Be More Bookish Week 3: Activities

Conversation 1
Based on the information provided by the reader who had finished Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert I would feel comfortable recommending Travels in Siberia by Ian Frazier.  Yes, of course there are gender differences, but most of the same appeal factors: Interesting narrator, description of country, inner thoughts and reflections are described, and there is a good bit of humor too.
    If the reader would prefer a female narrator, I would recommend Castles, Follies & Four Leaf Clovers by Rosamund Burton. The setting for this book is central Ireland, but also includes many of the same appeal factors. (and even more humor).

Conversation 2
This reader would like Vampire stories, but without the Teen Love story element.  This person might want to try novels by Anne Rice, the Night Tracker series by Cheyenne McRay, the Carpathian series by Christine Feehan, and even Jim Butcher's Harry Dresden in the book, Changes.  All are action-packed vampire stories with interesting adult characters. This genre has really exploded in the last few years, and there are several authors and sub-genres to choose from, including a recent one called Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter., by Seth Grahame-Smith.

Conversation 3
The person who read River of Doubt would probably find any non-fiction title with action and suspense to their liking. I would recommend the Devil's Rooming House by  M. William Phelps. This book is about one of America's most dangerous female serial killers, and the basis for the play and the novel "Arsenic and Old Lace." Another very good title is Destiny of the Republic by Candace Millard, the true story of the assasination attempt on President Garfield, and what really caused his death. (It was not from the assassin's bullet).

-Monty Phair