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marcy jo
True Blue Farmgirl
453 Posts
Marcy
Wawaka
Indiana
USA
453 Posts |
 Posted - Aug 23 2008 : 09:30:45 AM
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| I am just finishing up Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. It has really made me think about how and where my food comes from. I haven't had much luck finding some of the other books that MaryJane references. I think I might have to go to a larger library like in Fort Wayne or South Bend. I don't want to buy the books until I read them first. Does anyone have any suggestions where I can find them or maybe someone has a couple that I can borrow? |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Txfarmgal
True Blue Farmgirl
585 Posts
AK
USA
585 Posts |
Posted - Aug 24 2008 : 11:23:31 AM
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Just started " At First Sight " by Nicholas Sparks. I love his books! So far I already feel right at home with Jeremy and Lexie.
AngiKay-farmgirl sister #301
www.angikay.etsy.com
Heart of TX chapter
Be strong and Courageous. Jos. 1:9
Texas 4H! http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/ |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Aug 24 2008 : 6:28:24 PM
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That is one of his that I havn't read yet....will be looking for it though. I didn't have a book to read this weekend (and canning in the pressure canner requires a book while I am waiting, right?) so I am reading one of my 12 year old son's books..it is called "The Ghost Brigade" and is about teenagers helping Brigham young in Salt Lake City during the pioneer days...a fun read..and not so "young" that it is silly. I will be done with it tonight for sure..then maybe I will have to either re-read something or search and see what the girls have..haha I am stopping at the used book store tomorrow for sure!
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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Suzan
True Blue Farmgirl
659 Posts
suzanne
duncannon
pa
USA
659 Posts |
Posted - Aug 25 2008 : 07:36:49 AM
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| A friend recommended a series of psychological thrillers to me and I'm finally getting to read them. they are by Keith Ablow, he only wrote the 5. I guess now he's a psychologist on tv. They are intense with a lot of psychobabble in them. Think James Patterson with more psychology. |
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Summerstead
True Blue Farmgirl
119 Posts
Heather
Roseland
Nebraska
USA
119 Posts |
Posted - Aug 25 2008 : 09:20:28 AM
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I feel somewhat silly with many of my book selections this year. I've been reading a lot of young reader's books. I've read the whole Harry Potter series (mainly so I could decide whether or not I would let my 7-year-old see the 6th movie that comes out just days after his 8th birthday), but then I re-read "Night", "Anna Karenina", and "The Good Earth". I've also read a couple of really good books about WWII, told by the soldiers who fought (and it's killing me that I can't remember the names of the books). Now, I'm reading the Anne of Green Gables series. I've seen the movies more times than I can remember, but have never read the books. And, in honor of the 100th Anniversary of Anne of Green Gables, I decided that I would read all 8 books.
*Heather*
www.summerstead.blogspot.com
www.summerstead.etsy.com |
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Txfarmgal
True Blue Farmgirl
585 Posts
AK
USA
585 Posts |
Posted - Aug 26 2008 : 10:56:18 AM
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heather and aunt jenny, I love young reader books. So jenny did you get to the used book store? if so what did you get?
I am getting into the book pretty well and enjoy to see what jeremy and lexie do in their relationship.
AngiKay-farmgirl sister #301
www.angikay.etsy.com
Heart of TX chapter
Be strong and Courageous. Jos. 1:9
Texas 4H! http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/ |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Aug 26 2008 : 3:15:28 PM
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well, no but I got a book called If There be Dragons by Kay Hooper while at the grocery store on the book rack. Not one I had heard of but is good so far...I got started and read the first 2 chapters last night. This is what the back says:
What was a woman like Brooke Kennedy doing running a guest lodge alone in the Montana wilderness? And why was her best friend so worried about her? Those were the questions Cody Nash asked himself after agreeing to cancel his tropical vacation to go on a mission of mercy into blizzard country. For the strong and self-assured woman he found didn't need or want his help- but she was in trouble. Brooke had isolated herself from the world for reasons she wouldn't or couldn't say. But Cody didn't need to be a psychic to sense that Brooke was afraid. Even more, her fear had intensified from the moment he arrived. Now, as a dangerous storm strands them together, Cody must learn the well-guarded secret of this beautiful, gifted woman if he can convince her to give him the one thing he needs to save her from a self-imposed exile: her trust.
Anyway...it will get me by until I get to that used book store. Or the library even better!
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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Txfarmgal
True Blue Farmgirl
585 Posts
AK
USA
585 Posts |
Posted - Aug 26 2008 : 4:26:13 PM
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Jenny, ooooo sounds interesting. You need to get those knitting books and read those since you are a knit girl!
AngiKay-farmgirl sister #301
www.angikay.etsy.com
Heart of TX chapter
Be strong and Courageous. Jos. 1:9
Texas 4H! http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/ |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Aug 26 2008 : 11:01:54 PM
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I think I have read them all...the Monica Ferris ones??? Or the Debbie Macomber ones? WEll...I have read both series. THere may be a new one on either or both though...I should check them out.
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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ranchmama
True Blue Farmgirl
360 Posts
Elise
Rosebud
MT
USA
360 Posts |
Posted - Aug 27 2008 : 05:33:50 AM
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I just read Agusta Locke
Not what I expected, but I kept plugging through and finished it. There was a lot of remembering, and imagining done by the main charecter so that was hard to pick between the actual story and her mind. But I named our new horse after her... Her name was Gussie, short for Agusta so I just named the horse Gus lol
I'll get back with the author's name.. I'm terrible at remembering that...
Elise
Every Child Deserves Our Love &
A Bear of Their Own
http://ATeddyForKeeps.org
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ranchmama/ |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Aug 27 2008 : 06:46:35 AM
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If there Be Dragons was just okay. Not wonderful. I wasn't dissapointed by it..but it really wasn't my sort of book I guess. Very gushy mushy..not very deep..no mystery or surprizes or thought provoking stuff for me. I guess for some people it would strike more of a cord..just not my cup of tea. If anyone wants to read it..email me your address and I will send it out. It was mainly about a gal fighting her own "dragons" and being able to deal with new love...her first love. It was sweet..but I guess I wanted more story.
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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Suzan
True Blue Farmgirl
659 Posts
suzanne
duncannon
pa
USA
659 Posts |
Posted - Aug 27 2008 : 09:25:58 AM
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| Another good author is Jennifer Chiaverini; she writes a quilting series, similar to the Monica Ferris books. I've read quite a few and enjoyed them all. |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Aug 27 2008 : 3:25:16 PM
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I love her books too. I need to check to see if there are any new ones out since New Year's Quilt..I think that is the last one of hers that I have read.
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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