my to-read shelf is shrinking...

[Brittany]

I have 10 books on my list... suggestions for recent fiction if I want to avoid sex, vampires and murder? LOL Nothing too fluffy... I like stuff with a bit of drama. Thanks!

[Laura]

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - historical

The Racketeer - the latest Grisham, sooo good

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry - a terrific, heartwarming read with drama

Small Island - historical

I hope you enjoy some or all! :)

[Viola]

What are some of your favorite books?

Without knowing anything about your literary tastes, except for the fact that you don't want sex, vampires, or murder, I'd recommend:
Gone with the Wind ... although I guess that one takes place in the Civil War ... does that count as murder?
Pride and Prejudice
Still Alice
The Help

[Brittany]

Oops, my profile is private. some of my favorites are the help Pride and Prejudice Memoirs of a Geisha The Little Giant of Aberdeen County... modern fiction historical fiction and Christian fiction are all safe bets. currently reading Emma.

[Brittany]

I couldn't get into the potato peel book and I should read gone with the wind sometime. The Herald Fry book sounds interesting.thanks. I actually like The Hunger Games trilogy a lot but I always get in a funk after I read about murders or death and I just finished Little Giant so I need a break from it.

[Jennifer W]

First off, TBR shelves can shrink??? ;)

Ella Minnow Pea it was really cute, a make you happy kind of book.
I am the Messenger
Life of Pi
Juliet some murder and mayhem, but mostly a historical mystery
Chasing Fireflies
Mistress Shakespeare
The History of Love
People of the Book
The Twentieth Wife
The Ladies Auxiliary

Hope some of those strike your fancy.

[Laura]

The Guernsey book, I almost abandoned because it was a slow starter. I'm glad I stuck with it though, as it's an all-time favorite now. It's got a black-and-white movie feel to it. I'm like you, I prefer to explore feelings rather than sex in books. Different strokes, the book may not be for you, but I wound up loving it so much that I wanted to let you know. I'll say it took me about 40 pp to get sucked in, but if you're an old-fashioned romantic, you might just love it.

[Nancy]

Laura - there IS a made for TV movie out years ago based on this story. The book actually came?? probably later. I believe it was a Masterpiece Theater piece called Islands At War
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/i...

http://www.amazon.com/Island-at-War-S...

[Laura]

Hi Nancy, I think that's slightly different. The film for the book comes out this year, apparently.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1289403/

[Nancy]

Yes - however the locale of the story and the historical basis are similar. Yes - this book is newer - and that should be a good movie by the looks :^)

[Anneke]

Books by Elizabeth Gaskell (such as Wives and Daughters) are very nice, if you like the genre.

I recently read Do They Hear You When You Cry by Fauziya Kassindja and even though it is non-fiction, it brings some (understatement) real-life drama to the table, without murder, sex etc.etc. Same category: The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices

I also enjoyed The House of Blue Mangoes: A Novel, Rooftops of Tehran, Kaaterskill Falls and Purple Hibiscus. Can't remember any elaborate sex scenes in these books, and they might bring a bit of a different (exotic) flavor to you tbr list ;)

[Pauline]

I'd vote for The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society too. It's a while since I read it, so I don't remember it being a slow start. And I recently finished The Mirrored World. Reviews have been very mixed but it certainly pulled me in to 18thC Russia.
Wish my TBR shelf would shrink a teensy bit! ;0

[Brittany]

Thank you ladies! And apologies for the crazy posts... my talk to text feature is a real dummy at times.

[Claudia]

I never knew TBR lists actually shrink.. Mine always seems to keep growing and growing... I am always adding books because there is so much I would like to read.

[Cindy]

I'm right there with you Claudia!!

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

My TBR list is four typed pages long.

[Louise]

Jennifer W wrote: "First off, TBR shelves can shrink??? ;)


My thoughts exactly! Mine usually grows with about 100 books a year :-)