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Reading Room:  What are you reading now?  |
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Beemoosie
True Blue Farmgirl
2077 Posts
Bonnie
New York
USA
2077 Posts |
 Posted - Mar 14 2009 : 07:39:47 AM
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I know we have done this before; but it always interests me...
so lets share what are we reading now.
I have been reading multiple books at once which is rare for me.
Currently I have going:
Roots by Alex Haley
Seneca Falls & the Origins of the Womens's Rights Movement by Sally G McMillen
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Founding Faith: Providence, Politics & the Birth of Religious Freedom in America by Steven Waldman
I read non fiction slower than fiction so I read The Secret Life of Bees in between (after reading Rebekah's article in the latest issue of MaryJanes Magazine!)
So share with me girls...What are you reading?
My soul magnifies the Lord, And my spirit rejoices in God my Savior. Luke 1:46,47
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vintagediva1
True Blue Farmgirl
1251 Posts
Michele
Brighton
Michigan
USA
1251 Posts |
Posted - Mar 14 2009 : 1:40:17 PM
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Hey Bonnie,
Just finished The Reserve by russell Banks and am now into The Persian Pickle Club by Sandra Dallas. Have really been into a lot of depression era themed reading lately. Seems to go with farmgirls. You know that make it do--do without attitude.
Michele
www.2vintagedivas.etsy.com
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willowtreecreek
True Blue Farmgirl
4813 Posts
Julie
Russell
AR
USA
4813 Posts |
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melody
True Blue Farmgirl
3317 Posts
Melody
The Great North Woods in the Land of Hiawatha
USA
3317 Posts |
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melody
True Blue Farmgirl
3317 Posts
Melody
The Great North Woods in the Land of Hiawatha
USA
3317 Posts |
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couggardengirl
True Blue Farmgirl
89 Posts
Bridgette
Clarkston
WA
USA
89 Posts |
Posted - Mar 14 2009 : 3:29:12 PM
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| I'm reading A Promise for Ellie by Lauraine Snelling. Its the first in the Daughters of Blessing Series. It follows the daughters of families she's used in two previous series. They are kind of a grown up version of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Books! I love them! |
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prariehawk
True Blue Farmgirl
2914 Posts
Cindy
2914 Posts |
Posted - Mar 14 2009 : 4:24:30 PM
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I'm reading: Ecopsycholgy; The Nature of Animal Healing; A Slice of Organic Life; The Blue Parakeet (interesting book on the Bible); and I'm getting ready to order my first Mary Jane book! Oh, and I just bought the latest issue of her mag. today--have already started making my salad table.
Cindy |
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Beemoosie
True Blue Farmgirl
2077 Posts
Bonnie
New York
USA
2077 Posts |
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vintagediva1
True Blue Farmgirl
1251 Posts
Michele
Brighton
Michigan
USA
1251 Posts |
Posted - Mar 15 2009 : 08:36:57 AM
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Melody,
Would love that book. I will reimburse you for postage. Thanks bunches,
Michele
www.2vintagedivas.etsy.com
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vintagediva1
True Blue Farmgirl
1251 Posts
Michele
Brighton
Michigan
USA
1251 Posts |
Posted - Mar 15 2009 : 08:38:50 AM
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Oh, I forgot to mention: Micne and the well by Gin Phillips is really good. Takes place in an Alabama mining town during the depression. Written in a lot of different voices of the family members.
Michele
www.2vintagedivas.etsy.com
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melody
True Blue Farmgirl
3317 Posts
Melody
The Great North Woods in the Land of Hiawatha
USA
3317 Posts |
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country roads
True Blue Farmgirl
443 Posts
Melissa
Shinglehouse
Pa
USA
443 Posts |
Posted - Mar 15 2009 : 2:30:37 PM
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Right now I am reading The Betrayal by Beverly Lewis, its the second book in the "Abram's Daughters" series. It is so good,
Beverly is a great story teller.
Take care, Melissa.
Farmgirl # 352
~Think happy thoughts~ |
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4forMe
True Blue Farmgirl
166 Posts
Dawn
Easton
MD
166 Posts |
Posted - Mar 15 2009 : 3:57:49 PM
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I am reading the latest issue of Hobby Farms Home that I got in the mail Friday. I am also reading the latest issue of Herb Companion magazine and the latest issue of Organic Gardening Magazine.
The books I am reading are Knitalong by Larissa Brown and Martin John Brown and Weekend Sewing by Heather Ross.
Sewing, knitting, gardening mom of 4. |
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melody
True Blue Farmgirl
3317 Posts
Melody
The Great North Woods in the Land of Hiawatha
USA
3317 Posts |
Posted - Mar 15 2009 : 5:58:40 PM
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Hey girls...I have an idea about exchanging books.
I have a very large collection of books that I have read and would like to share, but is there a way we could do this so that when you finish a book mail it media mail to someone who is interested in reading that book and they in turn would media mail it to someone else? Could we do that? Or even mail the book back to the original owner when everyone is done with it??
Let me know if anyone has an idea about how to go about this or if you think it might work...
Michelle...I found another book by Sandra Dallas called The Diary of Mattie Spencer, it's paperback but in pretty good condition!
Melody
http://melodynotes-melodynotes.blogspot.com
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Mar 15 2009 : 7:02:53 PM
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All the Sandra Dallas books are so good!!
I am doing some light reading lately...the knitting mystery series by Maggie Sefton. I just finished book #3 A Deadly Yarn, and will start the next one pretty soon...it is coming in the mail from Paperback Book Swap (LOVE that!) I am reading Knit Lit right now too. CAn you tell I am in Knitting mode right now?
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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Calicogirl
True Blue Farmgirl
5216 Posts
Sharon
Bruce Crossing
Michigan
USA
5216 Posts |
Posted - Mar 15 2009 : 7:19:45 PM
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Dawn,
I love Hobby Farms Home :)
I am currently reading:
~My Bible :)
~Becoming the Woman of His dreams by Sharon Jaynes
~Rural Free A Farmwife's Almanac of Country Living by Rachel Peden (I found this at the library, copyright 1961) It's a journal and I am enjoying it very much :)
~Lasagna Gardening (trying to plan ahead and get some advice on gardening)
~Carrots Love Tomatoes
~Sharon
By His Grace, For His Glory |
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Farmgirlheart
True Blue Farmgirl
103 Posts
Valerie
Los Angeles
California
USA
103 Posts |
Posted - Mar 15 2009 : 8:12:38 PM
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Bonnie, how is that Seneca Falls and Women's rights book?
Right now I am reading: Harry Potter and the prisoner of Askaban, [bleep]fest(collection of essays from [bleep] magazine), the, second book int he sookie stackhouse series, Outlasting the trail(historically based fiction of a woman and her family going acros the Oregon Trail....and too many more! |
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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
9092 Posts
Nancy
West Seneca
New York
USA
9092 Posts |
Posted - Mar 16 2009 : 06:27:29 AM
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Just finished "From Fields of Gold"by Alexandra Ripley. Now I started "An Ocean Apart" by Robin Pilcher.
www.Nancy-Jo.blogspot.com |
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82kygal
True Blue Farmgirl
548 Posts
Laura
Somerset
Kentucky
USA
548 Posts |
Posted - Mar 16 2009 : 07:27:26 AM
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The Bible. 
With God, all things are possible. (Mark 10:27)
What ever you are, be a good one. (Abe Lincoln) |
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Celticheart
True Blue Farmgirl
811 Posts
Marcia
WA
USA
811 Posts |
Posted - Mar 16 2009 : 8:13:21 PM
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I just finished The Egg and I. I loved that book. Now I'm reading Hangman's Root, China Bayles mystery by Susan Wittig Albert and I'm about to start The Five Thousand Year Leap.
It's not about being perfect, but enjoying what you do. Set aside time to be creative.
Robyn Pandolph
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KJD
True Blue Farmgirl
402 Posts
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Posted - Mar 16 2009 : 8:55:33 PM
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| I also love The egg and I; and I've read almost all the China bayle mysteries. Reading Laura Child's Teashoppe Mysteries now, as well as numerous cookbooks. Also - Out of Africa (my favorite movie) - finally reading the book. |
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Tin Lizzie
True Blue Farmgirl
91 Posts
Tx
USA
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Posted - Mar 17 2009 : 05:22:08 AM
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| Don't yall love the China Bayle's books? She writes about one of my favorite areas here in texas...the hill country and of course I love reading about all the herbs! I would give my eye teeth for a shop(and stone building!)like hers. Currently I am reading The Poet by Michael Connelly. |
Edited by - Tin Lizzie on Mar 17 2009 05:22:41 AM |
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Sandra K. Licher
True Blue Farmgirl
1106 Posts
Sandra
Horseshoe Bend
Arkansas
1106 Posts |
Posted - Mar 17 2009 : 07:12:01 AM
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I too was reading Hobby Farm and Hobby Farm Home and MJ's magazine but for books I've been reading Book #2 of the Anne of Green Gables series...Anne of Avonlea. I usually read one fiction and one non-fiction or more plus the magazines. I am reading Jerry Baker's Gardening Wisdom form his Grandmother....VERY good and oldtime gardening methods not using any chemicals! Great book!
Julie....I LOVED The Thriteenth Tale! It is weird and strange like no other book I had ever read YET....I could not put it down! She is a great writer! And I will probably read more if she writes any more...that was her first book and it skyrocketed!
I've read Susan Wittig Albert's books on fictional accounts of Beatrix Potter but not China Bayles....I'll have to try those! And what is the EGG book? Who wrote it and what is it about?
Also, I am reading book #5 of The Mitford books and discovered another book series similar to the Mitford books and they are the Lumpy or Lumby Tales? by Gail Fraser...I haven't read them yet but plan on it!
Sam in AR..... "It's a great life if you don't weaken!"
Farmgirl Sister #226
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ranchmama
True Blue Farmgirl
360 Posts
Elise
Rosebud
MT
USA
360 Posts |
Posted - Mar 17 2009 : 09:44:51 AM
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I'm reading Little Heathens: Hard times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression by Mildred Armstrong Kalish.
This lady grew up in Benton Co Iowa where my family has been since way back.. She lived in the house that my cousin now lives in. She came by a few years ago when the book came out and wanted to see the house and all. It's neat to read about an area that I know from the 30's I'm finding out some local history from her, even tho I grew up there!
Every Child Deserves Our Love &
A Bear of Their Own
http://ATeddyForKeeps.org
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knittingmomma
True Blue Farmgirl
106 Posts
Tonya
Vermont
106 Posts |
Posted - Mar 17 2009 : 10:06:11 AM
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Hello,
I am the new librarian at our local, rural library (just open four hours per week).
This is great to read about what others are reading.
I, too, just took out a book by Rachel Peden - titled The Land,The People. I hink I will read her first one next. I am also reading "A Barn in New England - Making A Home on Three Acres" by Joseph Monninger.
Warm wishes,
Tonya
Handmade Treasures - http://knittingmomma.etsy.com
Blog - http://www.homesteadblogger.com/naturalearthfarm |
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vintagediva1
True Blue Farmgirl
1251 Posts
Michele
Brighton
Michigan
USA
1251 Posts |
Posted - Mar 17 2009 : 4:21:38 PM
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Elise,
I too loved Little Heathens.
My dear Mother in law who is now 93 grew up in Iowa and South Dakota. That book made me decide to get her oral history recored with all of her stories about growing up and put them into book form for her grands and great grands for Christmas. Once she is gone, all those stories wil be too if somone doesn't get them down on paper
Michele
www.2vintagedivas.etsy.com
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