What MUST I read?

[Zebraa]

Come on ladies, what are we reading then?

i'm reading sense and sensibility at the moment cause i lack romance in my life

I would add Marion Keyes' Rachel's Holiday because it is an excellent insight into the world of addicts (based on her own experience as an alcoholic) whilst also being lol funny in places. It was the first Marion Keyes I read and I foisted passed it on to as many people as I could.

Also, if you want romance, Georgette Heyer does a nice line in humorous period romance with stronger heroines (mostly) than Jane Austen - I particularly like Frederica, Arabella, and The Grand Sophie.

Yes, it wouldn't be my cup of tea either!

James Lee Burke - his Dave Robicheaux series is just wonderful. Incredibly atmospheric writing and good stories too.

Not fiction but I have just finished reading "Blood and Sand" by the BBC correspondent Frank Gardener who was shot in Riyadh by an Al Qaeda cell and paralysed from waist down.It was a truly fascinating book and gives an insight into aspects of the Moslem world.He studied Arabic at university and a lot of the book chronicles his love of all things Arabic,his travels around the Arab speaking world and so on.It also describes his long road to recovery with warmth poignancy and humour.Very interesting.

BIWI I love the Robicheaux books too,his descriptions of Louisiana and deep South are great,and good crime fiction too.

Yes, he's brilliant. I really feel like I've been to that part of the US having read his books.

More lighthearted crime fiction - enjoyable for totally different reasons - Lee Childs (10 or 11 titles now) and Janet Evanovitch and her Stephanie Plum books, which start with One for the Money.

I quite like Reacher.He is an anti-hero.I often wonder if he changes his travel toothbrush every 3 months,otherwise it must be getting a bit manky by now

And the no pants

Reacher doesnt smell or have morning breath like ordinary humans.

Oh no, I bet he smells really good.

BIWI, would you take a night with Reacher knowing he would take for the hills the next day?

Rebus is my favourie detective though.I would like a chinwag in the Oxford bar discussing the Stones over a pint of heavy and a chaser.I hope IR does some more novels though perhaps with Siobhan as lead character.She is shaping up nicely to fill Rebuses boots

nuttymum303 must like books like that - she has read at least 4 Karin Slaughter books as well, books I gave up with after the first 2 because I couldn't stand the level of graphic abuse in them - it still stays in my mind now!

So if you don't like the sound of the one she described, steer clear of the Karin Slaughter stuff too.

But in my fantasy world, Pillow, that one night would persuade him that I was The One!

Me too! I truly believe that i could tame him into domesticity, though I could not take it if he got involved in near-death experiences on a weekly basis, and would be calling him on his (newly given by me) mobile all the time. "Are you alright?".

Maybe i should leave him alone...

Fantasy is a wonderful thing!

A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini

My cries of fantastic and gripping don't do it justice - it's the best book I've ever read!!!!!

You what they say about ur genes lol. Well unfortunately for me, my dad is a Crime freak in the sense he likes Agatha Christie kind of books. I suppose I just took it up a notch & love heart racing kind of books.

Sorry ladies xx

I third Saki, really funny

Wowweeeeeeeee thank you all so much! I am seriously bored so I will jot some of these down and head to the library later!

Nuuty, how the heck did you get all those books read? I aspire to that he he!