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Hi Moms!
I am determined that I am going to make time for myself to sit and read! However, I am looking for some recommendations on books you have enjoyed reading. Thanks so much!

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"Pillars of the Earth" and "The World Without End" by Ken Follett.
"The Help" by Kathryn Sockett
"Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
"The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
"A Reliable Wife" by Robert Goolrick
"The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
"The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society"
"Zeitoon"
"The Women" by TC Boyle
"Life Lists" by Olivia Gentile
"Blue Tattoo" by Margot Mifflin
"The School of Essential Ingredients" by Erica Bauermeister
"The Thirteenth Tale" by Diane Setterfield

I also HIGHLY recommend the Stieg Larsson Trilogy,
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
"The Girl who Played with Fire"
"The Girl who Kicked the Hornets Nest"

I can wiz through the Janet Evonovich books fairly well, if I'm just looking for something quick and light.

I also enjoy anything by Jodi Piccoult.

And just because I have to throw a few of my favorite health related books in as well.
"The Hundred Year Lie" by Randall Fitzgerald
"In Defense of Food" by Michael Pollan
"What We Eat" by Marion Nestle

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It's going to depend on if you want something light and fun? The books by E. Griffin are fun (Something Borrowed, which is a movie now). She has a couple in the series.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series is excellent.
The Help by Kathryn Stockett is very good.

Those should get yous tarted, along with what other moms will also recommend! Have fun!

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What kind of story do you like?

Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The Chronicles of Narnia, the Inheritance series, The Wheel of Time series, the Twilight Saga, The Princess Bride, Interview with the Vampire, The Monkey's Paw, A Cask of Amontillado, Frankenstein, Dracula, The Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Storm Born, The Island of the Blue Dolphins, The Outsiders, They Cage the Animals at Night, Of Mice and Men, The Cage, Night, Dawn, Day, The Notebook, Little Women, Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Sense and Sensability, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, The Odyssey, The Iliad, Till We Have Faces, The Lost Symbol, The Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons, Nectar in a Sieve, The Great Gatsby, The Crucible, The BFG, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Tuesdays with Morrie, A Separate Peace, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn are all stories I've either read or plan to read.

The Cage and Night are both memoirs of Holocaust survivors and They Cage the Animals is a true story about a little boy who spent several years in and out of orphanages and foster homes. The Outsiders is actually set in my hometown and written by a fellow Tulsan.

No wonder I'm used as a walking library and people say I've read everything. After all, I've got a NOOK in my purse.

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It's going to depend on if you want something light and fun? The books by E. Griffin are fun (Something Borrowed, which is a movie now). She has a couple in the series.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series is excellent.
The Help by Kathryn Stockett is very good.

Those should get yous tarted, along with what other moms will also recommend! Have fun!

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If you like funny books, the Chelsea Handler books cracked me up!

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"Pillars of the Earth" and "The World Without End" by Ken Follett.
"The Help" by Kathryn Sockett
"Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
"The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
"A Reliable Wife" by Robert Goolrick
"The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
"The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society"
"Zeitoon"
"The Women" by TC Boyle
"Life Lists" by Olivia Gentile
"Blue Tattoo" by Margot Mifflin
"The School of Essential Ingredients" by Erica Bauermeister
"The Thirteenth Tale" by Diane Setterfield

I also HIGHLY recommend the Stieg Larsson Trilogy,
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
"The Girl who Played with Fire"
"The Girl who Kicked the Hornets Nest"

I can wiz through the Janet Evonovich books fairly well, if I'm just looking for something quick and light.

I also enjoy anything by Jodi Piccoult.

And just because I have to throw a few of my favorite health related books in as well.
"The Hundred Year Lie" by Randall Fitzgerald
"In Defense of Food" by Michael Pollan
"What We Eat" by Marion Nestle

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You might like THe Help plus it's being made into a movie.

If you just want some short quick reading to get you started, I would recommend Listening is an Act of Love by Dave Isay. If you ever listen to NPR and know about the Story Corps, there they take an airstream.. mommy brain.. trailer?? RV?? bus thing??? with a recording studio in it, and go around to different cities and everyday people sign up to go record their stories or what ever the heck they want. I LOVE this concept, I guess they broad cast the ones that give presmission and i think you can listen if you go to the story corps website or NPR if you can't find the other.
here is the blurb.---
StoryCorps founder Dave Isay has selected some of the most remarkable stories from our already vast collection and arranged them thematically into a moving portrait of American life.
I thought it was pretty great.

If you want something light and you don't mind swearing and a bit of sex, i like the JD Robb books Memories in Death, Innocence in death. think law and order set in the future, with a woman cop.

have fun.

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I just started reading a book called "There's an Adult in my Soup". I love it because it has very short chapters and the amount of time I get to sit and read a book is not very long. I still feel like I get to read, but not sitting there for hours at a time.
I also agree with Stacey G. regarding the E. Griffin books. Very good!!

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Tina Fey.... "Bossypants"
"The Help".. Kathryn Sockett
"The Postmistress"..Sarah Blake
"The Physick Book Of Deliverance Dane"..Katherine Howe

Enjoy!

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The Glass Castle and Half Broke Horses by Jeanette Walls.
Unbroken by Lauren Hillenbrand.

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