Summer reading suggestions

[daisymama12]

I'm looking for some suggestions for great books to read!

Some info;

I am looking to get really drawn in, but would like to avoid anything too depressing or difficult emotionally.


Types of books I mean...

Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris - this is great - I loved it and laughed a ton!

Jane Eyre
Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver
Cold Sassy Tree - Olive Ann Burns

A pretty wide range - no science fiction/fantasy though.

Thanks!!!

[MaWhit]

Anything by Jennifer Weiner.

[alaskaberry]

If you haven't read it yet...Summer Sisters by Judy Blume

Illumination Night by Alice Hoffman is also pretty good. All of her stuff is, except I hated White Horses, but it also had an incest theme--yuck.

Water for Elephants (forgot the author's name)

Of course, if you're not looking for anything overtly intellectual, there's nothing like a good romance novel.

[JessicaS]

I really like the historical non-fiction by Alison Weir. She has a fiction book about Jane Grey but I haven't read it yet. Considering how Jane Grey was beheaded it might not be very cheerful.

[Mamax3]

Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver is one of my all time favorites.

[daisymama12]

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thanks for the suggestions so far, this is great!

[OakdaleMama]

Fieldwork by Berlinski -- amazing!
Richard Jury mysteries by Martha Grimes (my current obsession)