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Reading Room:  What are you reading now?  |
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RuralSuburbia
True Blue Farmgirl
251 Posts
Leslie
Northern CA
USA
251 Posts |
 Posted - Mar 17 2009 : 5:49:11 PM
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I'm reading "Firefly Lane" by Kristin Hannah. I am oh so into chick lit...
*I've got stars in my eyes and exactly $1 in my pocket!* |
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
3107 Posts |
Posted - Mar 17 2009 : 7:45:39 PM
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Sandra - The Egg and I is by Betty Bard MacDonald of Mrs Pigglewiggle fame. It is a memoir of her growing up and first marriage when she lived on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State and she and her husband had a chicken farm - absolutely hilarious. She wrote a couple other memoirs - The Plague and I and Onions in the Stew, I've only been able to find the second one, also very funny.
I just read The Hunchback of Notre Dame and The Phantom of the Opera (I just got back from France, can you tell:)?)
I'm also reading the Farmhouse cookbooks by Susan Hermann Loomis.
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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KJD
True Blue Farmgirl
402 Posts
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Posted - Mar 17 2009 : 7:59:54 PM
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A bit more on The Egg and I - it is a great movie with Claudette Colbert and Fred McMurray - it introduced Ma and Pa Kettle. I have loved the movie since childhood, and found the book a few years ago - it is wonderful!
Also - Susan Herman Loomis' Farmhouse cookbooks are really good - and her book, On Rue Tatin, the account of her and her family moving to a French Farmhouse is a favorite. |
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bboopster
True Blue Farmgirl
1140 Posts
Betty Jo
West Bend
Wisconsin
USA
1140 Posts |
Posted - Mar 21 2009 : 5:52:31 PM
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Redeeming Love (based on the book of Ester), Oh My!!!! I have never read such a love story in my life!!!!!!
The Shack, Very Insightful
The Memory Keepers Daughter. I am listening to this one in my car. It is written by the author of The secret Life of Bee's ( loved that one too)
Currently reading "Captivating" I'm to the chapter when they talk about parents and how the mold your life. Sad hits way to close to home. But it has been a book of Great personal journey.
http://www.bboopster.blogspot.com
Nana to 1 with 3 on the way.
3 Blue Star Mother and Proud of it!
Pray for our troops to come home safe and soon.
Enjoying the road to the simple life :>) |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Mar 21 2009 : 7:15:35 PM
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Betty Jo..you are reading my favorites. I will have to look for Captivating.havn't seen it yet. I have loved all the others you mentioned.
I am doing some very light reading lately..the knitting mysteries by Meggie Sefton. I am on book 5 (Dyer Consequences) right now. I like them..and have been too busy to get into anything heavy.
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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NancyV
Farmgirl in Training
20 Posts
USA
20 Posts |
Posted - Mar 21 2009 : 7:30:49 PM
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I just finished Nancy Atherton's Aunt Dimity Slays the Dragon. For another crafting series, I always try Monica Ferris which includes cross stitching and knitting subjects. If the brain feels like alittle "chill'n", there's an excellent movie about books called 84 Charing Cross Road starring Anne Bancroft and Anthony Hopkins. Also trying to finish biography of John Muir.
Nancy
Farmgirl Sister #501 |
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Prairie Princess
True Blue Farmgirl
1075 Posts
Jodi
Washington
USA
1075 Posts |
Posted - Mar 21 2009 : 8:02:54 PM
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I just started the 'Prayer of Jabez' last night, and I'm three chapters into it. Teared up a wee bit in the mid section of chapter two...and I'm not accustomed to doing that, lol. So yes, I'm finding it to be an excellent read.
~Jodi
"Women are like teabags...you never know how strong they are until they get into hot water." Eleanor Roosevelt |
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ranchmama
True Blue Farmgirl
360 Posts
Elise
Rosebud
MT
USA
360 Posts |
Posted - Mar 22 2009 : 07:47:05 AM
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Thant's great Michelle! I'm glad the book led you to get your mom's history down. Now you can have her cherieshed memories too!
I'm also reading Leaving Home by Garrison Keillor. My Grandma was listening to his program on the radio one day. I didn't understand it then. Till I found one of his books for her and read it before I gave it to her. Now I wish I could get his program here! He is such a great writer and it helps if I can hear his voice as I'm reading the stories. I laugh out loud at least every chapter, so that is a sign of a good book to me.
Elise
Every Child Deserves Our Love &
A Bear of Their Own
http://ATeddyForKeeps.org
http://ranchmama.blogspot.com/ |
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bboopster
True Blue Farmgirl
1140 Posts
Betty Jo
West Bend
Wisconsin
USA
1140 Posts |
Posted - Apr 09 2009 : 3:50:57 PM
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I just finished "The Prayer Chest" By August Gold and Joel Fotinos. It's a wonderful story about life, suffering and all the riches life can give you if you open your heart and listen. It was truly awesome! Next "The Women" by TC Boyle. Not my choice but that of the book club I join at work. Always up for seeing what others like to read. 
http://www.bboopster.blogspot.com
Nana to 1 with 3 on the way.
3 Blue Star Mother and Proud of it!
Pray for our troops to come home safe and soon.
Enjoying the road to the simple life :>) |
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Merry
True Blue Farmgirl
765 Posts
Merry
Ankeny
Iowa
USA
765 Posts |
Posted - Apr 09 2009 : 5:12:12 PM
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Hidden in Plain View: A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad- Jacqueline L. Tobi
http://afarminmyheart.blogspot.com/
"Nobody has ever measured, not even poets how much the heart can hold."
Zelda Fitzgerald |
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nitere
True Blue Farmgirl
482 Posts
Amy
Hickory
NC
USA
482 Posts |
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nitere
True Blue Farmgirl
482 Posts
Amy
Hickory
NC
USA
482 Posts |
Posted - Apr 18 2009 : 05:43:17 AM
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I just started Belong to Me by Maria de los Santos. I have only read one chapter, so I can't comment on what I think so far. I just finished several books...The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins, The Temptation of the Night Jasmine by Laura Willig, and a handful of what I call "chick lit," just easy reads and the book equivalent of chick flicks and Hallmark movies :)
I have Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks checked out from the library to read next.
http://www.buraellen.blogspot.com |
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electricdunce
True Blue Farmgirl
2544 Posts
Karin
Belmont
ME
USA
2544 Posts |
Posted - Apr 18 2009 : 2:38:46 PM
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At the moment I am inhalins some mystery books by Mary Dahein, about a little town called Alpine in Washington. They are very entertaining, an interesting collection of people and small town life, the reviews say these are cozy mysteries. I think the book I read a few weeks ago, Before Women had Wings by Connie May Fowler. A wonderful book, and I got a couple more of her books from PaperbackSwap. I have been reading some books about homesteading, one is an account of the last woman homesteader in the U.S. Of course I can't remember the name of it, it is in the pile in my room.
I am also reading Gwen Marston and Freddy Moran's new quilt book. It is the sequel to their Collabrative Quilting that was published a few years ago. I have gone to Gwen's quilt retreat in October for the last five years and I find it the highlight of my year. I seldom cross the county line, so to go off to Michigan to quilt for five days is wonderful. I don't think I can go this year. Drat.
But this new book is filled with more amazing pictures of quilts, ones they created on their own and the collabrative ones. .
I like Billie Letts' books, they are wonderfully written...oh books, they are the best...
Karin
Farmgirl Sister #153
"Give me shelter from the storm" - Bob Dylan
http://moodranch.blogspot.com
http://domesticnonsense.etsy.com |
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CherryMeDarlin
True Blue Farmgirl
602 Posts
Cherry
Odenville
AL
USA
602 Posts |
Posted - Apr 28 2009 : 12:56:53 PM
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Hello, fellow bookworms! I just finished Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. I loved it! I wish I had the gumption to take off to Italy, India and Indonesia on my own. It's a very insightful book, exceptionally written, with enough humor mixed in to keep it fairly light given the subject matter of self-discovery.
I also love Paperback Swap! How can we find one another on there so we can peruse one another's bookshelves? I'll see if I can figure it out.
Today I'll be starting Grace in Thine Eyes by Liz Curtis Higgs. I have stacks of books everywhere! Drives my hubs crazy, but I get really anxious when I don't have something to read!
~~Cherry~~
"A thing is as simple or as complicated as you make it." --TT Murphy |
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Calicogirl
True Blue Farmgirl
5216 Posts
Sharon
Bruce Crossing
Michigan
USA
5216 Posts |
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Merry
True Blue Farmgirl
765 Posts
Merry
Ankeny
Iowa
USA
765 Posts |
Posted - Apr 28 2009 : 5:13:49 PM
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A Brush of Wings - Adrian Phoenix
http://afarminmyheart.blogspot.com/
"Nobody has ever measured, not even poets how much the heart can hold."
Zelda Fitzgerald |
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one_dog_per_acre
True Blue Farmgirl
1572 Posts
Trish
Sandpoint
ID
USA
1572 Posts |
Posted - Apr 28 2009 : 5:36:53 PM
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Voodoo Dreams by JewellParker Rhodes and Deja Dead by Kathy Reichs, since I love the tv show Bones.
Trish
Make cupcakes not war!
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StarMeadow
True Blue Farmgirl
940 Posts
T
MI
940 Posts |
Posted - Apr 28 2009 : 7:12:08 PM
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I'm half-way through Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson. WOW... http://www.threecupsoftea.com/ I've been so taken with it that I've purchased the young adult version for a couple of friends pre-teens girls. Briefly, he was making an attempt to climb K2 and got lost. After ending up in a village in Pakistan, he promised he'd return and build a school...and he did. The caveat...the school was for everyone in the village; including the girls. Remember this is primarily a Muslim country in which girls are not allowed an education. Still this village moved forward and has reaped the rewards of educating all their children, not just the boys.
Talk about girl power.... http://www.girleffect.org/
In developing countries girls are the most likely way of raising the standard of living in a local community and yet, girls are often ignored and uneducated. Over 600 million girls live in developing countries. 1 in 7 girls marries before age 15. There is a direct correlation between education and infant/child health. Educated women are more likely to marry later and have less children. When a woman earns a wage, 90% of it goes to their family, compared to 30-40% of a man. An extra year of primary school for a woman, can increase her wages by 10-20% |
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CherryMeDarlin
True Blue Farmgirl
602 Posts
Cherry
Odenville
AL
USA
602 Posts |
Posted - Apr 28 2009 : 10:45:45 PM
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Jenny, found you on Paperbackswap and ordered a book! And will probably come back for Sandra Dallas when I have more credits. I couldn't find you, Karin, do you have a profile? I can be found under Cherry in Odenville, AL.
Betty Jo, I absolutely loved The Shack! I gave several copies as Christmas gifts. If you liked it, you'd probably also like Dinner with a Perfect Stranger and A Day with a Perfect Stranger by David Gregory. These, too, are very insightful.
Someone posted about books set in the town she lives in (sorry, don't know how to go back through the posts without losing what I've written so far). Anne George is an author from Birmingham who wrote a series of books based there and in surrounding areas. They're hilarious mysteries and I really enjoyed them because I knew exactly the places she mentioned! Somehow a story really comes more alive when you're familiar with the backdrop!
My reading list is also becoming much longer!
~~Cherry~~
"A thing is as simple or as complicated as you make it." --TT Murphy |
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dutchy
True Blue Farmgirl
4427 Posts
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Posted - Apr 29 2009 : 01:17:43 AM
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At the moment I am into my Beverly Lewis books again. I am reading The Betrayal now, part 2 in Abram's daughters. I don't have part 1 duh.
Love her books, interesting to read, sometimes hard to understand the Amish lifestyle, but still interesting
Hugs from Marian/Dutchy, a farmgirl from the Netherlands :)
My personal blog:
http://just-me-a-dutch-girl.blogspot.com/
Almost daily updates on me and mine :)
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StarMeadow
True Blue Farmgirl
940 Posts
T
MI
940 Posts |
Posted - May 08 2009 : 5:13:34 PM
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| Aunt Jenny -- (I am doing some very light reading lately..the knitting mysteries by Meggie Sefton. I am on book 5 (Dyer Consequences) right now.) I've read all those! Too fun eh? |
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KJD
True Blue Farmgirl
402 Posts
402 Posts |
Posted - May 11 2009 : 4:53:25 PM
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| I always find great books here! One I'm reading that my son gave me yesterday for MD- A Homemade Life - stories and recipes from my kitchen table - by Molly Wizenberg. She has the blog, Orangette, which is very good. This book is wonderful - fun to read, with great recipes at the end of each chapter - I'm loving it! |
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sleepless reader
True Blue Farmgirl
1022 Posts
CA
USA
1022 Posts |
Posted - May 11 2009 : 9:40:17 PM
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I just finished Once Upon a Town by Bob Greene; the story of North PLatte Nebraska and the Canteen the community (and surrounding areas) kept running every day from Christmas 1941 until the end of the war. Unbelieveable. I was crying at each story. I think I'm going to get a copy for my dad for Father's Day.
Also reading Ahab's Wife (just started today)
Sharon
Farmgirl Sister #74
Life is messy. Wear your apron! |
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NikkiBeaumont
True Blue Farmgirl
473 Posts
473 Posts |
Posted - May 12 2009 : 03:51:17 AM
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Bonnie, did you enjoy the Seneca Falls book about woman's suffrage? Have you seen the HBO produced movie Iron Jawed Angels with Hillary Swank and Patrick Dempsey? That movie is what really what sparked my interest in the suffrage movement. Also, when I saw what the women went through in PBS's series The Manor House. I am much more appreciative of our freedoms to vote and work and have an education. Thank God those brave women paved the way!
Sandra and Sharon - I am so glad to see others reading the Anne series. Oh, those books were some of my favorites while growing up. I revisit them every now and then. I recently read a new biography on L. M. Montgomery and there were quite a few insights on how she developed Anne as a character. I especially love the books about Anne's children, Anne of Ingleside and Rainbow Valley. We had our own Rainbow Valley at my grandmothers's house.
Right now I am reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver and I have never been so hungry in all of my life. That book makes me long for food that I don't have and can't get unless I make it myself and I haven't yet so nothing that I eat satisfies. I also have to go to Italy now. Ha!
Also reading A Mile in Her Boots edited by our own Farmgirl Sister Jennifer Bove! I love the variety of these strong women and their outdoor work! As I read I feel that, hey! I could and might want to do that some day! Already told Lovin' Man that I want to be completely debt free within 9 years so that when Oakley graduates we can be open to do volunteer work wherever that leads.
One more, I have to have variety! Cumberland Island: Strong Women, Wild Horses by Charles Seabrook. We will be camping on Cumberland Island at some point this summer. I have wanted to go there ever since Bailey White first mentioned it along with the wild horses. They even have alligators, so you know I am psyched about that!
Farmgirl Sister #554 |
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brightmeadow
True Blue Farmgirl
2045 Posts
Brenda
Lucas
Ohio
USA
2045 Posts |
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