reccomed me a book!!

[multi talented]

ok, I used to LOVE reading... but over the years I have really got out of the habbit. I am now so exhausted with 6 children that I havent read a whole book in ages LOL BUT I really want to get back into reading. What I need is someone to recomend me a book that will get me gripped. A decent quality book (though cant quite break out my penguin clasics yet!) but nothing to demanding as my brain has turned somewhat mushhy I fear! So suggest me something that is a real page turner that I will actually finish PLAESE!:happy72:

[Emsickle]

I love the Erica James books, but then it depends if you are a chicklit lover or prefer something more, well not quite so slushy lol.

[stokey]

time travelers wife- audrey niffeneger

the film looks icky but the book was brilliant :happy72:

[Al1x]

Just read Twilight ... that was good, reading New Moon now.

[josfab]

i also love time travellers wife - but could be a bit much if tired! Just took one of my friends about 2 months to get thru and she only has one child and several friends encouraging her cos we wanted to see film!

I'd recommend anything by Anne Tyler (and you can often pick up in charity shops), Tony Parsons, any of the shopoholic books - cheese central but amusing.

[hector]

'Not All Tarts Are Apple' by Pip Granger
A rags-to-riches story with a deeply original spin, NOT ALL TARTS ARE APPLE is narrated by seven-year-old Rosie who grows up in a cafe in 1950s Soho, watched over by her eagle-eyed Auntie Maggie and Uncle Bert, and visited on occasions by her mother, the mysterious, and often drunk, Perfumed Lady. But it soon transpires that the Perfumed Lady's family - landed gentry who hail from a country estate near Bath - are desperate to get their hands on Rosie, and will stop at nothing - even kidnap - to acquire her. Peopled with a wonderful cast of eccentric subsidiary characters - Great Aunt Dodie, Madame Zelda and Paulette, Sharky, the Campini Family who run an Italian delicatessan in Old Compton Street, and Maltese Joe - all of whom live in a Soho so atmospherically evoked that you can smell and taste it,


Text taken from Amazon I loved this book from the first page i would be reading it again but lent it and never had it back might even by a 2nd copy as it's so good.

[Easties]

Harry potter for me lol love em all

[smirnoff]

OOO good suggestions so far!
Loved all the Harry Potters
Loved the time travellers wife
Loved the last book I have just finished - Its the little things by Erica James (Thanks Ems)

[Boom]

Erica James, Marian Keyes, Maeve Binchy, Patricia Scanlan - these are my fave authors - have read everything by them.

The 2 most poignant books I've read are The Memory-Keeper's Daughter and Tully. Tully I have read several times, and it's a real emotional rollercoaster

[brycat]

Anything by Bernard Cornwell but Harlequin is a great place to start. Also love The Eight by Katherine Neville (though it takes a bit of thinking about) and Terry Pratchett is always good for a bit of nonsense!

[stokey]

The 2 most poignant books I've read are The Memory-Keeper's Daughter and Tully. Tully I have read several times, and it's a real emotional rollercoaster

:happy72: read both of them ,they're fab,and Best Friend's Girl by Dorothy Koomson is good too

[MrTempleDene]

Transition by Iain Banks. I got it for my Birthday (thank you Daffs :cloud9: )

It's bizarre, thought provoking and MAKES you pay attention by being deliberately disjointed.

There are some "sci fi" elements to it, meta physics and some politics but it kept me gripped all the way through.

All his books a great IMHO, he writes hardcore Sci Fi as Ian Banks and contemporary works as Iain Banks, but this is sort of a crossover.

They televised his book "The Crow Road" as a four parter, but seriously, the book is ten times better.

For lighter reading pretty much any Terry Pratchett book is worth getting, but he's been mentioned already.

[josfab]

They televised his book "The Crow Road" as a four parter, but seriously, the book is ten times better.



I LOVED the crow road - almost bought the DVD a while ago but it was son long ago I can't remember what it was like and wonder if it would have dated. maybe just read the book again!

[samigail]

I love all Tess Gerristen, Lee Child, the shopaholic books are real page turners

[brycat]

Ooh yes, I love Ian/Iain Banks too, The Crow Road & The Wasp Factory are 2 of my favourites.

Speaking of Ians, also like the Rebus novels by Ian Rankin

[lisashaw]

i love mikegayle but my fav book is looking for andrew mccarthy by jenny colgan!!! fabulous and funny to! actually may have to dig it out

[theMusicMan]

Ooooh.... have to suggest a behemoth of a book (6 in total)...

"The Tales of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever", by Stephen Donaldson.

Absolute epic series, akin to LoTR - but... check this... better!! Yep, better.

[pix4bu]

How to talk to a Widower

http://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Talk-Widower-Jonathan-Tropper/dp/075289319X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1256985519&sr=8-2

The Book Thief

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Book-Thief-Markus-Zusak/dp/0552773891/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1256985734&sr=1-1

[lindasones]

I love the Merrily Watkins series by Phil Rickman there are about 8 in the series and I am always eagerly anticipating the next one