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Ashrei

Thu, Nov 24 2016, 12:11 am

Either frum, or decent enough.
Nothing too heavy (ie, healthy children only please, no tragedies I could easily read online please...). Fiction.

Witty, mysterious, glamourous, fun, humorous, but not in a cheesey contrived way. A page turner. Something to help me enjoy and relax.

I've never been a big reader, but I'm trying to stop reading the news so much and in general just go brain dead on imamother and yeshiva world news every night. I don't get Mishpacha anymore because I was always drawn to the depressing stories Sad

Any recommendations?

dee's mommy

Thu, Nov 24 2016, 12:30 am

Do you mind if it is not Jewish?

Most books by Lucy Maud Montgomery are very lovely. (They are all good, but some are better than others. I particularly recommend Anne of Green Gables, Emily of New Moon and the Blue Castle. If you can get a hold of her short story collections, those are delightful.

For fantasy if you like that genre, there is The Neverending Story, by Michael Ende which was once one of my favourite books since the age of twelve.

For a Jewish book, there is Seven Blessings by Ruchama King.

A couple of frum titles that I really like (though I forgot the name of the authors) are "This is America," "Promise of Freedom," and "and Rachel Was his Wife." All are pretty easy reads.

That's what I can think of off the top of my head for now.

baschabad

Thu, Nov 24 2016, 1:41 am

I really like Lauren Willigs "Pink Carnation" series.

Not Jewish, and classified as romance, but otherwise fit all the criteria!

boysrus

Thu, Nov 24 2016, 1:43 am

Check out the current thread - who is your favorite author. You will get great ideas from there.
Here are some of mine -
Sun inside rain by M Bassara
Promise of freedom by Shevy schottenstein
Shortchanged by Etka gitel schwartz

Ashrei

Sat, Nov 26 2016, 11:53 pm

Only 3 replies but I already have my work cut out for me. (would consider frum and not frum books, so thank you for all the suggestions) !! Smile

DREAMING

Sun, Nov 27 2016, 12:01 am

Love the Anne of green gable series!

daagahminayin

Sun, Nov 27 2016, 12:46 am

Middlemarch

amother

Orange

Sun, Nov 27 2016, 1:40 am

Incredible

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