What is the last book that kept you up reading longer than you planned?
Peggy
FRESH DISASTERS by Stuart Woods
Bobbe Banks Salkowitz
THE DOUBLE BIND by Chris Bohjalian
Jan Kanowitz
ANGEL'S REST was a very interesting book and I just kept wanting to find out what was going to happen next, and who really killed the young boy's father. The answer was shocking.
Ray Palen
SUFFER THE LITTLE CHILDREN by Donna Leon
Audrey Larson
TO THE NINES by Janet Evanovich
Allison Bernstein
IN AN INSTANT by Lee and Bob Woodruff. What a fantastic book!! It's a great love story, biography, and history lesson, told from both sides of their tragedy.
Linda Nash
NINETEEN MINUTES by Jodi Picoult
Natasha
SOPHIE'S WORLD by Jostein Gaardner
Audri Carr
The Woods
Nikki O'Brien
Water for Elephants
jhpeterson
BETWEEN TWO WORKDS: ESCAPE FROM TYRANNY: GROWING UP IN THE SHADOW OF SADDAM by Zainab Salbi and Laurie Becklund
This is my second reading, I love it. The author is a beautiful writer and beautiful person. I learned a lot about Iraq from this book.
Russell Howen
BECAUSE THEY HATE by Brigitte Gabriel
Sylvie Nickel
THE GREEN MILL MURDER by Kerry Greenwood
Gin
The Book Thief
Melodie
ALL MORTAL FLESH by Julia Spencer-Fleming
Dianne
KILL ME by Stephen White.
Thank you for the review! This is my new 'author to catch up on.'
Linda M. Johnson
THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE kept me up until 4 a.m. two mornings in a row.
Linda M. Johnson
THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE kept me up until 4 a.m. two mornings in a row.
Sharon Spinharney
THE WOODS by Harlan Coben
Louise Pledge
James Patterson's ROSES ARE RED
Ruth
WHAT THE DEAD KNOW by Laura Lippman
Dodalodle
THE DEAD ROOM by Heather Graham
Peggy
NINETEEN MINUTES by Jodi Picoult
Diana Thomas
WHEN HE WAS WICKED by Julia Quinn. I was up till 4 am, I read it from start to finish.
Lynn Hackenberg
THE HEART-SHAPED BOX by Joe Hill
Wanda Gobbell
The Da Vinci Code
Anne K
THE BOOK THIEF by Markus Zusak
Anne K
THE GLASS CASTLE by Jeannette Walls
Andie Johnson
I started reading THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL by Philippa Gregory in the mid-afternoon, and was up past 3 a.m. finishing it. I have found all of Ms. Gregory's books on the Boleyn sisters to be this way. They grab you, and before you know it, your so far gone you can't let go!
Helen
SHIVER
A great "who done it and why" book
Rosemary Harris
What the Dead Know
Linda
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Patty Blackwell
CROSS by James Patterson
Kirsten Crippen
THE FIRST PRINCESS OF WALES by Karen Harper
Kathy Chiocca
Three Cups of Tea
Sandy Greathouse
THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER kept me up until the wee hours of the morning, Great book!
Charlotte Zimmerman
DON'T SCREAM by Wendy Corsi Staub!!
Jill
Forever Odd
Tanya Brown
WATER FOR ELEPHANTS by Sara Gruen
What can I say? It's just a good book.
Lori S.
THE TOWN THAT FORGOT HOW TO BREATHE by Kenneth J. Harvey
Jean
The Madonnas of Leningrad
Virginia
LORD OF THE NILE by Constance O' Banyon
Olivia
THE ROAD by Cormac McCarthy
Suzanne in Ohio
FAMILY TREE by Barbara Delinsky
Krishna
INNOCENT IN DEATH (the 24th book in the Eve Dallas Series) by J. D. Robb
Lindy
Any book that I came within a 100 pages of finishing. Two nights ago, I finished James Patterson's THE 6TH TARGET, tonight I will finish Carol Higgins Clark's LACED before 1 am.
Sharon Cerasoli
THE WRONG MAN by John Katzenbach
Peggy Carlin
TRIPWIRE by Lee Child --- one of the earliest of the Jack Reacherbooks. I read till 3 am, and then woke up an hour early and started reading again before I got out of bed.
Coral Harrison
NINETEEN MINUTES by Jodi Picoult
Katie Dean
THE LONG WALK TO FREEDOM by Nelson Mandela
Michelle Miller
THE NIGHT LISTENER by Armistead Maupin
Marjorie L. Carmony
OBSESSION by Karen Robards. I lost a lot of sleep getting to the end of this one. My, oh my!!!!!
Elizabeth Padgett
The Kite Runner
Reeca Elliott
THE INNOCENT TRAITOR by Allison Weir
Lisa
Peter Spiegelman's RED CAT. It's his third book in an excellent mystery series featuring NYC P.I. John March.
Linda M. Williams
THE QUICKIE by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
Sue L
THE 6TH TARGET by James Patterson
Brenda Moak
Every night, I read longer than I had planned. Even if I go to bed earlier than my regular time, I find myself reading until my eyes cross and I can't remember the last paragraph. My current book is THE DOUBLE BIND.
Roy Klaskin
The Alexandria Link
Ann Rumsey
Joe Hill's HEART-SHAPED BOX had me on the edge of my seat and unable to put it down.
Sharon Rainey
The Wrong Hostage
Marsha Creter
Water for Elephants
Laurie Weatherlow
ONE FOR THE MONEY by Janet Evanovich
10pm to 4am... I had to finish!
Julia L. Rule
ALL TOGETHER DEAD by Charlaine Harris
Pattie Berryhill
The Blade Itself
Bonnie Cooper
STEALING THE DRAGON by Tim Maleeny
Barbara Jetters
Simple Genius
Lea Watts
THE WOODS by Harlan Coben
Debbie
The Da Vinci Code
Robin Coker
STEP ON A CRACK by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
Josie
WHAT I LOVED by Siri Hustvedt
Barbara
Nineteen Minutes
michelle stein
INNOCENT IN DEATH by J.D. Robb
Sharon Prue
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BRIDGE by Mary Lawson
Nana
The three books in Nora Roberts's In the Garden Trilogy --- they were exciting reads, I didn't want them to end.
Carol Arsenault
BLOOD AND MEMORY by Fiona McIntosh
Leah
The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters
Mary Angela Young
BACK ON BLOSSOM STREET by Debbie Macomber
Dianne Hall
Hmmm... probably GILEAD or COLD SASSY TREE.
Janice
MY SISTER'S KEEPER by Jodi Picoult
Ann Bowen
THE GYPSY MADONNA by Santa Montefiore
Lori Barnes
The Pirate and the Pagan
Bernice Spier
Whatever was the last one I was reading.
Peggy Probus
THE FIFTH VIAL by Michael Palmer
Gloria Buchanan
STALEMATE by Iris Johansen, couldn't put it down.
Suzanne Wyse
THE SHADOW OF THE WIND by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Joan G.
The book that kept me reading longer than planned was SWIMMING LESSONS by Mary Alice Monroe. A great sequel to THE BEACH HOUSE. I loved the storyline and the characters.
Julia
Water for Elephants
Anna Robinson
ECHOES OF THE DANCE by Marcia Willet. She is a British author who isn't well known in the US. Her work is right up there with Rosamunde Pilcher and Maeve Binchy.
Lee
Lol! It's sad to say, but I read the last Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants book til 2 am. But, I did read it in one night.
Kay Weiser
Jodi Picoult's latest, NINETEEN MINNUTES
David McManis
SIMPLE GENIUS by David Baldacci
Lelia
Hands down, it has to be: Sara Gruen's book, WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Kathryn Andrews
BURNING BRIGHT
Actually, most books!
Linda
PIECE OF CAKE by Cupcake Brown
Kate Young
Love in the Time of Cholera
Marla Massey
THE CASTRO GENE by by Todd Buchholz --- what a thriller that was!
Gina Mitchner
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Maureen
THE KNITTING CIRCLE by Anne Hood. A heart-wrenching page turner!
Dorothy Flood
The Fifth Vial
Dorothy Flood
The Fifth Vial
Carey Nixon
The Mercy Seller
Doreen Rutledge
Simple Genius
Rosalie Sambuco
I stayed up until 3:15 AM reading Greg Iles's book, TURNING ANGEL. It was worth the lost sleep!
Kim
The Devil in the White City
Brenda Tucker
Q IS FOR QUARRY by Sue Grafton kept me reading late into the night.
Sandra Lee Smith
The Time Traveler's Wife
Gloria Golden
ABSOLUTE FEAR by Lisa Jackson
Joyce
HIDE by Lisa Gardner
Nana Greller
BODY OF LIES by David Ignatius --- This is exciting, fast-paced, great writing, and has a lively cast of characters. It's an illuminating look into the world of espionage, with a surprise ending.
Joanne Morris
WILDFIRE by Nelson DeMille
Juanita
THE ART OF MENDING by Elizabeth Berg
Heather
My Sister's Keeper
Shannon Benna
THE GLASS CASTLE by Jeannette Walls
Renee
CATALOGUE OF DEATH by Jo Dereske
Lynn
A MILLION LITTLE PIECES by James Frey
Anthony Romano
DADDY'S GIRL by Lisa Scottoline
Karin
Kate Elliot's Crown of Stars seres. I am on the 4th book of a 7-volume series. I cannot put the books down.
Diane
Nelson DeMille's WILD FIRE
Karla B Sanders
Carter Beats the Devil
Patti D.
THE COLLECTORS by David Baldacci
Barbara Friedman
NO WAY BACK by Michael Crow
Mwhite
HEADLONG by Michael Frayn
BookGenius
DEBT OF HONOR by Tom Clancy. The book was 900 pages long, and I usually swallow up at least 50 pages a day. Instead it proved to be quite tough and took me an extra week or so.
Jane Ann Railey-Clear
Daniel Steel's new one, SISTERS. I came home from library with it, sat down, and was caught up right away. I even started crying not too far into it. The next thing I knew, it was 4 am, so I put it down to finish with morning coffee.
Heather Klepitsch
THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER by Kim Edwards
S Stastny
BLUE ZONE by Andrew Gross
Debbie D.
The Templar Legacy
Trez
NINETEEN MINUTES by Jodi Picoult
D A Reavis
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Elaine
THE GLASS CASTLE by Jeannette Walls. We were on a houseboat trip on Lake Powell, Utah. My days were spent enjoying the fabulous landscape and the evenings reading. Couldn't put this book down!
Kathy Vieira
I would have to say THE LOST MOTHER by Mary McGarry Morris. This is a sad story of a family during the Depression. Although threatening to turn into a V.C. Andrews-like novel, it redeems itself with the strong bond between the father and children.
Lynn
Most ALL I read keeps me up longer than I planned!
C Lane
THE OBSESSION by Karen Robards
Ramona Pierce
THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET by Brian Selznick
Elaine Gutenstein
I just finished THE GLASS CASTLE and could not put it down. If you think you have it hard or are looking for inspiration in a shameless new voice, than read this autobiography from a girl who lived most of her life on the way outside, trying to get on the inside. A truly inspiring story for anyone who still believes that anything can happen in America if you want it badly enough. Read it! You won't be disappointed!
Toni
MOCKINGBIRD, thebio of Harper Lee
Bob Wigdor
SHADOW MAN by Cody McFadyen and THE WOODS by Harlan Coben
Jackie
The Thirteenth Tale
Bobbe Banks Salkowitz
DOUBLE BIND by Chris Bohjalian
The narrative pace of the story and planting little suspicions along the way made this book a definite what happens that kept me reading way into the night.
Sandy Greathouse
THE TRUE STORY OF HANSEL AND GRETEL by Louise Murphy
Betty J. Johnson
EISTEIN by Walter Isaacson
Teri
Water for Elephants
Barb W
Nearly every book I read :-) But most recently, it would be TALLGRASS, by Sandra Dallas.
Lu
The Wedding Officer
Julie Siemek
EASY PREY by John Stanford
Natasha
SO MANY BOOKS, SO LITTLE TIME by Sara Nelson
Carol Rosenberg
UNKNOWN TERRORIST by Richard Flanagan
Jeanie
COME BACK by Mia and Claire Fontaine
Freda
WILD FIRE by Nelson DeMille
Marlene Nese
The Chrysalis
Gale Schexnayder Moch
Harlan Coben's THE WOODS
Liza
WATER FOR ELEPHANTS by Sara Gruen
sjones
THE WOODS by Harlan Coben
Janet Glover
David Baldacci's SIMPLE GENIUS
Michael Kellar
HARD RAIN by Barry Eisler
Wendy Catalano
SLIVER OF TRUTH by Lisa Unger
Kate Douglas
Robin Carr's SHELTER MOUNTAIN. I started reading it on the plane home from Hawaii last week, got home totally exhausted around midnight, and ended up reading until 3 a.m. I didn't finish it, but was too sleepy to go on! It's a wonderful story, the second in her Virgin River series, and I would recommend it to anyone who loves a truly warm, emotional, sexy, wonderful contemporary romance.
Lela Fox
SISTERS by Danielle Steel --- it is a book good from the first word! I wake up at odd hours and read a little more before going back to sleep!
Phoenix
FORTRESS OF ICE by C. J. Cherryh
Marlene Rosen
THE HAPPIEST MAN IN THE WORLD, by Alec Wilkinson...the old adage applies, truth is stranger than fiction.
Sandra Sizemore
Robert Goddard's NUMBER THE DAYS and Harlen Coben's THE WOODS.
Maggie Villeneuve
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE by Jane Austen
Tina Ann Forkner
WISHING ON DANDELIONS by Mary E. DeMuth
Libby Kessman
FALSE SELF, a biography of Masud Khan, a Pakistani psychoanalyst.
Mary Marquardt
THE WOODS by Harlan Coben
Jane Haase
NINETEEN MINUTES by Jodi Picoult. Every one of her books (because they are so very readable) have brought out the night owl in me.
Lee
IN THE COMPANY OF THE COURTESAN by Sarah Dunant
Cathy Doyle
THE BLACK ORDER by James Rollins
Mia
THE THIRTEENTH TALE by Diane Setterfield
Mary
NINETEEN MINUTES by Jodi Picoult
Betsy Woodruff
Paul Robertson's first book, THE HEIR. Great book!
Lynne Perednia
THUMBPRINT by Friederich Glauser, a 1930s German mystery that is as good, if not better, in the psychological detecting as anything modern.
Nancy Fein
THE DEVIL'S TEARDROP by Jeffery Deavers
Marie
EAT, PRAY, LOVE by Elizabeth Gilbert
Annie
GIRLS OF TENDER AGE: A Memoir by Mary-Ann Tirone Smith
Annika
THE WOODS by Harlan Coben
Loretta Sanford
NINETEEN MINUTES by Jodi Picoult --- weird, but I started reading it the day of the Viginia Tech shootings, at work, and my principal came in and said that there had been another shooting.
Cynde Suite
FOREVER ODD by Dean Koontz kept me up til 4:30 am! I had listened to ODD THOMAS and grew to love the characters, I couldn't get the tape so I started the book and the action just sucked me in like a vortex down the drain.
Donna
BAD LUCK AND TROUBLE by Lee Child
Betty Hamilton
The Knitting Circle
Rosemary
Most every book I read.
Katherine Stephens
THE WILDE WOMEN by Paula Wall
It was fantastic.
Rita Carter
RIDING THE BUS WITH MY SISTER kept me up reading. One of the best I've read in a while.
Sue
Snow Falling on Cedars
Patti
The Double Bind. Oy!
Gail Degroot
ON BEAUTY by Zadie Smith
Tina Hathcock
The Kite Runner
Stephanie Wilson
THE DOUBLE BINDand THE THIRTEENTH TALE
Richard Bartels
THE TRUE STORY OF HANSEL & GRETEL by Louise Murphy
Jennifer Holder
CAN'T WAIT TO GET TO HEAVEN by Fannie Flagg
Nikki
Water for Elephants
Crystal F
THE WOODS by Harlan Coben
Debra Le
THE HEART-SHAPED BOX by Joe Hill
F Tessa Bartels
LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE by Laura Esquivel --- this is the 5th or 6th time I've read this luminous novel. The language is so poetic. The story of longing so evocative that I simply cannot stop reading it.
Kim Kovacs
Almost EVERY book keeps me up later than I'd planned! The last one is the novel I'm currently reading: THE MAGUS, by John Fowles.
Connie
THE 5th HORSEMAN by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro.
Corinna
NINETEEN MINUTES by Jodi Picoult
Rosalie Leon
The Kite Runner
Harriet Insler
STEP ON A CRACK by James Patterson
Julie Cribb
DEATH ANGEL by Martha Powers
Fran
ONE THOUSAND WHITE WOMEN
I did not expect to like this book but found I couldn't put it down. What a nice surprise!
Sherry Brown
All of James Patterson's books have kept me reading all night until the book is finished. The paragraphs are short, I just can't stop turning the page.
Jan Garwood
The Spellman Files
Shannon Jensen
HEAR NO EVIL by Allison Brennan
The first book I read in a matter of days. The second book took me about 2 weeks. I just couldn't seem to finish it.
Linda Smith
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Kathy Boucher
A MAN IN FULL by Tom Wolfe. I just could not put it down. It is so full of wonderful characters, whom you really feel you know! From the pompous Charlie Croker to poor Conrad, they truly come alive, as does the city of Atlanta and the racial problems. My only disappointment was the ending, which didn't seem to fit the rest of the novel. Even tho it is a huge book (742 pages), it is well worth the read!!
Shannon
DEATH ANGEL by Martha Powers...riveting!!!
Irene Grigas
The Kite Runner
Terri Loeffler
THE KITE RUNNER by Khaled Hosseini
Dawn Cronk
DIVINE by Karen Kingsbury --- It was a wonderful, pulled at all the heart strings, and even had your heart breaking, but could not be put down; you had to finish it!
Belinda Mathison
GOD GREW TIRED OF US by John Bul Dau and Michael Sweeney
Stacia Helpman
DANCE WITH THE DEVIL by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Lesa
JERUSALEM by Cecelia Holland
Michele G
ORYX AND CRAKE by Margaret Atwood
Peggy
NINETEEN MINUTES by Jodi Picoult
Kris
P.S, I LOVE YOU by Cecila Ahern. I expected another flimsy romance book, but it was a smart and funny novel.
Tress
BACK ON BLOSSOM STREET by Debbie Macomber
