reading for pleasure

[CutiePie2000]

I am bumping this thread as I'm going to Mexico for 1 week beach vacation.

While true crime interests me, I don't want to feel depressed and freaked out. I also don't want to read any Chick Lit type of books, as these also depress and annoy me also. I've read all 4 of the Twilight series, so that's done too. (I do like the Sophie Kinsella books, but I've read them all at this point, including her new one with the ghost in it, Aunt Sadie).

I need something to read, and I'm kinda looking for something a la Jackie Collins (I've read all of her books to date). Something with a bit of sex, intrigue, Hollywood, and there's usually a psycho killer looming in the background also.

If you have some suggestions, please share!

[LaneSig]

Originally Posted by CutiePie2000

I am bumping this thread as I'm going to Mexico for 1 week beach vacation.

While true crime interests me, I don't want to feel depressed and freaked out. I also don't want to read any Chick Lit type of books, as these also depress and annoy me also. I've read all 4 of the Twilight series, so that's done too. (I do like the Sophie Kinsella books, but I've read them all at this point, including her new one with the ghost in it, Aunt Sadie).

I need something to read, and I'm kinda looking for something a la Jackie Collins (I've read all of her books to date). Something with a bit of sex, intrigue, Hollywood, and there's usually a psycho killer looming in the background also.

If you have some suggestions, please share!

It's not set in Hollywood, but Sydney Sheldon's "Master of the Game" is one of my favorite trash novel reads. Good plot and characters.

[DoctorD]

This may seem somewhat "nutty," but my daughter has been all over me to read the Percy Jackson series. I have found these books by Rick Riordan to be absolutely riveting. The target audience is the Harry Potter crowd... and yes, the first movie of the series comes out in February.

Imagine Greek Mythology moving to present day. And that the gods sometimes have children with mortals [shades of Hercules] - and you get the Percy Jackson series, with Percy being the son of a god and therefore a hero who bridges both the world of the gods and humans.

Solid entertainment. And I love it partly because it is educational without being hard hitting.