Vacation Reading

I finished up One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez this past week and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Read more about it at my reading blog.

Because there is nothing to read in the house (if you have seen my house, you would be laughing uncontrollably at that statement -- he he), I made a trip to our local used book store, Book Market Paperback Sales & Trading Center in Joliet, and picked up Falling Angels by Tracy Chevalier. This looks to be a quick read, so I'm sure I will be looking for some vacation reading for our trip to Disney world in a few weeks. I want something light, fun, entertaining -- you get the idea. If you have any vacation reading suggestions, please leave them in the comments here or over at Booga J Reads. Thanks so much!

Comments

[Amy]

You are right, Falling Angels will be a quick read, not all that uplifting, but quick. (You may want to see if HBO is still running Iron Jawed Angels (http://www.hbo.com/films/ironjawedangels/) when you are done, complements the book nicely. Have you read Years of Wonder: A Novel of the Plague ->(http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0142001430/qid=1080674110/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-3728067-7291941?v=glance&s=books. Not too long, but full of substance, my book club and I really liked it.

[Jessica]

Are you in Chicago? I was just looking at Oprah.com today at upcoming shows and they're looking for Chicago-area readers for the audience on their discussion of the book. Odd, since I never go to the Oprah site. Must have been bored.

[Cathi]

If you are looking for fun entertaining reading you should start the series of books by Janet Evanovich.
THe first one is "One for the Money"
and they go for nine books, the tenth coming out this summer. Entertaining and really funny mystery reading.
Try them. cathi

[max]

Read anything by Ellen Gilchrist!
Her short stories would be perfect vacation reading. Not fluff but not to literary either, does that make sense?

[PJ]

Evanovich is extremely light reading - fun, but not big enough for a vacation book unless you take 8 or 10! Have you read Sister of My Heart, Samurai's Garden, Master Butcher's Singing Club, anything by Barbara Kingsolver, Amazing Adventures of Cavalier and Clay, The Big Sky, Stones From the River,or for complete escape from reality - the Diana Gabaldon Outlander series = be sure to start with #1. Have a great time.

[Michelle]

Two good reads- "The Eyre Affair" by Jasper Fforde (fantasy, mystery, farce) and "Queen Bee of Mimosa Branch" by Haywood Smith (a southern hoot).

[Sharon]

Julie, if you enjoyed the Latin-American magical realism of Garcia-Marquez, you will also enjoy just about anything by Isabel Allende. The House of the Spirits is a good one to start with. For a more fanciful magical realism, try anything by Alice Hoffman. Amy's suggestion of Year of Wonders is also excellent.

[jen]

I loved that book, the style really drew me in. Probably one of my favourite ones!

[Becky]

I love that book! I'm a huge fan of magical surrealism, and Gabriel Garcia Marquez is among my favorites. I've nearly all of his books at least once, but I've read Cien Años de Soledad three times : twice in Spanish, and once in English. Not very much was lost in the translation. So glad that others appreciate it, too!

[Tipper]

I'm a huge fan of Amy Tan's books; they're some of the only ones that I, the bookworm-turned-girl-with-short-attention-span, can't put down. Almost everyone's read The Joy Luck Club, but there are plenty more to be had!

[Kim]

I would second Isabel Allende, and also, maybe more sarcastic/cynical but hilarious short stories is anything by David Sedaris. I'm sure I can come up with some more stuff when I'm nearer to my bookshelves.