Vacation reading suggestions?

Stardust by Neil Gaiman was good. The movie's good, too.

Ditto.


I like the short story/novella version. I don't think expanding it to novel form improved it any.

Stardust was the least dark of Gaiman's work. I liked it, but I liked Anansi Boys better. I'm reading American Gods now.

Berlin Noir by Philip Kerr, pure Chandler.

Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein. Bet you've read it, though.

I haven't read it yet. It looks really good but also looks like it has the potential to be sad. Especially sad when I know I'll be missing my constant companion while I'm away. Maybe I'll save that one for when I get back. Thanks for the recommendation!

We leave bright and early tomorrow morning and I have downloaded samples of all the books mentioned that had samples available. Thank you all so much for making sure I have solid entertainment during my trip.

I missed your reply the first time through somehow, izzythepush, thank you for responding. They only have a study guide for that book on Kindle -- how weird is that? I'll keep my eyes peeled for it!

So where are you vacationing, boomer?

We're going to visit family so we're going to be moving around a bit.

I've almost finished listening to it via audio book, Ben.
I agree, it's fascinating.

If you're still looking for reading material, boomerang, I'd recommend Audrey Niffenegger's second novel, Her Fearful Symmetry, which I thought was even more riveting. :

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/books/review/Cokal-t.html?pagewanted=all

Hi there boomer! In case you check this thread again, I couldn't put this one down last month: The Passage by Justin Cronin.

Hello Boomerang. As the author of Confessions of a D-List Supervillain, I was googling my title and this thread showed up. I'm glad you're liking the story so far and hope that the rest is just as enjoyable.

If you're looking for additional suggestions, I recently enjoyed M.G. Harmon's Wearing the Cape, which is also a superhero based story. It has more of a YA feel to it than Confessions. If you like a darker picture, you can give Ex-Heroes by Peter Clines a look (Superheroes vs Zombies).

Regards,
Jim Bernheimer
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That is weird, I never thought it had reached 'study status,' although they are historically very accurate.

i really enjoyed The Passage as well

Is that a book, or something else?

a post apocalyptic vampire tale, sort of the stand/andromeda strain meets mad max

I'll add it to the list. Do you particularly like vampire fiction?

It turns out I didn't get much chance to read while away but I did get started on a few of the books.

"Priceless" is wonderful! I'm liking it very much.

I'm also really liking "Good Omens" but I'm thinking of buying it in print. I feel like I'm missing a lot by not reading the footnotes and a Kindle doesn't lend itself to page flipping. Also, it's easy to lose track of who is good and who is bad so not being able to quickly flip to the character list is kind of a drag. It is a funny book though and reminds me of Christopher Moore just like I thought it would!

Hello to you! Thanks for stopping by. I thought your book was really good.

I loved the whole idea of Imaginary Larry! Will there be a sequel? I'd love to know what goes on with him and what happens with the baby.