A book for the wife.

[greyhippo]

I'm looking for a new book to buy my wife for her birthday.
She has recently read 'Lovely Bones' by Alice Sebold and 'The Timetravellers Wife' by Audrey Niffenegger.
Could anybody recommend something along those lines ?

 

[Stewart]

Judi Picoult seems to be the author I see the ladies reading on the trains at the moment - I can't remember the name of her latest book though. Some seem to think it's a pile of steaming crap while others like it.

I hope a book isn't going to be the sum of the birthday present...

 

[mehastings]

Judi Picoult seems to be the author I see the ladies reading on the trains at the moment - I can't remember the name of her latest book though. Some seem to think it's a pile of steaming crap while others like it.

I'd rather the pile of steaming crap over another Picoult novel! Try Small Island, Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons, The Shadow of the Wind, The Memory of Running or March. They have a variety of different plots, reading levels and literary value. If none of those suit, you can always go with the standby Ya-Ya Novel. There's a new one out, Ya-Yas in Bloom.

 

[Stewart]

I'd rather the pile of steaming crap over another Picoult novel!

Well, there you go...I'll sneak into the cabin tonight and announce it over the train.

 

[mehastings]

Well, there you go...I'll sneak into the cabin tonight and announce it over the train.

I think it's herd mentality. She's a bestselling author, her books must be good. Just beware they don't stampede into the cabin and kill you.

I think Jodi Picoult may be to me what Dan Brown is to you...

 

[Stewart]

Merde et mon bete noire

 

[mehastings]

Merde et mon bete noire

My point exactly. You threw me with the bête noire though (had to look it up). I'm a tad rusty.

 

[Delta_doh!]

The Great Pretender ~ Millenia Black

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos...1615/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_10_1/202-9094540-2927833

I loved it....