Summer Reading

[RoseMary]

I just finished Koontz's The Darkest Evening of the Year. I like Dean Koontz novels, but tend to get a little 'creeped out' when I read them. I never read two of his in a row. Right now, I'm reading a romance and then will read probably read another suspense type novel.

[rubyslippers]

Hello everyone,

I have had a rough summer; I had surgery on a tendon in my ankle and am in physical therapy all the time trying to get ready to start the school year. I am teeming with a zillion ideas for my little house I will share with you throughout the fall, but in the meantime,THE ENGLISH TEACHER IN ME CANNOT BELIEVE I MISSED THIS THREAD!

I have a MUST read for you Maria: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is outstanding. This summer, while recovering, I read a few romance and mystery novels with a little vampire thrown in here and there. However, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society wormed its way into my heart as one of those "real" books I will remember for awhile. You will love this one.

Cheers everyone ... happy gardening and reading in these final hot and hazy days of summer!

[chyna]

Breezy
Relentless is an excellent book. I can't really think of what book I'm on, I breeze thru books so quick that I can't even keep track. I loved the library as a kid, just devoured Nancy Drew. I'm reading magazines at the moment until I find another book series.

[Breezy]

Tanya - have you read Lightning by Koontz? I really enjoyed that book.

RoseMary - what did you think of The Darkest Evening of the Year? I haven't read it yet and was wondering what you thought of it.

[RoseMary]

Breezy~I liked The Darkest Evening of the Year. I read Breathless right before it, and really thought The Darkest Evening was better. I still have Relentless on my shelf and haven't started it, yet.

I looked up the book that Jenny, aka Rubyslippers, mentioned and it sounds like a very good read.

[rubyslippers]

Hello, As many of you know, I love to read everything. I teach the classics all the time; so, I sometimes get bogged down in things that are too literary and not enough fun. With that said, The Guernsey Literary Potato Peel Society is my favorite "surprise" book of the summer. It is known as an epistolary novel. This simply means that it is a lot of letters back and forth between the characters. This is not a form of writing I usually love; however, by about page 20-ish, you are generally caught-up with the story. In some ways, it reads with the warmth and accessibility of a blog. It is a very sweet and thoughtful story. It is not "light" reading because it addresses difficult themes, but it is told with a very sweet angle and tells the story of a small community. There is a lot of "cottage-style" friendship and warmth in this book. I encourage you to check it out of the library!



http://www.amazon.com/Guernsey-Liter.../dp/0385340990

[chyna]

Yes I have read Lightning, I think I read it before Relentless and as usual enjoyed it. I really like his Odd series, it is goofy yes supernatural. And who doesn't love ghost dogs.