Looking for Summer reading suggestions

**Darlene** · 06-25-2003, 03:17 PM

Any recommendations for a Fiction book?
I'd like to travel to someplace wonderful with intriguing characters. Something I can't put down.
Tall order huh? Thanks for any help you can give.

**isaacsmommy** · 06-25-2003, 03:34 PM

Darlene,

I recently read the best series of books - one that truly made me feel I was a part of the characters' lives. The author is Adriana Trigiani and the series is Big Stone Gap, Big Cherry Holler, and Milkglass Moon. The stories follow the life of a small town pharmacist/spinster and her quest to find out what is real in her life after her mother dies. Great books!

Another series of books I enjoy reading are mysteries written by M.C. Beaton. She has a couple of series, but I've only read the Hamish Macbeth books ("Death of a..."). These are very light reading - before my son was born I could polish one off in a day. The stories are set in Scotland, and include a very interesting set of characters!

Good luck finding some great reads for the summer!

**slowtypinwoman** · 06-25-2003, 04:47 PM

I like doris Roberts and I read a book that was mindless fun but i can't remember the name of it. It was by Megin Cabot and it was all done in E-Mail format. I laughed out loud on that one. Also The Princess Diaries is good. It is not like the movie.

**Darlene** · 06-25-2003, 07:53 PM

Thanks for your suggestions ladies.,I'll check those out. I usually like the books better than the movies. Must be something about using your imagination.

**Megareader** · 06-26-2003, 08:13 PM

How about Jane Eyre, Anna Karenina, or Little Women? Those are all great books!

**mtjsmom** · 06-26-2003, 08:17 PM

Anne Rice's The Witching Hour is one of my FAVORITE books...awesome characters and detail..she takes you there if ya know what i mean..

**mrscornbread** · 06-27-2003, 01:48 AM

The Shell Seekers...I loved that book so much, I hated when it was done!

**Lori Biever-Launder** · 06-29-2003, 04:03 AM

How about Jean Auel's latest (from spring 2002)--The Shelter of Stones? I enjoyed every page of it!

**Darlene** · 06-29-2003, 07:40 AM

Thanks for more suggestions! Going to put them all on my list.

I read the Jane Auel Series except for the latest. Sure took a while for it to be published. I think I'll have to go back & reread those, I really enjoyed them years ago.

**Megareader** · 06-29-2003, 09:59 PM

A Tree Grows In Brooklyn by Betty Smith is another great book.

**pamy** · 06-30-2003, 12:47 PM

I just finished a great "fun" book. It is "Cabinet of Curiosities" by Lincoln Child and Douglas Preston. They also wrote "The Relic".

**Miss Kitty** · 06-30-2003, 12:48 PM

The Secret Life of Bees! I love that book!

**Darlene** · 06-30-2003, 12:53 PM

My list is growing. Thanks ladies!

**Shell** · 07-16-2003, 11:36 PM

Megareader I agree with you. I loved "Jane Eyre" and "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn". I also really enjoyed, "Gap Creek," "The Doll Maker," and "Grapes of Wrath."