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smiley
True Blue Farmgirl
650 Posts
lea
pea ridge
arkansas
USA
650 Posts |
 Posted - Sep 09 2011 : 4:49:48 PM
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| I just finished another of the sisterhood series books. They are women vigalantees in powerful positions to enable them to right wrongs. One is a supreme court justice etc. The language bothers me sometimes but they always have a great storyline. |
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Tapestry
True Blue Farmgirl
1223 Posts
Cheryl
Wisconsin
USA
1223 Posts |
Posted - Sep 14 2011 : 10:33:21 PM
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I've been going on igoogle and reading from their free books list. I've become a Jane Austin fan having now read Pride and Prejudice, Northanger Abbey, Emma, Sense and Sensibility, Persuasion and currently reading Mansfield Park. Any other Jane Austin fans here?
Happy farmgirl sister #353
Look for rainbows instead of mud puddles 
http://www.Tapestry2u.Etsy.com
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herblady55
True Blue Farmgirl
3470 Posts
Judy
Louisville
Ohio(Stark Co)
USA
3470 Posts |
Posted - Sep 15 2011 : 08:49:32 AM
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Hi Cheryl!, I've read some of Austins books. Love them. Thanks for the tip. I'll have to check out igoogle!
Sister-chick# 905(Sept.14th 2009)
Judy
French-Hugs&Squeezles!
I am not contained between my hat and my boots! -Walt Whitman-
"Why couldn't I have been born Rich instead of So Good Looking?" |
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njaw09
True Blue Farmgirl
397 Posts
Annie
NJ
USA
397 Posts |
Posted - Sep 15 2011 : 12:01:04 PM
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| Finished half way..."Tisha" as told by Robert Specht. Is about a young teacher at Alaska. |
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Acelady02
True Blue Farmgirl
1266 Posts
Penny
Washington
GA
USA
1266 Posts |
Posted - Sep 19 2011 : 07:34:29 AM
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I just finished "The Help" I thought it was a great book, passed it along to my best friend and after she finishes it we are going to see the movie. Has anyone read the book "The Shack", my DH got it for me to read. It was a wonderful true story. I would suggest it to anyone that enjoys books that refer to GOD in them. I loaned it to my Son that moved to MI this week. I hope to either get it back or buy another one to be able to re-read it.
(((((Hugs All)))))Penny
Farmgirl Sister #3343
God gives Miracles to those who Believe, Courage to those with Faith, Hope to those who Dream, Love to those who Accept, & Forgiveness to those who Ask... |
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herblady55
True Blue Farmgirl
3470 Posts
Judy
Louisville
Ohio(Stark Co)
USA
3470 Posts |
Posted - Sep 19 2011 : 10:33:23 AM
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Penny, what's The Shack about...please!/?
Sister-chick# 905(Sept.14th 2009)
Judy
French-Hugs&Squeezles!
I am not contained between my hat and my boots! -Walt Whitman-
"Why couldn't I have been born Rich instead of So Good Looking?" |
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njaw09
True Blue Farmgirl
397 Posts
Annie
NJ
USA
397 Posts |
Posted - Sep 23 2011 : 4:36:27 PM
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| Very excited...reading "The Liberty Book of Home Sewing". |
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Acelady02
True Blue Farmgirl
1266 Posts
Penny
Washington
GA
USA
1266 Posts |
Posted - Sep 23 2011 : 5:09:19 PM
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Judy, I hope this explains THE SHACK...I really recommended...great book
"The Shack" is a one of a kind invitation to journey to the very heart of God. Through my tears and cheers, I have been indeed transformed by the tender mercy with which William Paul Young opened the veil that too often separated me from God and from myself. With every page, the complicated do's and don't that distort a relationship into a religion were washed away as I understood Father, Son and Holy Spirit for the first time in my life. --Patrick M. Roddy, ABC News Emmy Award winning producer
Mackenzie Allen Philips' youngest daughter, Missy, has been abducted during a family vacation and evidence that she may have been brutally murdered is found in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Four years later in the midst of his Great Sadness, Mack receives a suspicious note, apparently from God, inviting him back to that shack for a weekend. Against his better judgment he arrives at the shack on a wintry afternoon and walks back into his darkest nightmare. What he finds there will change Mack's world forever.
In a world where religion seems to grow increasingly irrelevant The Shack wrestles with the timeless question, "Where is God in a world so filled with unspeakable pain?" The answers Mack gets will astound you and perhaps transform you as much as it did him. You'll want everyone you know to read this book!
(((((Hugs All)))))Penny
Farmgirl Sister #3343
God gives Miracles to those who Believe, Courage to those with Faith, Hope to those who Dream, Love to those who Accept, & Forgiveness to those who Ask... |
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herblady55
True Blue Farmgirl
3470 Posts
Judy
Louisville
Ohio(Stark Co)
USA
3470 Posts |
Posted - Sep 24 2011 : 10:26:18 AM
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Like I said before, feel free to tell a bit about a book so that(I)can tell if it interests me!
Thank you-Thank you-Thank you Penny!
Sister-chick# 905(Sept.14th 2009)
Judy
French-Hugs&Squeezles!
I am not contained between my hat and my boots! -Walt Whitman-
"Why couldn't I have been born Rich instead of So Good Looking?" |
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FarmDream
True Blue Farmgirl
1085 Posts
Julie
TX
USA
1085 Posts |
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textilelover
True Blue Farmgirl
557 Posts
Dianne
Middletown
NY
USA
557 Posts |
Posted - Oct 06 2011 : 3:32:58 PM
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Reading Major Pettigrew's Last Stand and loving it so far! Dianne in the Hudson Valley
Sister #749
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." --Leondardo da Vinci |
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hsmommel
True Blue Farmgirl
61 Posts
Melissa
61 Posts |
Posted - Oct 06 2011 : 5:10:56 PM
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I just blew right through (seriously, it took four hours) "Heaven is for Real" by Todd Burpo. Incredible!!
"What you do speaks so loudly I can't hear what you are saying." -- Benjamin Franklin |
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one_dog_per_acre
True Blue Farmgirl
1572 Posts
Trish
Sandpoint
ID
USA
1572 Posts |
Posted - Oct 12 2011 : 06:24:38 AM
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I am about to crack open the Prayer of Jabez by Bruce Wilkinson. My good cousin recommended it.
Trish
Make cupcakes not war!
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J.F. Brown
True Blue Farmgirl
130 Posts
Jamie
Beaverton
OR
USA
130 Posts |
Posted - Oct 14 2011 : 11:17:44 PM
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Just starting "The Cat's able" by Michael Ondaatje. We heard him read from it at Wordstock in Portland last weekend and it is so beautifully written. I pretty much get all my fiction reading material from the library, but I make an exception for his work, and buy it.
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textilelover
True Blue Farmgirl
557 Posts
Dianne
Middletown
NY
USA
557 Posts |
Posted - Oct 15 2011 : 05:07:23 AM
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Michael Ondaatje wrote The English Patient too. The Cat's Table sounds good! Tell us how you like it. I finished Major Pettigrew's Last Stand and just loved it! Dianne in the Hudson Valley
Sister #749
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." --Leondardo da Vinci |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Oct 15 2011 : 2:57:23 PM
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Just finished "The Last Letter" by Kathleen Shoop...LOVED it! and just started Union Quilters by Jennifer Chiviarinni (I bet I got THAT wrong!) latest Elm Creek quilt book in series.
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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forgetmenot
True Blue Farmgirl
3602 Posts
Judith
Nora Springs
IA
USA
3602 Posts |
Posted - Oct 22 2011 : 09:06:19 AM
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We just returned from an accidental trip (long story) through Charleston and Savannah, GA. Took a quick drive through historic parts of cities and Bonaventure Cemetery. Purchased the book Midnight In The Garden of Good and Evil, by John Behrent for my B'day. Just finished reading it in 2 days. I kept referring back to the pictures we had taken and the tourist books of the historical areas. Felt I knew exactly where the story was being told. Very interesting.
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the belief that something is more important than fear." Ambrose Red Moon |
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vmfein
True Blue Farmgirl
247 Posts
Valerie
Dale City
VA
USA
247 Posts |
Posted - Oct 23 2011 : 4:52:28 PM
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Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks for the book club that I belong too.
Farmgirl Sister #2619
http://www.etsy.com/shop/vmfein |
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textilelover
True Blue Farmgirl
557 Posts
Dianne
Middletown
NY
USA
557 Posts |
Posted - Oct 28 2011 : 03:52:43 AM
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I liked Caleb's Crossing but my all-time favorites by Geraldine Brooks are Year of Wonders and People of the Book. I'm reading Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading by a woman who reads a book a day and reviews it on a blog. It's her therapy after a beloved older sister dies of cancer. Dianne in the Hudson Valley
Sister #749
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." --Leondardo da Vinci |
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debbies journey
True Blue Farmgirl
635 Posts
debbie
anchorage
ak
USA
635 Posts |
Posted - Oct 30 2011 : 11:21:48 PM
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I just finished the novel Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah. I think this is one of those heartbreaking
stories that I will remember for a very long time, like the Dollmaker and Angela's Ashes.
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Pammy
True Blue Farmgirl
66 Posts
Michigan
USA
66 Posts |
Posted - Nov 03 2011 : 09:52:18 AM
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I read Winter Garden and really liked it. I have just finished South of Superior by Ellen Airgood, it takes place in the UP of Michigan, it was pretty good a bit predictable, the author's brother lives in our town. also read Just Take My Heart by Mary Higgins Clark it was ok. I have started House of Secrets by Tracie Peterson.
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ClaireSky
True Blue Farmgirl
1792 Posts
Julie
Arcadia
WI
USA
1792 Posts |
Posted - Nov 03 2011 : 11:10:46 AM
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I just bought the book "The Art of Racing in the Rain". As a big dog lover, my friend thought I would really enjoy this book.
Julie
Farmgirl Sister #399
West-Central WI Farmgirls
"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful." Herman Cain |
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forgetmenot
True Blue Farmgirl
3602 Posts
Judith
Nora Springs
IA
USA
3602 Posts |
Posted - Nov 04 2011 : 08:00:12 AM
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Reading "Medicine of the Cherokee: The Way of Right Relationship" by J.T.Garrett and Michael Garrett. Excellent. Picked this up on the Cherokee Reservation in the Smokies. Also, reading "A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose" by Eckhart Tolle, a gift from my sister. Also, very good.
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the belief that something is more important than fear." Ambrose Red Moon |
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Simply Satisfied
True Blue Farmgirl
427 Posts
Emily
Montana
USA
427 Posts |
Posted - Nov 04 2011 : 08:51:00 AM
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I can't seem to mustered one book at a time. Seems like depending on the moment I feel like a different book. Currently at Mary Jane Farm recommendations I am reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. This is a horrible book to read in the fall in Montana because it just makes me want to garden. I am currently trying lettuce near my window and sprouts trying to beat the cold. I am also reading Worms Eat My Garbage and Mr Darcy Takes a Wife. I love Jane Austen so we will see if mrs. Berdoll can make a good sequel toPride and Prejudice.
Emily
Farmgirl # 3591 |
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Tea Lady
True Blue Farmgirl
645 Posts
Lorraine
Morris
IL
USA
645 Posts |
Posted - Nov 05 2011 : 4:42:21 PM
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I'm working my way through The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter by Susan Wittig Albert. The first book in the series is The Tale of Hill Top Farm. They chronicle Beatrix Potter's life in the early 1900s from the time she bought Hill Top Farm until she married Will Heelis in 1911 - a great blend of fact and fiction. This series would be great for young adults too - they are very light reads and incorporate the perspective of the animals in the area - and yet there's enough substance and detail to make it appealing to adults.
Susan Wittig Albert also writes the China Bayles series and she wrote a Victorian mystery series with her husband under the pen name of Robin Paige. AND she just started another series "The Darling Dahlias" sent in GA in the 1920s. She/they do a fabulous job of blending fact and fiction.
Lorraine
(aka Tea Lady)
Farmgirl #1819
www.birdsandteas.com |
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