If you liked Harry Potter, I would suggest the Twilight series. Total guilty pleasure.

I have read some quick reads that I loved! Lamb: the gospel according to Biff -fiction (ya think?)
The blue sweater - non-fiction
The Muslim next door - great at explaining, in simple terms, the religion and history.

My favorite all time read and greatest adventure is Watership Down by Richard Adams. The many adventures and challenges met by Fiver and his friends inspire me to go beyond my comfort zone and challenge the adventure that life is. Happy Reading!

Thanks for all the great suggestions! "Wonder Boys," "Dewey" and "The Thirteenth Tale" were all on my list of books to read someday, and now I have even more books to add. Now I just don't know how I'll narrow it down! :)

Stacy, if you like Chabon, you should read Wonder Boys as well. More amusing than the movie, I read it on a beach vacation and remember sitting in the sand laughing. Maybe it was the Coronas I was drinking, or maybe it was the abrupt appearance of a lethargic snake in the getaway scene, but it was funny. (Chabon tends to use a few archaic words and some Yiddish, so you always learn some new vocab -- he uses the word contumelious in several of his novels, and I always end up looking it up.)

How awesome that someone is getting to go on a wonderful family vacation!!! I hope you have an amazing time...I think I have suggested these before, but they are excellent "vacation" reads! I really enjoyed The Thirteenth Tale (as mentioned by "Vector).Oh, and I loved "The Russian Concubine". Also, as someone else mentioned, Dewey - the small town library cat - was truly a fun and quick read as well!

bobb1951 - inappropriate. If you don't have anything constructive to say, don't say anything at all. Since you refered to the bible, the bible also discourages envy and teaches us to love our neighbors as ourselves so you could use a lesson or two yourself. Happy reading, Stacy.

We've got a GREAT booklist available online called "Armchair Travels" - it lists some fantastic titles that are sure to transport you this summer! Check it out at www.HedbergPublicLibrary.org and click on the Bookslists link.

I like Michael Chabon a lot. So far I've read "The Yiddish Policemen's Union" and "Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay." I think I liked Yiddish Policemen better, but they were both great. He is a master of language.

"Gentlemen of the Road" by Michael Chabon was so good and way too short for last summer's reading. I have since devoured his "The Yiddish Policemen's Union." This summer, I'm looking forward to dipping into more of his work. Maybe his Pulitzer Prize winner, "The Amazing Website of Kavalier & Clay."

I like Danielle Steel(romance),Nicholas Sparks(sensitive),and James Patterson(suspense). if you need motivation/comfort/religious prayer- read anything by Joel or Victoria Olsteen.I have a wide variety of interests in reading!

May I suggest Michael Perry - any of his three books are brilliant. And he's from Wisconsin, too!

Simon Green's Nightside series is a lot of fun.

Anything James Lee Burke writes is worth your time.

Gone by Michael Grant was really good and the sequel comes out in a month or so.

Mind the Gap by Chris Golden and Tim Lebbon was really, really good.

great book is "Hotel on the corner of bitter and sweet" by Jammie Ford a new author. excellent book. I highly recommend it.

Non Fiction:
Eat, Pray Love One Woman's Search for Everything Across India, Italy and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert

Literary Fiction:
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Stroud
(won the Pulitzer for fiction this year). A character in Maine described through a series of stories that involve her and the town around her. Beautifully written.

Interesting:
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield. An old woman spiels out her creepy gothic tale to an odd young woman. The audio version is fantastic. Think Turn of the Screw meets Jane Eyre.

Suspense:
In the Woods or The Likeness by Tana French

Non Fiction:
Eat, Pray Love One Woman's Search for Everything Across India, Italy and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert

What everyone is reading but I don't recommend: Anything by Dan Brown

I'm reading "Dewey" right now. Its about a world famous librarian cat. Its based on a true story and its a great book! Its a enjoyable read that doesn't take a lot of thinking. One that you kind of getting lost in the story, which I love! If your a cat person, or even if our not, its a great book.

Mkate, I love "The Time Traveler's Wife"! It's one of my all-time favorites. I'm excited about the movie version coming up in August but it'll be hard for the movie to live up to my expectations.

For good fiction reading, I've enjoyed everything I've ever read by James Patterson. Lot's of detective story lines, but other subjects as well.

How about something like Outlander (by Diana Gabaldon), Time Traveler's Wife, or a few of the Sookie Stackhouse books by Charlaine Harris?

If you enjoy sports stories and want to read some entertaining fiction, I like Rick Reilly's work. A bit crass at times, but funny.

John Feinstein has some good non-fiction as well as fiction written for teens. Again, his books are sports related.

I recommend I Am Charlotte Simmons by Tom Wolfe for those who are going off to college.

I love reading Beverly Lewis! She writes books about the Amish community. You get a great story and a lesson in the Amish heritage as well. Also love Tamar Myers as well. It's still about the Amish but they are mysteries and are so funny too! It's fun to learn about their culture as they are so private and this way you don't offend them. both these writers were brought up with this culture.

Have you read a good adolescent literature book lately? There are a lot of them out there that appeal to both adolescents, and adults. Here are a few titles for you. "The Declaration" and "The Resistance," by Gemma Malley, are the first two books in a relatively new series that explores what the future will bring when overpopulation collides with science. "Peak," by Rolland Smith, is a book about a kid who gets in trouble with the law and gets sent to live with his dad, who is leading a mountain climbing expedition up Mt. Everest. And, one of my favorites that is not an adolescent lit book, "The Blackbird Papers," by Ian Smith, is a murder mystery lover's dream! Maybe you can google some of these to see if they could be your vacation pick. Happy reading!

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Using bobb1951's logic...
No one at the Gazette should write about home improvements so as not to offend those whose homes have recently burned, the sports department aught not write about outstanding local athletes out of respect for the handicapped, and geez, Stacy, how dare you ask for book titles when you know there are blind people in the world?

(I'd roll my eyes, but that might be insensitive to Kathy Idzerda's close-eyed baby bunnies.)

I love reading Donald Westlake. Not just a fun read, but he writes stories that you really want to know how in the world it works out in the end.

Linda Fairstein is one of my new favorites. Her main character is an ADA in the sex crimes unit, so it's a little Law & Orderish. But I've noticed that each book also slips in a history lesson about New York City. The one I read this week explained the underground tunnels and water systems in the Big Apple.
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Also, I can lend you "Dies the Fire" by SM Stirling. I'm not big on sci-fi, but it's interesting. Here's the Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/Dies-Fire-S-M-Stir...

I can only dream of a vacation.Being laid off for toooo long i only read want ads (which there are very few)or web sites for work.Read the Bible so you have more empathy for your readers than flaunting your Disney trip.Open your eyes on vacation at the real world,not your fairy land stay.