BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS — Page 2

I'm currently reading "A Suitable Boy" by Vikram Seth. It's a long, long book, so you have to be prepared to stick with it. It takes place in India right after the Partition. It's quite interesting from a culture viewpoint, things like arranged marriages and other customs.

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Just finished The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest and loved it. Sad there aren't any more Salander books.
In Search of Lost Time is a big undertaking but once you get past figuring out who everyone is, it gets a bit easier. But don't dare scan pages as I promise you will lose track- when something you scanned will be referenced 10-15 pages later and you have to go back and re-read!
I wanted to like The Help by Kathryn Stockett more than I did- just not sure about a white Southern woman writing in a Black Southern woman of the 60's voice.
Disappointed w Conroys South of Broad - It was like he just took the characters out of Beach Music switched a couple of things from one character to another and went as over the top in the( main) plot as possible. Heck- his gay character reminded me of a drag version of Tennessee Williams.
Starting Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky next- heard good things about it.

My summer read is REBECCA. It's a musical now (and a great old movie!) that will be on Broadway in the next few season .

Other reqs: The Woman in White (yes, turned into a musical by ALW) and The Moonstone, both by Wilkie Collins. Both are mystery stories told in narratives cleverly!

Ooooh, I'm now reading a book called "In The Woods" by Tana French. It's really good! I couldn't put it down last night.

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I will be starting THE PASSAGE by Justin Cronin when it comes out next Tuesday--heard it's awesome.{ And another Doorstop of a book, well over 700 pages}