Olive Kitterage by Elizabeth Strout and Say You're One of Them by Uwem Akpan.

Olive Kitterage was an interesting book!

Thank you for the book tip...I am always looking for good books to add to my pile.

I also loved Heaven is for Real!!I read it on my Nook than went and and bought a copy so I could lend it out to people!!

Now I'm reading Falling Leaves, The Memoir of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter, by Adeline Yen Mah.

I had an aunt who could have been Olive.

That must have been fun!

She was wonderful and amazing and died two years ago at 97, fiesty to the end.

These are all fiction
For espionage-mystery folks - Trinity Six was a great read
Am now reading another of his books - Typhoon
Author: Charles Cumming

All of Kate Atkinson's books (4 of them) are well-written and very good stories

Sweetwater by Roxana Robinson

The Emperor of Ocean Park - Stephen Carter (a Yale law professor who can write a really good story)

Desperate Characters - Paula Fox

Jane Gardam's Old Filth (stands for Failed in London, try Hong Kong) a story told from the husband's point of view
and, The Man in the Wooden Hat - same story from the wife's point of view

Joseph Kanon's The Good German - good book, awful movie

Louise Penny - all of them - read in order

The Fox's Walk

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I NEVER almost NEVER buy a book...that is what a library is for!! Since I seldom re-read a book, buying is not for me..

Wow, what wonderful suggestions..I read constantly so now I have some new ideas. I do like political thrillers...Vince Flynn is my current fav. On the other side, I am really enjoying Richard Paul Evans stuff..a far cry from political thriller..LOL..love all the quilting books that have been mentioned...just plain love to read..how about The Shack? Anyone read that?

I just finished my first CJ Box mystery today. Nowhere to Hide and I had a hard time putting it down.

Iv'e read a few Jeffery Archer books and I really like them. One of his books, "The Bone Collector" was made into a movie with Denzel Washington.

I got tired of reading books dealing with murders and just by chance picked up a book by Richard Paul Evans. I have read all of his books. The most recent ones are "The Walk" and "Miles To Walk" and he is writing a sequel to these two books that will be coming out in 2012. Read Jennifer Chiaverini's book, "The Aloha Quilt".

Whistlin' Dixie in a Nor'Eastern, can't remember the author but that was the last real good one I've read. I finished it about 2 months ago. :)

Same here. :)

I've read that series by Nancy Turner also and loved them! :)

Thanks friends, I've updated my Blackberry with a new book list. I was at the end of my old list and starting to worry. Lol :)

The Shack is an awesome read. You will not be disappointed. I've recommended it to several people who just "do not read books" and they all loved it. My sister, who is not a believer, actually said it was "thought provoking".

We read The Shack in book club last year. I was out of the province for the discussion but I was told it was very heated and lively. People either liked it or hated it and had very strong opinions either way. I confess that I didn't read it as I knew I was going to be away when it was discussed.

I have enjoyed all of Sandra Dallas's books except the Buster something or another in the title. I have her latest one to read from the library, but have't had a chance to read it yet (Bride's House).

Cleopatra by Stacey Schiff. The vocabulary consisted of words I had to look up to get the meaning. It has been a long time since an author has used words that have forced me to look up a dictionary. Besides expanding my mind, the book was really good and funny in places as well as informative.