Summer Reading

I really loved that one, too.

Loved Sarah's Key - my daughter loaned it to me.

Just finished reading 'Summer on Blossom Street' by Debbie Macomber. I'm loving the Blossom Street series and I'm looking forward to reading the latest installment, "Hannah's List", later this summer.
BFF gave me a book by a local author about Mackinaw Island romances...that will be my next read. I love reading things about Mackinaw because I'd really love to take the boys there sometime. It was one of my favorite summer time treats to go there when I was a kid...I'm hoping my boys would like it there, as well.
~pino

Two recent favorites of our bookclub were "Beneath a Marble Sky" by John Shors, and "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society" by Mary Ann Shaffer. Both are AWESOME!

Not a this summer read, but I highly recommend "The Art of Racing in the Rain" to anyone who liked "Marley and Me". Am currently listening to "The Middle Place" by Kelly Corrigan (see her amazing YouTube video too) and just finished "Stolen Innocence". Also reading "The Bishop" by Steven James. Have read and enjoyed "One Thousand White Women" with my bookclub and like another commenter, I'm in LOVE with "A Girl Named Zippy" and have gotten part way through the book about her mother "And She God Up Off the Couch". And count another vote for "Water for Elephants." Will definitely have to check out the Henrietta Lacks book next.

"Operating Instructions" by Anne Lamott is also very good.

I felt the same way when reading Her Fearful Symmetry. I too finished it, but only to find out what happened. Very dark and disturbing. (And wierd. I mean, just move away from your twin and live your own life.)
I reread Sophie Kinsella's Shopaholic series, in preparation for book 6's release in Sept. Great at the beach reading!
Right now I'm reading Eat. Pray. Love by Elizabeth Gilbert.

ditto on The Art of Racing in the Rain. I thought it was much much much better than Marley and Me.

With 5 kids home for the summer I haven't had time to read books. I have Living magazine and Cloth, Paper, Scissors, as well as a quilting magazine on my night stand that I am trying to get through. I want to puck up Eat, Love Pray and read it before the movie comes out.

Very similar tastes in books here! My alltime favorite is Pillars of the Earth, which is a mini-series on Starz starting on Sat. YAY! Other favorites are: The Help, The Forgotten Garden, The Physicks Book of Deliverance Dane, The Kite Runner and Three Cups of Tea.
I read Her Fearful Symmetry and can't decide whether I liked it or not. Weird for me, as I'm usually highly opinionated about books.

Just finished reading The Help which will remain one of my FAVORITE books...the book actually brought me to tears...what an emotional journey, but well worth it to read. I also am re-reading Eat, Pray, Love in preparation for my MOVIE party and MOVIE event. :-) Colleen

I am currently finishing No Place Like Home: a memoir in 39 apartments by Brooke Berman.
One I read in the last 6 months that I LOVED is The Birth House by Ami McKay. Amazing, unforgettable book.

Have been on a non-fiction and get healthy kick for about a year now. Loved all the Malcolm Gladwell books. Picked up nutrition info from Michael Pollan, Jonny Bowden, Tosca Reno, Eat this/Not that books, Flat Belly Diet (not following any plan, just gathering info and recipes to eat healthy), Jillian Michaels, Women/Food/God (so-so), Mark Bittman, Eat This and Live. Like I said, not following any one plan/idea. Just making better informed choices.

Great question, I love talking about books! I just finished The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff; Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon; Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford; the Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson and The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean. All were great reads. I belong to 2 bookclubs so get to read alot of books! Thanks for the post Ali, I love your blog and your work!

Loved the Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Society, great book!

Book thief was a great read, I was surprised that it was a young adult novel.

I read Firefly Lane AWESOME book!!

I'm reading Little Bee and I'm loving it. Can't put it down. I'd love to know what you think after you're done with it.

Oh..I just picked up those "The Girl with"...at Target. Got the first two since they were in paperback and on sale. Can't wait to start those. Two books I recently finished were INFECTED, followed by the second book CONTAGIOUS. Now, the Infected book was a paperback I had picked up years ago at Borders and found it in my nightstand. It's not a book I would normally read so I was admittedly like..."why the heck did I buy this book?" However, once I started this book I could NOT stop!! It was very suspenseful and had me earning for more as soon as I was finished. (I didn't even know there was a sequel book). Anyway, it is a science-futuristic suspense thriller and I really enjoyed it! If you look it up on Amazon and think you'd like it just let me now...I'd be happy to send both books to you!! I love reading so I always enjoy your posts about what you are currently reading.

Cecelia Ahern is one of my favorite authors.( author of P.S. I Love You) I LOVE the Harry Potter books, Traveling Pants series, Memoirs of a Geisha, anything by Debbie Macomber. I loved the Twlight series too. I am currently reading the True Blood series. I have the Percy Jackson series up next. I'm always looking for a good read so thanks for all the great ideas!