Which book do you think will be remembered as THE book of Summer 2002?
Gingerale4@aol.com
THE EMPEROR OF OCEAN PARK.
GeoBarb636@aol.com
THE LOVELY BONES by Alice Sebold.
Ndargan@aol.com
THE KING OF OCEAN PARK or whatever the title is.
RaelynnS@aol.com
The best read of the summer for me was: COLD SASSY TREE by Olive Ann Burns.
CRESINE@aol.com
I'd have to say "THE LOVELY BONES" (Alice Sebold) would be my choice. It's a disturbing topic handled in the most enlightened way. Beautifully written and narrated, it's so different from anything else I've recently read. One of those rare first novels that gets it all right!
bigbeagle2000@msn.com
Without a doubt, the book that will be remembered as THE book of Summer 2002 is THE LOVELY BONES by Alice Sebold.
kristin.ingold-hendricks@norandal.com
THE LOVELY BONES by Alice Sebold is THE book of the summer. It is definitely a book I will read again, and there aren't many books I could read more than once!
JMccorm817@aol.com
If you are going by sheer volume, it would have to be Auel's SHELTERS OF STONE, I did enjoy the read, however. My literary choice would be THE LOVELY BONES. I found that a pretty interesting twist and enjoyed it thoroughly.
TaraGel@aol.com
No question --- THE LOVELY BONES by Alice Sebold.
joylynnd@comcast.net
THE LOVELY BONES by Alice Sebold. No question.
juliecbarnard@yahoo.com
THE LOVELY BONES by Alice Sebold --- no question about it!
Pecsan114@aol.com
THE LOVELY BONES by Alice Sebold will be the book of the summer. The missing children this year are such a strong tie-in with the book. What a read!
Peanutcove@aol.com
THE LOVELY BONES by Ann Sebold is one of those stories that you wonder why someone hadn't already written it. The concept was original and the emotions were gripping and raw on every page.
Ratacheck1234@aol.com
I think it will be THE LOVELY BONES by Sebold.
HEG12823@aol.com
THE LOVELY BONES by Alice Sebold.
k_aylward30@yahoo.com
THE LOVELY BONES.
AuntGigiR@aol.com
THE LOVELY BONES by Alice Sebold.
jf@danbury.lib.ct.us
THE LOBSTER CHRONICLES by Greenlaw is the most popular nonfiction title.
YTCOD@aol.com
LOST NATION by Jeffrey Lent.
Georgepaw@aol.com
THE DIVE FROM CLAUSEN'S PIER.
sandrasc@optonline.net
THE DIVE FROM CLAUSEN'S PIER.
Ksuberi@aol.com
The book of the summer of 2002 will be THE LOVELY BONES.
gracemarianne@hotmail.com
This has to be a toss-up between "ATONEMENT" and "THE EMPEROR OF OCEAN PARK," two of my recent favorites.
JEarh13191@aol.com
THE LOVELY BONES.
Owl9650@aol.com
THE LOVELY BONES by Alice Sebold.
alyson@dalessandro.net
I think the book that's really going to be remembered this summer is going to be Alice Sebold's "THE LOVELY BONES."
KTBug931@aol.com
I think the book of this summer will be THE LOVELY BONES by Alice Sebold. It was such an amazing book, and I can't seem to walk down the beach without seeing someone reading it.
Buttercupmlm@aol.com
James Patterson's THE BEACH HOUSE.
Puzzler1012@aol.com
I just have a feeling about this one: THE LOVELY BONES.
Qoesls@aol.com
THE LOVELY BONES.
JaKaCol3@aol.com
THE LOVELY BONES by Alice Sebold.
Lankford0714@aol.com
THE NANNY DIARIES.
WNTBERRY@aol.com
TELL NO ONE by Harlan Coben.
deedle@comcast.net
THE NANNY DIARIES.
mnboylan@hotmail.com
THE LOVELY BONES by Alice Sebold.
Mystrytx@aol.com
Beyond a doubt, THE LOVELY BONES a first venture into fiction by Alice Sebold!! The ARC went into a second printing and only short months after it's release the book itself is in its 9th printing. It has also appeared for several weeks (so far) one the NY Times best seller list and has been selected for several of television's new reading groups!
urbangirls@earthlink.net
Has to be THE LOVELY BONES by Alice Sebold.
billiegirl20@hotmail.com
THE NANNY DIARIES...although I haven't read it (YET) this is THE book being talked about everywhere I turn...I can't wait to fit it in!
dmccormick@actuarialconcepts.com
THE LOVELY BONES.
mcq.bmcq@verizon.net
THE LOVELY BONES by Alice Sebold because it's a great book, great read and I own a signed First Edition.
TAB0509@aol.com
I think THE LOVELY BONES will be remembered from this summer.
MOOSEEY@aol.com
THE LOVELY BONES.
SalbyC@aol.com
THE summer book of 2002 is THE LOVELY BONES by Alice Sebold.
bookworm51us@yahoo.com
THE LOVELY BONES by Alice Sebold.
SBoyle6827@aol.com
I think James Patterson's THE BEACH HOUSE will be remembered.
Guy4830@aol.com
THE SHELTERS OF STONE by Jean Auel.
Tyates75219@aol.com
THE LOVELY BONES is a wonderful, unforgettable, masterpiece. Certainly it will be the best book of 2002.
CShank1246@aol.com
I think THE LOVELY BONES will be at least my own best remembered book of this summer. Also HARD EIGHT.
Carosp@aol.com
THE LOVELY BONES.
DStegmanCrawford@aol.com
THE LOVELY BONES. I haven't read it, but it looks like a perfect summer read.
HEG12823@aol.com
Without a doubt --- THE LOVELY BONES by Alice Sebold.
ccckgjs@aol.com
For me is, without a doubt, SPANKING WATSON by Kinky Friedman. I happened upon this gem of a book at Border's where it was a remainder and I was able to own it for a mere $2.50!!! On another trip to Border's (where not only the books and literary ambiance but also their incredible Mocha Freeze sold in the cafe passionately and regularly call to me), I was very lucky to find Janet Evanovich's HOT SIX also sold as a remainder for only $3.50 !! Since I have been prematurely retired, I have spent much of this summer in a reader's paradise. Although I also thoroughly enjoyed the oft-cited favorites such as BEACH HOUSE by James Patterson, THE LOVELY BONES by Alice Sebold, WHITE OLEANDER by Janet Fitch, and GOOD IN BED by Janet Wiener, I am absolutely hooked on anything and everything by both Kinky (Richard) Friedman and Janet Evanovich, who both, thank God, have been rather prolific in their literary output. i like to read in my air-conditioned bedroom in bed, and (retired lady of leisure that I now am) be it at night or during the day --- for I rarely am able to put down any of their books before finishing them in one or two readings, I am want to laugh out loud --- especially, I must confess, with that master writer and inimitable comic, Kinky Friedman (who started out as a country singer). So, do yourself a favor and treat yourself to anything by either of these authors for light but robustly satisfying reading.
C17itzme@aol.com
I have just finished reading GHOST SOLDIERS by Hampton Sides and it was absolutely astonishing. The suffering the prisoners endured for three years was beyond belief. The news that Stephen Spielberg is making this into a movie, with Tom Cruise to star, has me very excited. It will not be a pretty tail to tell, but one that should inspire. If not for that generation, we would not enjoy our current freedoms, which are once again being challenged. We should rest assured that another generation is willing to take their place & is currently laying their lives on the line for us. A must read for all Americans.
AMAF113@aol.com
THE DIVE FROM CLAUSEN'S PIER. THE LOVELY BONES.
bookworm5199@yahoo.com
I think that the best new book of the summer would be THE LOVELY BONES. P.S. Just LOVE your newsletter!
KATHLAU@aol.com
James Patterson's THE BEACH HOUSE. It had all the elements for a great beach read.
friedman.five@worldnet.att.net
THE LOVELY BONES by Alice Sebold is The book of the summer!
tmzemke@comcast.net
THE LOVELY BONES.
Bailey1313@aol.com
UP COUNTRY by Nelson DeMille.
JHellzen@BoundToBeRead.com
It had to be THE LOVELY BONES by Alice Sebold.
Pat76273@aol.com
I have to pick two books: THE LOVELY BONES by Alice Sebold --- what a loving book even though the girl was murdered --- what happened afterwards is very touching. And, THE EMPEROR OF OCEAN CITY, by Stephen L. Carter --- what a tome --- from a very intelligent, literate author. It feels good to have read something of this caliber!
jutley54@yahoo.com
THE LOVELY BONES by Alice Sebold. I read it but didn't like it, however it's publicity is unbelievable!
tarheel@jcn.net
Most definitely the most memorable book of the summer of 2002 is THE LOVELY BONES. It had it all. I laughed, cried, cringed, and most importantly cared.
Skyward77@aol.com
FALL ON YOUR KNEES by Ann-Marie MacDonald gets my vote.
Gelclanof4@aol.com
There is no doubt in my mind that it will be THE LOVELY BONES by Alice Sebold.
GMD1860@aol.com
THE LOVELY BONES.
martyph@charter.net
Surely it will be THE LOVELY BONES.
JoyZoo@aol.com
Has to be Alice Sebold's THE LOVELY BONES. I am enjoying it now. It combines the familiar serial killer and the fashionable life-beyond-death themes and produces something fresh. It is one of those books that is so readable that even when I think I am at a stopping place, I sneak a peak at the first few paragraphs that come next. The characters populating Susie's Heaven have not yet materialized into recognizable people for me, but Sebold has certainly nailed the earthly ones.
ltwilson@southark.cc.ar.us
Fiction: THE LOVELY BONES by Alice Sebold.
Nonfiction: SLANDER by Ann Coulter.
tonibonita@yahoo.com
My vote is for I'M TELLING by Karen Q. Miller.
GERBAM@AOL.com
In my opinion the Fannie Flagg book will probably be most popular and i am sure the movie is already in the making but my favorite books this summer are EMPEROR OF OCEAN PARK by Stephen Carter and THE ANALYST by John Katzenbach both are highly intelligent well plotted superbly written interesting thrillers but very different from each other if you enjoy a 'thinker's' book either of these will certainly meet your intellectual appetite enjoy.
Crudesgirl@aol.com
I believe that SUZANNE'S DIARY for Nicholas will be remembered as the book of the summer. I cannot enter the fiction section of a bookstore without someone recommending it to me.
Mulligan251@aol.com
THE BEACH HOUSE.
Gramanik2001@attbi.com
I say that THE LOVELY BONES by Alice Sebold will be the book of the summer. Everyone I come in contact with is reading and enjoying this book.
ROSIEL1@aol.com
THE BEACH HOUSE.
jgriffin2@nc.rr.com
THE MILLIONAIRE by Brad Meltzer.
