community, vicious gossip from neighbours, and the heartbreak of forbidden love.
The Art of Racing in the Rain – Garth Stein
Enzo knows he is different from other dogs: a philosopher with a nearly human soul (and an obsession with opposable thumbs), he has educated himself by watching television extensively, and by listening very closely to the words of his master…
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ap wrote: If you like dogs, I highly recommend “One Good Dog” by Susan Wilson
(mrsnoname added this comment about One Good Dog: I read this book and it is unforgettable. However, I always warn people that
dogfighting is described in all its horribleness.)
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Elaine/ret/IN offered these suggestions:
Powning: Sea Captain’s Wife–I loved the juxtaposition of the wealthy at-home life and the hardship-filled at-sea life of the main character.
Meachum: Roses–This is a soap opera. No redeeming value. Great story of romance and family entanglements of the South
Krauss: History of Love–I love how the plots interweave in this book.
Johnson: Air Between Us–This one is set in the time period of “The Help,” and I loved the twist in the ending.
Arnold: Girl in a Blue Dress–This is a fictional take-off on the wife of Charles Dickens. History. The marriage to a very strong personality.
Hiilderbrand: Castaways–just a good light read. Perfect for the beach. *** And there’s *MORE!* Last summer T-Netters shared 3 pages of book recommendations. Click here to access them!
