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forgetmenot
True Blue Farmgirl
3602 Posts
Judith
Nora Springs
IA
USA
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 Posted - Oct 26 2010 : 07:10:51 AM
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Just finished The Kent Family Chronicles I thru VIII. (historical novel/epic 1700s through 1800s)-I think I learn my history lessons better the older I get. Just started North America's Forgotten Past Series. I picked up People of the Moon yesterday. I guess that book is way down the line. I'll start with People of the Wolf today if I can find it. That seems to be the first book in the series. (18 books)
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the belief that something is more important than fear." Ambrose Red Moon |
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knittinchick
True Blue Farmgirl
1854 Posts
Megan
Wisconsin
1854 Posts |
Posted - Oct 26 2010 : 8:01:51 PM
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So this week I'm starting to read the Joy Luck Club for school. Has anyone read it? I'm also continuing to read Chicks with Sticks, and Confessions of the Sullivan Sisters. I also finished The Lucky One for my book club at school!
God's Blessings,
Megan aka Loretta Rae
At heart, I am both a sassy city girl and a down-home country gal.
The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work. |
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Celticheart
True Blue Farmgirl
811 Posts
Marcia
WA
USA
811 Posts |
Posted - Oct 31 2010 : 2:07:38 PM
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Dawn---I love those Anne Perry books! Both the Thomas and Charlotte Pitt ones and the William Monk series.
Jenny--I also recently read Half-Broke Horses. What a great book. She reminds me of my grandma and her sister. Now I hear that I must read The Glass Castle.
I just finished Ape House--very good--and I'm now reading Nomad by Ayaan Hirsi Ali. It's more of her life story. If you haven't read Infidel you should.
"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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knittinchick
True Blue Farmgirl
1854 Posts
Megan
Wisconsin
1854 Posts |
Posted - Oct 31 2010 : 6:18:16 PM
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Finished my Chicks with Sticks book, and it was so good! Inspired me to learn more knitting! I'm continueing my Confessions and Joy Luck book, and I'm also reading a book in the Mother-Daughter Book Club series for tweens. It's a little under my reading level, but I enjoy the books so much!
God's Blessings,
Megan aka Loretta Rae
At heart, I am both a sassy city girl and a down-home country gal.
The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work. |
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
4742 Posts
Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
4742 Posts |
Posted - Oct 31 2010 : 6:28:56 PM
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Marcia, I'm glad to see another Anne Perry Fan. I love all 3 of her series too and have read quite a few of them. Lucky for me my library has all of her books, so I get at least two every time I go.
Dawn in IL |
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melody
True Blue Farmgirl
3322 Posts
Melody
The Great North Woods in the Land of Hiawatha
USA
3322 Posts |
Posted - Oct 31 2010 : 8:23:24 PM
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Long night for me last night (ear plugged) so I picked up a book from my stacks that I read a very long time ago called "The Winthrop Woman" by Anya Seton-It's very detailed with fine print and it is heavy! The binding is starting to crack so I have to hold it at a particular angle. Geez...
... Its all about Elizabeth Winthrop's voyage from England to The New World and the early Puritans...I must be thinking about Thanksgiving already!
Melody
Farmgirl #525 |
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Ninibini
True Blue Farmgirl
7577 Posts
Nini
Pennsylvania
USA
7577 Posts |
Posted - Oct 31 2010 : 8:32:55 PM
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That sounds awesome, Melody! I would absolutely love that book! I'm going to have to look for it! ;) - Nini
God gave us two hands... one to help ourselves, and one to help others!
Farmgirl Sister #1974 |
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knittinchick
True Blue Farmgirl
1854 Posts
Megan
Wisconsin
1854 Posts |
Posted - Nov 01 2010 : 4:07:56 PM
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Melody, sounds like a good book! Just picked up a new one today at my school library called Learning Like a Girl: Educating Our Daughters in Schools of Their Own. It's about a woman's journey to open up an all girls school and the positiveness of having girls educated in single-sex environments. Seems interesting, and I go to an all-girls high school, so it'll show me the benefits!
God's Blessings,
Megan aka Loretta Rae
At heart, I am both a sassy city girl and a down-home country gal.
The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work. |
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farmmilkmama
True Blue Farmgirl
2027 Posts
Amy
Central MN
USA
2027 Posts |
Posted - Nov 02 2010 : 05:48:15 AM
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Right now I'm reading "If I Live To Be A Hundred: Lessons from the Centenarians" by Neenah Ellis. Its an amazing book! Very well narrated and the stories are perfect. Great lessons to be learned, and not necessarily the ones you would "assume" folks over 1oo years of age would give you. :) I'm having a great time reading it!
--* FarmMilkMama *--
Farmgirl Sister #1086
Be yourself.
Everyone else is already taken.
-Oscar Wilde
www.farmfoodmama.blogspot.com |
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FieldsofThyme
Farmgirl Guide & Schoolmarm / Chapter Leader
4928 Posts
USA
4928 Posts |
Posted - Nov 03 2010 : 10:06:02 AM
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I'm currently into the second Anne of Green Gables books, and I found a neat book at the library I would love to get each of my kids - "The Indispensable Book of Practical Life Skills."
Farmgirl #800
http://momzonetakingtimeformom.blogspot.com/ |
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patchworkpeace
True Blue Farmgirl
478 Posts
Judy
Jackson
Michigan
USA
478 Posts |
Posted - Nov 04 2010 : 07:54:32 AM
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I'm fighting a cold, so started reading Pioneer Women by Joanna Stratton. The author found over 800 interviews that her great grandmother's did with Kansas pioneer women in the great grandmother's attic. She was only able to use some of the letters due to sheer volume. I wish I could read all of them! I've read the introduction and the first 2 chapters so far and have found it compelling. I think many MJF readers would enjoy it also. 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 - Nov 06 2010 : 10:03:16 AM
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That sounds neat Judy! I'm continueing my endeavor with the Learning Like Girls, and I'm almost done with The Joy Luck Club. I'm ahead of my English class, so that's good!
God's Blessings,
Megan aka Loretta Rae
At heart, I am both a sassy city girl and a down-home country gal.
The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work. |
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patchworkpeace
True Blue Farmgirl
478 Posts
Judy
Jackson
Michigan
USA
478 Posts |
Posted - Nov 08 2010 : 10:13:59 AM
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Good job, Megan! :-)
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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dutchy
True Blue Farmgirl
4427 Posts
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Posted - Nov 08 2010 : 10:19:57 AM
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I am now reading a book by Teri Blackstock, one of my fave Christian authors. Shadow of Doubt, book 2 in the Newpointe 911 series
AS of tomorrow I have a 6 month free membership to our library!! I will see what kind of books they carry, it is a bus that comes once a week to my village, yippeeeeeeeee
Hugs from Marian/Dutchy, a farmgirl from the Netherlands :)
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weaverchic
True Blue Farmgirl
362 Posts
gerri
Largo
Florida
USA
362 Posts |
Posted - Nov 08 2010 : 1:29:26 PM
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Just finished reading two Nichols Sparks books. "The Lucky One" and "Nights in Rodandthe". What a wonderful author. Actually was going to begin reading another of his novels "At First Sight" however, I need to read "True Believer" first since it is a continuing story. Urrrrgh! Guess I'll look for another book to begin reading maybe a novel by Debbie Macomber, love her too!
gerri
Happiness is in the comfortable companionship of friends.
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melody
True Blue Farmgirl
3322 Posts
Melody
The Great North Woods in the Land of Hiawatha
USA
3322 Posts |
Posted - Nov 08 2010 : 2:32:31 PM
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I finished "Another World" by Pat Barker-winner of the Booker prize just last night. It was a quick read, but I thought it was a little disturbing.
...Won't read that one again.
Better comb the stacks to see what I can start tonight---
Melody
Farmgirl #525 |
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clothedinscarlet
True Blue Farmgirl
1333 Posts
Siobhan
Battle Creek
MI
USA
1333 Posts |
Posted - Nov 08 2010 : 3:06:45 PM
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Just finished reading "Winter's Awakening" by Shelley Shepard Gray (I love any Amish fiction) and I'm in the middle of the second book of Francine Rivers' "Marta's Legacy" series called, "Her Daughter's Dream".
Farmgirl Sister #1110
Siobhan - AKA Liza-Jane (my farmgirl name), wife to my best friend, Trent, and mommy to Camden (11/28/05) and Bennett (7/11/07). and Truman (7/28/09) |
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dutchy
True Blue Farmgirl
4427 Posts
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weaverchic
True Blue Farmgirl
362 Posts
gerri
Largo
Florida
USA
362 Posts |
Posted - Nov 08 2010 : 3:50:22 PM
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Dutchy I didn't realize what a wonderful author he is. I am really hooked on his writings. Contacted my daughter a little bit ago for some of his other writings and she lend them out to a friend. I said "all". I guess I'll hit the library tomorrow and pick up some of his other books. They are quick reads and you just can't put them down!
gerri
Farmgirl #1197
Happiness is in the comfortable companionship of friends.
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dutchy
True Blue Farmgirl
4427 Posts
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weaverchic
True Blue Farmgirl
362 Posts
gerri
Largo
Florida
USA
362 Posts |
Posted - Nov 08 2010 : 4:21:24 PM
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Dutchy, I just went to Amazon.com and looked him up. I did read one of his books "The Christmas Box" and yes he is very good. Just read a little synopsis on "Promise Me" sounds like one that I'll have to read. So, now when I go to the library I'll have to get some of his books too! Thanks for the referral. Rather find myself reading a good book. Recieved my new issue of Mary Jane's today in the mail so that will keep me occupied overnight! 
gerri
Farmgirl #1197
Happiness is in the comfortable companionship of friends.
-Pam Brown |
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dutchy
True Blue Farmgirl
4427 Posts
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weaverchic
True Blue Farmgirl
362 Posts
gerri
Largo
Florida
USA
362 Posts |
Posted - Nov 09 2010 : 5:14:59 PM
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Went to the library this evening and checked out six books. Three by Nicholas Sparks and three by Richard Paul Evans. Thanks Dutchy, it seems I will start reading "The Letter" by Evans first. I devour good novels in no time! Happy Reading!
gerri
Farmgirl #1197
Happiness is in the comfortable companionship of friends.
-Pam Brown |
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dutchy
True Blue Farmgirl
4427 Posts
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dutchy
True Blue Farmgirl
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