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Gagging for a good read.

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bundlebelly · 04/11/2010 15:06

Please recommend something interesting for me.
BUT I don't want anything full of misery, suffering, death, just too hormonal at the moment. However, I can't stand the chicklit, meaningless unbelieveable stuff either.

Please recommend something for me, there must be a middle way!

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BelligerentGhoul · 04/11/2010 22:18

Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day - the intelligent woman's fluff!

I've just read and really enjoyed this

and this but they might both be too depressing for you atm.

ghoulishglendawhingesagain · 04/11/2010 22:11

I have had The Other Half lives on the go for ages and wouldn't care if I didn't finish it. Am going to plough on but not fussed.

Recently read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and the rest of the trilogy - bloody fab. The Help is in my 'to read' pile at the momentSmile

LoopyLoops · 04/11/2010 21:11

Whit by Iain Banks has had me gripped for a few days. Life in a cult in Scotland...

posey · 04/11/2010 21:06

I've just finished The Other Half Lives by Sophie Hannah. A psychological thriller. Had me gripped from the start. One of thos books that you take with you so you can read it in the queue at the bank/on your tea break/on the bus/while the kids are playing on the swings Grin

StantonLacy · 04/11/2010 21:02

Oooh, or Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber..read it quick before the BBC adaption gets aired, such a fantastic book (just a leetle bit explicit at times, but this IS the adult fiction section, isn't it ?!)

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StantonLacy · 04/11/2010 20:59

Do you like fantasy/sci fi stuff ?
Patrick Rothfuss - The Name of the Wind and Dan Simmons - Ilium are both, IMO, fantastic!

Funny stuff ?
How about some Nancy Mitford - The Pursuit of Love or John Kennedy Toole - A Confederacy of Dunces.

Or how about some Ray Bradbury - Dandelion Wine is just lovely!

God, I could go on for hours... but to stop me boring you, what sort of stuff do you generally go for ?! Smile

KurriPowderTreasonAndPlot · 04/11/2010 15:51

I've just finished 'Remarkable Creatures' by Tracey Chevalier, - it's about woman fossil hunters in days before anyone understood evolution and what fossils were., Sounds a bit off beat I know, but it's a good story, I enjoyed it.

KPidgeon · 04/11/2010 15:13

Someone leant me the Girl with the dragon tattoo by Stieg Larsson and I'm finding that pretty enthralling at the moment- only good if you like mysteries/thrillers though (nothing gory or miserable I promise!- I don't like anything like that)..

Will keep thinking..

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