Book recommendations?

[pixiecrinkle]

Lately, I've not been reading as much as was normal for me about a year ago, chiefly because I have not yet mastered simultaneous reading and knitting. I used to read about 4-6 books a month. I'm good to be doing a book each month now.

Part of the problem though is that I'm not falling in love with the things I am reading. I'm wading through the things on my shelves I haven't read yet, and not feeling anything click.

So please recommend a book to me.

Some background info: I'm not big on genre fiction at all. My favorite authors are Carol Shields, A.S. Byatt, Margaret Atwood, Edith Wharton, Nick Hornby, Jeffrey Euginedes, etc. I have recently read:

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (liked it)
Elizabeth Costello by JM Coetzee (didn't quite know what to think)
Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (actually felt it painful to read in spots)
Brick Lane by Monica Ali (Ok, but could have been better)
The Rainbow by DH Lawrence (was ok)
Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (loved it)

My amazon recs are failing me. Help!

Comments

[zeroshapiro.livejournal.com]

Read Slammerkin by Emma Donoghue. It's about 18th century whores and fasion.

[pixiecrinkle.livejournal.com]

Oooooooh....that sounds perfect!

[chaptal.livejournal.com]

if you like that try

sarah waters - fingersmith
michel faber - the crimson petal and the white

[pixiecrinkle.livejournal.com]

How did I miss that Sarah Waters had another book out? I read Tipping the Velvet a few years ago and it was great fun.

I seem to have a thing for Victorian sex novels. Little did I know.

[chaptal.livejournal.com]

Fingersmith has the best plot twist. Ever.