Off the top of my head.....you really should read "Cider House Rules". And because I read them about the same time..thinking of that one always brings "Snow Falling on Cedars" to my mind, one of my all time favorites.

One of the funniest things I've ever read was by Christopher Buckley, and was called "Thank You For Smoking."

Tom King is a Canadian writer I absolutely adore, whom you may not have heard of. If I only get to recommend one, I'd say "Green Grass, Running Water." If you like Gabriel Garcia-Marquez at all (and if you don't know...put him on the list NOW ), run don't walk and order it. Which, unfortunately, you'll probably have to do.

OH, and on the non-fiction front.....I think you'll really like this one, Lil. It's called "Time, Love, Memory." By, oh hell, brb....Jonathan Weiner. It's kind of a semi-historical account of the discovery of the connection between behavior and genetics. It's really accessible to the non-scientist. At least, I think it is. It captures the magic of science, what makes us willing to do it.

And for a little tiny book to slip in your bag, there "The Ice Finders" by Bolles. Again, history meets sociology....about geology this time. But it's really a lovely little read.

And that's enough from me....always more I could recommend. If you do pick any of these up, do let me know what you think!

G