Authors:
James Patterson - all time favorite (including his "Women's Murder Club" series).
Janet Evanovitch - love her. Makes me laugh out loud.
Currently reading "Maneater" by Gigi Levangie Grazer - pretty funny. Reminds me of "Sex in the City."
Authors:
James Patterson - all time favorite (including his "Women's Murder Club" series).
Janet Evanovitch - love her. Makes me laugh out loud.
Currently reading "Maneater" by Gigi Levangie Grazer - pretty funny. Reminds me of "Sex in the City."
Have been meaning to report back but still trying to finish all the books. The Jeff Long Descent books are scary, so didn't take those on the trip. Finished the first one before I left, though, and it was very good. LOVED The Old Man and the Sea by Hemmingway. Have since gone back to the library and checked out A Movable Feast. Working right now but will try to post more this weekend. Thanks again, everyone, for turning me on to all these great reads. Had a very relaxing trip. Sad to be back but planning my next get-away.
"Don't Stop The Carnival" by Herman Wouk (author of the Caine Mutiny) is a funny book about a
New York theater agent who buys a hotel on an imaginary Caribbean island. Some of the zany things
that happen do remind me of Jamaica.
Warning: Written in the early 60's so not "politically correct" by today's standdards.
veyr funny and very much reminds me of Ja too..Originally Posted by Papa Georgie
I was just about to suggest Cussler. Always makes for an engaging read.
Misty& the Shark Hunter
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Maryann,
Happy to hear you had a relaxing trip and that you loved The Old Man and the Sea. You should read, when time allows "Islands In The Stream" which was published after Hemmingway died. The movie version starring George C. Scott is pretty good but doesn't scratch the surface of the book.
unbroken,by laura Hillenbrand.excelent book.took me 2 trips to Chicago to listen to it.Release date: November 16, 2010
On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared. It was that of a young lieutenant, the plane’s bombardier, who was struggling to a life raft and pulling himself aboard. So began one of the most extraordinary odysseys of the Second World War.
The lieutenant’s name was Louis Zamperini. In boyhood, he’d been a cunning and incorrigible delinquent, breaking into houses, brawling, and fleeing his home to ride the rails. As a teenager, he had channeled his defiance into running, discovering a prodigious talent that had carried him to the Berlin Olympics and within sight of the four-minute mile. But when war had come, the athlete had become an airman, embarking on a journey that led to his doomed flight, a tiny raft, and a drift into the unknown.
Ahead of Zamperini lay thousands of miles of open ocean, leaping sharks, a foundering raft, thirst and starvation, enemy aircraft, and, beyond, a trial even greater. Driven to the limits of endurance, Zamperini would answer desperation with ingenuity; suffering with hope, resolve, and humor; brutality with rebellion. His fate, whether triumph or tragedy, would be suspended on the fraying wire of his will.
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Hey, thanks for the Jack Reacher - looks great. Also try Defending Jacob & ROOM - great, fast reads. Enjoy!
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
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