Friday, December 19, 2008

Fun Reads...

By David Baldacci
The Christmas Train
Wish You Well
Absolute Power
The Winner
Saving Faith

By James Patterson
Along Came a Spider
Kiss the Girls
Jack and Jill
Four Blind Mice
Roses are Red
Cat and Mouse
Big Bad Wolf
Cross


By Fannie Flagg
Fried Green Tomatoes
A Redbird Christmas


By Mary Stewart
The Crystal Cave
The Hollow Hills
The Last Enchantment
The Wicked Day

By Alexander McCall Smith
No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency

By Dan Brown
The DaVinci Code
Angels and Demons
Deception Point
Digital Fortress

By Richard Bach

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

By Jean Auel
The Clan of the Cave Bear
The Valley of Horses
The Mammoth Hunters

By Scott Turow
Presumed Innocent

By Daphne du Maurier
Rebecca

By John Steinbeck
East of Eden

By Anne Rice
The Witching Hour
Interview with the Vampire
The Vampire Lestat

By Ken Follett
The Pillars of the Earth
A World Without End

(Most everything he’s written is good/fun)

By Stephen King
All of the Dark Tower Series
The Stand

By Margaret Mitchell
Gone With the Wind

By Alexandra Ripley
Scarlett

By Stephenie Meyers
The Twilight Series


Anything by the following writers is a fun/good read:
Jeffery Deaver (Serial killers, crime scene investigations, forensics)
Carl Haissen (darkly humorous with quirky characters and a central “crime”)
Nelson DeMille (murder mystery with a little “romance”)
J.K. Rowling (All of the Harry Potters)
Anne McCaffrey (Sci-fi/fantasy)

Happy Reading!!!

Friday, December 12, 2008

So why did the author include...

... the stories of other adventurers?
... his own story?
... the family reactions to the news of Chris's death?

What else is on your mind about this book, the author, or Chris McCandless?