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Reading Room:  Most ENJOYABLE book you read in 2007?  |
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Phils Ann
True Blue Farmgirl
1095 Posts
Ann
Parsonsburg
Maryland
USA
1095 Posts |
 Posted - Dec 18 2007 : 08:20:11 AM
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Oh, Rhonda... what a great book.
Ann
Sairy Hill Thicket
There is a Redeemer. |
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Celticheart
True Blue Farmgirl
811 Posts
Marcia
WA
USA
811 Posts |
Posted - Dec 20 2007 : 12:59:55 PM
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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle and A Sudden Country
"Nature always has the last laugh." Mrs. Greenthumbs
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mima
True Blue Farmgirl
1573 Posts
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Posted - Dec 20 2007 : 9:22:48 PM
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THe Kite Runner...Sad ,disturbing ,poweful!
"No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars,or sailed to an uncharted land or opened a new heaven to the human spirit." Helen Keller |
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Mizsuzee
Farmgirl at Heart
9 Posts
Susan
Washington State
9 Posts |
Posted - Dec 28 2007 : 11:33:01 AM
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"Never Change" by Elizabeth Berg
I'd never even heard of Ms. Berg until she was mentioned on a blog that I like to read. Since then I've read quite a few of her many novels. This one really tugged at my heart, since it involved a middle-aged nurse -- I could relate to that! :)
www.mizsuzee.wordpress.com
It's not what you gather, but what you scatter - that tells what sort of life you've lived. |
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Bridge
True Blue Farmgirl
814 Posts
Bridgette
Southern
Indiana
USA
814 Posts |
Posted - Dec 28 2007 : 12:37:57 PM
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"Animal, Vegetable, Miracle" by Barbara Kingsolver
And "The Red Tent" by Anita Diamant
~~Bridge's Blog~~
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Woodswoman
True Blue Farmgirl
512 Posts
Jennifer
Altamont
NY
USA
512 Posts |
Posted - Dec 28 2007 : 5:39:28 PM
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Animal Vegetable Mineral!!
I'm reading Eat, Pray, Love, right now-it's great so far! |
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Woodswoman
True Blue Farmgirl
512 Posts
Jennifer
Altamont
NY
USA
512 Posts |
Posted - Dec 28 2007 : 5:42:39 PM
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Whoops-sorry-I got typing too fast-I meant Animal Vegetable MIRACLE-by Barbara Kingsolver!
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knewslady
True Blue Farmgirl
555 Posts
Kathy
Russellville
KY
USA
555 Posts |
Posted - Dec 28 2007 : 7:50:27 PM
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Whew, I got it finished in time to list it for 2007 and it would have to be Five People you Meet in Heaven. It was such a pleasant read, I would highly recommend it for everyone. I enjoyed it so much that I just ordered Tuesdays with Morrie. Has anyone read this.
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Dec 28 2007 : 10:04:37 PM
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I keep meaning to read Tuesdays with Morrie. I loved Five People you meet in Heaven and For one More Day. I will have to get to that one next!!
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
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sewgirlie
True Blue Farmgirl
1894 Posts
Sheryl-lyn
Calverton
NY
USA
1894 Posts |
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lmillward
True Blue Farmgirl
111 Posts
Lorie
Riverton
UT
USA
111 Posts |
Posted - Jan 01 2008 : 11:49:45 AM
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I'm so glad to see Animal Vegetable Miracle on the list so often! I read the Omnivores Dilemma by Micheal Pollan and led a discussion group for the University I work for about it. Life changing information about how we get and prepare our food and the options we have to work a little better with mother nature and still get what we want. Barbara Kingsolver's book picked up right where Omnivore's Dilemma left off! While I'm here i might add that I re-read The Geography of Childhood by Gary Paul Nabham and was overcome with a desire to promote the message of allowing children to experience nature wherever they might live!
I do go on...
Long live the weeds and the wildflowers! ~John Muir |
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laluna
True Blue Farmgirl
295 Posts
New York
USA
295 Posts |
Posted - Jan 06 2008 : 11:03:56 AM
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Ah, I read several that were excellent - can't really just pick one! To reiterate what some others have alreay said, I loved Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, along with Eat, Pray, Love, and then I really found The Book Thief to be a particularly intense read (it's technically a YA book and I read it because I teach middle school English, but wow, I don't know...it's a story that follows one orphaned German girl during the Holocaust and is narrated by Death).
"I believe in God, only I spell it Nature." -- Frank Lloyd Wright |
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
6066 Posts |
Posted - Jan 06 2008 : 3:25:58 PM
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A Sudden Country was one of my favorites, too, and Hidden Places by Lynn Austin.
But my favorite was......"Cataloochee" by Wayne Caldwell. A book of the Appalachians - near Asheville. Real place with a great history of the times when the government began to buy land for national parks, and this area is now part of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. Great novel.
Farmgirl Sister # 31
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Farmgirl Wanabe
Farmgirl at Heart
4 Posts
Beth
Fort Myers
Florida
USA
4 Posts |
Posted - Jan 07 2008 : 12:01:18 PM
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HOMESTEAD - Modern Pioneers Pursuing the Edge of Possibility - A memoir by Jane Kirkpatrick. It was life-changing for us! It intensified our dream of living off the land!
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rose hill farm
Farmgirl in Training
21 Posts
Jule Ann
Rhineland
Missouri
USA
21 Posts |
Posted - Jan 08 2008 : 06:31:57 AM
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I truely LOVED this story....
The Glass Castle....by Jeanette Walls
It's now in paper-back! It is a page-turned...I could not rest until I had finished it.
5 STARS!!!
Jule Ann #109
Rose Hill Farm
Donkeys for Peace! |
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yellojewl
True Blue Farmgirl
72 Posts
Amber
Hurley
MO
USA
72 Posts |
Posted - Jan 22 2008 : 07:44:22 AM
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You ladies always have great book recommendations! I just finished Sudden Country and loved it. I have a couple more waiting for me to start that I found on this post |
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