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Reading Room:  What are you reading? week of 8/1  |
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Morning
True Blue Farmgirl
64 Posts
Laura
Albuquerque
NM
USA
64 Posts |
 Posted - Aug 02 2010 : 06:43:40 AM
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I am really enjoying seeing what everyone is reading. I have so many new books that I want to read now.
Here is my reading for this week:
1. Flood - Stephen Baxter: Just like the title says, this book is about a world flood. I am enjoying this book although at times it seems just a little too real.
2. Emile - Rousseau: #25/1001 I'm barely surviving this book. It is so boring! Rousseau's ideas on the best way to educate children.
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patchworkpeace
True Blue Farmgirl
478 Posts
Judy
Jackson
Michigan
USA
478 Posts |
Posted - Aug 02 2010 : 09:27:28 AM
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This week I'm finishing:
1. Beef: The untold story of how milk, meat and muscle shaped the world. (It has its moments,...not the most interesting read though.)
I'm listening to the audio version of;
2. Sea of Glory by Nathaniel Philbruck Like it!
I'm going to start:
3. How Did You Get this Number? by Sloane Crosley It's supposed to be really funny.
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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knittinchick
True Blue Farmgirl
1854 Posts
Megan
Wisconsin
1854 Posts |
Posted - Aug 02 2010 : 12:16:30 PM
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This week:
1. The Secret Life of Bees: I'm hooked on it, it's a good read. Maybe will finish it.
2. Teen Inc.: This kid was adopted by a company when he was born. It's a teen read.
3. Alphas: It's a spin-off series of the New York Times Bestselling series The Clique. Another chick lit teen read.
God's Blessings,
Megan aka Loretta Rae
At heart, I am both a sassy city girl and a down-home country gal. |
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cgonyer
True Blue Farmgirl
220 Posts
Cindy
Petersburg
MI
USA
220 Posts |
Posted - Aug 02 2010 : 12:56:41 PM
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"have a little faith" by Mitch Albom. Picked it up at the library today.
~Cindy
Farmgirl #1273 |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Aug 02 2010 : 1:04:15 PM
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Oh Cindy...be sure to tell how that one is..I love his books! Haven't read that one yet.
I am reading "Mama Makes Up Her Mind and other dangers of Southern Living" by Bailey White. Very funny! If anyone wants to read it just email me and I will send it off to the first taker. I don't plan to keep it and would love to pass it along..well worth reading...short funny essays about this gal's life and mostly her very very eccentric family.
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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TeresaJ25
True Blue Farmgirl
975 Posts
Teresa
Medford
NY
USA
975 Posts |
Posted - Aug 02 2010 : 2:50:48 PM
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I just finished reading "The Help", which I highly recommend, and have already passed along to my dear friend.
I am currently reading Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Don't laugh. I watched "The Half Blood Prince" a few weeks ago, and I'm just dying to know what happens in the "Deathly Hallows". I can't wait for the movie in November, I have to read the entire series now!!
~Teresa
Farmgirl Sister #1348
*Anyone can criticize and complain and predict doom and gloom.
Be the person who fills the room with sunshine! |
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knittinchick
True Blue Farmgirl
1854 Posts
Megan
Wisconsin
1854 Posts |
Posted - Aug 02 2010 : 4:52:29 PM
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Just emailed you Jenny!
God's Blessings,
Megan aka Loretta Rae
At heart, I am both a sassy city girl and a down-home country gal. |
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tea_lady_tammy
True Blue Farmgirl
1485 Posts
Tammy
NE
USA
1485 Posts |
Posted - Aug 02 2010 : 8:01:16 PM
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I am still on Mansfield Park by Jane Austen. About halfway through it. Good read.
blessings
Tammy
Tea is like being in the stars with God.
http://breathsoffaith.blogspot.com
Farm Sister #1889 |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Aug 02 2010 : 11:29:55 PM
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Got your email Megan....I will be sending the book off to ya!
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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textilelover
True Blue Farmgirl
557 Posts
Dianne
Middletown
NY
USA
557 Posts |
Posted - Aug 03 2010 : 03:31:03 AM
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I'm still reading Great Books by David Denby (he returns to Columbia University as an adult and sits in on the Great Books courses there. Still listening to Sarah's Key. Not sure I like the reading, but I'll give it a chance. I'm going to start Same Kind of Different for a local book club. Dianne
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." --Leondardo da Vinci |
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cgonyer
True Blue Farmgirl
220 Posts
Cindy
Petersburg
MI
USA
220 Posts |
Posted - Aug 06 2010 : 4:09:12 PM
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I finished "Have a Little Faith" by Mitch Albom. It's a wonderful book and a quick, easy read. I highly recommend it.
~Cindy
Farmgirl #1273 |
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prayin granny
True Blue Farmgirl
1874 Posts
Linda
Kansas
1874 Posts |
Posted - Aug 07 2010 : 06:58:12 AM
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I am reading the little house books and hope to do some of the projects here on the forum. Also reading 'The Quilter's Apprentice'. Linda
Country at Heart |
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Old Spirit
True Blue Farmgirl
1498 Posts
Rae
MN
1498 Posts |
Posted - Aug 07 2010 : 2:23:13 PM
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Twilight's Serenade by Tracie Peterson, number 3 in the Song of Alaska series. Just finished one of Beverly Lewis' series as well.
Rae
Farm Girl #647
...those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles:...
Isaiah 40:31
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debbies journey
True Blue Farmgirl
635 Posts
debbie
anchorage
ak
USA
635 Posts |
Posted - Aug 07 2010 : 11:34:59 PM
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I recently read Sarah's Key, it started off kinda slow, but it turned out to be very interesting.
I watched the Secret Lives of bees, it was a very good movie! I picked up a new book at the library
by Clive Cussler called Spartan Gold. He is one of my favorite authors and I really like most of his
books. He usually starts off with a little grain of truth from history, then brings it into modern
times with adventures and suspence!
And thanks to whoever recommended These are my words, I really enjoyed all three of those books!
Debbie |
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britchickny
True Blue Farmgirl
1048 Posts
Angie
Port Orange
Florida
1048 Posts |
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JenniferJuniper
True Blue Farmgirl
359 Posts
Jennifer
New Hampshire
USA
359 Posts |
Posted - Aug 08 2010 : 12:53:40 PM
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I usually listen to audiobooks while I knit, I love being read to. This week it was fiction based on true events:
Remarkable Creatures - Tracy Chevalier
Half Broke Horses - Jeanette Walls
Farmgirl Sister #204 |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Aug 08 2010 : 10:29:42 PM
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I am reading "Look Me IN the Eye" my life with Aspergers by John Elder Robison (very interesting and helpful to me as I am pretty sure I am dealing with this with youngest son who was diagonosed as ADD before we adopted him. I have always been confused since alot of the stuff didn't fit with him...and more of the aspergers stuff does)
and just bought The Lacuna by B. Kingsolver finally...can't wait to read that one.
Eat Pray Love and the Mitch Albom book are next on my list too.
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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britchickny
True Blue Farmgirl
1048 Posts
Angie
Port Orange
Florida
1048 Posts |
Posted - Aug 09 2010 : 03:20:50 AM
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quote:
Originally posted by Aunt Jenny
I am reading "Look Me IN the Eye" my life with Aspergers by John Elder Robison (very interesting and helpful to me as I am pretty sure I am dealing with this with youngest son who was diagonosed as ADD before we adopted him. I have always been confused since alot of the stuff didn't fit with him...and more of the aspergers stuff does)
and just bought The Lacuna by B. Kingsolver finally...can't wait to read that one.
Eat Pray Love and the Mitch Albom book are next on my list too.
I just finished The Lacuna, it was really good. I hope you enjoy it!
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
ANGIE
"Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance" JUDE 1:2
http://www.pinkroomponderings.blogspot.com/
http://www.birchtreefarm.blogspot.com/ |
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
6066 Posts |
Posted - Aug 09 2010 : 04:11:08 AM
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I am reading All Together in One Place by Jane Kirkpatrick. It ia based on an actual 1852 Oregon Trail event about a wagon train that lost all their men to cholera, and the women went on west. It is part of a sequel so I look forward to the following books.
Farmgirl Sister # 31
www.blueskyjeannie.blogspot.com
Psalm 51: 10-13 |
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JennyJKerr
True Blue Farmgirl
55 Posts
Jenny
Kenosha
Wisconsin
USA
55 Posts |
Posted - Aug 09 2010 : 11:22:07 AM
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I'm in the middle of The Convenient Marriage by Georgette Heyer. I just finished going through A Slice Of Organic Life by Sheherazade Goldsmith which has tons of really cool advice, projects and such on how to live a cleaner life, plus the chickens on the cover are cute! and I just finished Jane Slayre the other day by Charlotte Brontė & Sherri Browning Erwin it's a spoof of Jane Eyre where Jane is a vampyre hunter and Mr. Rochester ends up a werewolf. It's pretty humorous.
My Blog ~ http://www.travisandjennykerr.com/kerrfect
My Etsy ~ http://www.etsy.com/shop/beletvieux |
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PilgrimSoul
True Blue Farmgirl
61 Posts
Jessie
NJ
USA
61 Posts |
Posted - Aug 09 2010 : 3:11:27 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by prayin granny
I am reading the little house books and hope to do some of the projects here on the forum. Also reading 'The Quilter's Apprentice'. Linda
Country at Heart
I'm going on vacation next week and plan on starting the Little House books. I've never read them before, and I'm looking forward to it! |
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PilgrimSoul
True Blue Farmgirl
61 Posts
Jessie
NJ
USA
61 Posts |
Posted - Aug 09 2010 : 3:12:48 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by Aunt Jenny
I am reading "Look Me IN the Eye" my life with Aspergers by John Elder Robison (very interesting and helpful to me as I am pretty sure I am dealing with this with youngest son who was diagonosed as ADD before we adopted him. I have always been confused since alot of the stuff didn't fit with him...and more of the aspergers stuff does)
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
This is on my list to read soon. I usually have at least one student per semester with Asperger's, and I'd like to know more about it. |
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melody
True Blue Farmgirl
3320 Posts
Melody
The Great North Woods in the Land of Hiawatha
USA
3320 Posts |
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knittinchick
True Blue Farmgirl
1854 Posts
Megan
Wisconsin
1854 Posts |
Posted - Aug 09 2010 : 7:11:15 PM
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I just finished Alphas today, so that can go back to the library. Here's what I'm reading:
The Secret Life of Bees and Teen Inc. again
I also just got a package from Aunt Jenny with Mama Makes Up Her Mind, so that'll be on the shelf this week!
God's Blessings,
Megan aka Loretta Rae
At heart, I am both a sassy city girl and a down-home country gal. |
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