Have you ever been the victim of a reading slump? There is nothing worse, really. Wanting to pick up a really engrossing book and not having any idea where to begin is just torture. Well, never fear, I have some ideas for you! Four of these books are quite long, and one is rather short. I love a nice juicy long book in the summer, when I have loads of time to immerse myself in another world. On the other hand, if your time is limited, try the shorter option.
Life is transformed for an impoverished but genteel war widow and her spinster daughter when they are forced to take in lodgers. Their world is about to experience quite the shake up.
A story told by the wife and four daughters of an evangelical preacher who takes them to the Belgian Congo in the 1950s. A suspenseful epic drama of one family's un-doing.
Bessey Buckley, a street wise fifteen year old, takes a job as a maid in a nineteenth century Scottish manor house where things are definitely not as they seem.
First in the Seven Sisters series. Six baby girls are adopted by a fabulously rich Swiss businessman. Upon his death, each girl is given the details as to where in the world she came from and encouraged to return there to explore her roots. I love this series of books where each daughter returns to her origins and discovers who she really is.
I am a broken record on this book. Still holds first place for best book of the year for me. Less than 300 pages, it is the gripping adventure of two college boys who are traveling on a remote Canadian river by canoe. These boys are tested by fire, white water and violence, and you will not be able to put the book down until the last page.
The only disadvantage to choosing a book to get you out of a reading slump, is that after reading it you may have a book hangover, which calls for a whole other blog post!