But, since I'm always on the lookout for a good book and love a great suggestion, I have read or am about to read a couple of books off People Magazine's 2013 summer list:
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/38269.People_Magazine_s_Must_Read_Books_for_Summer_2013
This past weekend I read The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls: A Novel. I've got The Engagements on my Nook queue as well as Bad Monkey by Carl Hiaasen (I've read some of his other stuff) and the Widow Waltz. I'm thinking about Sisterland: A Novel by Curtis Sittenfeld but I just couldn't get into Prep so I'm not sure if it was the author's style of prose that didn't do it for me or the subject matter. The Astronaut Wives Club: A True Story looks interesting, too.
I'm currently reading Divergent (only a few chapters in). You can check out the author's blog here:
http://veronicarothbooks.blogspot.com/ Divergent is being made into a movie and this link gives a a quick review as to what this book is all about: http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/05/14/divergent-tris-dauntless-exclusive/ And here's the IMDB link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1840309/?ref_=sr_1 It will be interesting to see if this series is as popular as The Hunger Games. There also seems to be several discussion boards/forums dedicated to which is better: Hunger Games vs. Divergent. On a personal note, I loved the Hunger Game books but didn't really like the movie -- I thought some of the graphics were a bit cheesy and a little too CGI for my taste, however, I can appreciate a strong female lead and both books seem to have that in "Katniss" and "Tris."
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