Book...

[gingersticks]

What would be your ideal read?

[tiny e.a]

Depends on my mood but in general a good adventure romp, with swashbucklers and baddies getting their come uppance, something by Dumas for instance.

Also like stories about ordinary people, with faults who make mistakes and have regrets, while they live their 'ordinary' lives. 'Behind the Scenes at the Museum' by Kate Atkinson and 'Catcher in the Rye' are my favourite thus far of this type, have reread them many times and am moved by them every time

[cyanide]

I`ve just finished this,it was fantastic!!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Crimson-Petal-White-Mi chel-Faber/dp/1841954314

[China Doll]

It's definitely a mood thing. At the moment I'm reading 'She.'

Before that I was reading a Calvin and Hobbs book.

So like I said... mood!

[heathfield]

Michael Connelley's nexr book

[EngTeach]

It depends on my mood too. As an Eng. teacher, I read "serious lit" all year. I am a little ashamed to admit I love "Chick-Lit" and "Beach Reads" (Sophie Kinsella, and the like.) But I do enjoy a serious book now and then and get tired of easy reads and need to challenge myself once in a while. I have discovered some good, but unusual texts for the older grades that way. I

Truthfully, I'll read the back of a box of cereal, so I am not picky.

[Silversky]

Hmmm...
Difficult. I'm very into Stephen King for his suspense and detailed imagery.
But I love a good ol' romance novel. Dorothy Koomson is an amazing writer, very emotional and strong characters. She wrote 'My Best Friends Girl' and 'Marshmallows for Breakfast'

[NiceCupOfTea]

Can I have a make believe one please? 'Encyclopaedia of everything in the Vatican Crypt'.

If that lot are already out, I want the diaries of Frau Eva Brown.

Otherwise, I will occupy my time with 'Hitchhikers' as it agrees with me whenever I'm cynical, makes me think whenever I'm philosophical and makes me laugh out loud whatever mood I'm in.