TravelSmarty Posted January 19, 2010 #726 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Since looking at old ruins, churches, and other landmarks sometimes makes my eyes glaze over, I do some literary sleuthing beforehand to make those visits interesting. When I get each site, I pull out the related passages. For example, a snippet from Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre-Dame helped me imagine the cathedral's bell tower through the eyes of Quasimodo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kakalina Posted January 23, 2010 #727 Share Posted January 23, 2010 An Echo In The Bone, Diana Gabaldon's newest in the Outlander series is wonderful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow 1 Posted January 23, 2010 #728 Share Posted January 23, 2010 I love this thread and just downloaded Solomon vs. Lord for my Kindle based on reviews from this board. I love courtroom drama books. I am also going to read The Cartel, as suggested from this thread. Some books I would like to suggest: Stupid & Contagious, Caprice Crane - This was a cute and funny book. Some laugh out loud moments. But Enough about Me, Jancee Dunn - funny memoir/biography, Jancee grew up in the 80s and was obsessed with music. She gets a job with Rolling Stone magazine and starts meeting and interviewing rock idols. Some very funny moments in this book. The books by Janet Evanovich - as mentioned in several other posts, very funny! A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseni The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseni Pillars of The Earth, Ken Follet - Excellent book, over 1000 pages though but a great read. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Lisa See - set in 19th century China, an excellent book. Push Not the River, James Conroyd Martin - 18th century Poland, historical romance based on a true story. The Other Boleyn Girl - Phillipa Gregory The Red Tent, Anita Diament Pope Joan, Donna Cross Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen - I really liked this book but my daughter just couldn't get into it. Some books are like that. I had trouble with The Time Traveler's Wife which so many people just loved. I may try to read it again someday. All Michael Connelly's books. I have read them all. That is enough for now! I love to read and enjoy seeing what other people suggest! Happy cruising! Barb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFParrtHd Posted January 24, 2010 #729 Share Posted January 24, 2010 I love this thread and just downloaded Solomon vs. Lord for my Kindle based on reviews from this board. I love courtroom drama books. I am also going to read The Cartel, as suggested from this thread. Some books I would like to suggest: Stupid & Contagious, Caprice Crane - This was a cute and funny book. Some laugh out loud moments. But Enough about Me, Jancee Dunn - funny memoir/biography, Jancee grew up in the 80s and was obsessed with music. She gets a job with Rolling Stone magazine and starts meeting and interviewing rock idols. Some very funny moments in this book. The books by Janet Evanovich - as mentioned in several other posts, very funny! A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseni The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseni Pillars of The Earth, Ken Follet - Excellent book, over 1000 pages though but a great read. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Lisa See - set in 19th century China, an excellent book. Push Not the River, James Conroyd Martin - 18th century Poland, historical romance based on a true story. The Other Boleyn Girl - Phillipa Gregory The Red Tent, Anita Diament Pope Joan, Donna Cross Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen - I really liked this book but my daughter just couldn't get into it. Some books are like that. I had trouble with The Time Traveler's Wife which so many people just loved. I may try to read it again someday. All Michael Connelly's books. I have read them all. That is enough for now! I love to read and enjoy seeing what other people suggest! Happy cruising! Barb Barb, I have gotten some good suggestions here also. I loved Solomon vs Lord and have a few of the next books in the series in my TBR box. I love my Kindle so it's hard getting to the "real" books ;) If you liked Lisa See, her Shanghai Girls was really good. I also can't help but recommend The Help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow 1 Posted January 25, 2010 #730 Share Posted January 25, 2010 Barb, I have gotten some good suggestions here also. I loved Solomon vs Lord and have a few of the next books in the series in my TBR box. I love my Kindle so it's hard getting to the "real" books ;) If you liked Lisa See, her Shanghai Girls was really good. I also can't help but recommend The Help. Oh yes, I did see the Shanghai Girls recommended. That is on my read list as well! I will check out The Help also! Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arunkumarrr Posted January 27, 2010 #731 Share Posted January 27, 2010 Lord of flies book is a very good book.. I like that book very much.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFParrtHd Posted March 6, 2010 #732 Share Posted March 6, 2010 I just read Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet and Saving CeeCee Honeycutt. Both were very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gone_Again Posted March 11, 2010 #733 Share Posted March 11, 2010 Slumdog Millionaire, one of the best books I've ever read. If you've seen the movie, don't worry, the book is quite a bit different and 100 times better! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magandab Posted March 26, 2010 #734 Share Posted March 26, 2010 I just read The Guernsey Literary and Potatoe Peel Pie Society and loved it. Our cruise in August stops at Guernsey, in fact the book lit a fire under my mom to go there. Very expensve book! :D I also read The Help which was excellent. Slice of American life, Mississippi in 1962. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magandab Posted March 26, 2010 #735 Share Posted March 26, 2010 A note for those of us who would love, but can't justify a Kindle just now. There are free downloads on the Amazon site, Kindle for PC an Kindle for for MAC. I downloaded it to my netbook, which I take traveling anyway. Worked like a charm. Same books available, and very fast download. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cctn Posted March 27, 2010 #736 Share Posted March 27, 2010 A note for those of us who would love, but can't justify a Kindle just now. There are free downloads on the Amazon site, Kindle for PC an Kindle for for MAC. I downloaded it to my netbook, which I take traveling anyway. Worked like a charm. Same books available, and very fast download. Amy: What a coincidence! I just found this thread and saw your name - you just posted on the CA thread just now -!! so glad for that! I have the Guernsey Lit book and will start it soon - highly rated. see you on the CA thread!! carol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geraldo05 Posted March 27, 2010 #737 Share Posted March 27, 2010 Here's some unusual choices that I either have or will read: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robvan Posted March 28, 2010 #738 Share Posted March 28, 2010 I just finished a great book by Kristin Hannah, Winter Garden. A great mother/daugher relationship book. Best I have read in awhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cctn Posted March 28, 2010 #739 Share Posted March 28, 2010 I just started reading the Miss Julia series - by Ann B Ross - really cute stories of a widowed southern lady... there are 11 books in the series and so far, I have read 3. carol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFParrtHd Posted March 28, 2010 #740 Share Posted March 28, 2010 I just finished a great book by Kristin Hannah, Winter Garden. A great mother/daugher relationship book. Best I have read in awhile. Firefly Lane by her was very good, if you haven't read it already :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madge57 Posted March 30, 2010 #741 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Try "Under The Dome" by Stephen King!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meredisney Posted March 30, 2010 #742 Share Posted March 30, 2010 (edited) Skinny Dip..........Re wife thrown overboard by her husband on a Cruise Ship seeks revenge after surviving the swim back to shore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I VOTE FOR SKINNY DIP!!!!! Perfect for cruise reading, plus I love the author! Also "Don't Cry For Me Hot Pastrami" a cute mystery that takes place on a Caribbean cruise. Edited March 30, 2010 by Meredisney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robvan Posted March 31, 2010 #743 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Firefly Lane by her was very good, if you haven't read it already :) Read that and all her books. She is very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LynnAB Posted April 17, 2010 #744 Share Posted April 17, 2010 Cruise Confidential by Brian David Burns is a very interesting read for anyone who cruises. It was written by an American who signed up to work on a cruise ship and his tales about it. It will enlighten you on what goes on that you don't know about and will make you realize that the crew work even harder than we could imagine. It made me even more appreciative of the crew. I have read so many mixed reviewes on Cruise Confidential, but I really enjoyed it. I felt like I was there and experiencing Brian's behind the scenes antics, which I liked. It's fun to live vicariously sometimes <g>. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
05mak05 Posted April 18, 2010 #745 Share Posted April 18, 2010 I thought "Cruise Confidential" was a page turner. While I knew the crew worked horrendous hours, I did not realize just how difficult it was. I also loved "The Help," "Shanghai Girls," "Pillars of the Earth," "World Without End," "The Art of Racing in the Rain," "River God." Are there any other books written by crew members worth the read? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Zoey1 Posted April 26, 2010 #746 Share Posted April 26, 2010 Wow...how fun...I just found this thread...will have to go back and find some that I haven't read (ie the Janet Evanovich books) some of my favorite reads were The Help Firefly lane The Red Tent by Anita Diamant Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls The art of racing in the rain Sarah's key Not my daughter by Barbara Delinsky Shattered dreams by Irene Spencer My husband just bought me a nook..he LOVES his..I am still not sure if I miss my "actual" books or not, yet I just came back from a trip and it was great having the nook for it. When I finish the book I am reading, I am thinking of trying a soft place to land hopefully finishing up in time to get into The pillars of the earth before my 5/29 Oasis cruise!! What else are y'all reading?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bookish Angel Posted April 26, 2010 #747 Share Posted April 26, 2010 Just finished this eclectic, very literate non-fiction book by Michael Perry. He's a volunteer firefighter and EMT as well as a writer in a small Wisconsin town. Funny, sad, philosophical - it was wonderful. Another good book I recently read was "The Handbook for Lightning Strike Survivors" by Michelle Young-Stone. It's a fictional, quirky story but the author was actually struck by lightning some years back and I can see where the experience influenced the writing. Quite good. A bit off topic, but a good way to acquire books at no cost is to set up a book swap shelf in your workplace. I did so a few months back and it has been very successful and I have put close to 50 books on the shelves and have taken some good ones. I work for public radio so the selection is VERY diverse and in a few languages! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILoveScotland Posted May 23, 2010 #748 Share Posted May 23, 2010 Just finished The Book of Ebenezer Le Page by G.B. Edwards. This book was written in the 1970s but not published until after Edwards' death. It is a fictional memoir of the title character and spans some 70 or more years of life on the Channel Island of Guernsey and is one of the most fascinating books I've read in a very long time. It takes a little while to get used to the grammar and ways Le Page "speaks," but it's worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oulaLuLu Posted May 27, 2010 #749 Share Posted May 27, 2010 If you can appreciate satire, irony and being able to laugh at oneself then Will Ferguson's "Happiness: A Novel" is wonderful. I didn't know anything about the book but happened to be at an author's reading a few years back and couldn't resist giving it a chance. What an unexpected surprise! And it came at a time when I really needed a good laugh ... Ah, I see he has a book about traveling through Japan, "Hitching a Ride with Buddha" that I am promptly ordering from my paperback swap. Gabriel Garcia ***** is my favorite, but without a kindle I leave the books with bulk at home ; -). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ybehome Posted May 28, 2010 #750 Share Posted May 28, 2010 What a great thread. I have some new ideas, although I have read nearly everything posted. I just got my nook and am making the transition easily although I was a bit worried. Some of my favorites Non-Fiction Three Cups of Tea, Stones into Schools, Greg Mortenson- non-fiction about building schools for girls in Afghanistan Bill Bryson- Travel writer Historical fiction Michael and Jeff Shaara Mystery Everyone listed above Hope you all keep adding as I love new ideas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Please sign in to comment
You will be able to leave a comment after signing in
Sign In Now