NWR: Need a good, new book to read!

LCW2LCO · August 2011

Anyone have suggestions?

I've read: The Help (amazing!!), Something Borrowed, Something Blue, Baby Proof, Twilight Series (of course), The Hunger Games Trilogy, EatPrayLove...

THANK YOU!

pastries · August 2011

it's not new, but i always recommend A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (same author as The Kite Runner)... tough to get through at times but a beautiful book.

another one of my favorites is The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver.

KateJ10 · August 2011

I think I can throw you a few (haven't read ALL, but they are all read or must read):
Bronze Horseman trilogy
The Hangmans daughter
Room
The Stand (stephen king)
The Passage (LOVED this book)
The Book Thief
The Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire series

And here is another post I asked other peeps about it:
http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_october-2011-weddings_nwr-books-recommend

EmilyW416 · August 2011

Its kinda an easy read but I started um when I was on pain killers and now wana finish um The Pretty Little Liar books. I like um and thy're are a quick read also Heaven is for real is really cute.

maybe984 · August 2011

Garth Stein is an amazing (and currently super trendy) writer. "The Art of Racing in the Rain" was a huuuge bestseller that's being turned into a movie starring Patrick Dempsey... but I thought it was a tad bit sappy compared to his other stuff. However "How Evan Broke His Head and Other Secrets" and "Raven Stole The Moon" are beyond amazing.

Kate Atkinson is one of my favorite authors... and she has a ton of really amazing stuff. Her recent stuff is very mystery/crime drama based... but the older stuff is a lot different... all of it is really good, though. She's quite the wordsmith, so I've heard others (usually people who don't read quite as often) complain that sometimes it's hard to follow... so read with caution.

EmilyW416 · August 2011

Oh crap! There is one book its orange and there is a black upside down dog on the cover. Its about a boy who has autism. I can't remember the book though!!

EmilyW416 · August 2011

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the nightime!

2chumps · August 2011

I've read all of the books you listed!

I would also recommend The Room - amazing story!
As well as any books by Jodi Picoult or for fun chiclit try anything by Jennifer Weiner

PoliceWife104 · August 2011

Check out my book shelf - Link in siggy.

I've got a BUNCH of books out there... Almost 700 to be exact... That I either want to read or have read! = )

PaddyB · August 2011

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_minnesota-minneapolis-st-paul_nwr-need-good-new-book-read?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:81Discussion:fb56a9fa-36d5-47c1-bbde-51fa0e40c64cPost:64d5badc-9888-49a4-96e5-b761e15f3068">Re: NWR: Need a good, new book to read!</a>:
[QUOTE]I think I can throw you a few (haven't read ALL, but they are all read or must read): Bronze Horseman trilogy The Hangmans daughter Room The Stand (stephen king) The Passage (LOVED this book)<strong> The Book Thief</strong> The Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire series [/QUOTE]

I love the book thief!

I also really liked the girl with the dragon tatoo series.

Also, a book called the likeness by Tanya (?) French (not sure about the first name)

schmood · August 2011

Jodi Piccoult has a bunch of good ones.

I like Nicholas Sparks as well, although not sure how new any of his are

Tami Hoag has some mysteries that are set in Mpls, although they also are not new.

I have Sarah's Key, but I haven't started it yet.

Steph0871 · August 2011

I'll second the Southern Vampire series (these are the bookies that True Blood is based on.) I think I have them in PDF too...

Have you read the Janet Evanovich series? Those are entertaining, quick reads too.

SuperRNluvsChef · August 2011

Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trilogy
Do they hear you when you cry?
The death and life of charlie st. cloud
the five people you meet in heaven and tuesdays with morrie
the posionwood bible

graysquirrel · August 2011

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See was really good. I read it on my honeymoon.

I just started a book called East of the Sun that I'm really liking. It is about young British women who take an ocean liner to India in the 1930s for various reasons. The writing is really good and it pulls you in-- it has an air of mystery about it.

FutureMrsSheeler · August 2011

Heaven is For Real

90 Minutes in Heaven

These are more "teenager-ish" but I'm addicted to the Pretty Little Liars books, and just started the Lying Games, both by Sara Shepard.

LCW2LCO · August 2011

@FutureMrsSheeley - u liked lying games? I've heard mixed reviews but I'm totally about the teeny-bopper romance/drama books haha!

I started reading "The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo" and really don't like it... I don't think I'm a mystery genre person?

PoliceWife104 · August 2011

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_minnesota-minneapolis-st-paul_nwr-need-good-new-book-read?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:81Discussion:fb56a9fa-36d5-47c1-bbde-51fa0e40c64cPost:ea577c50-7c1c-4891-b499-75de07946c67">Re: NWR: Need a good, new book to read!</a>:
[QUOTE]I started reading "The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo" and really don't like it... I don't think I'm a mystery genre person?
Posted by LCW2LCO[/QUOTE]

I was the same way with that book, but I love mysteries! I just couldn't get into it. Might try again some other time, though!

PaddyB · August 2011

I found the girl with the dragon tatoo took a little while to get into, but when it gets going, its really good.

tpender13 · August 2011

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[QUOTE]I found the girl with the dragon tatoo took a little while to get into, but when it gets going, its really good.
Posted by PaddyB[/QUOTE]

This.

I was also going to suggest Janet Evanovich like Steph did. If you like "Something Borrowed" etc, you'll probably like these. Her Stephanie Plum series (One For the Money, Two for the Dough, etc) is easy and entertaining. Plus there are about 20 of them, so you'll have plenty of them if you end up liking them.

wittyschaffy · August 2011

I'll throw in my plug for anything by Carl Hiaasen. His stories are more "fluff" but his book skinny dip is a riot and a half.

I struggled to get into the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo at first too but I'll second what a pp said, once I got into it, I plowed through all 3 books in less than a week! Totally hooked.

My husband has me hooked on Vince Flynn (local guy who writes about crime mystery/spy/espionage in DC) and David Baldacci (not local guy who writes about the same type of stuff) and I really enjoy both of them which surprised me.

William Kent Krueger is a local author who writes crime novels based in Northern MN and I of course love Johnathan Sanford's Prey books. (lol, can you tell I like mystery novels?)

I recently read Still Alice which is about a woman who has early onset Alzheimers that I thought was very thought provoking as well - but I also have a grandparent who had dementia so it was timely.

bushgroupie98 · August 2011

Maine by J. Sullivan, fantastic, such a great read!

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