summer reading

[dancingyel]

i realized, to my dismay, that my list of things to do over the summer doesn't include any books! i have found a few while browsing amazon, but i need more! so, wise friend list, what books should i try to read over the summer? suggestions of all genres are welcome!

books i think i might want to read:
on food and cooking (harold mcgee)
the legend of sigurd and gudrun (tolkien)
godel, escher, bach (douglas hofstadter)
how doctors think (jerome groopman)
on the line (eric ripert)
blue shoes and happiness (alexander mccall smith)
stumbling on happiness (daniel gilbert)

as you can see, it's a short and eclectic list and could use many more suggestions!

Comments

[billtsalamander.livejournal.com]

I also recommend the entire Stephanie Plum Mystery series by Janet Evanovich. The first book is the toughest, though all of them are pretty light. Most of them a pure comedy.
One for the Money
Two for the Dough
Three to get Deadly
Four to Score
High Five
Hot Six
Seven Up
Hard Eight
To the Nines
Ten Big Ones
... and there are about for 4 more

[dancingyel.livejournal.com]

Really? The bad thing about the internet is that I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not...the titles are terrible, though! :)

[billtsalamander.livejournal.com]

I'm very serious. The first one is the closest to a real murder mystery with a genuinely scary bad-guy, all the rest are very light comedies. I think number 4 is my favorite, whichever one introduces Bob the dog. They're murder mysteries written by a former romance-novel writer, so pretty awesome characters and rediculous descriptions.