What book have you enjoyed reading the most?

[mm22bys]

Hi,

I am looking for a good book to read that is also enjoyable! There are so many "must reads" out there, but I am looking for some that is also pleasurable to read (I am thinking along the lines of something like A Fine Balance, everyone says you must read it, which I have, but I found it very harrowing).

Any ideas greatly appreciated!

[BeckyBendyLegs]

I'm reading a book my mum bought for me from a charity shop: The Flight of the Maidens by Jane Gardam. I'd recommend that. It's about three girls in 1946 and what they do the summer before they go off to University / College. Sounds really girly but it isn't.

Anything by John Irving is a great for a feel good book: World According to Garp, Prayer for Owen Meany, Cider House Rules. Wonderful.

The Book Thief is excellent and not about the holocaust at all really. It's about the human spirit. I loved it.

Or if you just want light no brainers how about PS I love you. or similar?

[mm22bys]

TBH, I haven't recently read a book that I could rave about.

I have read Time Traveller's Wife, which I enjoyed second time round.

I read Da Vinci Code, then Angels and Demons, which I didn't like so much.

I have read two of Ian McKeown's which I did enjoy (Atonement and On Chesil Beach).

I liked Pride and Prejudice, and quite enjoyed Mansfield Park.

I have also recently started Unpolished Gem, but gave up on it, and started The Duchess too (know it's not fiction though...), and gave up on that one too!

I have read Book Thief, and I think because of the build-up (particularly from my DH), I felt let-down (still thought-provoking and I agree more about the human spirit - great too to get the German perspective).

At the moment I am reading Barack Obama's first book (Dreams From My Father), and while it's also not fiction (obviously) I am enjoying it and it's fascinating.

Thanks for all your suggestions, they are great and definitely Food For Thought.