I am looking for a good book to read. I babysit and when the girls go to sleep I need something to read. Post your favorite books or ones you heard are great- Thank you so much!!
2007-02-07 11:04:43 · 13 answers · asked by amanda 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
check out Valentine by Tom Savage.
Anything by Tami Hoag. I really like Ashes to Ashes, A Thin Dark Line and Cry Wolf.
The Devil Wears Prada was pretty interesting.
I also used to read Mary Higgins Clark when I babysat.
2007-02-07 11:57:03 · answer #1 · answered by Optimistic 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about The Lovely Bones and Lucky by Alice Sebold? The first is told from the point of view of a 14 year old murder victim and the second is a memoir about the author's rape in college. Both well written.
Philippa Gregory writes some historical fiction - and I enjoyed The Other Boleyn Girl and The Virgin Queen.
If you like some paranormal books, check out Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark Hunter series. I've read a few. Laurell Hamilton also has a series about Anita Blake, a vampire executioner who raises the dead for a living. This series starts strong, but starts to wear thin later on. I'll still probably finish it sometime.
Have fun!
2007-02-07 19:12:58 · answer #2 · answered by Isthisnametaken2 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Me Talk Pretty One Day, Catch-22, Life Of Pi, Freakonomics, The Shining, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, A Million Little Pieces, My Friend Leonard, A Clockwork Orange, Naked Lunch, Dirt, 1984, Tuesdays with Morrie, Animal Farm
All some of my favorites.
2007-02-07 19:10:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like the following books by Jean M. Auel:
Clan of the Cave Bear
Valley of Horses
The Mammoth Hunters
Plains of Passage
and Shelters of Stone
Also Sue Harrison's books:
The Ivory Carver Trilogy: "Mother Earth, Father Sky," "My Sister the Moon," and "Brother Wind"
2007-02-07 19:17:13 · answer #4 · answered by cathy_cmr 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Taggerung
The City of Ember
Artemis Fowl
The Omen
This Present Darkness
Triss
Earthseed
War of the Worlds
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Ender's game
2007-02-07 19:11:02 · answer #5 · answered by hen_pow99 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lot of it depends on what you enjoy, but here are a few of my favorites:
Orson Scott Card - Ender's Game
David Eddings - The Belgariad (1st book: Pawn of Prophecy)
Anne McCaffrey - Pern series
L.E.Modesitt - Magic of Recluce
Isaac Asimov - Almost anything he's written
Piers Anthony - Xanth series (1st: A Spell for Chameleon)
Terry Pratchett - DiscWorld series
2007-02-07 19:12:31 · answer #6 · answered by jss1701 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Frogs & French Kisses by Sarah Mlynowski
Chicken Soup For The Teenage Soul 3
Ready or Not by Meg Cabot
2007-02-07 19:12:04 · answer #7 · answered by hersheyfan222 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Uncle Tom's Cabin... it seems a little much at first (400 pages), but once you start reading it is hard to stop. It made me cry alot...
Another good book is Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. It really teaches you alot of lessons.
Any book by Zane (alert adult content) is pretty good.
2007-02-07 19:09:06 · answer #8 · answered by gravytrain036 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well if you want to educate yourself Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki is good I am currently reading that now and it is very helpful. Or I heard The Sisterhood Of Traveling Pants is cute.
2007-02-07 19:09:39 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I take it you're looking for entertainment so here are some ideas.
sci-fi/drama/adventure--Anything by Marion Zimmer Bradley especially her Darkover series!
mystery--I love Lillian Jackson Braun's "The Cat Who . . ." books a lot and Agatha Christie just rocks.
spiritual/romance--Anything by Francine Rivers
2007-02-07 19:15:03 · answer #10 · answered by psycho-cook 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋