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Reading Room:  What books do you reread  |
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
3107 Posts |
 Posted - May 26 2008 : 08:08:32 AM
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I was just wondering if there are people out there who, like me, reread books because they love them so much and if so what they are. Mary Janes Idea Book and Magazines are on my list, for fiction I would have to include anything by Barbara Kingsolver and Wendell Berry and also the Little House on the Prairie books.
Amy Grace |
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catscharm74
True Blue Farmgirl
4687 Posts
Heather
Texas
USA
4687 Posts |
Posted - May 26 2008 : 08:20:37 AM
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Gladys Taber...I Love <3 her!!!
Heather
Yee-Haw, I am a cowgirl!!!
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JudyBlueEyes
True Blue Farmgirl
657 Posts
Judith
Spokane
Washington
USA
657 Posts |
Posted - May 26 2008 : 08:24:44 AM
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Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series. Each Advent for the last 5-6 years, I've read Winter Solstice by Rosamunde Pilcher. It just puts me in the holiday spirit. Judy
We come from the earth, we go back to the earth, and in between, we garden! |
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mima
True Blue Farmgirl
1573 Posts
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Posted - May 26 2008 : 09:38:25 AM
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Oh! Barbara kingsolver!!!!!!I also have reread Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman the most of any book!
"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
http://www.thebodyshopathome.com/web/dcole1 |
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
4739 Posts
Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
4739 Posts |
Posted - May 26 2008 : 4:58:29 PM
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I love mysteries and epic fantasies, so Rex Stout, M. M. Kaye, Agatha Christie and Terry Brooks are the authors who's books I read over & over. That is, when I can find the time to read!
Dawn in IL |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - May 26 2008 : 9:27:09 PM
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Gosh...you all love the same books I do. I would add anything by John Steinbeck (except for Winter of Our Discontent...I never got into that one) and The Dollmaker by Harriette Arnow..I love that book
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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shepherdgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1008 Posts
Tracy
California
USA
1008 Posts |
Posted - May 27 2008 : 11:31:00 AM
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I've never heard of most of the authors listed. I'll have to check them out.
I'm a sappy Historical Romance fan myself. My most all time FAVE book is "The Flame and the Flower" by Kathleen Woodiweiss. Very sweet book! (I think the Hero in the story reminds me of a guy I used to date and THAT'S why I like it so much. Aside from my WONDERFUL DH, I loved that man with a PASSION!! But I was young, and I just KNEW he was NOT good for me. I moved to another town so I could not see him anymore. Oh, but there is STILL (on occasion) that lingering "what if.....?") Anyway, now that I've spilled THAT little secret about myself....(LOL)
I will re-read any books by Judith McNaught (A Knight in Shining Armor" is one and "Whitney My Love" another) and I LOVE Dorothy Garlock's "Ribbon in the Sky." Also a book called "Wings of A Dove" by Elaine Barberi (sp?) Oh, and Johanna Linsey's "Fires Of Winter" and "Secret Fire."
I'm a HUGE RE-reader fan! I never part with the books that make me CRY! But I don't like to read the grafic TRASHY romances either. I prefer my OWN imagination over every little detail scribbled on the pages. How can anyone actually WRITE that stuff anyway, knowing other people are going to read it? (eewwww!!!!)
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. ~~ George Carlin |
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Carrie W
Farmgirl Legend/Chapter Guru
437 Posts
Saratoga Springs
New York
USA
437 Posts |
Posted - May 27 2008 : 11:44:24 AM
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When I was young, I read and reread all the Chronicles of Narnia. I even have my old copies and now my kids read them. Since the second movie just came out I have picked them up again. I just finished "Prince Caspian"! It was excellent, so much better than the movie. They cut out all the really good stuff about faith and trust and obedience. They really changed it for the movie.
I STRONGLY recommend them to everyone, especially if you're going to go see the movie. Read the book first. Better yet, read it with the kids then all go see the movie!
Warning...the movie is rather intense and my 10 year old daughter had to cover her eyes in parts. It's got a lot of battle scenes and a scary scene with a were-wolf, too. The books are totally appropiate to read to young kids, however!
Till later...
Carrie M
www.totallykadeshfarm.blogspot.com
Farmgirl Sisterhood #147
Tis better to weep at joy than to joy at weeping--Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing |
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chellybelly
True Blue Farmgirl
65 Posts
Michelle
Knoxville
TN
USA
65 Posts |
Posted - May 27 2008 : 12:08:03 PM
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I always enjoy The Red Tent a little more each time I read it.
Michelle
Farmgirl Sister #203 |
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DaisyFarm
True Blue Farmgirl
1646 Posts
Diane
Victoria
BC
Canada
1646 Posts |
Posted - May 27 2008 : 12:08:45 PM
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
3107 Posts |
Posted - May 27 2008 : 2:16:40 PM
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| It is so good to hear about books people love!! I forgot a couple long ones that I drag out and reread every third summer or so - And Ladies of the Club by Helen Hooven Santmyer, and Moving On by Larry McMurtry |
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Marcy
True Blue Farmgirl
2701 Posts
Marcy
Tiverton
Rhode Island
USA
2701 Posts |
Posted - May 27 2008 : 2:31:40 PM
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I'm with Tracy, as I love historical romance (or anything historical for that matter) I love anything Jane Austen and have re-read her novels so many times that I have lost count. Louisa May Alcott (Little women and all of her other wonderful books)Pretty much anything considered classic literature such as, Dickens, Twain, London or Stevenson and I love the Anne of Green Gables Books by L.M. Montgomery as well. Right now, I have over a hundred books to read in my to read pile and my family calls me a certified book nut, lol.
Farmgirl #170
It's never too late to be what you might have been.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. |
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Carrie W
Farmgirl Legend/Chapter Guru
437 Posts
Saratoga Springs
New York
USA
437 Posts |
Posted - May 30 2008 : 10:30:35 AM
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Diane-
I'm just finishing "the good life" by the Nearings and I love it! It will be a re-reder fer sure! I enjoyed it so much I was sharing with my husband and he got into it and is reading it now too. I'm surprised he's so into it because he is not much of a reader. We are heading toward that kind of lifestyle and he is getting PUMPED about it now.
Carrie
www.totallykadeshfarm.blogspot.com
Farmgirl Sisterhood #147
Tis better to weep at joy than to joy at weeping--Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing |
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nitere
True Blue Farmgirl
482 Posts
Amy
Hickory
NC
USA
482 Posts |
Posted - May 31 2008 : 11:31:02 AM
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I can always reread Jane Austen books. Ooh, and Pursuit of Love and Love In a Cold Climate by Nancy Mitford.
farmgirl sister #37
http://www.buraellen.blogspot.com |
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Pearlsnjeans
True Blue Farmgirl
248 Posts
Vicki
West Haven
Utah
USA
248 Posts |
Posted - Jun 04 2008 : 5:33:11 PM
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I have most books by Louis L'Amour and have read them several times. Also read Gone With The Wind over and over.....
Vicki
Farmgirl Sister #120
Farmgirls are elegant |
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
3107 Posts |
Posted - Jun 05 2008 : 6:39:43 PM
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Oh yeah Vicki, I forgot about the Louis L'Amour collection. I go through that about every 4th or 5th summer, good reading |
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Pearlsnjeans
True Blue Farmgirl
248 Posts
Vicki
West Haven
Utah
USA
248 Posts |
Posted - Jun 13 2008 : 3:28:56 PM
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Amy Grace - I pick one up whenever I need to "see" the mountains and rivers and "smell" the pines! Sort of a mini get-away! 
Vicki
Farmgirl Sister #120
Farmgirls are elegant |
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mommato4
Farmgirl in Training
13 Posts
Christy
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Posted - Jun 13 2008 : 5:37:57 PM
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I have read books by Gladys Taber over and over and any books about Tasha Tudor!! I have read the Little House on the PRairie series several times with my kiddos!!!!!
Christy
http://oursimplelives.wordpress.com/ |
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LibraryGirl
Farmgirl in Training
18 Posts
Beth
Mt. Blanchard
Ohio
USA
18 Posts |
Posted - Jun 14 2008 : 3:45:09 PM
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Every summer I reread my Jennifer Crusie books -- they're good "beach reading". Every winter I reread my Kate Wilhelm books, especially her Barbara Holloway legal mystery series. And I'm never disappointed when I reread anything by Barbara Kingsolver, Nevada Barr, or Roald Dahl.
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gothique
Farmgirl in Training
12 Posts
Susan
Norman
OK
USA
12 Posts |
Posted - Jun 16 2008 : 8:43:34 PM
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Lord of the Rings! I've probably read it a dozen times.
"Take care of the luxuries, and the necessities will take care of themselves."
-- Oscar Wilde |
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City_Chick
True Blue Farmgirl
509 Posts
Christina
Omaha
Nebraska
USA
509 Posts |
Posted - Jun 19 2008 : 11:44:01 AM
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The Red Tent by Anita Diamant and Midwives by Chris Bohjalian are two of my favorites. Although, I don't read Midwives as often as the Red Tent.
Christina
Farmgirl Sister #195 |
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4853 Posts |
Posted - Jun 19 2008 : 11:54:39 AM
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I reread:
Mary Jane's Idea Book
Little Women
Little Men
Jo Boys (usually in a row)
The Once and Future King
All Creatures Great and Small and other collected stories of James Herriot
Emma
Pride & Prejudice
Northanger Abbey
The English Kitchen Garden--it's my every January read.
I'm sure there are more, but that's what I can think of off hand.
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."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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lizbeth
Farmgirl at Heart
7 Posts
Beth
NC
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Posted - Jun 19 2008 : 12:06:10 PM
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I love anything Jane Austen and read Pride and Prejudice at least twice a year. Also, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte and a book called Discipline by Elizabeth Elliott.
Wear the old coat and buy the new book.
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elphie0503
True Blue Farmgirl
500 Posts
Samantha
Gilmer
Texas
USA
500 Posts |
Posted - Jun 22 2008 : 11:29:52 AM
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I have read Jane Austen's Persuasion so much that I have worn one copy out! I also like Gone With the Wind, but the follow up Scarlet is so good!!!
Samantha
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort~~Albright
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kissmekate
True Blue Farmgirl
890 Posts
Kate
Delano
Minnesota
890 Posts |
Posted - Jun 22 2008 : 3:10:26 PM
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I have re read the Outlander series a few times. I wore out the first two books and had to buy new copies.
I have also re-read Gone with the Wind about every five years.
I have re-read the "Little House" books too. The little girl in me loves the books and the show!
I have also re-read "Texasville" and "Lonesome Dove" by Larry McMurtry a few times. I love his humor!
And of course, my other two favorites:
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Don't miss out on a blessing, just because it isn't packaged the way you expected. ~MaryJo Copeland |
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nitere
True Blue Farmgirl
482 Posts
Amy
Hickory
NC
USA
482 Posts |
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Reading Room: What books do you reread |
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What books do you reread
