Quote Originally Posted by OakLeaf View Post
A book I read last year became an instant favorite of everyone I recommended it to: Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. It's not free of suffering, there is a lot of poignancy to it, but overall I would say it's a happy book.

If you like books about food and haven't read The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan or Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver, those are highly recommended. For that matter, anything by either author - I especially enjoyed Pollan's The Botany of Desire and Kingsolver's novel Prodigal Summer, her masterwork to date.

How light are you talking about? When I'm on vacation I usually want something downright trashy
Trashy could be fun too!