reading for pleasure

bucutie02 · #1 12-11-2001, 10:24 AM

Okay i know we have plenty of threads about your favorite book but this is kind of different. When i was younger i used to enjoy reading but as i got older i kind of stopped, probably because of the intense reading i have had to do in college. Anyway, a couple of months ago i bought Bridget Jones' Diary and loved it, so i purchased the one after it which i think is called The Edge of Reason and also loved it. Confessions of a shopaholic was really funny too. I want to go to Barnes and Nobles and pick up another book since I am done with finals for the semester.

Has anyone read any of these three books and have a good book they would like to recommend me reading? I like funny, easy reading books to enjoy in my spare time. BTW, my brother has a Harry Potter book but im not interested in those kinds of book, sorry!

Peaches-n-Cream · #2 12-11-2001, 10:42 AM

I haven't read these yet, but how about Candace Bushnell's Sex and the City and her new one Four Blondes. There's always the classic Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote.

UKAXO · #3 12-11-2001, 10:46 AM

My all-time favorite "funny" book has to be "Holidays in Hell" by PJ O'Rourke. The chapter entitled "Among the Euroweenies" leaves me howling with laughter EVERY time I read it.

I'm not sure if I would classify it as "easy reading", but it is definitely the funniest book I've ever read. A word of warning, however - O'Rourke will never get any award for being "PC" - so if you are easily offended, steer clear!

KarenC725 · #4 12-11-2001, 11:48 AM

Two of the funniest I've read lately are "Wicked" and I think "Tales of the Ugly StepSister" both by Gregory Maguire. They are hilarious! THe first is the "true story of the wicked withc of the west" and the second is the Cinderella story told from a step sister p.o.v. They are easy reads (good plane books).

DeltaBetaBaby · #5 12-11-2001, 01:57 PM

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Originally posted by Cream
I haven't read these yet, but how about Candace Bushnell's Sex and the City and her new one Four Blondes. There's always the classic Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote.

Four Blondes is terrible trash. Don't waste your time or money.

LeslieAGD · #6 12-11-2001, 02:22 PM

If you liked "Bridget Jones" and "Confessions", you absolutely must read "Jemina J" by Jane Green! It's in the same kind of easy read, British tradition as the others.

AOIIBrandi · #7 12-11-2001, 02:27 PM

I liked 4 Blondes, but I guess it all depends on the person. Also, Jane Greene wrote another good book called Mr. Maybe. I haven't read Jemima J yet. I also tend to like the books by Olivia Goldsmith (First Wives Club) she is the ultimate funny female revenge author

AlphaGam1019 · #8 12-11-2001, 05:00 PM

She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb is an awesome read!! You wouldn't believe this book was written by a man (the subject matter is about the life of a female!)

Beef · #9 12-11-2001, 05:06 PM

The last book I read was "Doorslammers" by Dave Morgan, but unless your into automotive chassis science you probably wont find it too enjoyable...

Hootie · #10 12-11-2001, 05:43 PM

I am very picky about what I read. If I have a terrible time getting into a book I have to put it down. That's why I highly recommend Patricia Cornwell! I am reading Cruel and Unusual right now and I have read All That Remains. Very riviting and sure to keep you reading!

KappaStargirl · #11 12-11-2001, 11:06 PM

Hooray for this thread...as I'm sure you're all sick of hearing by now, I'm a librarian...yay for books!

If you liked Bridget Jones' Diary you will LOVE the Stephanie Plum novels by Janet Evanovich. The first one is called One for the Money, and even though I don't usually like mysteries, or books for adults for that matter, I HIGHLY recommend it. It's about a lingerie-buyer-turned-bumbling-bounty-hunter in Trenton, New Jersey, and it's hysterical.

You might also like Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging: Confessions of Georgia Nicholson, and its sequel On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God, both by Louise Rennison. Very Bridget-Jones-like, told by a teenager. My friends and I can't get enough of them (don't worry about the teenage point of view). And try Waiting to Exhale by Terry McMillan, too. It's not really funny, but it's a great read, a wonderful story about friendships.

And DON'T brush off Harry Potter before you've read them. I am not a fantasy reader at all, in fact most fantasy bores me to tears, but these are truly marvelous books. Take the first one out of the library and read it, that way, if you don't like it, you haven't spent any money and you can return it (and you're keeping me and my colleagues from living in a cardboard box

).

Optimist Prime · #12 12-11-2001, 11:37 PM

my favorite pleasure reading is greek chat.

amycat412 · #13 12-12-2001, 12:09 AM

I've read all 3 of those and recommend...

The Trials of Tiffany Trott - author escapes my mind at the moment
Jemima J by Jane Green
Mr. Maybe - Jane Green
Getting over It - Anna Maxted
Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married by Marian Keyes

that's all I can think of off the top of my head!

nucutiepie · #14 12-12-2001, 12:50 AM

In addition to all the books in the last post, try Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells. I am obsessed with that book!!!!

AlphaChiGirl · #15 12-12-2001, 01:31 AM

I LOVE Divine Secrets!

Millennium Girl by Corte Felske is kinda good...
The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing is also a pretty decent, quick read, as is The Good People of New York. The Kid: What happened after my boyfreind and I decided to go get Pregnant, by Dan Savage, is a really sweet book (and he signed it for me!).

Classics: Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Catcher in the Rye, On the Road.