Going away on Sunday and need a couple of new books for the flight, any suggestions?
I love all sorts, from Cecilia Hern to Stephen King.
Anything you've read recently that you think is worthing shouting about....
2007-02-21 03:07:07 · 12 answers · asked by Little Miss B 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Any Anna Maxted book. I prefer her to Celia Ahern if thats any help.
2007-02-21 18:47:19 · answer #1 · answered by Janbull 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Check out Jim Butcher's Harry Dresden series. I've been reading the series for the past two weeks and really enjoying it. I'm about to start the most recent in the series.
Each novel in the series is told from the fictional perspective of Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden (named by his father after Harry Houdini, Harry Blackstone, Sr., and David Copperfield). Dresden is the only professional wizard in modern-day Chicago (he is in the phone book, under "Wizards").
Butcher's original proposed title for the first novel was "Semiautomagic", a title that sums up the series' balance of fantasy and hard-boiled detective fiction. In the world of The Dresden Files, magic is real, along with vampires, demons, spirits, faeries, werewolves, and more. The general public that Harry Dresden works to protect does not believe in magic or the large array of dark forces which regularly conspire against them. This makes it tough for Harry to get by as a working wizard and private eye. Fortunately, the Chicago PD's Special Investigation unit led by Lt. Karrin Murphy regularly employs Dresden to help solve cases of a supernatural nature.
The series is also notable for Dresden's references to modern phenomena, such as the Evil Overlord List.
2007-02-21 11:38:22 · answer #2 · answered by BlueManticore 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just read "The Smoke Thief" by Shana Abe, and enjoyed it. It's a fantasy with romance elements.
Other books I've read and enjoyed lately are:
Last Girl Dancing - Holly Lisle (romantic suspense)
StarDoc - SL Viehl (sci-fi)
Summers at Castle Auburn - Sharon Shinn (fantasy)
Poison Study - Maria V. Snyder (fantasy)
2007-02-21 11:14:14 · answer #3 · answered by NC 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Amy Tan - The Hundred Secret Senses is good, well written, and humerous.
Dan Brown - Angel's & Demon's. If you can get around all the conspiracy theorists that flock to his novel's and make them more than they actually are - good stories, they are very entertaining novles.
Dean Koontz - Odd Thomas books are fun.
2007-02-21 14:11:01 · answer #4 · answered by zhadowlord 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Getting rid of Matthew is a nice light read. I cant remember who wrote it though, but its in the book charts at the moment.
2007-02-21 20:07:44 · answer #5 · answered by Smiley_1714 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Island, by Victoria Hislop. Her first book, and really different - an excellent read.
2007-02-22 04:20:26 · answer #6 · answered by Queen of the Night 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go join the library and take four in case two are not so good a public library is free and an expert is on hand to advise you Dave
2007-02-23 02:12:29 · answer #7 · answered by Psycho Dave 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you read The Beach
Its brilliant
2007-02-21 11:12:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"The Shadow of the Wind" by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Once you start reading you can't stop ! ! !
belive me !!!!
2007-02-22 04:29:59 · answer #9 · answered by Gigi C. 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Finding Noel
i read the book in 3 days it was that good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2007-02-21 11:11:55 · answer #10 · answered by bnesmm 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋