I'm looking for some good LIGHT reading. I've pretty much exhausted most of my favorite authors so I'm looking for something new. I like Nora Roberts, Janet Evanovich, Rita Mae Brown, Lillian Jackson Braun....mysteries, romance, sci-fi, fantasy....anything really as long as it's LIGHT!

It's summer and I'm looking for junk food for the brain!

Anyone have any suggestions?

Have you read Mary Daheim's Bed and Breakfast Mysteries?  They are light and funny, but well crafted mysteries. 

Here's a great site of authors to start you off..

Find Me an Author

I'll search for some read-a-likes when I get a chance....or do a search of the author's names you've suggested.. People ask for read-a-likes all the time.  By this time tomorrow you'll have more suggestions than you'll know what to do with!  :)

Try something from Marian Keyes,  Ellen (think that's her first name) Hildebrand-Blue Bistro is EXCELLENT!-, or Katie Fforde. 

Here's a link for a previous discussion about "Books Like Janet Evanovich Plum Series".

http://www.paperbackswap.com/forum/topic.php?t=101198

A cute one that I just read and posted to my shelf:  Bachlorette #1.  A story about a journalist who goes undercover on a reality show like the Bachelor.

~Karen~

Thank you for all the suggestions, I really appreciate it!  It's giving me a lot to look into!

I really enjoy Victoria Laurie and Cleo Coyle series.  Happy reading!

You might also like Jennifer Chiaverini's books.  Their light but well written.

The Psychic Eye Mystery series by Victoria Laurie are great.  They have mystery romance and a little something extra.

The Sookie Stackhouse series but Charlaine Harris.  I call these Vampire-lite books.  I didn't really like the vampire books until I found these.  They aren't so dark and gloomy.  There's kooky charactars, some romance and a mystery. 

I 2nd the 'Psychic Eye' series by Victoria Laurie, as well as her Ghosthunters series (2 out so far). These are light and funny.

I also enjoyed Meg Cabot's Heather Wells 3 books: chick lit mysteries and read in order! Size 12 is Not Fat, Size 14 is not fat either, and big boned. These were light cute mysteries with a touch of romance.

Jennifer Crusie's Bet Me, Getting Rid of Bradley are good in the funny  romance genre as well as Vicki Lewis Thompson's 'the nerd who loved me' and 'nerd gone wild' (there are several nerd books but these are my faves and hers do tend to get pretty descriptive in the s-e-x though the entire book is funny but if that bothers you maybe don't go there or skip over it!

another good romance series that's sorta light but has some seriousness to them is Robyn Carr's Virgin River, Shelter Mountain, Whispering Rock - there's a bit of drama but there's some humor and great romance.

I liked JImmie Ruth Evans' Trailer park mysteries also

I'll probably think of more but now I"m drawing a blank!

If you like Nora Roberts, I'd recommend any Debra Webb book. If you like sci-fi, she has a new series out that's both romance and sci-fi, called the Eclipse series I believe. I have almost the whole series, but I don't like sci-fi books, so I'll probably post them on here.

Also, if you like romance/mystery combos, check out Jayne Ann Krentz. I especially like her Eclipse Bay trilogy. :)

I really enjoy Donna Andrews' Meg Lanslow series. Whenever I need a funny read, I know to pick up one of her books.

What about Cecelia Ahern's books?  I just finshed PS, I Love You and it was wonderful...funny, romantic, a little sad.  It was completely different from the movie, which I also enjoyed.  I've already got Love, Rosie coming my way and I have Rosie Dunne on my wish list. 

If you like mysteries, I suggest anything by Dennis Lehane.  I currently working my way through his Patrick Kenzie/Angie Gennaro series, which included Gone, Baby, Gone.  He also wrote Mystic River.

Another one of my favorite series is the Big Stone Gap series by Adriana Trigiani. 

All of these books are easy, fun reads.  :)

Michelle, so what did you come up with?    :)