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• Sara writes:

  I finally actually picked up the Hunger Games and read more than 50 pages. Now I can’t put it down. I totally get why Travis was raving about it.

• Cathy writes:

  I predict you will like The Help. Another series that will keep you turning the pages until the wee hours is The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and its sequels. I actually started with book number 2, then read number 3, before wrapping back around to read the first book. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo has been made into a movie, too, to be released fairly soon I think.

• Sarah writes:

  I have read all of these except the last one, and they are all great! Don’t buy the hunger games you can borrow my copy (I have all three). I am always on the look out for a great book. Let me know if you find any good reads. My list right now includes Atlas Shrugged, the Chaos Walking Series, and The Art of Racing in the Rain. Happy reading from one book lover to another!

• Cathy writes:

  I also really like non-fiction at times. Anything by Malcolm Gladwell provides fascinating insights into human behavior (Blink, The Tipping Point, etc). Recently I read Thinking in Pictures — My Life With Autism, by Temple Grandin, which I highly recommend, especially if you have any personal links to anyone with autism or Asperger’s Syndrome. (The movie “Temple Grandin”, starring Claire Danes, is also very good.) Another favorite I re-read every so often is “Mountains Beyond Mountains” by Tracy Kidder, which is about Dr. Paul Farmer and his “ministry” to the poor people of Haiti.

• Cathy writes:

  Back to fiction, if you love horses and/or dogs you have to read Jane Smiley’s “Horse Heaven”. It creates a universe of colorful, lovable characters: human, canine and equine. Unlike “A Thousand Acres”, which I didn’t really like because it was so dark, Horse Heaven shines a kinder light on the human condition.

  Last but not least, Barbara Kingsolver is always wonderful: fiction or non-fiction. If you are interested in eating local, eating organic, eating healthy, etc. etc., her book “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle” will delight you. Her story about a lady turkey coyly coming on to her (Kingsolver’s) husband had me laughing ’til I cried. And the book includes many wonderful recipes.

• dena writes:

  GIRL!!!! If you are ready to try books on tape, listen to the HELP audiobook! It is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOo amazing. They don’t READ the book, it feels like you are listening to a friend talk to you. Like you are their diary.

  GET IT! sososososososososo good!

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