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.

[luminesque.livejournal.com]

Try the other Dan Brown books. I liked the ones I read much better than Da Vinci Code ... I've read Deception Point (not bad) and Digital Fortress (my favorite of the three)

Another of my favorites was Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia by Jean Sasson (I also read Princess Sultana's Daughters which was the sequel, but haven't gotten the third book, Princess Sultana's Circle, yet) If you like Princess, let me know. I'll loan you my copy of Sultana's Daughters

[masterbetty.livejournal.com]

I just read that How I Got Into College book, by Marc Acito, and that was great. I keep a list of everything I've read during the eyar, with Amazon links here. It's been updated through last month.

Shouldn't you be reading patterns in the new Stitch n Bitch anyway?

[chaptal.livejournal.com]

mark haddon - the curious incident ofhte dog in the night time
jhumpa lahiri - interpreter of maladies
percival everett - american desert

[kalioppe.livejournal.com]

Have you read Middlesex by Jeffery Eugenides? If not, I HIGHLY recommend it.

[qe2.livejournal.com]

Are you a fic-only reader, or do you do nonfic at all?

[pinupme.livejournal.com]

sarah waters actually has 3 books out. "affinity" is the other which, besides being very depressing, is quite good. i'd also recommend "oranges are not the only fruit" by jeanette winterson.