Summer reading recommendations

[Poodleone]

My sister is heading out to Red River, NM for two months and has asked me to suggest some books to take. I have sent a list of what I can remember (I read lots but am bad about remembering titles/authors).

Any suggestions of what you have read recently or are currently reading for the beach? Nothing too deep- she will be on vacation (poor thing- in the mountains during the hottest of months in a Texas summer!)

 

[rapunzel]

I recently finished The Help and loved it.

 

[Poodleone]

I recently finished The Help and loved it.

Thanks, rapunzel- I just read about The Help on Amazon and it sounds like a book to recommend and to read myself! Plus it reminds me to recommend The Secret Life of Bees to her. Several of the books I listed for my sister have a caveat "better than the movie".

 

[scooterbug44]

I am a huge fan of "Water for Elephants"!

If you liked bees, add "the Mermaid Chair"

Also:
Lady's No 1 Detective Agency series
A Thousand Splendid Suns or Kite Runner
When Heaven and Earth Changed places (Vietnam autobio)
Forrest Gump

 

[bluemtnrunner]

Water For Elephants was amazing.

I just devoured A Land Remembered by Patrick Smith
Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins is one I read every two years.

 

[Jdarg]

Water For Elephants was amazing.

I just devoured A Land Remembered by Patrick Smith
Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins is one I read every two years.

Why have we not met??? Two of the best books ever.

Thanks Poodle-lee-oh-nee for starting this thread- the summer reading thread lists are some of my favorite SoWal threads.

I am looking for some newer stuff- found some books that looked great while I was playing on Amazon, did a search in our local library, and of course they don't have them. I have to admit that i miss a big public library systemI used to fill my shopping cart on Amazon, print the list, put them on hold on the Louisville Free Public Library online system, and pick up a bag full of books at the local branch. of course I used to also have time to read.

 

[scooterbug44]

Also:
Kabul Beauty School
Marley & Me
The Blind Assassin
Endurance
City of Falling Angels
A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains
anything by Peter Mayle or Wallace Stegner
A Nun in the Closet (goofy mystery story, not social commentary)
Into Thin Air
the Hungry Ocean

 

[bluemtnrunner]

Why have we not met??? Two of the best books ever.

This is Sowal, we probably have but don't even know it.

I'm looking for something new too

 

[Beach Runner]

Amazon.com: The Unbearable Lightness of Being: A Novel: Milan Kundera: Books

 

[GoodWitch58]

I am reading Water for Elephants on my Kindle--a new experience.

I enjoyed The Soloist; have not yet seen the movie.