Can you recommend a good book?
Jun 1st, 2007, 10:30 AM
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Can you recommend a good book?
Can anyone recommend a good fiction book to take on vacation - to read on the plane or during the rainy days of the green season? I love anything with a little suspense or intrigue. Any ideas? If you've read anything recently that you really enjoyed, I'd love some recommendations. Thanks for the help!
Jun 1st, 2007, 11:50 AM
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Don't know whether this would float your boat, however I'm thoroughly enjoying reading, "Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science", by Atul Gawande.
I would suggest you review another thread on this forum, which after 3 years is still going strong >>>
Looking for a good book... What are you reading now?
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34540831
I would suggest you review another thread on this forum, which after 3 years is still going strong >>>
Looking for a good book... What are you reading now?
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34540831
Jun 2nd, 2007, 03:16 PM
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Thanks, everyone for the book ideas - please keep them coming. And thanks, Tess for the link you provided.
Marigold, yes we're going back to Costa Rica, but I'm open to any good fiction out there.
Marigold, yes we're going back to Costa Rica, but I'm open to any good fiction out there.
Jun 2nd, 2007, 06:42 PM
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vgirl,
For light reading, I enjoy the Janet Evanovich books. Also James Patterson and John Sanderson. I hope I got that last name right--he has written several books chronologically (but don't have to be) about a detective in the St. Paul, Minn area. Can be grisly, but very suspenseful.
Did I say "light"? Janet Evanovich will make you laugh--her Stephanie Plum books are hilarious. First one if One for the Money. All the others follow with the next number in the title. I think there are 11.
If you like spy novels, the Robert Ludlum books are excellent. Now I'm off to check out Tess's link. Should've done that first, I suppose!
For light reading, I enjoy the Janet Evanovich books. Also James Patterson and John Sanderson. I hope I got that last name right--he has written several books chronologically (but don't have to be) about a detective in the St. Paul, Minn area. Can be grisly, but very suspenseful.
Did I say "light"? Janet Evanovich will make you laugh--her Stephanie Plum books are hilarious. First one if One for the Money. All the others follow with the next number in the title. I think there are 11.
If you like spy novels, the Robert Ludlum books are excellent. Now I'm off to check out Tess's link. Should've done that first, I suppose!
Jun 2nd, 2007, 07:43 PM
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I always love books by Edward Rutherfurd, he takes non-fiction and weaves in fictional characters over the centuries. I just bought Khaled Hosseini's 2nd book 'A Thousand Splendid Suns' and hope it's as good as 'The Kite Runner'. For mysteries/suspense, I love PD James and also Elizabeth George.
Jun 2nd, 2007, 09:33 PM
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Tully mentioned Elizabeth George. I've also read a few of her books and enjoyed them.
I would also recommend a more 'old school' author; Mary Stewart. She's perhaps better known for the Merlin/King Arthur series she wrote in the 70's, but back in the 50's and 60's she wrote several excellent mystery/suspense (with a touch of romance) books. She's a wonderfully descriptive writer who knows how to tell an intelligent, well-crafted, engrossing tale! She's definitely one of my favorites.
I would also recommend a more 'old school' author; Mary Stewart. She's perhaps better known for the Merlin/King Arthur series she wrote in the 70's, but back in the 50's and 60's she wrote several excellent mystery/suspense (with a touch of romance) books. She's a wonderfully descriptive writer who knows how to tell an intelligent, well-crafted, engrossing tale! She's definitely one of my favorites.
Jun 3rd, 2007, 10:45 AM
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I really enjoyed The Sex Lives of Cannibals and Getting Stoned With Savages, both by J. Maarten Troost. The first is definitely the better of the two, but I enjoyed both of them. Setting is the South Pacific and I laughed out loud many, many times.
Jun 3rd, 2007, 02:35 PM
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Ha! I agree, the first one by Troost was better, but they both are definitely laugh out loud ones. Good ones to read if you're ever thinking about just taking off to someplace to live just because it's exotic - make you think twice! There was another good one like that I read years ago by Hermann Wouk, can't remember the name, but all about the trials & tribs of moving to an island.
Jun 23rd, 2007, 08:46 AM
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Thanks, everyone - I ended up getting The Time Traveler's Wife and just for kicks, The Sex Lives of Cannibals - hard to resist that title. I look forward to checking out the other suggestions in the future. Happy travels!
Jun 23rd, 2007, 08:51 AM
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Sex Lives with Cannibals is hysterical. The second one was not nearly as good.
For those of you that loved Sex Lives, you might want to try Vroom with a View by Peter Moore. He's an Australian that bought a 40-year old Vespa in Italy to celebrate his 40th birthday by driving it from Milan to Rome. It's a lot of fun. And as a bonus, you learn about all kinds of small towns in Italy that you might never have heard of otherwise.
For those of you that loved Sex Lives, you might want to try Vroom with a View by Peter Moore. He's an Australian that bought a 40-year old Vespa in Italy to celebrate his 40th birthday by driving it from Milan to Rome. It's a lot of fun. And as a bonus, you learn about all kinds of small towns in Italy that you might never have heard of otherwise.
