Title speaks for itself. I have a wide variety of interests, so please tell me a title and why you liked it.

Thanks!

anything by Patricia Cornwell. She writes murder mystery w/ the main character being M.E. Kay Scarpetta

just about anything by James Patterson


(love this series---it is funny)Janet Evanovich--Stephanie Plum series

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Mental that one, I'm telling you. ---Ron Weasley, "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. Definitely the best book I've ever read. It's quite lengthy and I loved every page. I was sorry when I was done reading it. I just wanted it to go on and on and on.

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Manhattan Hunt Club by John Saul
Wierd and disturbing

Jeaneatte Walls wrote two memoirs The Glass Castle and Half Broke Horses. They are superbly written and give an insight into the crazy life she lived when growing up. Read The Glass Castle first then Half Broke Horses.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading both although I kept asking myself "who would raise their kids this way?"

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The political system is broke and it's a joke.

The Genesis Code, by John Case. I loved it because it made me wonder if perhaps it could happen. After I read the last page, I was absolutely dying to have someone to discuss it with. The DaVinci Code is vaguely similar, though the Genesis Code came out first.

I've just started the Millenium Trilogy - The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest - by Steig Larsson. They're supposed to be really good, but truly, I've JUST started it, so can't give an opinion yet.

I finished Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks earlier this week. While if it was written by someone else, I would have probably enjoyed it, I really didn't because it wasn't was I expected from Nicholas Sparks. Plus, I live near Southport, where the book is based, and he took too much "creative license" with my town and it made me a little prejudice, I guess.

If you're into Christian Fiction, I love most of the "Amish" type books.

Oh yeah, and I just read "Alone - Orphaned at Sea" about the girl who was the sole survivor of a murder aboard a sailboat in 1961. Her entire family was murdered by the sailboat captain. It was "okay".

I agree! I am a huge Patricia Cornwell fan. I have every single book in the Scarpetta series.

If you like Patricia Cornwell check out Tess Gerritsen. She writes the Rizoli and Isles series which is very similar to the Scarpetta series.

She actually had a TV series that spun off from her books called Rizoli and Isles. The series just ened for the season but I am sure you can watch them on re run on TNT I believe.

Thanks so much. I just got a Kindle and will be traveling a lot the next few months, so I need some good reading material.

It took me a long time to appreciate Patricia Cornwell. I'm not a big fan of first person writing, but I got over it

I just finished the 'Outlander' series by Diana Gabaldon. It was a series of books that defies categorization -- part historical fiction, part sci-fi, part mystery, part love story. It's about a time traveling nurse who meets and marries the love of her life in 18th century Scotland. Oh -- she's already married in the 20th century, but she's kind of forced into the marriage to the 18th century guy. The series moves from Scotland to France to England and then to the New World. At one point, she returns to the 20th century and studies to become a surgeon. Then when she goes back to the 18th century, she cultures penicillin from mold and cooks ether.

I'd highly recommend this series to anyone who:

a. Likes historical fiction
b. Likes anything with a medical slant
c. Likes love stories (Warning: Sex scenes are graphic, but often hilarious)
d. Likes strong female characters

The last of seven books was written in 2009, so I hope she'll have a new one out in the next couple years. This series is, hands down, one of the best I've ever read.

One Second After by William R. Forstchen

A real eye opener!
This book has been cited on the floor of Congress as a book all Americans should read. There has never been a weapon in history that was built/developed and never used. Do you know what an EMP is and how easily it could be used to cripple America?

The book starts on the afternoon of the first day described in the book's narration. The phones suddenly go dead along with all the electrical appliances. Cars, Computers, Anything electrical (even backup generators) across the entire nation suddenly don't work. Just a second before, everything worked; but now, just one second after, nothing seems to work.
Within hours it becomes clear that this is no ordinary power outage, and that the power may be off for a very long time. No radio, No TV, No food deliveries to grocery stores, no trucks delivering medical supplies to local pharmacies, etc. You see where this leads.

The main character and his family are thrown into this situation and struggle to overcome the odds stacked against them because we've been conditioned to live in an "on demand" modern existence, taking so many things for granted.

It's scary just how a disaster of this magnitude could happen.


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Then Jesus said, "Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest." Matthew 11:28

OH my gosh, I totally agree! I read this book recently, and for whatever reason forgot about it when I was compiling my list. This is another one that scared the heck out of me for the thought of "wow..this really could happen!".

Add this one to your list...it's a winner but, unfortunately, will keep you up all night both to read it, and worry about it once the book is done!

xhausted and MariahB = thank you for the recommendation of One Second After. Wow! Eye-opening indeed. And discomforting (I'm pretty sure I'd be done for in a week, ugh).

Thank you all.

I'm reading "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen right now. It's really good.

Lisa

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The Help by Kathryn Stockett - I fell in love with the characters - Fantastic read!

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson - This is the first in a series of three. I am on the wait list for the second book

Any of the Janet Evanovich books -- her Stephanie Plum series is a very easy read but she is one of the few authors that literally make me laugh out loud while reading.

I adore Dean Koontz - horror books but fantastic!

Duma Key by Stephen Key. I read this book years ago but it was an awesome read.

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