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MotherLodeBeth
True Blue Farmgirl
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Beth
Calaveras County
California
USA
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 Posted - Jan 10 2010 : 10:26:26 PM
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Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women by Harriet Reisen is a wonderful read. Its all about Alcott and her working in a war hospital during the civil war and how when she would run thru the area she lived in some would look on in shock as she ran much like women these days run for fun and exercise.
Just proof read and reviewed Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick, which I have to say is the HARDEST book I have ever read. Its been years since a book made me mad, cry, and unable to sleep. The idea of parents cooking weeds and grass in order to keep a child from starving is unbearable to even fathom. And I mean it when I said I couldnt sleep all night for a good three days. It also covers a young woman who is a doctor who escaped from North Korea and had to redo her medical education since the education she got in North Korea was so inferior.
On a lighter note, my new friend Elizabeth Bard in Paris has a new book coming out in February called Lunch in Paris: A Love Story, with Recipes. Its albout how she met her husband, their life in Paris and some awesome recipes. Paris is like a second home for me.
On average I read three non fiction books per week.After Ron was disabled he was unable to read, but having been a serious bibliophile he hungered for books so since I also love books I suggested I read aloud to him. And to keep myself from being bored, I would read one or two chapters from 2-3 books each day, and within a week we would discover were both had heard more books per week than when we read alone pre accident days. Within a week we would have gone thru the 2-3 books which over a month mounted up. Since he died I still do this. It makes reading interesting and I cover more topics.
Am a non fiction person. Where some eat junk food I spend money on books each week. And those junk food dollars I save for books really add up.
~MotherLodebeth- I was born in the wrong era~ |
Edited by - MotherLodeBeth on Jan 10 2010 10:30:15 PM |
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
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Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
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Posted - Jan 11 2010 : 11:26:25 AM
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Beth - I just got that Louisa May Alcott on my list at the library - good to hear it is worthwhile and the Paris book sounds wonderful. Last year at this time I was getting ready to go to Paris so this year is a little bit of a letdown. I have compensated by reading everything france-oriented I can get my hands on so will put this on my list, especially since I love to read cookbooks!!
I heard an interview on NPR with Barbara Demick - that sounds like a worthwhile read too, but like you said, difficult.
Thanks for the ideas!!
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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