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Reading Room:  What are you reading now?  |
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knewslady
True Blue Farmgirl
555 Posts
Kathy
Russellville
KY
USA
555 Posts |
 Posted - Jan 06 2008 : 12:47:49 PM
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What have you ladies started the year off reading? I am presently reading "Four Seasons" by Mary Alice Monroe.
The problem with reading for me is that when I start a new book it is ALL I want to do. I guess I am just going to have to break down and wash some dishes.
Kathy |
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Celticheart
True Blue Farmgirl
811 Posts
Marcia
WA
USA
811 Posts |
Posted - Jan 06 2008 : 2:44:59 PM
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Hmm...Pillars of the Earth, something by Diana Mott Davidson(mystery, catering, can't remember the name), and Skeletons by Kate Wilhelm, a northwest author, also a mystery. Yes....I read about three books at a time. Sometimes more.
"Nature always has the last laugh." Mrs. Greenthumbs
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
6066 Posts |
Posted - Jan 06 2008 : 3:20:46 PM
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Home to Holly Springs by Jan Karon. Made me cry, but very good.
Farmgirl Sister # 31
Psalm 51: 10-13 |
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willowtreecreek
True Blue Farmgirl
4813 Posts
Julie
Russell
AR
USA
4813 Posts |
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Beemoosie
True Blue Farmgirl
2077 Posts
Bonnie
New York
USA
2077 Posts |
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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
9094 Posts
Nancy
West Seneca
New York
USA
9094 Posts |
Posted - Jan 06 2008 : 4:17:10 PM
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Just finished reading "A MIDWIFE'S STORY".Really enjoyed it. Its about a women in Lancaster county PA. who was and still is a midwife there for the Amish women. Got the book at the thrift store.Going to send it to SUSAN,"MOMMOM" who live in that area, thought she should have it. I think after reading it I could deliver a baby if I had to.HA. But don't send your daughters.
NANCY JO
www.Nancy-Jo.blogspot.com |
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Lainey
True Blue Farmgirl
2401 Posts
Elaine
Waco
Kentucky
USA
2401 Posts |
Posted - Jan 06 2008 : 4:58:00 PM
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I'm reading 'The Simple Living Guide' by Janet Luhrs that Enchantedwoodsgirl (Kathy) sent me. Lots of good tips in there for living a more thrifty and fulfilling life.
Farmgirl Sister #25
http://countrygirldreams.blogspot.com/ |
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laluna
True Blue Farmgirl
295 Posts
New York
USA
295 Posts |
Posted - Jan 06 2008 : 5:25:57 PM
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Oh Lainey, I love that book! So inspiring!
I'm currently reading Yoga as Medicine; a great overview of how yoga can help with all kinds of chronic conditions, as well as keeping your health.
"I believe in God, only I spell it Nature." -- Frank Lloyd Wright |
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lmillward
True Blue Farmgirl
111 Posts
Lorie
Riverton
UT
USA
111 Posts |
Posted - Jan 06 2008 : 5:54:56 PM
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I'm reading Mariette In Ecstasy by Ron Hansen. He is sooo good! I'm also reading In Defense of Food by Micheal Pollan and the Sunlight Dialogues by John Gardner. I'm needing something new to add in though since Mariette is almost finished. OH NO!
Long live the weeds and the wildflowers! ~John Muir |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Jan 06 2008 : 7:13:25 PM
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I am doing some light reading ...the second book in the sisters of the quilt series by Cindy Woodsmall...When the Morning Comes. Pretty good...I liked the first one alot. I always love books set in Amish country.
I need to find a new book for next..won't be long until I need one. I am trying to knit more than read and have alot to do tomorrow. I am just like you Kathy..once I do start a good book I don't want to do anything else..oh well!
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
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Nicie
True Blue Farmgirl
185 Posts
Denise
Lincoln
NE
USA
185 Posts |
Posted - Jan 06 2008 : 7:42:50 PM
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I'm reading "Write it when I'm gone" by Thomas DeFrank. I saw the author discuss it on Book TV and wanted to read it. It is conversations he had with President Gerald Ford before his death and after he left the white house. It is really interesting.
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Georgia Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
212 Posts
Denise
Atlanta
GA
USA
212 Posts |
Posted - Jan 06 2008 : 8:34:12 PM
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I love Amish stories so am reading "The Daughter's of Lancaster County"
Denise
Proud Farmgirl Sister #113
http://mybigcityfarm.blogspot.com/ |
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one_dog_per_acre
True Blue Farmgirl
1572 Posts
Trish
Sandpoint
ID
USA
1572 Posts |
Posted - Jan 06 2008 : 8:45:26 PM
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I am reading, "buddha Mom," by Jacqueline Kramer. It is about how motherhood can be a part of your spirituality.
Trish
Farmgirl Sister #91
Make cupcakes not war! |
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faithymom
True Blue Farmgirl
360 Posts
Faith
Sandpoint
ID
USA
360 Posts |
Posted - Jan 06 2008 : 9:45:21 PM
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Currently reading Crown of Thorns by Sigmund Brouwer. It's #2 in a mystery series that starts with Out of the Shadows. I have really enjoyed all of the books of his I have read.
"All television is educational television. The only question is, what is it teaching?"-Fmr. FCC Commissioner Nicholas Johnson |
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Peanut
True Blue Farmgirl
603 Posts
Jennifer
Waverly
Virginia
USA
603 Posts |
Posted - Jan 07 2008 : 06:32:50 AM
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Me too, Julie!! I'm working my way backwards this year. Usually my husband likes for me to read them out loud to him, which I do until he starts snoring and then I'll stop which (of course!) makes him wake up and proclaim he wasn't sleeping at all!! 
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Originally posted by willowtreecreek
I'm doing my annual readthrough of the liitle house on the prairie series.
Farmgirl Sister #17
Blog
www.willowtreecreek.wordpress.com
Felt and Fabric Crafts
www.willowartist.etsy.com
www.willowtreecreek.com
"What is a farm but a mute gospel?"
Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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SarahJ
True Blue Farmgirl
198 Posts
Shreveport
Louisiana
198 Posts |
Posted - Jan 07 2008 : 06:39:15 AM
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GaiasRose
True Blue Farmgirl
2552 Posts
Tasha-Rose
St. Paul
Minnesota
2552 Posts |
Posted - Jan 07 2008 : 08:32:16 AM
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I am reading a few things for both pleasure and study..."Birth as an American Rite of Passage" by Robbie David Floyyd, "Pursuing the Birth machine" by Marsden Wagner, "Active Birth" by Janet Balaskas (this is a re-read and I highly recommend it as I completely enjoyed it, as did Rob, the first time through.) and I am reading "The Tribal Bible" by Kajira Djoumanna-it's a bellydance book regarding American Tribal Style Bellydance
I am also reading "A Midwife's Tale-The Life of Martha Ballard based on Her Diary" by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich. VERY fascinating!!!
One other I am trying to page through (as if I am not reading enough already) is "Red Earth White Earth" by Will Weaver.
I am reading out loud the first Harry Potter book to the girls as well.
~*~Brightest Blessings~*~
Tasha-Rose
Farmgirl Sister #88
Blogs: http://gaiarose.wordpress.com
http://womonandsprout.wordpress.com
http://youtube.com/profile?user=GaiasRose
Homepage:
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Mizsuzee
Farmgirl at Heart
9 Posts
Susan
Washington State
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Posted - Jan 09 2008 : 3:58:40 PM
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Thanks to someone here suggesting it, I've started "Summer at Tiffany" and am absolutely loving it! :-)
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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Pammy
True Blue Farmgirl
66 Posts
Michigan
USA
66 Posts |
Posted - Jan 09 2008 : 4:16:27 PM
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I just finished reading the last of the Yada Yada Prayer group books, I was sad to see this series end, usually I don't like series of books but these were good, the author is Neta Jackson I think. She is going to write more using characters from this series.
I am trying to read The Cure by Athol Dickson, it is hard going, not my usual choice of fiction. it was on the shelf with new releases. I read a lot of Christian fiction, also I am reading Just Beyond the Clouds, by Karen Kingsbury, she always makes me cry though!
I read Animal, Vegatable, Miracle it was good, it is getting noticed by our state farm bureau.
I am also going to read through my Bible this year.
Thats it for this week. Pam
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gwennym
Farmgirl in Training
26 Posts
Gwen
Edwardsville
IL
USA
26 Posts |
Posted - Jan 09 2008 : 8:24:02 PM
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Well, right now I think I'm in the midst of my horse phase. I'm into anything about horses, learning to ride, stories about rescued animals, etc. Just finished "One Good Horse," by Tom Groneberg and have started "Tall Ears & Short Tales...Observation From the Barn" by Carol Chapman. One recent good read was "Chosen by a Horse" by Susan Richards --- a real tear-jerker. My mother also let me borrow her book "Don't Kiss a Goat on the Lips" by Vic Sussman --- cute book about city people getting into the "back to nature" movement of the late 1970's.
Gwen |
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4forMe
True Blue Farmgirl
166 Posts
Dawn
Easton
MD
166 Posts |
Posted - Jan 11 2008 : 11:13:57 AM
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I am reading Cruncy Cons by Rod Dreher (I think I spelled his name correctly), I picked this book up at the library because it looked interesting and it really is.
Sewing, knitting, gardening mom of 4. |
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
2099 Posts |
Posted - Jan 11 2008 : 12:25:03 PM
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| I started reading Kristin Lavransdatter, by Sigrid Undset. It's about 800 pages long! I'm a third of the way through and I decided to look for some info on the author. How come this woman won the Nobel Prize back in 1928 and we never had to read her books in school? Well, according to my google search it's because the English translations of KL sucked until the most recent one in 1997. Now I have to decide whether to keep reading the 1960s copy I picked up at the library sale or go find the better translation. It's a good story so far though, crappy translation or no. Medieval Norse woman who acts rashly as a teenager in love and has to live with her choices. |
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RachelLeigh
True Blue Farmgirl
635 Posts
Rachel
Rainier
WA
USA
635 Posts |
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BarefootGoatGirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1495 Posts
Corrine
North Carolina
USA
1495 Posts |
Posted - Jan 12 2008 : 6:00:52 PM
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I started out reading The Book Of Joby by Mark J. Ferrari...a great just for the fun of it read. It's 600+ pages, but I devoured it in 3 days. Now I'm on to a bit more serious reading Aarons Way: The journey of a strong-willed child by Kendra Smiley with Aaron Smiley. I'm hoping to get some ideas on managing my strong-willed little guy.
It sounds so good to hear myself laugh. --Rascal Flats, "No Reins" |
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Utahfarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1940 Posts
Portland
Oregon
USA
1940 Posts |
Posted - Jan 12 2008 : 8:18:39 PM
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Susan, I'm glad you're enjoying "Summer at Tiffany". That's just the way things were back then.
Farmgirl hug,
Patricia
Proud Farmgirl Sister #19
check out my etsy site http://ThePlayfulFarmgirl.etsy.com
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Beemoosie
True Blue Farmgirl
2077 Posts
Bonnie
New York
USA
2077 Posts |
Posted - Jan 13 2008 : 04:41:34 AM
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I just started I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou. I picked it up in a Study Hall at work Friday and the first page captured me! Had to run out and get it Saturday. I actually ended up buying a Collection of her work.
My soul magnifies the Lord, And my spirit rejoices in God my Savior. Luke 1:46,47
www.beequilting.blogspot.com
http://beemoosie-picture-diary.blogspot.com/ |
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