Nerd Alert:
I love reading... to the point where when I lived at home and my parents wanted to punish me they would threaten to take all of my books away.. they couldn't send me to my room as a punishment because I had all of my books there and would be happy to have uninterrupted reading time. Last spring and this winter/spring I had to ground myself from "for-fun" books and the library so that I would be forced to study on the metro instead of reading books. If I had a book I would for sure choose to read that instead of studying.
Anywho, I finally got back to the library this weekend after finally catching up on all of my magazines and other books that had been on hold while I was studying. I started reading again on Monday and am already halfway through my second book since then. I forgot how much I love just reading for fun...
So.. since I have ended my break with the library, what are your favorite books/authors? Any must-reads?
Got a bag of books at Grandma's last weekend - even some new Love Inspired - apparently a friend of her's gets them.
Something to look forward to getting.
I would be grounded from books, too!! I wouldn't care if I would get sent to my room because I would just read!! Haha so lame!
And lately I've been on a huge James Patterson kick. And I also love anything by Jodi Picoult. :)
Some I've enjoyed lately (I guess there is a pie trend :)! ):
Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
omg!!! when i was younger that was how my parents punished me! they took my books away!! so crazy!
I'm a major bookworm too! I love Philipa Gregory books- right now I'm reading "The Constant Princess" and I love it. I also really liked "Midwives" by Chris Bohjalian and "American Wife" by Curtis Sittenfeld.
I don't know if you like historical fiction, but I'm a huge fan of Margaret George. Her books can be long, but they are hard to put down!
ps: My parents did the same thing - punishment was taking away my books!
I second the Philippa Gregory books - they are great! ("Constant Princess", "Other Boleyn Girl", "The Other Queen"). I'm about to start one your Mom gave me too, I can pass it along when I'm finished.
Some recent favs of mine:
Outlander series (really long, I've read the first 5 - but great reads!)
"Abundance" - about Marie Antoinette's life
"Water for Elephants"
"Mistress of the Sun"
anything by Elin Hilderbrand - all great beach reads set in Nantucket
"The Help"
Can ya tell I'm a librarian?!
and...
"From Fields of Gold"
"Charleston" (both by Alexandra Ripley, who also wrote "Scarlett")
"The Captain's Wife" - read this on our honeymoon, it's a true story about a captain's wife who becomes the ship's captain when her husband gets sick
"The Shack" - very original view on God and faith
"The Widow's War" - set in colonial Cape Cod
Ok - now I promise I'm done! let me know which ones you read! :)
I am LOLing because I could have written that first paragraph word for word.
I'm really enjoying The Poisonwood Bible right now. I've also recently read a lot of books by Anita Shreve and really enjoy how she writes!
I have been surrounded by books since childhood! I've been reading a lot of mysteries lately but I just got Christopher Moore's latest, Bite Me. If you like funny, crazy books with lots of heart, you'll love Moore.