I'm trying to find some good books on the Chapters website. I like romantic/funny stories. Nothing too deep, I have to read enough of that for school. I'm also open to children's books.
The last few books I've read were:
The Time Traveler's Wife
True Love (and Other Lies)
Stupid and Contageous
Bridget Jones
Any sugguestions?
Thanks
2007-01-16 10:23:48 · 26 answers · asked by blondie 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Thanks everyone. I'm not into teen stuff...I'm much too old for it. I don't mind children's books though because I write children's stories.
...and I've read all the Harry Potter books Mariella :)
2007-01-16 10:30:29 · update #1
Heather Graham novels if you're looking for romance.
2007-01-16 10:32:00 · answer #1 · answered by mistresscris 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Charlotte's Web
Chicken Soup For The Preteen Soul
Chicken Soup For The Teenage Soul
Chicken Soup For The Christmas Virtues
Chicken Soup For The Soul Stories For A Better World
( Recomended From To Teachers)
Don't Laugh At Me( Excellent Book to Talk About Feelings from people under cool)
Chicken Soup For The Couple's Love
Chicken Soup For The Love and Inspiration
2007-01-16 10:34:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Chronicles of Narnia- my favourite is The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe. I read it when I was 10 & now at 25 I still adore it.
Anything by Ronald Dahl- my favourite is B.F.G.- ( Big Friendly Giant) I love theese books as much as my kids.
Harry Potter books are awesome.
I love kids/teen fantasy/fiction. I can read to my kids & myself at the same time! yay!
2007-01-16 10:32:27 · answer #3 · answered by animalluvr 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Glass Castle
2007-01-16 10:26:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check out
The Broker
The Testament
The cobra event
and
Bathroom Reader plunges into History
2007-01-16 10:26:52 · answer #5 · answered by Thin Ice 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Harry Potter, King Fortis the Brave and Eragon are all great
2007-01-16 13:10:38 · answer #6 · answered by Caveman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
These aren't too funny or romantic, but my favorite books are anything by James Patterson. He's an excellent writer and you just get sucked right into his books.
Romantic books... I've heard anything by Nicholas Sparks is good.
2007-01-16 10:28:22 · answer #7 · answered by mattysmommy2004 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try out the book called "a time for dancing" by davida wills hurwin. it's really funny, but really depressing. the story is about two 17 year olds dealing with one having cancer. these two girls tell each side of their story about how they reacted to it but it will definately make you laugh out loud and cry at time. its a great quick read. explicit references to death and some language are shown. the book is fiction. well whatever you end up reading, hope its good!
2007-01-16 10:30:04 · answer #8 · answered by dutchbunny93 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Cay by Theodore Taylor
Disneyland Hostage by Eric Wilson
2007-01-16 10:27:58 · answer #9 · answered by alyssa 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
King Fortis the Brave!
2007-01-16 23:37:29 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Garlic and sapphires by Ruth Reichl.
As the New York Times's restaurant critic for most of the 1990s, Reichl was determined to review the "true" nature of each restaurant she visited, so she often dined incognito--each chapter of her book highlights a new disguise, a different restaurant (including the original reviews from the Times), and a fresh culinary adventure.
Rebecca Paisley-A basket of wishes.
Its about a fairy Splendour who is ordered to marry a human( a duke).The poor hero is confused by the woman who will shrink if not kissed regularly,drinks apricot face lotion.On top of that he is harassed by Splendour's sister who even turns him into a snail.His cousin Emil thinks that Splendour is exactly what the doctor ordered for the staid ,boring Jordan.
The Famous Heroine by Mary Balogh
When Lord Francis Kneller first sees Cora Downes, she is tripping over her own feet, shrieking, and laughing rather too loudly. His conclusion is that she is a frightful young lady. When Cora first sees Lord Francis, he is wearing a bright satin turquoise coat with silver and turquoise striped waistcoat and silver knee breeches and copious amounts of lace. She immediately thinks of peacocks. Cora has a habit of getting herself into dreadful scrapes, and Lord Francis always seems to be close enough to get her out of them--at the cost of compromising her once too often. Soon this ill-assorted pair is forced into a marriage neither of them has sought. The book is a farce.
The perfect rake-Anne Gracie.The heroine just wants to save her sisters from their abusive grand father.However one lie led to another and another.The hero was perfectly willing to go along with the charades.
Love is Blind-Lynsay Sands
Lady Clarissa Crambray isn't totally blind, but without her spectacles her near-sightedness makes the world around her an entire blur. This condition has caused some very embarrassing moments for Clarissa even though her nasty stepmother has forbidden her to wear them stating that would-be suitors would not find her attractive wearing them. Additionally, a long-ago scandal when she was twelve doesn't help matters in attracting the most eligible of bachelors.
drian Montfort, the Earl of Mowbray has avoided society since he was badly scarred in the Napoleonic wars. Self- consciousness over his disfigurement added to his reclusiveness but at the urging of his family he now knew he must find a suitable wife. Finding Clarissa to be self- effacing, witty, as well as not being able to see his scars, he arranged to meet her secretly. When another unfortunate 'accident' found them compromised a wedding was inevitable, but when Clarissa received her new spectacles would she still feel the same for him? Of course, if Adrian didn't discover who was trying to harm Clarissa, the issue of her spectacles would be moot.
Single White vampire-Lynsay Sands
Luc started by writing historical books that have been well received by universities, in which academia applauded his eye for detail as if he were there; which he was. Recently, he has written three "fictional" accounts of romances that are actually biographies of family members.
Last year Luc's long time editor passed away replaced by his assistant Kate Leever. She wants Luc to go on tour, but he ignores her, feeling she will not use him to make her career. However, Kate arrives at his home to push her position in person, believing a tour would push sales to stratospheric levels. However, his traveling phobia has more to do with a certain vampiric condition that makes him need to hide somewhat from the public, though Kate pushes him to attend the RT convention. Soon Luc wants to come out of the vampire closet because he has the craving to write one more happy ending love story starring himself and his editor.
Bliss-Lynsay Sands
In 1173 England, King Henry would prefer warring with the French rather than deal with another protest from either Lady Tiernay or Lord Holden. The two neighbors are always squabbling.Henry has enough on his plate without having to deal with this troublesome twosome. However, the clever King decides the easiest way to end this neighborly dispute is to order the two combatants to marry one another. Thus the war becomes internal.
2007-01-16 20:59:32 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋