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I need book recs

So I typically only read Jodi Picoult and Nicolas Sparks books. However, I have pretty much read them all and Jodi Picoult only comes out with 1 new book a year :) I have read the first 2 books of the Hunger Games and loved them. I just started the third.

With my new Kindle, reading has become so much fun again, and I need some new books to read. I don't think I would like any of the Twilight or HP (Sorry Cole!). I tried to read The Help, but couldn't get into it. What do you ladies suggest?

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  • Did you read Nora Robert's Bridal Quartet?  
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  • No, I haven't read those yet.
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  • Keep trying on the Help, it really is good!

    Divergent is in the same genre/feel as Hunger Games. Also, The Maze Runner trilogy. Very good, fast-paced distopian young adult. 

    The Book Thief was probably my favorite book last year. World War II based, German non-jew citizens are the main characters. Deep and emotional, and very different than anything I've ever read.

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  • Loved Nora Roberts's Bride Quartet series, it was light and fun chick lit. I'm a huge fan of Lisa Gardner and her Detective D.D. Warren series, they're crime drama/mysteries and are pretty suspenseful. 
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  • My Goodreads link is in my siggy if you want to look at it.  But my tastes are wide, as in I have no taste and will ready practically anything.  

    An author I really love is Margaret Atwood.  She writes fiction mainly about women and their situation in the world and her work is just fascinating.  Her most popular book is The Handmaid Tale, check it out.

     

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  • Since you like Jodi Picoult and Nicolas Sparks, I'd suggest checking out Kristin Hannah and Richard Paul Evans. They're both really similar to what you're gonig for.

    Kristin Hannah's Winter Garden is really good. RPE writes a lot of Christmas stories.The Sunflower is good and not-Christmasy. I really didn't like The Walk, which is the first in his new series, so I'd stear clear of that one.

  • I third the suggestion of Nora Roberts' Bride Quartet. She's actually one of my favorite authors, so really any of her books/trilogies. There is nothing too deep about her books, but they are fun, easy reads. I also like Kristin Hannah and Barbara Delinsky. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was really good, but a little disturbing. 

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  • I second trying to keep going on The Help, it's a good book. I also check out the free books in the amazon store. I downloaded about.6 yesterday.
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  • I agree with the suggestion about the Bride Quartet. And Still Alice is really good. I just finished it a few days ago and it was better than I thought it would be.
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  • I LOVE Jennifer Weiner. Have you read any of her books? They are very light reading, but I haven't read one that I didn't like. My favorites were Good in Bed and In Her Shoes (don't judge by the movie, it wasn't as good as the book!). I also really like Emily Giffin--she wrote Something Borrowed, and has several other books. Very simliar to Jennifer Weiner (very girly!).
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    I LOVE Jennifer Weiner. Have you read any of her books? They are very light reading, but I haven't read one that I didn't like. My favorites were Good in Bed and In Her Shoes (don't judge by the movie, it wasn't as good as the book!). I also really like Emily Giffin--she wrote Something Borrowed, and has several other books. Very simliar to Jennifer Weiner (very girly!).

    I loved both the book AND the movie! 

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