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Check out goodreads.com. You can look up books by genre, title, author, or subject and see reviews by REAL people. =) There are also groups you can join if there is a particular theme that you enjoy. I have found it to be a really good resource for keeping track of things I have read, but more importantly, things I want to read. Hope this helps!

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I love anything by Karen Kingsbury. Dee Henderson is also good. They are both Christian fiction authors.

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I just finished up The Kite Runner and The Other Boleyn Girl before that. I had a REALLY hard time putting either of them down.

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CHeck out a book at the library on Helen Keller. It's amazing how Ann Sullivan gave her entire life to Helen so she could have a life and to see what an amazing woman Helen (and Ann) turned out to be.

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Meg Cabot (author of Princess Diaries) has a great adult series. I laugh the whole way through all her books. I am really into the funny girly books. Another good series is the Shopaholic series. Shopaholic & Sister, Shopaholic & Baby, etc.

Don't know what genre you are into, but I just finished The Amber Room by Steve Berry last night which was really good. I totally recommend the alphabet mysteries by Sue Grafton (A is for Alibi, B is for Burgular, ect.) I also like Diana Gabladon's Outlander series which is time period romance, hard to explain, but really addictive. I also read Christopher Paolini's Eragon, and Eldest in the past year and waiting for the third book of the series to come out this fall. I found it in the teen section of my library, but it was a really good read, and your 16 year old might even enjoy it too. Also Jan Karon's Mitford series is nice light reading (about a priest and the small town he lives in, very funny.) Hope some of these are kind of what you are looking for. I read as much as possible, if you couldn't tell. :)

I know you have gotten a lot of responses, Janet Evanovich is hilarious...but I LOVED "This Much I Know is True" and "She's Come Undone" by Wally Lamb. Serious page turners, you'll laugh, you'll cry...you'll enjoy!!

My all time favorites are novels by Laurell K. Hamilton. She has a website. Her books are very good. i've already read 1-7 of her books. i'm now looking for the rest of them. They're fiction about vampirism, romances and other fun stuff to read about. If you like spiritual magic and the supernatural these are the ones to read! She's even got a myspace page!

I would recommend The Memory Keepers Daughter and Me & Emma. Both are fantastic!

I., a current book out is called, "Eat, Pray, Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert and is a fun, yet insightful read. Another favorite is the science fiction books - Maximum Ride - by James Patterson. The chapters are very short and they make for a quick read. Best of luck to you...

At The Scent of Water
I'm so sorry I can't remember the author, but it was incredible.

Hi! If you don't mind Christian type stories, my fave series so far is Red River of the North book series by Lauraine Snelling. It's kind of like the Love Comes Softly series by Jeanette Oak as it's also set in the 'pioneer time frame'. It's an ongoing story about a family of Norwegian immigrants that come over to the US little by little to have a 'better life' compared to the hardships apparant in Norway at the time. It has humorous instances as well. It's really a good series. Once I started, I couldn't stop. I stayed up late to complete ea book in a day, it's that good. Love Comes Softly series is good but for me, I like this one better. You can also just look online if you like Christian type stories, you can find some really good ones!

Eat, Pray, Love
Three Cups of Tea
A Thousand Splendid Suns if you have already read Kite Runner;
Skinny Dip - Carl Hiaasen
So Help Me God - Larry Thompson

Enjoy your summer reading!!

I'm into Jane Austen and just read The Memoirs of Jane Austen by Syrie James. It's historical fiction. If you like Jane Austen books or her books made into movies you might like this. It's a very easy read!

The last two books I just read were "The Same Kind of Different as Me" by Denver Moore and Ron Hall and also "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan" by Lisa See. I loved both of them. Truly worthwhile and educational at the same time.

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffeneger is amazing! It's one of those books that you can't put down once you start and in between reading it you keep thinking about the characters.

Labyrinth by Kate Mosse is good. It is fiction, long and has a lot of religious content sort of like the "holy grail" stuff. I also like most of the books Jennifer Weiner has written, In Her Shoes, Little Earthquakes and Good in Bed.

I highly recommend the Twilight Series by Stephanie Meyer. I think it was a book written for young adults but I loved it and so did all the people in my book club. Their making it into a movie that should be released later this fall. Anyway, there are currently 3 books and the 4th one is due out later this summer. I couldn't put them down. It's a romance/action dealing with forbidden love between a human girl, a vampire, and a warewolf.

I always like to read things that will make me laugh. The Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich is great, and trust me, you'll feel wonderful about your own life after reading one of them. lol Or if you like cats, try any of the books by Lillian Jackson Braun.

I just finished reading a book called "Something borrowed" by:Emily Giffin . It's a fiction book about two friends, one of whom steals the others fiance (but as readers you are happy she does) It's a great read!! Also, she has a sequel told from the other friends perspective called "Something Blue", everything has a great and happy ending to it plus it's easy to read!

I., I feel your pain. Often I read and here is some of the books I have read by J. California Cooper "A Piece of Mine", Homemade Love, Some Soul to Keep my favorite, Family, The Matter Is Life, and In Search of Satisfaction. They are funny, real warm and right 9on the money, stories from a gifted author that help to do womankind proud.
I have a book list and will update you perodically. Have fun!
R. B

Same Kind of Different as Me by Ron Hall & Denver Moore (true story that will change you)

Twilight Series by Stephanie Meyer. Read them in a few weeks cuz I couldn't put them down. There's supposed to be a movie of it soon. Can't wait!

I have three boys (7, 4 and 6 months) so I understand needing a little escape. Someone has already suggested these books, but I agree...The Shopaholic series are light, fun reads. They move quickly and made me laugh. The author is Sophie Kinsella. I have read all of her books. Another author with great books is Jodi Picoult.
Have fun!