Miss Rixie recommends:
Six weeks into summer, I am working through my list of BOOKS TO READ. (Although, I must say, my list always seems to grow faster than I can read them. I love that.)
So, here are a few that I've read that I recommend very, very strongly. If you are looking for books to read, here are some good choices.
Boy Meets Girl by Meg Cabot
Although Ms. Cabot can't seem to decide if she prefers "Meg" or "Meggin," she's a winner everytime. Told through letters, emails, voice messages, and journal entries, this novel is original in its use of modern day communication. I laughed out loud, quoted lines from it for weeks, and it almost makes me want to go into the office every day ... until I get there and realize I have no one to IM with, nor is there a hot lawyer hanging around to take me to lunch.
Nighttime is My Time by Mary Higgins Clark
One of MHC's best in years, it had me guessing right up to the very end. Very exciting with lots of human interest touches (high school reunions, babies give up for adoption at birth, first loves, and, of course, the resident psycho).
The Princess Diaries, Volumes I through IV by Meg Cabot
I'll be the first to admit, after seeing the movie a few years ago, I was very, very, VERY reluctant to read these. But the movie DOES NOT DO THESE BOOKS JUSTICE (nor does Mia ever ONCE utter the phrase, "Shut up!"), they are a fast read (it usually took me about two hours to finish one), and let's face it, princess or not, Mia Thermapolis is every one of us who've ever been a teenage girl ... except maybe Lana Weinberger.
Dating Dead Guys by Harley Jane Komerk
By far, the most original mystery I have read in years. The author proves that not only is she an accomplished actress (Parenthood), she knows what readers want--a mystery that's actually mysterious, and originality with some romance thrown in. Am anxiously awaiting the next by HJK.
To the Nines by Janet Evanovich
Admittedly, this is the second time I've read this novel, but it's just as funny as the first time around. In fact, I read it so fast last summer, that I could remember very little about it so it was almost as much fun this time around. After reading two books from her Full series this summer, I experienced such profound disappointment with them that I knew I could only be cured by revisiting some classics. To the Nines rose to the occasion.
Other 2004 summer reads Miss Rixie recommends:
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
(and Goblet of Fire and Order of the Phoenix as well. And Chamber of Secrets and the Sorceror's Stone, for that matter. J.K. Rowling is a genius.)
Ms. Simon Says by Mary McBride
Fun romantic suspense that a vacationer can breeze through.
Kill the Competition by Stephanie Bond
One of her best, although most of Ms. Bond’s are excellent. A few more years of exposure and she’ll be right up there with Jennifer Crusie. However, Miss Rixie does NOT recommend one of her early one’s, Manhunting in Mississippi, which was recently republished, and then bought and read by Miss Rixie this summer. Word on the street is some consumers are confusing this with a new release and said consumers are quite disappointed with it.
Bride of Pendorric by Victoria Holt
Imagine Wuthering Heights meets happily ever after. Suspenseful with an intriguing cast of characters. Just as good the second time around.
Next on Miss Rixie's list of BOOKS TO READ:
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris
Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination by Helen Fielding
Ten Big Ones by Janet Evanovich
Wicked by Gregory Maguire
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