Thanks to friends and family for great reading recommendations, keep sending those in!
Fiction: in order that I would recommend them.
1.
Bury your dead by Louise Penny
2.
Breakdown by Sara Paretsky
3.
Epic fail by Claire LaZebnik
4.
Just flirt by Laura Bowers (young adult)
5.
Can you keep a secret? by Sophie Kinsella
6.
Breathing room by Marsha Hayles (young adult)
7.
Arranged by Catherine McKenzie
8.
Night whispers by Judith McNaught
9.
Before ever after by Samantha Sotto
10.
The Tiger's wife by Tea Obreht
1.
Louise Penny is a fantastic author and her stories of Armand Gamache,
a chief inspector in the Canadian Police Force just get better and better. If
you like mysteries and have not read Penny, start from the beginning and read
them all. This is the sixth book in the series and within this, she intertwines
two mysteries, or maybe even three. Well written and the characters are
exquisitely developed.
2.
I love the V. I. Warchowski books. This is the latest in the series
and Vic is growing old, but hardly slowing down. Just for fun!
3.
Another recommendation by my sister, Katie. This was a cool
re-telling of Pride and Prejudice but for younger readers, set in a private LA
high school. Well-done on its own, but if you know P and P, then it’s even
better.
4.
A relatively new author out of Maryland, Bowers writes about the
difficulties of real life (dads who dies, dads who leave, mothers who embarrass
the hell out of you) as well as the difficulties of finding your own place in
high school. I loved all her characters, even the despicable ones. Excellent
job!
5.
Sophie Kinsella is my new hero! Her writing is funny and her
characters say and do things that we all say and do, but don’t usually end up
in the pages of a book. Keep writing, Sophie and I will keep reading!
6.
This is the second young adult book this year about a young woman in
the 30s with TB who has to go to a sanatorium. The writing is well-done, but
this one
7.
At the end of the month, if I have to look a book up on the internet
to see what it was about because I can’t remember, then I know the book should
not be too high on the list. An interesting premise, a modern-day arranged
marriage. But, the telling is just so-so.
8.
Another one I had to look up. This was a book club read, but I did
not get to go to the meeting. Pretty much your standard mystery with a
love-story. The reader knows the ending by about page 10.
9.
I was not sure I liked the premise of this story, but read it anyway.
I would say that this is one I slogged through without really enjoying it. Not
sure what made such a big disconnect, but it was not one I would recommend.
10.
Weirdly enough, this book had many similar elements to #9: immortal
beings, death of a close loved-one, story within a story. Again, I did not
enjoy the telling of this story. Maybe it is the fantasy elements that are not
my cup of tea. This one was a National Book Award Finalist, so I gave it the
best shot I could, but just did not enjoy!
