Off topic: good book??

XOXO · Post by **XOXO** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 3:27 pm

I am getting organized for our trip and want a good juicy book. What are your bringing for your trip? (or if you already went what did you bring??)

I like romance, mystery, non-fiction . . .

Thanks!

Gina

Lulu76 · Post by **Lulu76** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 3:43 pm

I just went last month and the book I read was good Southern chick lit, "The Devil in the Junior League." It was quite the page-turner and very juicy beach reading!

Nancy_B · Post by **Nancy_B** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 4:03 pm

Lulu, that is MY kind of beach reading. Have you read any of the author's other books? If I like a new author, I like to order others from Amazon all at once.

I have the Suky Stackhouse (True Blood books) at home that I haven't read yet and will also get Twilight series for Christmas (well, requested them and hoping they come).

Gromit · Post by **Gromit** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 4:12 pm

I like to read island themed stuff....

OK.. I CONFESS I read total TRASH while on vacay. Last week while on island was romance: "A Pirates Love" by Johanna Lindsey.

Summary: "Sailing westward toward the Caribbean sun, young Bettina Verlaine obediently sets out to fulfill the promise made by her father--but not by her heart -- a prearranged marriage destined not to be...once the notorious Captain Tristan's pirate ship appears on the horizon.

Abducted by the bold and handsome brigand, the pale-haired beauty surrenders her innocence in the warm caress of the tropical winds -- detesting her virile captor for enslaving her. . .yet loving him for the passionate spell he casts over fragile, yearning heart."

HOT!!!HOT!!!! HOT!!!!!!

To redeem myself (a little bit any way) I bought a copy of "Don't Stop the Carnival" by Herman Wouk.

Jimmy Buffet's "A Pirate Looks at 50" is also a great read.

Cap'n Fatty Goodlanders book "Seadogs Clowns and Gypsies" is also a really fun read.

Nancy_B · Post by **Nancy_B** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 4:14 pm

Gromit,

You are too funny! Was Fabio on the cover of that book? I always love those "I hate him and then I can't live without him" books.

I read trash too -mindless is best for me on vacation!

Lulu76 · Post by **Lulu76** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 4:22 pm

I started reading "Don't Stop the Carnival" on our last trip (there was a copy in the house), and I think I might buy a copy and read it. What I read was good, but I didn't dare take it to the beach after what happened last year.

Nancy, I haven't read any more books by that author, but it sounds like I need to check it out.

I have a confession to make: I don't read any of those romance novels with the scurrilous covers. I had a teacher in high school who said those were trash and encouraged us to read "real" romance novels like Wuthering Heights, Emma and Persuasion. So, I might read English Classics, but I know nothing about Danielle Steele.

Sometimes I watch the TV adaptations on Lifetime Movie Network and wonder if I'm missing out.

P.S. That reminds me that I also read "The Jane Austen Book Club" last trip. It's good too.

Gromit · Post by **Gromit** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 4:33 pm

Nancy B-- SO glad I am not alone in this guilty pleasure!!

No Fabio on the cover. IN fact it's a very modest cover with no people on the cover at all. ALMOST respectable!

I never read that crap at home. But vacay is an escape so my reading material might as well be too!

Nancy_B · Post by **Nancy_B** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 4:37 pm

Gromit,

I admit that I read trash whenever I travel. Years ago, I had a huge issue with flying and claustrophia on planes. I found that if I have light reading that I can get fully engrossed in easily, I could pretend I was somewhere other then a cramped, tin can. Now I read it on planes and on vacations. I did a whole stint of English Chick Lit that I loved and now read whatever others recommend.

I work so hard when I'm not on vacation so I totally enjoy the escape of mindless reading.

Lulu76 · Post by **Lulu76** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 4:54 pm

You girls have inspired me. I'm totally reading something with Fabio on the cover for the next vacation!

Gromit · Post by **Gromit** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 4:56 pm

Welcome to the dark side!!

XOXO · Post by **XOXO** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 5:01 pm

This is exactly what I was looking for--something mindless yet a page turner.

I already ordered the Devil in Junior League. I am looking into others.

Thank you for the suggestions!

Gina

cjroyer · Post by **cjroyer** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 5:19 pm

Okay, I'll admit it. I read trashing novels all the time. I don't watch much tv so I read alot. Here are some of my favorite authors:

Roxanne St Clair
Suzanne Brockmann
Cindy Gerard
Beverly Barton
Marliss Melton

For more of a mild romance, try Sheryl Woods or Nicolas Sparks.

If you like Christian novels, I like Dee Henderson and Karen Kingsbury.

I read them all. I had to start a spreadsheet just to keep track of what I've read so I don't buy them again.

Happy reading!!!
Cindy

RickG · Post by **RickG** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 6:51 pm

I've always wondered if there was any truth to the rumor that Fabio and George Clooney tangled? That would make a fine book cover - "The Scottish knight's waxed Italian antagonist" Or, should that be agonist?

http://facstaff.unca.edu/pbahls/TitleGenerator.html

Whatever happened to the good stuff, like "The Story of O?"

Cheers, RickG

islandgirlstuckinVA · Post by **islandgirlstuckinVA** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 7:26 pm

I stumbled across a fairly new author Jen Lancaster recently and have NEVER laughed so hard while reading a book...

She's a blog writer (www.jennsylvania.com) and although the books are really about nothing but her life, it makes for a VERY fun read! (You will be the crazy person on the beach laughing to yourself. i promise!)

Her books:
-Bitter is the New Black
[i]Such a Pretty Fat
Bright Lights, Big Ass[/i]

I also enjoy all of Emily Griffin's & Jennifer Weiner's books as well.

Just fun, RELAXING books.

The Friday Night Knitting Club is also a great read but can be a bit depressing. I'd go with the other books if you're looking for a HAPPY book!

sherban · Post by **sherban** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 8:26 pm

There is a huge thread on books in the off topic forum....fyi...lots of great book discussion over there....

13 pages worth!!!

http://www.virgin-islands-on-line.com/f ... php?t=5902

My dialog on several books is in there....including Don't Stop De Carnival...

usvi-on-line