Hello PDM....
Havnt read 'Letters from Father Christmas'yet but have heard from other people that they are enjoyable.Tolkien can be a labour to read sometimes,especially 'The Fellowship of the Ring'Tolkien said himself that when he was writing the first instalment he was struggling for ideas so thats why the book dawdles a bit,'The Two Towers'and'Return of the King'are far more fast paced and enjoyable.I took my user name from 'The Silmarilion'its Tolkiens "Creator"of Middle Earth.

My absolute favorite book is [i]Perfume[/i] by Patrick Süskind. It's kind of thriller/drama and the writing style is so... sensory... you almost get an olfactory perception of the book... it's amazing, Süskind's writing is amazing.

My absolute favorite is Terry Prattchet. If you like funny but still would like to use your brain you can't get wrong with him.

have to agree with you there. the guy is a genius. if you like the discworld trip you should check out the bartimaeus trilogy.

"Wicked" the Wicked Witch of the west side of the story... That was a good book...

just read: Anne Rice, Memnoch The Devil. I am new to this author but if the rest of her work is of the same calibre then let me at it!!

of course the ubiquitous Dan Brown Davinci Code, but may I suggest his other titles : ie. Deception Point, Digital Fortress and Angels and Demons.

But for something light and amusing J.K. Rowlings Harry Potter are all works of Genius!!

i really liked Digital Fortress...but my favorite reading material at the moment is any thing be Nicci French.

The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time (Mark Haddon)
Smashed (Koren Zailckas)

Just a few I enjoyed. And sorry for bumping this post back up, I know its old.

LOL. Fear Street and Goosebumps, my sister and I were totally into that growing up!

I will have to report back about a good book. I am at a loss at the moment.

Derailed was such a good book! Please read before you see the movie! Anything by Jennifer Crusie is awesome! I also like the Devil Wears Prada. Same, read book before see movie. Two Little Girls in Blue by Mary Higgins Clark. Good book.