calscotsgran Posted May 31, 2009 #601 Share Posted May 31, 2009 I can highly recommend James Pattersons' Alex Cross murder mysteries -you'll find you just can't put them down. Other books you can't put down are all from Dan Brown - just finished Deception Point - that's a pretty thick novel which should last you...lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFParrtHd Posted June 5, 2009 #602 Share Posted June 5, 2009 Just finished Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah. It was a very good book about friendship and I enjoyed traveling back to the 70's & 80's. Next up is Lucia, Lucia by Adriana Trigiani. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olemissreb Posted June 6, 2009 #603 Share Posted June 6, 2009 I haven't read the entire post, but the series I've gotten into is the Stephanie Plum "Numbers" series by Janet Evanovich. I started with "One for the Money" around the 4th of July last year and I finished reading all 14 books in the series within 2 weeks! These are easy reads and the antics of Stephanie Plum and Grandma Masur will have you laughing so hard you will cry. People around the pool may look at you funny, but it is so entirely worth it. I'm counting down the days until book 15 comes out on June 26th. I'll have it read long before our April cruise, but I can't wait for it to come out in paperback! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFParrtHd Posted June 6, 2009 #604 Share Posted June 6, 2009 I haven't read the entire post, but the series I've gotten into is the Stephanie Plum "Numbers" series by Janet Evanovich. I started with "One for the Money" around the 4th of July last year and I finished reading all 14 books in the series within 2 weeks! These are easy reads and the antics of Stephanie Plum and Grandma Masur will have you laughing so hard you will cry. People around the pool may look at you funny, but it is so entirely worth it. I'm counting down the days until book 15 comes out on June 26th. I'll have it read long before our April cruise, but I can't wait for it to come out in paperback! One of my favorite series. Question: Joe or Ranger? ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olemissreb Posted June 6, 2009 #605 Share Posted June 6, 2009 One of my favorite series. Question: Joe or Ranger? ;) I love the dynamic between Joe & Stephanie, but Ranger is sooooooooooooooooo HOT! I could leave DH for a Ranger! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFParrtHd Posted June 6, 2009 #606 Share Posted June 6, 2009 I love the dynamic between Joe & Stephanie, but Ranger is sooooooooooooooooo HOT! I could leave DH for a Ranger! :D I am with you there :D:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxH Posted June 7, 2009 #607 Share Posted June 7, 2009 Forgive me if this has already been mentioned, but I love reading Michener or Rutherford about a place to which I'm traveling. Both write amazing historical fiction that really gives you a feel for a place and its history. For example, we read Michener's Hawaii and Alaska before and during our cruises there, respectively. While they don't cover every destination, now that I've found that Michener's only novel set in French Polynesia really isn't about the history of the place, I've decided that I might just decide to pick one of his historical pieces at random on our next cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firedisney97 Posted June 7, 2009 #608 Share Posted June 7, 2009 One of my favorite series. Question: Joe or Ranger? ;) I can't choose, can I just alternate weeks; 1 with Joe and 1 with Ranger? :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olemissreb Posted June 7, 2009 #609 Share Posted June 7, 2009 I can't choose, can I just alternate weeks; 1 with Joe and 1 with Ranger? :D This could be doable!!! Although with their libidos you may want to build in a week of rest - 1 week of Joe, 1 week with Ranger and 1 week of rest! :D:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphakitty Posted June 7, 2009 #610 Share Posted June 7, 2009 I can't choose, can I just alternate weeks; 1 with Joe and 1 with Ranger? :D LOL Another Stephanie Plum fan here. I think this is the best answer and seems to me that is what Stephanie thinks too! :) Grandma Mazur is the best character ever! LOL I know what you mean about laughing at the pool. Just FYI....Evanovich also writes books "between the numbers" of the Stephanie Plum series...Plum Lovin, Plum Spooky, Plum Lucky are a few of the titles. I also enjoy reading Jennifer Weiner's books....Good in Bed, In Her Shoes (made into a move), Little Earthquakes, and right now I'm reading Certain Girls. You might also check out Carl Hiaasen. He has a similar style of writing and I enjoy his books. I especially liked Skinny Dip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olemissreb Posted June 7, 2009 #611 Share Posted June 7, 2009 LOL Another Stephanie Plum fan here. I think this is the best answer and seems to me that is what Stephanie thinks too! :) Grandma Mazur is the best character ever! LOL I know what you mean about laughing at the pool. Just FYI....Evanovich also writes books "between the numbers" of the Stephanie Plum series...Plum Lovin, Plum Spooky, Plum Lucky are a few of the titles. I also enjoy reading Jennifer Weiner's books....Good in Bed, In Her Shoes (made into a move), Little Earthquakes, and right now I'm reading Certain Girls. You might also check out Carl Hiaasen. He has a similar style of writing and I enjoy his books. I especially liked Skinny Dip. between the numbers books. They just don't have the same feel as the numbers series - I guess because no Joe and Ranger! I have read In Her Shoes and that was good. Guess I could try the others. I have read a couple of Carl Hiaasen's books and I have liked those. Still nothing compares to Grandma Mazur!! :D:D I can't even imagine who would play her if a Stephanie Plum movie were ever made! I do know that I would have to wear Depends to see that movie though - and I'm only 46!!!:eek::D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olemissreb Posted June 7, 2009 #612 Share Posted June 7, 2009 Stephanie Plum fans - Finger Lickin' Fifteen comes out on June 23rd - not June 26th like I posted! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFParrtHd Posted June 7, 2009 #613 Share Posted June 7, 2009 (edited) between the numbers books. They just don't have the same feel as the numbers series - I guess because no Joe and Ranger! I have read In Her Shoes and that was good. Guess I could try the others. I have read a couple of Carl Hiaasen's books and I have liked those. Still nothing compares to Grandma Mazur!! :D:D I can't even imagine who would play her if a Stephanie Plum movie were ever made! I do know that I would have to wear Depends to see that movie though - and I'm only 46!!!:eek::D Personally, I hope they never make this series into a movie, TV or otherwise. I think it would just ruin it for me. Same goes for the Sue Graffton ABC series. I love Carl Hiaasen's books. I just ordered a book by Bob Morris who is supposed to write along the same lines. I'll let you know. Edited June 7, 2009 by SFParrtHd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFParrtHd Posted June 7, 2009 #614 Share Posted June 7, 2009 Just finished Adriana Trigiani's Lucia, Lucia. Good book set in NY about a Italian girl - brought back memories of my neighborhood :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmy1958 Posted June 8, 2009 #615 Share Posted June 8, 2009 Most Nelson DeMille books are can't-put-it-down page turners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShyGuy215 Posted June 12, 2009 #616 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Hello: I read Paul Levine's Solomon vs. Lord recently and loved it. It would be the perfect cruise book because it is easy to read, entertaining, witty, etc. Solomon is a male attorney; Lord a female. They begin the book as adversaries, but Lord gets fired for being held in contempt, egged on by Solomon, of course. They end up taking a case together as a "one time thing." There are a cast of funny characters such as Solomon's nephew whom he rescued from his hippy sister, Lord's vegan avacado farmer fiance, etc. Completely entertaining. I plan to bring the second in the series, "Deep Blue Alibi" on our cruise next month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFParrtHd Posted June 15, 2009 #617 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Thanks for the recommendation of Solomon vs Lord, like getting in on the 1st of a series. Am currently reading JD Robb's (aka Nora Roberts) Salvation in Death. I love this series and have read several on cruises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creepella Posted June 16, 2009 #618 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Currently, I can't get enough Victoria Laurie (paranormal mysteries). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllinoisAuthor Posted June 16, 2009 #619 Share Posted June 16, 2009 (edited) Currently, I can't get enough Victoria Laurie (paranormal mysteries). Have you read/do you like Charlaine Harris's two paranormal mystery series--Southern Vampire Mysteries and Harper Connelly Mysteries? They're among my favorite of that subgenre. Denise Swanson author of the Scumble River Mystery Series Edited June 16, 2009 by IllinoisAuthor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruising to paradise Posted June 17, 2009 #620 Share Posted June 17, 2009 The Tea rose and The Winter Rose by Jennifer Donnelly are both excellent and hard to put down,also the historical fiction books by Philippa Gregory.I've read 4 of them so far this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFParrtHd Posted June 17, 2009 #621 Share Posted June 17, 2009 The Tea rose and The Winter Rose by Jennifer Donnelly are both excellent and hard to put down,also the historical fiction books by Philippa Gregory.I've read 4 of them so far this year. Just got The Tea Rose on paperbackswap - looking forward to reading it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creepella Posted June 17, 2009 #622 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Have you read/do you like Charlaine Harris's two paranormal mystery series--Southern Vampire Mysteries and Harper Connelly Mysteries? They're among my favorite of that subgenre. Denise Swanson author of the Scumble River Mystery Series I read everything by Charlaine Harris. Even her one-offs. She's a wonderful writer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllinoisAuthor Posted June 17, 2009 #623 Share Posted June 17, 2009 I read everything by Charlaine Harris. Even her one-offs. She's a wonderful writer. Charlaine is an amazing writer. To be able to write four series that are so different from one another is an awesome talent. By the way, I was in an anthology with Victoria Laurie a few years back called Drop Dead Blonde. I believe her novella in that anthology was the first of her psychic eye mysteries. My novella was called Dead Blondes Tell No Tales and Victoria's was called Blind Sighted. Denise Swanson author of the Scumble River Mystery Series Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magandab Posted June 20, 2009 #624 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Anyone read anything by C. J. Box, the Joe Pickett series? Central character is a Wyoming game warden. There was a review of the most recent book in the series, Below Zero, in our paper and it sounded intriguing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllinoisAuthor Posted June 20, 2009 #625 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Anyone read anything by C. J. Box, the Joe Pickett series? Central character is a Wyoming game warden. There was a review of the most recent book in the series, Below Zero, in our paper and it sounded intriguing. I've read one or two. My dad liked them. I like a bit more humor and romance in the mysteries I read. Denise Swanson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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