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    Thumbs up recommend to me some great authors

    I have decided that I need to impose a self inflicted time limit on my BB time. I can get lost in the forum for hours sometimes and although its interesting and extremely addictive, it can be very unproductive.
    Scout is having the one sleep a day now which is a good couple of hours and instead of using all that time to peruse the new posts I want to read a good book. You know those books you dont want to put down and are constantly attached to your hand. The ones you hurry through the mundane stuff (cooking dinner, washing, vacumming) so you can get back into it.
    I want one of those books. So come on ladies (and gentlemen) who are the authors that write them?? Give me some names.

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    Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier.

    Joanne Harris (Chocolat, Blackberry Wine, etc)

    Elizabeth Berg (always heartwrenching & thought-provoking but utterly un-put-downable)

    Sarah Addison Allen - light but very enjoyable

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    Sep 2008
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    Some of my faves include:

    Harlan Coben - murder mystery
    Michael Connelly - murder mystery
    Jean P Sasoon - true stories about living in Arabia (very moving to read)
    John Grisham - Mostly involves lawyers and trials
    Stephanie Meyer - The Twilight Saga (very easy to get caught up in!)

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    I enjoy James Patterson. Great with kids as the chapters are short. I also enjoy Sydney Bauer too.

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    The Number One Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith.

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    I love anything by Christopher Brookmyre