fiction recommendations
Jun. 29th, 2006 10:45 amOK, I need a new book to read, preferably a novel. I have made it through all the books I acquired recently and the ones my mom loaned me. I need some ideas about what to read next.
Some things about what I like and don't like:
So, what can you recommend to me? What are some of your favorites? Who are some of your favorite authors?
Some things about what I like and don't like:
- I am really not a science fiction fan, unless it is Kurt Vonnegut (does that even count??), Marge Piercy or Margaret Atwood, and even then that is stretching it.
- Books with feminist undertones and themes tend to catch my interest more than others.
- I enjoy modern/current fiction quite a bit. I have read a goodly portion of the classics and standards back when I was in school and they aren't necessarily what I am looking to read right now.
- A few of my favorite fiction authors (based on reading at least two or three of their works): Marge Piercy, Alice Walker, Amy Tan, Kurt Vonnegut, Jennifer Weiner (more on the fluffy side) and Chaim Potok.
- Some books that I have read over the past year or two and really enjoyed: Fall on Your Knees, White Oleander (Janet Fitch), Caramelo (Sandra Cisneros), The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd) and Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides).
- I have no fear of long books--in fact I rather like those that can last me a while.
- With a few exceptions, I am not a fan of what I call "pop" fiction (Stephen King, Tom Clancy, etc.)
So, what can you recommend to me? What are some of your favorites? Who are some of your favorite authors?