Recommended Books

[ASUADPi]

I know that we have tried to start a book club, but with everyone's busy lives it hasn't worked out.

So I got to thinking, what about a thread where everyone posts info about a good book they have read and that they would recommend it to others.

What I'll do is keep a "master list" in this first post, with just the title, author and ISBN number. If the thread "takes off" I'll also post what page the synopsis is on.

Basically just post the title, author, ISBN number, and a summary of any of your fave books. They can be new, they can be old. We don't care.

[ASUADPi]

Dewey by Vicki Myron. ISBN-0446407410

Dewey is about a lovable kitten that was put into a small town library drop box in the dead of winter. The library and the town adopted him.

In Her Shoes by Jennifer Weiner. ISBN-0786249420

Rose and Maggie Feller are sisters. Rose is the studious one with a good job and Maggie is the wild one with a string of dead end jobs. The book goes into their struggles of childhood tragedy and how it has effected them as adults.

(FYI- if you have seen the movie, the book is a bit different)

The Lady Elizabeth by Alison Weir. ISBN-9780345495365

A semi-fictional account of the life of Elizabeth growing up from the time of her mother's execution, Henry VIII not claiming her and her siblings reigns. The book ends when Elizabeth becomes queen.

[honeychile]

I have a love/hate thing with Alison Weir. I love her writing, love her topics, but start to seethe when she plays fast and lose with history!

Dewey sounds cute!

[ASUADPi]

Originally Posted by honeychile

I have a love/hate thing with Alison Weir. I love her writing, love her topics, but start to seethe when she plays fast and lose with history!

Dewey sounds cute!

I feel ya with Alison Weir. I think the thing though is, with people who write fictional accounts of people from the 1500's that some "liberties" have to be taken because of the loss of information over the years. I read her books for pure entertainment. If I want historical, I'll go the non-fiction route. LOL.

Dewey was soooo good. It was an easy read. Same with Marley and Me.

[honeychile]

I tend to read thrillers - David Baldacci is my absolute favorite. The last book I finished is The First Patient by Michael Palmer, ISBN: O-312-93775-X.

It's about a doctor whose college friend is now President. The President's personal doctor has disappeared and he begs his friend to take his place. Gabe does so with (well-founded) reservations, and discovers that there has been a macabre plot against the President and his allies. But who is evil enough yet close enough to the President to try to destroy him in such a high-tech and maniacal way? Gabe must find out before the President is destroyed.