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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl

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Kay
Vancouver WA
USA
4439 Posts

Posted - Jul 24 2007 :  10:05:06 PM  Show Profile
Has anyone read the Ladies of Covington books by Joan Medlicott? They were mentioned in an article in my AARP magazine. I got online and ordered them from the library.

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Carol Sue
True Blue Farmgirl

4033 Posts

Carol Sue
Washingtonian
USA
4033 Posts

Posted - Jul 24 2007 :  10:13:02 PM  Show Profile
I have read every single one there has been so far. I love love love those books. You should really enjoy the reading.
They were great.
Carol Sue

Enjoying life.
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Nance in France
True Blue Farmgirl

1438 Posts

Nancy
St. Laurent de la Salanque
France
1438 Posts

Posted - Jul 25 2007 :  02:00:02 AM  Show Profile
Hey you guys! What is the general storyline in these books? Sounds interesting....... Thanks for letting me know. Nance
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl

4853 Posts

Jonni
Elsmere Kentucky
USA
4853 Posts

Posted - Jul 25 2007 :  03:17:27 AM  Show Profile
Hey Kay--what is the "Covington" they mention? I've seen them advertised, and always get a kick because I spend most of my waking minutes in "Covington", Kentucky....I actually started calling my lady co-workers the same...

Sounds like they are worth a read!

"She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl

4439 Posts

Kay
Vancouver WA
USA
4439 Posts

Posted - Jul 25 2007 :  1:35:42 PM  Show Profile
Covington, NC. The basis for the story is about 3 ladies in their 60's that are put into a retirement home. There lives are so dull and boring. They decided they've have enough and take off for Covington, NC and buy a place. Then their lives go from there.

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http://cottageramblings.blogspot.com
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sewgirlie
True Blue Farmgirl

1894 Posts

Sheryl-lyn
Calverton NY
USA
1894 Posts

Posted - Jul 25 2007 :  6:21:48 PM  Show Profile
Sounds great to me!! I will put them on my list.
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jcbtxstars
True Blue Farmgirl

77 Posts

Julia C
Midland Texas
USA
77 Posts

Posted - Aug 13 2007 :  08:01:33 AM  Show Profile
I started the first one Saturday night...it's really a good read....
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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl

4439 Posts

Kay
Vancouver WA
USA
4439 Posts

Posted - Aug 13 2007 :  10:32:44 PM  Show Profile
Mine haven't come into the library yet. Trying to wait patiently!

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Nance in France
True Blue Farmgirl

1438 Posts

Nancy
St. Laurent de la Salanque
France
1438 Posts

Posted - Aug 14 2007 :  01:05:46 AM  Show Profile
Hey, farm gal pals! I was gifted recently by our wonderful farmgirl Corinne. I am running lllooooowwwww on reading material in English, and she sent me the first in the series. Last night was THE night, for the first chapter (I always read something good in bed)....clean fresh sheets from the clothesline, a quick shower and hee hee, leaped into bed to begin; I did not want to put it down after the first chapter, but in the desert we learn to ration our water, ha! Thanks again so much, Corinne, and you guys would enjoy this series I bet. I am definitely going to look for the others when I am in the states this autumn. Nance
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frannie
True Blue Farmgirl

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fran
bonham texas
USA
2246 Posts

Posted - Aug 14 2007 :  09:26:57 AM  Show Profile  Send frannie a Yahoo! Message
nance,
i never thought about not having books in english there....duh.
i am so not wordly.
anyway, what kind of books do you like?
believe it or not i am sending you out a package.....today!
i could put a book in there,too.
i bet you thought i forgot,,,,so galpal
i have been up to my elbows in grandchildren and finally got a break. i slept for an entire day.

love
fran

(http://farmfolks-frannie.blogspot.com/)
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Nance in France
True Blue Farmgirl

1438 Posts

Nancy
St. Laurent de la Salanque
France
1438 Posts

Posted - Aug 14 2007 :  11:49:33 AM  Show Profile
Frannie, hello there, you nut! I'd much rather be up to my elbows in grandkids than alligators. And yours sound so adorable anyway... I love gardening books, but since joining this forum you gals have really opened my eyes to the great fiction out there..... Gotta go, husband just whistled that the neat TV show is starting....my kind of French lesson, one with beautiful scenery! I will email you, gal pal. And did you get anything in the mail from France lately?? Hugs, Nance
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paradiseplantation
True Blue Farmgirl

1277 Posts

julie
social springs community Louisiana
USA
1277 Posts

Posted - Aug 14 2007 :  12:03:54 PM  Show Profile
Nance: Put me on your list, too. I'll see what I've got and ship you some as well. Just email me an address. What kind of fiction do you like? Have you read the Mrs. Julia series by Ann Ross? You might like her books, if you haven't. Let me know! I'm hunting down the Covington books as we speak, as I haven't read them yet.
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Nance in France
True Blue Farmgirl

1438 Posts

Nancy
St. Laurent de la Salanque
France
1438 Posts

Posted - Aug 15 2007 :  03:22:18 AM  Show Profile
Julie that is so sweet of you to offer! I will send an email and you can tell me what the series is about!! Hugs, Nance
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Nance in France
True Blue Farmgirl

1438 Posts

Nancy
St. Laurent de la Salanque
France
1438 Posts

Posted - Sep 12 2007 :  09:57:06 AM  Show Profile
Hey, gals! Julie, being the totally cool farm gal that she is, sent me the second and third Ladies of Covington to enjoy! Anybody who is even remotely thinking of reading this series should get on it like white on rice! Oh the luxury of having lots to read, paradise! Hugs, Nance
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sewgirlie
True Blue Farmgirl

1894 Posts

Sheryl-lyn
Calverton NY
USA
1894 Posts

Posted - Sep 22 2007 :  10:35:37 AM  Show Profile
My library has the series but the only one there the other day was the Christmas one, so I am reading that now. How lovely and sweet it is so far. Just what you need in a fast-paced world sometimes!
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