Are there a lot of readers on here??

[Booktigger]

I am struggling to choose books from the library. There are just too many to narrow it down to 4 or 5, and some of the best ones are in hardback, and I really don't like hardbacks. Will be happy when my local library opens again at the end of the month, there were about 3 shelves of books I wanted to get through. So, am looking for some suggestions. I prefer crime/thriller/mystery, and like true life crime/murder. Am currently reading a Jonathan Kellerman, and have two Jeffrey Deaver books, an Agatha Christie and a Richard Laymon, plus a PD James and Dan Brown that my neighbour has lent me. I think I want to try some new authors as well, I want to try Faye Kellerman, am a bit bored with Stephen King, although I do want to read The Cell, not sure about the Dark Tower series though. I am also a bit bored with Patricia Cornwell (and think I have read the majority, if not all of them).

[smudgley]

Don't think I've ever read a book from start to finish since I left school.
No time for reading.

[Booktigger]

I can't imagine not reading, I would go potty!! I always read more when I have new fosters, as they are isolated and I have to go and sit with them.

[Fran]

I don't read fiction books only non fiction

[Booktigger]

What kind of non fiction?

[Fran]

Originally Posted by Booktigger

What kind of non fiction?

Dog breeding, dog training and puppy raising mainly I do read about cats and horses but have to say most of what I read is doggy

[Booktigger]

Not my idea of non fiction then!!!

[Fran]

I have recently been reading about homeopathic remedies. I am also interested in anything science wise, biology, physics etc..

[Fran]

Originally Posted by Booktigger

Not my idea of non fiction then!!!

lol no not most people's idea of a good read BT

[dandysmom]

Originally Posted by Booktigger

I am struggling to choose books from the library. There are just too many to narrow it down to 4 or 5, and some of the best ones are in hardback, and I really don't like hardbacks. Will be happy when my local library opens again at the end of the month, there were about 3 shelves of books I wanted to get through. So, am looking for some suggestions. I prefer crime/thriller/mystery, and like true life crime/murder. Am currently reading a Jonathan Kellerman, and have two Jeffrey Deaver books, an Agatha Christie and a Richard Laymon, plus a PD James and Dan Brown that my neighbour has lent me. I think I want to try some new authors as well, I want to try Faye Kellerman, am a bit bored with Stephen King, although I do want to read The Cell, not sure about the Dark Tower series though. I am also a bit bored with Patricia Cornwell (and think I have read the majority, if not all of them).

I'm an avid reader, & in the same categories you like. Do read the Cell!! Faye Kellerman's series is excellent; I think her characters are better than Jonathan's. I adore all of Ruth Rendell's (alter ego Barbara Vine), PD James, Minette Walters. I went off Cornwell after that incredibly bad "Isle of Dogs"!!! John Saul is good if you like sort of creepy horror. Sujata Massey writes good stories with a Japanese-American heroine, & the settings are excellent, Have you read any of Elizabeth Peters Egyptian series about Amelia Peabody? Start at the beginning if you can; characters age! They are witty! I read Da Vinci Code, wasn't all that impressed; The Labyrinth is better in that genre, I feel. Margaret Frazer is good, also Catherine Aird....I have left out quite a few of my favorite authors, but this post is getting long: hope some of these suggestions will lead you to some good reading!! Please PM me anytime to talk about books...would enjoy it!!