Anonymous
Post 06/21/2016 08:57     Subject: Re:Desperate for a good book. Seriously.

Big Little Lies. Just finished it and was up until 3am. Starts slow but give it a chance. you wont be disappointd.
Anonymous
Post 06/21/2016 08:57     Subject: Desperate for a good book. Seriously.

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This is the most basic bitch reading list I have ever seen.

Just go on Amazon and buy whatever is the top seller.


You are so helpful! Thanks! Hope we run into each other some day! You seem so friendly.


Okay, and you seem needy and resourcefulness...
Anonymous
Post 06/21/2016 08:56     Subject: Desperate for a good book. Seriously.

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:How about this thread: http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/562282.page


A lot of these seemed too graphic for me.


Do you know how to read a book review? Go on Amazon and read reviews on the suggested books for books you have already read OR go into a book store and ask someone to help you.
Anonymous
Post 06/21/2016 08:52     Subject: Desperate for a good book. Seriously.

What about the Shopaholic books by Sophia Kinsella?
Anonymous
Post 06/21/2016 08:47     Subject: Re:Desperate for a good book. Seriously.

Since you like John Irving, try Hotel New Hampshire and A Prayer for Owen Meany
Anonymous
Post 06/21/2016 08:42     Subject: Re:Desperate for a good book. Seriously.

Fates and Furies - Lauren Groff
Rules of Civility - Amor Towles
Midwives - Chris Bohjalian
Life after Life - Kate Atkinson
The Interestings - Wolitzer
11/22/63 - Stephen King

Anonymous
Post 06/21/2016 08:38     Subject: Desperate for a good book. Seriously.

Yeah where'd you go benadette for this list.
Anonymous
Post 06/21/2016 08:35     Subject: Re:Desperate for a good book. Seriously.

I just read Euphoria and loved it, though it does have some violence.

Have you read The Rosie Project? Seems up your alley. Or Where'd You Go, Bernadette?
Anonymous
Post 06/21/2016 08:34     Subject: Desperate for a good book. Seriously.

Do you like mysteries? Try Louise Penny. They are wonderful.
Anonymous
Post 06/21/2016 08:31     Subject: Desperate for a good book. Seriously.

Anonymous wrote:This is the most basic bitch reading list I have ever seen.

Just go on Amazon and buy whatever is the top seller.


You are so helpful! Thanks! Hope we run into each other some day! You seem so friendly.
Anonymous
Post 06/21/2016 08:31     Subject: Desperate for a good book. Seriously.

Anonymous wrote:How about this thread: http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/562282.page


A lot of these seemed too graphic for me.
Anonymous
Post 06/21/2016 08:31     Subject: Re:Desperate for a good book. Seriously.

Hi,OP

It's not fiction but I am currently reading "Into the Magic Shop" A neurosurgeon's Quest to discover the mysteries of the brain and the secrets of the heart. by James R Doty, MD I'm almost finished it and I have found it very interesting. Also reading Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow.
Anonymous
Post 06/21/2016 08:30     Subject: Desperate for a good book. Seriously.

This is the most basic bitch reading list I have ever seen.

Just go on Amazon and buy whatever is the top seller.
Anonymous
Post 06/21/2016 08:26     Subject: Desperate for a good book. Seriously.

Anonymous
Post 06/21/2016 08:24     Subject: Desperate for a good book. Seriously.

Criteria:
~No violence or torture. Girl on the Train is ok, Unbroken is not.
~No abuse/death of children. My Sister's Keeper is ok, A Child Called It is not ok.
~No series or trilogies. With the exception of Harry Potter, I suck at reading trilogies.

I prefer popular fiction. I like a book where SOMETHING happens: murder mysteries, disappearances, or general suburban life gone wrong.

Favorite include:
~Orphan Train
~Husband's Secret, Big Little Lies, What Alice Forgot
~Calling Me Home
~Help
~Water for Elephants
~We Were Liars
~Little Children
~older Jodi Picoult books: Pact, Sister's Keepers
~Defending Jacob

All time favorites include Time Travelers Wife, World According to Garp, and Gone with the Wind.


I recently tried Cutting for Stone but quit. Also tried Outlander but quit. It wasn't so much the length but that I got bogged down by details and didn't love the characters.

HELP!!!