What good books have you read lately?
07-07-2010, 05:25 AM
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I'm reading Emilie Richards "Shenandoah Album" series. I really like that she's a quilter, so the quilting details are very realistic. I just ordered her "quilt along Sister's Choice" book.
Her stories are light, but very intricate. She writes a really good book.
Her stories are light, but very intricate. She writes a really good book.
07-07-2010, 05:41 AM
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I just finished Homeland : a novel by Barbara Hambly. It's letters between two women - one in Maine and one in Tennessee/Georgia (she moves a lot) - during the US Civil War.
This is an excellent book; I totally recommend it.
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I'm about to start Sex Wars by Marge Piercy. Book's plot: set in post–Civil War New York stars a true-life cast of characters that includes Victoria Woodhull, the spiritualist turned first woman to run for the U.S. presidency; passionate suffragette Elizabeth Cady Stanton; the aged Cornelius Vanderbilt, who sits atop a $100-million fortune as he tries to make contact with his dead son; and Anthony Comstock, a crusading moralist who dedicates his life to outlawing pornography and "obscene objects made of rubber." As they each vie for different kinds of sex-based power, the consequences of their actions echo from the halls of Congress to Manhattan's back alleys.
This is an excellent book; I totally recommend it.
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I'm about to start Sex Wars by Marge Piercy. Book's plot: set in post–Civil War New York stars a true-life cast of characters that includes Victoria Woodhull, the spiritualist turned first woman to run for the U.S. presidency; passionate suffragette Elizabeth Cady Stanton; the aged Cornelius Vanderbilt, who sits atop a $100-million fortune as he tries to make contact with his dead son; and Anthony Comstock, a crusading moralist who dedicates his life to outlawing pornography and "obscene objects made of rubber." As they each vie for different kinds of sex-based power, the consequences of their actions echo from the halls of Congress to Manhattan's back alleys.
07-07-2010, 06:51 AM
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I just finished Karen Kingsbury's Take Four, loved it. She is a wonderful writer! I have also started the Sookie Stackhouse series, I have read the first one. And I am reading book two in the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich, Two for the Money. Those are so funny!
07-07-2010, 08:38 AM
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Originally Posted by purplemem
I'm reading Emilie Richards "Shenandoah Album" series. I really like that she's a quilter, so the quilting details are very realistic. I just ordered her "quilt along Sister's Choice" book.
Her stories are light, but very intricate. She writes a really good book.
Her stories are light, but very intricate. She writes a really good book.
07-07-2010, 09:07 AM
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My DGD and I read the same book and we talk about it over the phone every few days. So I've kept up with all the younger best sellers! Right now we are reading In the Nick of Time by Ted Bell. It's very good, like Treasure Island with a modern twist. For me, I bought Stieg Larsson's three books. I haven't started reading one yet but DH says they are very good.
07-07-2010, 11:30 AM
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Originally Posted by newquiltmama
I just finished Karen Kingsbury's Take Four, loved it. She is a wonderful writer! I have also started the Sookie Stackhouse series, I have read the first one. And I am reading book two in the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich, Two for the Money. Those are so funny!
07-07-2010, 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by newquiltmama
I just finished Karen Kingsbury's Take Four, loved it. She is a wonderful writer! I have also started the Sookie Stackhouse series, I have read the first one. And I am reading book two in the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich, Two for the Money. Those are so funny!
Betty White would be great to play the grandmother lol lol lol The girl that was in the movie "27 Dress" ?? is playing Stephanie
07-07-2010, 12:41 PM
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[quote=BeagleMom]I finally found a library with Earlene Fowler books. So I checked one out and I am working on it. So far, I like it.
YEAHHHHH! Another member with GREAT taste in authors!!
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YEAHHHHH! Another member with GREAT taste in authors!!
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07-07-2010, 01:10 PM
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Cokie Roberts - FOUNGING MOTHERS; DORREN VIRTURE - ANGEL 101; JOSEPH J. VIRTUE - HIS EXCELLENCY: GEORGE WASHINGTON; Re-reading the following: WE THE LIVING, BY AYN RAND, THE METAMORPHOSIS, AND OTHER STORIES BY FRANZ KAFKA, AND THUS SPOKE ZARATHURSRA.....spelling, I am re- reading.
Bought my oldest DGS My Side Of the Mtn. at Good will yest. Read it years ago in college when I was studing childrens literature, among my other majors--HA Going to have him stay with me for a few days next week, he lives in area. Love him so much, he will be 14 in Nov.
Bought my oldest DGS My Side Of the Mtn. at Good will yest. Read it years ago in college when I was studing childrens literature, among my other majors--HA Going to have him stay with me for a few days next week, he lives in area. Love him so much, he will be 14 in Nov.
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