Serious overload
The Van Leeuwens
medieval England, Scotland, Wales, France etc. and l have got severe serious
historical overload!!! I don't know whether l am jaded by the amount that
l've read, the era, or the size of the books (can't get through them quick
enough!). Meanwhile l still am reading Sunne in Splendour, and have all
Barbara Erskine novels on my bookshelf (finally found Kingdom of Shadows -
YEAH!) but feel the need for some smaller 'present' time books!!!
My brain is craving book junkfood but l am at a loss of what to read! I've
been given Needful things by Stephen King, and some Mary Higgins Clark books
to help me through - do you think these will cure me? Anyone got any good
book ideas to help me through? I remember a while back someone saying that
they read romance books as a type of junkfood to get them through, but l
still cringe at the front covers and l can't bring myself to take them up to
the counter and borrow them! I'd appreciate your ideas/suggestions!
Sallyann
Rowan Mayfair
> I remember a while back someone saying that
> they read romance books as a type of junkfood to get them through, but l
> still cringe at the front covers and l can't bring myself to take them up to
> the counter and borrow them! I'd appreciate your ideas/suggestions!
Go to the nearest Barnes & Noble (or whatever) and buy "Chances" and its' sequel
"Lucky" by Jackie Collins. You can't get more junky than that. They are pure
trash, but wonderfully entertaining trash :) It'll be just the thing.
Oh ! Or get "Master of the Game" or "If Tomorrow Comes" by Sidney Sheldon
another good junkfood author who gives ya a bang for your buck (so to speak).
Patricia Cornwall (First Kay Scarpetta: PostMortem, I think)
Mary Higgins Clark (The Cradle Will Fall, Moonlight Becomes You)
Jonathan Kellerman (First Alex Delaware: When the Bough Breaks)
Faye Kellerman (First Peter Decker: The Ritual Bath. Her latest Moon Music was
very good and stands alone)
The last four are in the same type of genre and are entertaining easy reads.
If you want some romance novel suggestions let me know. (You can email me
direct if you prefer)
Happy Reading !!!!
--
Tanja "Yes I used to work in a bookstore" Cooper :)
Colleen Lill
The Van Leeuwens wrote:
> My brain is craving book junkfood but l am at a loss of what to read! I've
> been given Needful things by Stephen King, and some Mary Higgins Clark books
> to help me through - do you think these will cure me? Anyone got any good
> book ideas to help me through? I remember a while back someone saying that
> they read romance books as a type of junkfood to get them through, but l
> still cringe at the front covers and l can't bring myself to take them up to
> the counter and borrow them! I'd appreciate your ideas/suggestions!
If you want to get away from romance type books, I read a good mystery novel recently called Deja Dead by Kathy Reichs. It's
about a forensic medical examiner in Montreal who is trying to find a killer. Get's a bit gorry now and then, but I found
her writing style to be somewhat similar to DG's. Apparently there is another book by tthis author to be published this
spring.
Colleen
>
>
> Sallyann
--
I finally got my head together, but now
my body is falling apart.
Nicklshort
>but l am at a loss of what to read!
>Anyone got any good
>> book ideas to help me through? I
A good present day read , Sandra Brown's A Breath of Scandal. I found it to be
a good junkfood book that is still entertaining and I got well caught up in it.
Sister loved it too!!
Just my suggestion.....
Nancy
ze...@my-dejanews.com
I finished my first Sandra Brown book, "Charade" yesterday. It held my
attention and took my mind off my bad cold for a few hours. On a similiar
topic, my friend, Lynn, who convinced me to read Diana Gabaldon in the first
place (and I shall always love her for it!) emailed to say that she read "The
Light Bearer" by Donna Gillespie and she found it to be the best book she has
read since DG. I just wanted to pass that on and was also curious if anyone
else has read it.
-Zelaina (who is coughing loudly enough in Nova Scotia to probably be heard by
all of you!)
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valerie1
Hi,
I was the junk food book person. A fairly good romance writer without the
steamy covers is Nora Roberts. But be careful she writes in triologys. Her
Seaswept, Rising Tides, Inner Habor series was good. Some of her singles
Homeport, The Reef are good too. I'm reading River's End right now. If you
like mysteries with romance she writes a Death series under JD Robb. They
all involve the same basic few charaters so I'd recommend reading them in
order. Sometimes the later ones give away who did it in the earlier ones.
Happy Reading
Valerie
Denise Cotter
woman who wins the lottery then finds herself on the run. Very fun.
Paige
>
> Over the last couple of months my reading habit has taken me all over
> medieval England, Scotland, Wales, France etc. and l have got severe serious
> historical overload!!! I don't know whether l am jaded by the amount that
> l've read, the era, or the size of the books (can't get through them quick
> enough!). Meanwhile l still am reading Sunne in Splendour, and have all
> Barbara Erskine novels on my bookshelf (finally found Kingdom of Shadows -
> YEAH!) but feel the need for some smaller 'present' time books!!!
>
> been given Needful things by Stephen King, and some Mary Higgins Clark books
> to help me through - do you think these will cure me? Anyone got any good
> book ideas to help me through? I remember a while back someone saying that
> they read romance books as a type of junkfood to get them through, but l
> still cringe at the front covers and l can't bring myself to take them up to
> the counter and borrow them! I'd appreciate your ideas/suggestions!
>
Danielle Steel (sp?) has always cured my need for junk, she's all I take
on vaction 'cause I can whip through her books in less than a day! But
if you can't read romance...hmmm...if it's only the covers hers are
always pretty plain. Needful Things wasn't a bad book, if you like that
stuff. It got a little too gross for me at times.
--
Paige
GO LEAFS!!!
proud to be Outlandish
"when the guy who invented the drawing board got it wrong, what did he
go back to?"
Paige
If you like mystery, there's (oh, what's his name?) Andrew Greely (I
think) his boks are Irish Gold, Lace, and Whisky (three books, in
order).
Colleen Lill
valerie1 wrote:
> Hi,
> I was the junk food book person. A fairly good romance writer without the
> steamy covers is Nora Roberts. But be careful she writes in triologys. Her
> Seaswept, Rising Tides, Inner Habor series was good.
Hey - I read those books!! My mother put me onto them not long before she died last summer.Come to think of it, she put me
onto a lot of great books - DG's, Anya Seton and others I can't remember off the top of me head!
> Colleen
Tiggrrr
Paige wrote in message <370EA6...@sympaticoDOT.ca>...
>Danielle Steel (sp?) has always cured my need for junk, she's all I take
>on vaction 'cause I can whip through her books in less than a day! But
>if you can't read romance...hmmm...if it's only the covers hers are
>always pretty plain. Needful Things wasn't a bad book, if you like that
>stuff. It got a little too gross for me at times.
There are only a few DS books that I'd read again. I get them all in
hardcover as birthday and Christmas gifts, but have been very unhappy with
the last few I've read. They are all so much alike and then there's the
"this much crap can't happen to one person" factor. I read Homeward
Bound(?) and was ticked off the entire time I was reading. It was my
"bathroom" book which made me a captive audience and also took me forever to
get through it.
Now, I'm reading Nora Roberts "The MacGregor Brides". I got the Grooms book
too. Started those just for fun, but so far (only on chapter 4) it's pretty
good. Entertaining enough to catch my attention but not so deep that I
can't sleep when I turn off the light!
Linda
gmc...@bellsouth.net
wrote:
>Now, I'm reading Nora Roberts "The MacGregor Brides". I got the Grooms book
>too. Started those just for fun, but so far (only on chapter 4) it's pretty
>good. Entertaining enough to catch my attention but not so deep that I
>can't sleep when I turn off the light!
>
>Linda
I like all the Nora Roberts books I've read...I also like Sandra
Brown. Both of these ladies have a style of writing that I find
extremely entertaining!
Ginger in sunny Florida
ICQ# 24089675
The Van Leeuwens
urge in no time!
Sallyann
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E. Manios
Haven't been hear for a while, but back to say that the recommendation list
was brilliant.
I read "The Light Bearer" by Donna Gillespie last summer and suffice it to
say that I was unable to put that book down. I agree on the comparison. It
has been the best book I have read since DG's last one, DOA. This is the
only other book that I have bought extra copies in fear that my paperback
will fall apart on me.
Just a few comments more.
I have read a lot of Sandra Brown and just resently got my whole office
hooked on her. I am tring with Outlander but the time travel genra or the
thickness and double trilogy aspect puts them off. Only two converts to date
but still trying.
Honestly, alot of her books are mediocre. Her best one (and it really is a
good one) was Mirror Image by far. A close second goes to Breath of Scandal
and Slow Heat in Heaven. The rest really arent worth it. Plus side is that
the covers are very non-descript.
Well thats it. I guess these fall under more recommendations. Oh we really
need help :-}
Good day to all!
Elaine
PS: Zelaina - Hope that cough gets better. At least to the point where it
doesnt span countries!
>\
ze...@my-dejanews.com
soon. I'm excited to hear from another DG fan that it will be a promising
read! The cough is much better, thanks, Elaine.
-Zelaina
In article <7f18jg$5su$1...@camel0.mindspring.com>,
"E. Manios" <eman...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> Haven't been hear for a while, but back to say that the recommendation list
> was brilliant.
>
> I read "The Light Bearer" by Donna Gillespie last summer and suffice it to
> say that I was unable to put that book down. I agree on the comparison. It
> has been the best book I have read since DG's last one, DOA. This is the
> only other book that I have bought extra copies in fear that my paperback
> will fall apart on me.
>
> Just a few comments more.
> I have read a lot of Sandra Brown and just resently got my whole office
> hooked on her. I am tring with Outlander but the time travel genra or the
> thickness and double trilogy aspect puts them off. Only two converts to date
> but still trying.
> Honestly, alot of her books are mediocre. Her best one (and it really is a
> good one) was Mirror Image by far. A close second goes to Breath of Scandal
> and Slow Heat in Heaven. The rest really arent worth it. Plus side is that
> the covers are very non-descript.
>
> Well thats it. I guess these fall under more recommendations. Oh we really
> need help :-}
>
> Good day to all!
> Elaine
>
> PS: Zelaina - Hope that cough gets better. At least to the point where it
> doesnt span countries!
>
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