Please recommend a fun, engaging, 'can't put it down' book for the plane and laying on the beach in Dominican Republic!

What-Now Posted: Sep 19, 2003 11:36 AM

Please recommend a fun, engaging, 'can't put it down' book for the plane and laying on the beach in Dominican Republic!

I like misteries, also funny, sarcastic 'Sex and the City' type stories'. THank you!

jenny11.9 Posted: Sep 20, 2003 07:34 AM

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Anya have you read The DaVinci Code? I think you would really like that...

Good in Bed is very 'a la Sex and the CIty' - I didnt' like it, but I am not into those types of books really. But the main character is engaging!

Another great book is The Weight of Water.

LisaT Posted: Sep 20, 2003 12:00 PM

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have you read Gone for Good? It was a great can't put me down mystery.

Donna Posted: Sep 23, 2003 10:23 AM

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did you try the beach house by James Patterson? it's all about a murder in the Hamptons. Great book for a plane/vacation/sitting by the pool

Danielle&Scott Posted: Sep 23, 2003 12:00 PM

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Anything by James patterson....Or Dean koontz....

How bout Jester by James Patterson.

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James Patterson
Mary Higgins Clark
Sidney Sheldon
Linda Howard
Dean Koontz

All excellent authors.
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dcbride Posted: Sep 24, 2003 03:16 PM

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The DaVInci code kept my husband occupied on the plane ride to Hawaii.

The Idiot Girls' Action-Adventure Club: True Tales from a Magnificent and Clumsy Life
by Laurie Notaro is a funny book of short essays-she has another one too but I don't know how it is.

Red30NY Posted: Sep 25, 2003 11:19 AM

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Have you read any of the 'Shopaholic' books? They're all very funny and cute. Good beach reads.

Jordan Posted: Sep 25, 2003 04:49 PM

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I usually read Nelson DeMille books when I'm travelling...

Plum Island
Gold Coast
Charm School
The General's Daughter
etc...

What-Now Posted: Sep 25, 2003 11:07 PM

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Isn't the General's Daughter a movie based on a book. Are you talking about that book? That was a good movie!

mlp924 Posted: Sep 25, 2003 11:42 PM

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Any of the Stephanie Plum books by Janet Evanovich! There is always a mystery, big laughs and some sexy parts.

Jordan Posted: Sep 26, 2003 04:37 PM

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Yes, General's Daughter (with John Travolta) was based on DeMille's book. IMO, the book was WAY better than the movie. The whole re-enactment of the scene with the daughter played really gratuitous (to me) in the movie. I should add that I don't usually like movies based on books that I've read - the movie never plays the way it did in my head while I read it. Well, rarely.

LImom Posted: Sep 27, 2003 02:23 PM

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I'm a big fan of Nicholas Sparks's books:

The Notebook
Message in the Bottle
Nights in Rodanthe
Walk to Remember
The Rescue

I'm anxious to read 'The Wedding' and 'The Guardian'.

'A Bend in the Road' was the only one I found disappointing. I can't remember the story that much so I may read it again to give it another chance.

ChristineC68 Posted: Sep 27, 2003 11:39 PM

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I always enjoy Janet Evanovich (hilarious and great characters), Olivia Goldsmith (humerous, diverse characters/leading ladies) and Mary Higgins Clark (heroine/mystery) books.

MarcellaBella Posted: Sep 29, 2003 09:56 PM

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I second gone for good.. I started reading it on thursday night and couldn't put it down..I finished it friday monring! lol

ss2002 Posted: Oct 01, 2003 09:47 AM

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Have you read anything by Julia Alvarez?

She's an American writer who spent most of her childhood in the DR. Many of her books are based in the DR, or are centered on Dominican American characters. When I travel, I often read books about where I am visiting or by an author from that area.

'How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent' and 'In the Time of the Butterflies' are good reads. A little heavier and more involved than a quick beach book, though.