[CelticKnots]

Anyone besides me have (or attempting to get, in my case) a summer reading list? It'd be cool to hear if other people are reading stuff and get book reccomendations.

So far I'm reading The Iliad, Till We Have Faces and Hadrian's Wall. I have WAAAAY too much spare time on my hands this summer.

*CK*

[Khamul]

Erm, unfortunetly, right now, I don't really have a list. But I'm considering to try and -finish- the Silmarillion this time.
*Sheepish grin*

[NeumeIndil]

The next book on my list is Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove since Karl Urban is in an upcoming miniseries based on it and I'm easily distracted by that particular Kiwi.

As for recommendations, I don't know what your tastes run toward but I've enjoyed:

Any fiction by Barbara Kingsolver (especially The Poisonwood Bible or The Bean Trees and its sequal Pigs in Heaven).

Stolen from Gypsies by Noble Smith. It's humorous historical fiction with a lot of double meanings and some great one-liners.

Those Who Favor Fire by Lauren Wolk, about a "drifter" and his on-again-off-again girlfriend in a coal town being eaten from beneath by a mine fire.

The Other Bolyn Girl by Phillipa Gregory, a historical fiction/ romance set during the reign of Henry VIII. Be advised there's some smut.

Pride of Kings by Judith Tarr, another historical fiction/ fantasy set during Richard the Lionheart's crusade. It has a little sexual content too.

[NancyBrooke]

Let me echo Neume and say I really enjoyed all of Barbara Kingsolver's books, but particulalry recommend Poisonwood Bible and Prodigal Summer. Can't wait until she publishes a new one.

The Other Boleyn Girl is a great read - fast and fun, and Phillipa Gregory has, I think, two other historical novels in the same vein.

I am in a book club, and our current selection is Eva Luna, by Isabel Allende, which I'm not too enthusiastic about, actually but have to read. But, on my own list is Full Dark House, a mystery by Christopher Fowler which looks like fun, more by Jasper Fforde (author of the Eyre Affair), and Summerland by Michael Chabon. About it, Amazon says:

[RoxieRxChicago]

If you like the sci-fi/fantasy thing and want a fun read, I highly recommond Laurell K. Hamilton's Merry Gentry series. There are currently four of them, and a fifth is due out at Christmas time. I'm also a huge fan of J.D. Robb's (a.k.a. Nora Roberts) ... In Death series. They are great murder mysteries, and the characters are fabulous. She writes strong female characters extremely well. Or if you are feeling intellectual, I would also recommend Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, or The Stanic Verses by Salman Rushdie.