Need book recommendations. Where are all the good summer reads?

[Windsock]

Loved goon squad captain John emmet, defending Jacob , the submission , night waking ,col gadaffis hat

Don't like chick lit dead babies wolf hall.

Have you tried The Passage by thingy Cronin? It's supernatural, but the way it's written means it reads like a thriller. Think Stephen King and how he handles his more complex ones iyswim. It's huge so lasts a nice long time and is pretty exciting with several strands to the plot that all come together. I enjoyed it.
Water for Elephants is brilliant, much better than the film, it's meticulously researched and the little details just make it so real, it's wonderful.

Water for elephants looks so crap. Is it really good?

I loved it - that said, it is fairly specific subject matter as far as the setting goes. It's a bit "fried green tomatoes" as the main character is in a nursing home as an old man, telling his story of when he "ran away and joined the circus" so to speak. I loved FGT and "Big Fish" and loved Elephants.

Do they have to be new books? Am mainly reading Sicily themed books at the moment but if you haven't read The Leopard (Tomasi di Lampedusa) that could be a treat.

Have you read Into the Darkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes. Tis a great thriller, made the hairs stand up on the back of my neck...
I also read The Language of Flowers on holiday, a very good emotional read.

Before I Go To Sleep?

Water For Elephants was OK, nothing exceptional.

argh just reading the reviews for into the darkest corner has made me feel sick and cold