Your recommendations....

[Shiraz]

Really want to get back into reading...(plus need something to take to work with me when it's quiet, and bed when dp is watching some boring thing on tv)

I really like crime - such as Martina Cole and also 'real life'

Would also love any compelling novels! I'm not really into flowery romances (but can deal with racey) - but would give anything a whirl.

Any good biography's etc??

[Shiraz]

Anything i can get from the Library would be a good start as cannot afford new books at the moment....

[smirnoff]

i am reading "belle du jour" atm.. its pure filth. but very good
have read sharon osborne autobiography - i enjoyed it
robbie's autobiography- not sure whether i liked it or not, quite whingy in places
will get back to you wiht more....

[kathyhinsh]

How about Patricia Cornwell? She writes a character, Kay Scarpetta who is the Chief Medical examiner of Virginia.....they're BRILL!!

[Easties]

one name



HARRY POTTER

the best books i have ever read :D

[MrTempleDene]

Books I've read recently, in order

Deception Point (see my review) (http://www.mumszone.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=14251)

Waylander II (Fantasy Fiction by David Gemmell

Intercession (Sci Fi (ish) fantasy by Iain M Banks, very strange, odd undercurrents, worth a read)

Look To Windward (High Sci Fi - again Iain M Banks, damn good sci fi read, with a slow burning page turning plot)

The legend of deathwalker - David Gemmell (another high fantasy damn good yarn)

I would recommend all of them, but it depends so much on taste. Banks is an acquired taste, but once you've "got" his style, you'll read the lot!

Gemmell is of course a classic fantasy fiction writer who died recently (http://www.mumszone.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=14128), I've been re-reading his books as a bit of a tribute.

Not really what your looking for, but both Iain M banks and David Gemmell are wonderful authors who draw you in, Dan Brown writes page turners, but pales in comparison.

[TopKat]

I'm reading Captain Correlli's Mandolin and really enjoying it.
Libaries always have it kicking about so give it a go!

[Shiraz]

Thanks guys for all those!!!! :D

[Patti odoors]

I took "The Burn Journals" on holiday with me. that is a real life story and I couldn'y put it down, trouble is can't think of the authors name at the mo. Got it from the library though.

[smirnoff]

may contain nuts is another fab one, couldnt put it down tbh... very funny!

[pinkie]

I love Martina Cole and when I'm in the mood for a giggle, I would read some of marion keyes!

[*debbie*]

Ive just finished reading the shopaholic series by sophie kinsella..they were very funny..i could nt put them down

[*debbie*]

I am now reading Four Play by Jane Moore...i cant put it down...Just want to be left in peace to read it continuously :hissyfit: :laugh:

[Ravenfire]

I've read that as well, thought it was very good.

[hector]

Pip Granger - Not all tarts are apple


The story is told through the eyes of a very young girl, growing up in London, in the 1950s. It's a saga, as well as a thriller and a comedy, and put simply it is brillant!!!

It has warmth, compassion, crime, twists and some of the best jokes I have every read.


Great read could'nt put it down

[ruthie]

Have you read Tuppence to cross the Mersey & Lime Street At Two by Helen Forrester, very good, story of her childhood and then her teens in poverty.

[Chell]

'Yes Man' by Danny Wallace or 'Round Ireland with a Fridge' by Tony Hawkes. Both authors are bonkers. The books are easy to pick up/put down and funny.

[wendyjade]

james patterson is good for crime novels he has an on going character called alex cross he has tons of books out so your libriary should have quite a few ! They always read well for me when i'm in a paticular mood and i can usually finish one in one or two nights as he keeps the chapters short and the action fast paced so before u know it ur nearly finished and u can't put it down cause u have to know who why and how !!

[funkyfish]

Why not try "A Million Little Pieces by James Frey"

Its good.

[blueberry]

If you like crime, I'd say go for Patricia Cornwell. Dr. Kay Scarpetta's cases are really bizarre and life-threatening! And make sure you read them according to the series otherwise you won't quite get the entire story. That's because her books are all sequels, past criminals would reappear, and her niece Lucy would be growing from a high school Math genius to an FBI agent.

I find most Jeffrey Archer books very intriguing, they're all page turners! I thought I didn't really fancy drama (you know, the rags to riches types or the mega millionaire types or dog eat dog types) but Jeffrey Archer just blows me away!

And you can finish the entire Shopaholic series, they're absolutely hilarious!

Harry Potter is great too, until you get to the really thick book (Order of The Phoenix) where I feel that the suspense builds up to nothing much.

Timeline, by Michael Crichton. I think this book's fabulous and should really be made into a movie (Orlando Bloom has GOT to be in it!!). It is about a group of post-graduate archeologists and historians digging up an ancient site in France having to go back in time to retrieve their lecturer (who was sent there by the big company which sponsored their expedition, oh a bit complicated to explain). It's France in the middle ages folks, really fascinating as these historians get to live (and fight) in that age using knowledge which they had only known from books.

[Ravenfire]

Hello Blueberry, long time no see - hope you and your boys are well xxx

[blueberry]

Hello Raven, thanks. Yes they are both very well, DS a little naughtier and DH a little rounder (I've resorted to calling him Kambin Demuk now, which is child talk in Malay for Fatty Goat LOL).

I've had internet connection problems these past few weeks, and now home PC is prohibited from use until we replace the lectric circuit board to prevent power trip (so am posting this now from work, happily so, because the Big Boss is on emergency leave!).

[Mrs Preston]

The bad mothers handbook is great really funny!

[Twinmum2004]

I Agree the harry potter books are brilliant

[BecksDaykin]

i recommend the Torey Hayden books. Absolutely brilliant. Another one is leslie pearse.
Becks

[angelcake71]

ive read all the jane moore books and they are fab!! I am reading Zoe Barnes at the moment! I love chick lit!!:party05:

[redfraggle]

If you're into crime but also like a bit of a laugh i totally
recommend Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series, I find them to be very addictive! The 13th one- Lean Mean Thirteen - has just come out (i havent got it yet as its only out in hardback at the moment and its too expensive!) but i have read the other twelve and i can't get enough of them.

Red