Good Reads?

[SoonerTexan]

I'm about to spend 4 days in Omaha and middle of nowhere Iowa...time to get some use out of the kindle.

Any good historical fiction? How about non-fiction? I'd really like to read something like In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan that will get my butt motivated to eat healthier again.

[Curegirl]

ST, I'm not sure if it's up your alley but I've been reading memoirs like Call the Midwife (PBS show based on it) by Jennifer Worth and The Secret Diary of a Call Girl by Belle du Jour.

[TulipsAndSunscreen]

Have you read any of Atul Gawande? His books are some of the best non fiction I've read and it's helped me better understand medicine.

Better
Complications
The Checklist Manifesto

all amazing!! I think I like checklist best...

[ladymoreta]

Have you read Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers? It's a fantastic book, historical Christian fiction based on the book of Hosea.

I also love almost anything by Phillipa Gregory. It's old, but I really liked Clan of the Cave Bear.

[peggyfromwastate]

If you like historical Christian stuff, Julie lessman has some great books. They start with the daughters of Boston. I like those for light reading set in interesting historical backgrounds.

[SoonerTexan]

Oh great stuff! I didn't know Call the Midwife was a memoir. I loved Baby Catcher. That reminded me there was a memoir from midwives at the turn of the century I came across during research for a paper my senior year of college and never got to read.

I do like Phillipa Gregory. There is one I haven't read yet.

Laurie I have read that book. It was really good. I'll check out the rest!

Thirteen I'm waiting for you to chime in with a crunchy suggestion...

[diggitydot]

Anita Shreve
Diana Gabaldon
Stieg Larsson

[Thirteen]

Oh great stuff! I didn't know Call the Midwife was a memoir. I loved Baby Catcher. That reminded me there was a memoir from midwives at the turn of the century I came across during research for a paper my senior year of college and never got to read.

I do like Phillipa Gregory. There is one I haven't read yet.

Laurie I have read that book. It was really good. I'll check out the rest!

Thirteen I'm waiting for you to chime in with a crunchy suggestion...

If you want non-fiction (and birth-related), try "Get Me Out: A History of Childbirth."
Another on my waiting to read shelf is "Our Fathers, Ourselves: Daughters, Fathers, and the Changing American Family."
I also enjoyed books like "The Tipping Point."
**If you want awe moments, but a fast read, try "A Dog Year" by Jon Katz. He's written a few books, but that's the best one.

DH recommends "The Prize" (about Oil & Gas industry), or Steve Jobs' biography. *snnnnnnnnnnnooore*

[ladymoreta]

If you liked Redeeming Love, you might try a series by Liz Curtis Higgs. It's about Sarah, Leah, and Jacob, set in Scotland in 1764. It starts with Thorn in My Heart, and I think there are 4 total books.

[BonBon]

Foodwise, I highly recommend "It Starts with Food."

I don't have any other recs as I haven't been reading for pleasure lately. :/

[v-girl]

Have you read Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers? It's a fantastic book, historical Christian fiction based on the book of Hosea.

I love that book. I actually have a copy. A friend ended up with three of it.

[oceanchild]

Probably too late for you, but if anyone else is reading along...

I second Atul Gawande. DH and I both love his stuff.

Books I loved this year:
The Night Circus (Erin Morgenstern)
Moloka'i (Alan Brennert)
Cutting for Stone (Abraham Verghese)
The Barbarian Nurseries (Hector Tobar)
State of Wonder (Anne Patchett)
The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes (Diane Chamberlain)

I would classify the first two as historical novels, but really this is all contemporary fiction.

[SoonerTexan]

I have a kindle...never too late!

I'm really loving Call the Midwife though. And I just realized it is the historical memoir I encountered in my research but didn't get to read!

I love midwifery. I have no desire to be one but their history is fascinating.