what book are you reading at the moment?

Question

i am nearly at the end of my book and i just wondered if anyone is reading one they can recommend?

Answer 1

Little Lady Agency it is about a young English woman starting an escort service without the sex for business to busy for girlfriends. But she eventually falls in love with one of her clients who is also her bff's boss. It is really cool!

Answer 2

Well, I have two going on now.

1) Uglies, by Scott Westerfeld. It's part of a trilogy, set in the future. On your 16th birthday, you have an operation that turns you into a Pretty - and your job is to party and do whatever you want. Only some aren't interested in this life and they run away, willing to be Ugly for the rest of their lives. The main character doesn't want to be ugly, however, but they won't allow her to have the operation until she does the right thing. (Can't say too much!)

2) My Sister's Keeper - I saw a synopsis of the book and thought I had to get it. Wow. Powerful already, because it's such a sad situation. A girl's birth was conceived with one purpose in mind - so she could save her sister. Her sister has leukemia and she is there to provide whatever her sister needs to stay alive. Her sister goes to the hospital, so does she. But she's tired and wants to have some say in her life.

I'm not reading these now, but Alice Sebold has a couple of good ones - The Lovely Bones (told from the viewpoint of a 14 year old murder victim) and her memoir, Lucky, about her rape on the last day of her freshman year of college.

Answer 3

Suite française by Irene Nemirovsky. It has fantastic reviews world wide.

It is written by a Russian Jew who left Russia with her parents to live in France at the start of the Russian Revolution. She was a best selling novellist. She was prevented from publishing when the Germans invaded France in 1940 when she fled with her family because of the approach of the Germans. It was here that she began to write Suite Francaise.

In 1942 she was arrested by Germans and was sent to Auschwitz where she died. Her husband was arrested later and also sent to Auschwitz where he was gassed. The books that Irene had written during the war were unwittingly kept by her oldest daughter for fifty years, thinking it was a diary. Once she realised what it was she had it published and it became a bestseller.

I've read five chapters and it is brilliant and provides a snapshot of life in France and Paris at this dreadful time. Highly recommended!

Answer 4

I'm reading the Cloister and the Hearth. I'm about ready to start Animals In Translation Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior.

Answer 5

The Bourne Trilogy by Robert Ludlum.

Its all the 3 novels in one book... The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum. However I'm only on page 23 and so far its a bit different from the movie.

Answer 6

Love in the Present Tense - Catherine Ryan Hyde. Highly recommend!

Answer 7

Like Elly I have recently read 'Looking Good Dead' by Peter James and have just finished 'Dead Simple' by him. It's riveting, nail biting stuff. At the moment, for a complete change and to calm myself down, I'm reading 'Notting Hell' by Rachel Johnson, which is a satire on the rich and very rich who live in Notting Hill. It's very funny.

Answer 8

I JUST got done reading Why Girls Are Weird by Pamela Ribon. It's about a girl, Anna Koval, who begins an online journal but writes slightly fabricated entries, under the name, Anna K. Well, her journal becomes popular and she meets a few people. It's really funny and uplifting.

EXERPT: We got a package containing envelopes of different challenges to spice up our sex life . . . the second envelope told me to get two sets of index cards and write verbs on one set and body parts on the other. Then he was supposed to pick the cards and do what it said. I couldn't do it though. All week, I couldnt' get it out of my head if he pulled the 'Thrust!' and 'Ear!'

Answer 9

I am reading Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill. I only picked it up because that is the name of one of my favorite songs...only to find one one the snaziest little horror stories I have read in a long time. This book is actually creepy. Pick it up.

Answer 10

Wicked by Gregory Maguire. its about "The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West". I read "The Wizard of Oz" before this.
I'm catchin up on my kids books cause i didnt read them when i was younger. They take me back to a much simpler time and remind me of who/what I was before. Before Oz, i read Peter Pan, and Alice in Wonderland.
On another note, i also read David Sedaris. He's really funny, check him out.

Answer 11

A place called here by Cecelia Ahern. I've left a web site for you to look at as it will give you a better description than i can. But it's a good book to escape into.