HELP! Suggest a mindless novel for me to read for my flight on Wednesday.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

I'm really nervous about flying. So, I need a book. I'm into historical romance novels right now, and I need some help. I've read everything by Kinley MacGregor that I can find. Any suggestions? THANKS!
Duckie

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

1. Have you read . . .

"The Confessions of Max Tivoli"? author Greer - Not mindless, actually spellbinding. I would highly recommend it.

have a safe/good trip.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

3. Sounds great.

I am adding it to my list of books to read. Thanks!
Duckie

[KamaAina]

2. Mindless, eh?

OK, maybe not that mindless! :evilgrin:

[YellowRubberDuckie]

6. ARe you trying to make me vomit?

:scared:

[SPKrazy]

4. where ya flying to?

I mean if you are going to Asia then a long book

but if you are like going to Tulsa, I'd recommend a comic book :rofl:

[YellowRubberDuckie]

8. I'm going to Vegas on Wednesday.

And I will be reading by the pool as well.
I'm on vaca this week.
Duckie

[SPKrazy]

9. I remember that now

vaca this week

and vegas

vaca in vegas

:shrug:


hope you have fun doing vaca :rofl:

[YellowRubberDuckie]

13. Doing Vaca?

You're silly.

[Nickster]

23. Whoo Hoo! I'll be in Vegas on Wednesday as well!

[YellowRubberDuckie]

25. Where are you staying?

[Nickster]

27. We'll be at the Tropicana until Saturday. That's assuming that I can finish this darn final paper

and get my class finished this evening!

[YellowRubberDuckie]

29. We're staying at the Monte Carlo.

Have fun! Are you doing anything cool? We're going to go see Penn and Teller and the Blue Man Group. Skip, my husband, really wants to see the Star Trek experience at the Vegas Hilton, and we're going to go eat at Quark's. Then, lots of shopping.
Duckie

[Nickster]

35. Honestly, I have no idea what we're going to do. I usually try to schedule every last minute which

keeps me from having fun, so I didn't schedule a thing, going to try and play it by ear. I'd like to see Love and the Blue Man Group. I'm also curious to get my "cheese" in and see the RatPack review. I'm sure I'll be plenty busy. I'm a foody, so I'm curious to try some of the high end celebrity restaurants. I'm so excited to go, this is my first time, and I have no idea what to expect. I set up a Flickr page so that I can send pics directly from my phone and share them realtime with friends.

[Robeson]

5. I don't really read mindless novels, so I'm not sure I can help you....

...just check out the SkyMall magazine while on board. It's pretty mindless...:D

[spinbaby]

7. Two I've enjoyed lately

The Time Traveler's Wife

and

The Thirteenth Tale

[YellowRubberDuckie]

11. Those sound great too!!

Added to my normal must read list.
Thanks!
Duckie

[clyrc]

22. I liked The Thirteenth Tale too

When I want a Romance novel, I read Jenny Crusie books. She is funny and always a good light read.

[Fox Mulder]

10. I don't read mindless novels.

So I can't help you.

But if you're looking for mindless material, I suppose you could read anything by Hannity, Coulter, or Malkin.

:shrug:

[YellowRubberDuckie]

12. I'm thinking mindless as in takes no thought to process and won't piss me off.

Like a smutty romance novel.
Thanks for Trying.
Duckie

[darkstar]

14. This is the series I mentioned in the other thread

Gabaldon "Outlander"
http://www.amazon.com/Outlander-Diana-Gabaldon/dp/0440242940/ref=pd_bbs_sr_7?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1208830946&sr=8-7

[YellowRubberDuckie]

15. I just finished looking those up...

They're VERY Similar to the ones I've been reading. Definitely tell your wife about the author I mentioned. If she liked this one she should like the other.
Duckie

[darkstar]

16. Will do...

Have a safe trip!

:hi:

[YellowRubberDuckie]

17. Thanks!

:hi:

[Initech]

18. How about this one:

[MorningGlow]

19. Oh yeah I can hook you up with some cheese

Historical romantic cheese with lots of heaving bosom sex. Not my usual reading materials, but this one turned out to be a favorite of mine. Enjoy!

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51z4OrmnHrL._SL500_BO2,204,203,200_PIlitb-dp-500-arrow,TopRight,45,-64_OU01_AA240_SH20_.jpg

http://www.amazon.com/Chalice-Blade-Glenna-Mcreynolds/dp/0553574302/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1208833851&sr=1-2

[YellowRubberDuckie]

21. That sounds great!!

I think I will get that tomorrow! Thanks!
Duckie

[MrsMatt]

26. Chalice and the Blade

just make sure you don't confuse that book with this one (it's a good one, but certainly not mindless).



http://www.amazon.com/Chalice-Blade-Our-History-Future/dp/0062502891

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

20. Just walk into any shop at the airport and buy any book at random.

This almost guarantees that you will have a mindless novel. But be just a little careful. I made this mistake once -- needed a paperback to read on an airplane, bought the first one with a halfway interesting cover, and discovered too late that I'd bought one of the "Left Behind" novels. Eww. I read a little bit of it and decided I'd rather just listen to the engines for the rest of the flight.

[Coyote_Bandit]

24. Have you read

The Innocent Man by John Grisham? True legal suspense tale. Given your connections to (J)Oklahoma you might enjoy it.

[bbernardini]

28. I just finished Jasper Fforde's "The Big Over Easy." Very amusing, and an original idea.

The basic premise is that the characters in nursery rhymes are real (sometimes they know they're the subject of nursery rhymes, sometimes they don't), and there is a "Nursery Crimes" unit of the police to deal with crimes related to these characters. The unit is headed up by Detective Inspector Jack Sprat, and his assistant, Mary Mary. I can't recommend it highly enough.

[hyphenate]

30. It's not historical romance really

But the novel by William Goldman, The Princess Bride, on which the movie was based, is a fun read.

I would also suggest the Harry Potter books, which are quick and fun, and while the first couple are aimed younger, the last 4 are more complex.

And lastly, I would suggest M.R. James, who was a 19th century writer of horror, which allows your imagination to run wild, without lots of gruesome graphic descriptions. The best horror was written that way. I get more out of a Poe, a Matheson, and a James than I do out of a Stephen King or Dean Koontz.

Yeah, like I said, no historical romance, but some fun reading.

[applegrove]

31. James Mitchner?

[Sock Puppet]

32. What about some David Sedaris

Laugh out loud funny, and mainly essays/vignettes that are easy to put down and pick back up again, but are really compelling when you're reading them. I find him to be perfect when flying.

[Parche]

33. This Is A Good One

:woohoo: :woohoo: :hi:

[Rabrrrrrr]

34. I don't think wasting time on mindless novels is a good idea, so I suggest the following

Easy to read, but also well written and worth reading, is the Golden Compass.

Keith Snyder's books are also great. Their sort of detective novels, except that the detectives are just a group of 20-somethings who are into music and computers and get caught up in stuff. The books are very creative, well-written, and sometimes laugh out loud hilarious.

Might be tough to find those by tomorrow, though.

[monmouth]

36. "Playing For Pizza"....John Grisham..