Need book recs

wife2james

OK, I decided I'm just going to do the 25 in 2009.  I only have 20 books on my to-read list on Goodreads.  Which leaves 5 more.  What does everybody recommend?

To give you an idea of what I have already,  I have some Stephen King,  The Vampire Chronicles series by Anne Rice, Wuthering Heights, Little Women, and Jane Eyre.

 

mrssamuels2b

could you tell me more about the book challenge please.  i posted below but no one has replied.

wife2james

It's basically something that was made up by the Nest Book Club board.  You can either read 25, 50, or 100 books in 2009.  I'm doing 25 in 2009.  If you wish to do this you can create an account on Goodreads where you can make bookshelves: books you've read, currently reading, or to-read.  You can browse the books by putting in a title or author of the book you're looking for and you list pops up, then it'll prompt you to add it to any bookshelves. 

Also, Crystal posted a link to a blog in the post titled 50 in 2009 that talks about it and it gives a spreadsheet where you can add up points (I'm not quite sure how it works though.)

Hope that helps!

wife2james

http://nestiebookblog.blogspot.com/2008/12/challenge-spreadsheets.html

This is the link to the blog that Crystal posted.

Leah678

The Southern Vampire Series (Sookie Stackhouse), Water for Elephants, Secret Life of Bees, and The Time Traveler's Wife are some good ones.

mrssamuels2b

wife2james:

It's basically something that was made up by the Nest Book Club board.  You can either read 25, 50, or 100 books in 2009.  I'm doing 25 in 2009.  If you wish to do this you can create an account on Goodreads where you can make bookshelves: books you've read, currently reading, or to-read.  You can browse the books by putting in a title or author of the book you're looking for and you list pops up, then it'll prompt you to add it to any bookshelves. 

Also, Crystal posted a link to a blog in the post titled 50 in 2009 that talks about it and it gives a spreadsheet where you can add up points (I'm not quite sure how it works though.)

Hope that helps!

 

Thanks!

funkypineapple

Leah listed a few of the ones that i was going to post. i'm in the middle of the sookie stackhouse series and am really liking it.

Water for Elephants and TTW are also on my list along with marley and me, the outlander series, nora roberts' three sisters trilogy, dewey: the small town library cat who touched the world, the host, kite runner, a thousand splendid suns, and the story of edgar sawtelle. i think i'll end there..heh

JamieB2009

Thanks for the info... sounds like fun!  Anything by James Patterson seems to keep my attention especially the Women's Murder club series.  Jennifer Weiner is great too, more chik lit. 

wife2james

Thanks girls.  I'm thinking the Sookie Stackhouse series and the Women's Murder Club would be good.  I'll add those to my list.

Iove.wins

The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl is pretty good, and it sounds like you might like it. It's a murder mystery

teakum

I love theJD Robb books. lo Btween GA was  a really good read

CraftyBaker

I'm on the 5th and last book of the Redemption series by Karen Kingsbury with Gary Smaley (sp). It's been so hard to put them down. I've got my mom (who is a librarian) hooked.