Summer Reading...

Not exactly light reading, but "Middlesex" by Jeffrey Eugenides. I recommend this to anyone with half a brain. Incredible.

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I LOVED Middlesex -- read that last year...wish I had waited for the paperback --- not as heavy...

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I recommend The Lovely Bones. It's told from the point of view of a fourteen year old girl who is raped an murdered, but it isn't morbid. The Five People You Meet in Heaven was very, very good.

read anything by Carlene Thompson. Her books are so "edge of your seat" entertaining. I have not once guessed the killer in any of her books. She is definetly one of my favorite authors. Also, read SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE (Great, great, great book) and WONDER BOYS (great, great, great book and movie)

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I've read:

Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas - James Patterson
Sam's Letters to Jennifer - James Patterson

32AA - Megan Cunnah

Girls Poker Night - Jill A. Davis

Running in Heels - Anna Maxted

Smart Vs. Pretty - Valerie Franklin

The Notebook - Nicholas Sparks (for at least the 5th time)

I love The Lovely Bones...heard about it sometime last year and had to hunt it down. It was a great book.

Skinny Dip.

Hilarious!

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Naked by David Sederis. This is a book that came out a few years back and was very popular. He ahs had two more published since then, ME Talk Pretty One Day and a new one, the title of which escapes me. They are humorous short stories about his life and family. Mostly about growing up gay in a working class Greek family. I hadn't read them before, thinking the humor wasn't thetype that would be of interest to me. Then I strted listening to him as a regular contributor on This American Life, an NPR show.

For anyone looking for a light, fun summer read, I suggest Patricia Cromwell's books featuring the character Kay Scarpetta, a state medical examiner. Very much edge of your seat novels with a lot of forensic investigation. I'm fascinated by that field.

I am sure you will enjoy the Maguire books -- I think there has been plenty posted about W -- it is a favorite NOVEL of mine...

I really enjoyed Mirror/Mirror -- I could not get into Stepsister or Lost at all...

I'd also add The Time Travelers Wife to the list -- great read, great combinationof love story and time travel (I know you don't usually associate those two together, but this book had me hook line and sinker)

Here here to Lovely Bones -- a haunting and redeeming story at the same time...

To plug a novel of my friend -- try "The Honey Wall" by Karen Latuchie -- great character development and explorations

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Updated On: 8/10/04 at 09:10 AM

Nina, the new Sedaris is called "Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim" and it's brilliant.

My pick so far this summer is "Dry" by Augusten Burroughs. You need to read this -- as well as his previous "Running With Scissors."

Thanks.

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I hated the film of Fight Club and I started reading Lullaby, but couldn't finish it. A friend of mine is reading Choke, but hates it. I don't understand the appeal of Palahniuk and from what I have heard of his novels thus far, they all have pretty much the same stock of characters. I feel the same about Irvine Welsh. Too repulsive for me.

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I read both DaVinci Code and Angels and Demons, and they were amazing.

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