Have you read "Winter Solstice" by Rosamund Pilcher? It's good and clean, has a little romance, but is mainly about older people, with a couple exceptions, just a great story!

I am reading She Played With Fire but it is not very clean.....good book but I don't like hearing about bisexual encounters.

Just finished Outliers and am just finishing up Moloka'i.

I just never liked Rosamund Pilcher, I tried several of her books.

I just read "The Beach House by Mary Alice Monroe...it was excellent as was "Sullivan's Island" by Dorothea Benton Frank...I think you'll find them right up your alley...I've put some of their other books on hold at the Library...as well as the new Sue Grafton Book...I love books with the same character and I've read all the alphabet series by Sue Grafton! Any of Nora Roberts books will satisfy that romance need as well...I love her trilogy books!! I wish I woulda kept track of how many books I read this year...

Go back a few years and try "Cold Mountain" Or go back further and read "Gone with the Wind." Or "Dr. Zhivago" or "Jane Eyre" or "Rebecca" by Daphne DuMaurier. All great page-turner romances.

For an amazing, short book, try "One Day In the Life of Ivan Denisovich." Certainly no romance in this little gem, but, wow, what a book. Makes you kind of rethink a few things.

Sherry

I read my book again this morning...

Does that count? ;)

Rose
author (ahem) "The Ugly Woman's Guide to Internet Dating: What I Learned From 70 First Dates."

Yes! That counts! Can I read it, too?

I just finished reading THE OATH by John Lescroart and enjoyed it. I am now reading THE WINNER by David Baldacci. They are a type of mystery.Both are new authors to me but I think I like them. WINTER SOLSTICE sounds like I would like it. I really enjoyed the book REBECCA and HER COUSIN RACHEL which wasn't quite as good.

"The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society" by
Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows

Enjoying this alot. Story about the recollections of those living on the island of Guernsey during the German Occupation during the aftermath of WWII written thru a series of letters. Humorous & hard to put down. Written so well, it's easy to forget that it's fiction & not actual letters.

Just finished "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett. It's a good book. It's 1962 Mississippi about black maids.

Katklaws...I just finished the GUERNSEY book as well. It was really different, being done in letters. I liked it a lot but wasn't always sure of who the various people were, got them a little mixed up. I think this is because it was in letters, not a narrative description of the story so there wasn't a lot of description of what people looked like, etc. I hope this make sense.

I was wanting a Christmas book and got SANTA CRUISE by Mary and Carol Higgins Clark from the used book store. Good thing I only paid $2 for it because it was really bad!!!!

Now I'm reading WHITE TIGER by Aravind Adiga, and I think I'm going to like it a lot.

JoAnn...you made it thru one of Jodi Picoults books, try reading another one of hers

I just finished reading WHISTLING IN THE DARK. What a cute book!

Synopsis

It was the summer on Vliet Street when we all started locking our doors...

Sally O'Malley made a promise to her daddy before he died. She swore she'd look after her sister, Troo. Keep her safe. But like her Granny always said-actions speak louder than words. Now, during the summer of 1959, the girls' mother is hospitalized, their stepfather has abandoned them for a six pack, and their big sister, Nell, is too busy making out with her boyfriend to notice that Sally and Troo are on the Loose. And so is a murderer and molester.

Highly imaginative Sally is pretty sure of two things. Who the killer is. And that she's next on his list. Now she has no choice but to protect herself and Troo as best she can, relying on her own courage and the kindness of her neighbors.

Hey, Liz, I just started RETURN TO SULLIVAN'S ISLAND. I know I'll love it because I've enjoyed every one of Dorothea Benton Frank's books.

I've read:
Mr and Miss Anonymous by Fern Michaels
Brazen Virtue by Nora Roberts
Chesapeake Blue by Nora Roberts
The Scoop by Fern Michaels
The Time of My Life by Patrick Swayze and Lisa Niemi
Now reading: U Is For Undertow by Sue Grafton

Jodi, I read Moloka'i. I liked it, loved the characters. It is unlike anything I've read before because of the subject matter and setting. Great book!

I am not crazy about a romance. But I did read a book a while back that was a really good love story at the heart of it. It was so much bigger than a love story, though. It was the most poetic, lyrical novel I've ever read. Beautiful language and just a beautiful story about the couple's life and fate. I'd put it in my top 5 favorite books ever. It's how John Steinbeck would write if he were a woman. ;o) It's a well imagined and very well told story, but it's breathtaking how artistic it is. The symbolism and metaphors are perfect. I know I make it sound all serious with my literay talk, but it is so good it can be appreciated on so many levels. I'd call it epic. Sweet, sad, funny, touching. It just flows from page to page. It's just... wow! Read it slowly, savor every word. Here it is... drum roll...

"Evidence of Things Unseen" by Marianne Wiggins.

I just finished After River too, I really liked it. Still have to decide what to start on next.

Two OUTSTANDING books I read this year are: "City of Thieves" and "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle".

Not in the same category, but very good: "How Lincoln Learned to Read"

One of my all-time favorites is: "A Soldier of the Great War"

None is 'easy reading'. Each is beautifully written, with style and originality.

I just finished reading another Janet Evanovich book, "Finger Licking Fifteen." It's new this year. Lately I've been reading a lot of from an old writer. She wrote mostly in the 1920's. Her name is Kathleen Norris and I like her because they are interesting to read about life back then. She is good at describing things. Also, I like it when good things happen to the good guys and vice versa!

Chisue, I LOVED Edgar Sawtelle too!!