What books would you recommend to read?
10-20-2011, 06:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Cheshirecatquilter
M. C. Beaton (Agatha Raisin and Hamish MacBeth series)
Sandra Dallas
Sara Gruen (Water for Elephants)
"Sarah's Key"
Jan Karon
Jill Conner Browne -- really irreverant, laugh out loud
Go to http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/ once you find an author you like to find others by him/her, or similar books by other authors. You'll never run out of books to read or listen to.
Sandra Dallas
Sara Gruen (Water for Elephants)
"Sarah's Key"
Jan Karon
Jill Conner Browne -- really irreverant, laugh out loud
Go to http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/ once you find an author you like to find others by him/her, or similar books by other authors. You'll never run out of books to read or listen to.
10-20-2011, 07:20 AM
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I think you just can't beat the classics. Most really modern books just don't have the depth of the old stories. Who can top To Kill a Mockingbird, Treasure Island, Great Expectations, etc. (I'm sorry - I don't know how to make italics.)
10-20-2011, 09:47 AM
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I absolutely LOVE Fannie Flagg and have read all of her books over and over again. Standing in the Rainbow is my favorite. It brings back so many memories of when I was a kid and everyting was so much easier.
10-20-2011, 01:10 PM
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Catherine Palmer has a series out called the 4 seasons of marriage- not exactly in those words - but it is a super series; begin with the summer and read them in order - and you can't put them down... you get consumed by one character in the book and he just makes the book! If you read it you'll know who I mean; but won't tell you up front - it has some bible verses in it and the story is just great - you have to read it to know what I'm saying.
10-20-2011, 05:52 PM
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Does sound bother her? you can use earphones. I like CDs to listen to along with some pieced hand quilting blocks or projects - or embroidered blocks.
I get the CDs mysteries and such from my local library.
I get the CDs mysteries and such from my local library.
10-20-2011, 06:48 PM
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Some books I've read recently that I enjoyed, all memoirs:
Blood, Bones and Butter -- the inadvertent education of a reluctant chef: Very funny!
Zeitoun -- story of a family living through Katrina
The Sum of our Days, by Isabelle Allende: I am not a fan of her fiction, because I don't like magical realism, but this is a memoir.
The Girls from Ames
Fiction: The Turtle Warrior, by Mary Relindes Ellis
And my universal recommendation: Emma, by Jane Austen. I must have read this dozens of times, in parts. I know it so well that I can begin on any page! Kept me sane through law school.
I also enjoyed the series called His Dark Materials. The books are The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass.
It is so good of you to sit up with your Mom. You are a blessing to her.
Blood, Bones and Butter -- the inadvertent education of a reluctant chef: Very funny!
Zeitoun -- story of a family living through Katrina
The Sum of our Days, by Isabelle Allende: I am not a fan of her fiction, because I don't like magical realism, but this is a memoir.
The Girls from Ames
Fiction: The Turtle Warrior, by Mary Relindes Ellis
And my universal recommendation: Emma, by Jane Austen. I must have read this dozens of times, in parts. I know it so well that I can begin on any page! Kept me sane through law school.
I also enjoyed the series called His Dark Materials. The books are The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass.
It is so good of you to sit up with your Mom. You are a blessing to her.
10-20-2011, 06:51 PM
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'Giants in the earth" by O.E. Rolvaag "Barefoot Heart" by Elva Trevino "The Book of Bright Ideas" by Sandra Kring She also wrote "Carry Me Home" I'm still reading the first one but I know I will read the others again and again.
10-20-2011, 07:33 PM
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1493 by Charles Mann. The title is longer, something to the effect of How Columbus Changed the World.
I'd tell you it all starts with a tomato, but that wouldn't make sense. In 25 words or less, it's how international travel has moved things, ideas, health issues from here to there and back again.
I'd tell you it all starts with a tomato, but that wouldn't make sense. In 25 words or less, it's how international travel has moved things, ideas, health issues from here to there and back again.
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