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textilelover
True Blue Farmgirl
557 Posts
Dianne
Middletown
NY
USA
557 Posts |
 Posted - Mar 12 2010 : 06:28:15 AM
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I belong to a book club that meets once a month and we need some new book suggestions. The membership ranges from those who like to read Mary Higgins Clark to those who like modern fiction and some who like the challenge of historical fiction and non-fiction. We also have some women in our club who speak two languages and for whom English is not their first language, so they had a hard time with Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Some of the titles we've read recently are The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, People of the Book, The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo, The Book Thief, P & P, Running with Scissors, The Glass Castle. I'm open to any suggestions! Thanks, Dianne
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." --Leondardo da Vinci |
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Celticheart
True Blue Farmgirl
811 Posts
Marcia
WA
USA
811 Posts |
Posted - Mar 12 2010 : 09:58:18 AM
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I belong to a book club too. We just started after the first of the year. We read Water for Elephants....very good.....and The Help....excellent. When we first started everybody brought books and we compiled a list of books we wanted to read. Next will be Three Cups of Tea and Stones into Schools. Maybe the Time Traveler's Wife.
"Let us never forget that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labor of man. When tillage begins, other art follows. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of civilization."
Daniel Webster
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
3107 Posts |
Posted - Mar 12 2010 : 6:20:59 PM
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I've been on a reading tear lately but for the life of me I can't remember one single title, I'm a little sleep deprived tonight. I will try to remember what I've been reading:)
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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knittinchick
True Blue Farmgirl
1854 Posts
Megan
Wisconsin
1854 Posts |
Posted - Mar 12 2010 : 9:03:52 PM
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There's a book called Three Cups of Tea, The Secret Life of Bees, A Reliable Wife, House Rules, and The Forgotten Garden. Hope this helps!
God's Blessings,
Megan
At heart, I am both a sassy city girl and a down-home country gal. |
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Merry
True Blue Farmgirl
765 Posts
Merry
Ankeny
Iowa
USA
765 Posts |
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vintagediva1
True Blue Farmgirl
1251 Posts
Michele
Brighton
Michigan
USA
1251 Posts |
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
3107 Posts |
Posted - Mar 13 2010 : 4:53:59 PM
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Okay, Prodigal Summer or anything by Barbara Kingsolver. Sarah's Key, (thank you Jonni:)), Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet,
I'll try to think of more
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Mar 13 2010 : 7:06:40 PM
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I loved, loved, loved, "These Is My Words". If you haven't read it, please do. Just wonderful. I also just read "The Lovely Bones", another good book.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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patchworkpeace
True Blue Farmgirl
478 Posts
Judy
Jackson
Michigan
USA
478 Posts |
Posted - Mar 14 2010 : 05:29:47 AM
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"The Help", "Shanghai Girls" and "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle" are good.
Judy
Success is measured not by the position one reaches but by the obstacles one has to overcome to reach it. Booker T. Washington |
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textilelover
True Blue Farmgirl
557 Posts
Dianne
Middletown
NY
USA
557 Posts |
Posted - Mar 14 2010 : 05:51:34 AM
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WOW! Thank you so much! I will definately suggest many of these to my club. Dianne
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." --Leondardo da Vinci |
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
3107 Posts |
Posted - Mar 14 2010 : 10:48:43 AM
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Mmm, just thought of another couple - Forever by Pete Hamill, and Behind the Scenes at the Museum, by Kate Atkinson
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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