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Greenwoman
True Blue Farmgirl
55 Posts
Michelle
Oregon
USA
55 Posts |
 Posted - Jan 28 2011 : 08:07:23 AM
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Valerie, I took an entire semester Shakespeare class in college, and it was wonderful--and nowhere near long enough to cover all his work. The best part about that class was that we read the plays, and then we watched productions of the plays. The professor had been involved in a lot of Shakespearean theatre and always had a lot of stories about different ways she'd seen the play performed and interpreted by different directors. This really helped the plays come to life. After all, they were written to be WATCHED, not just read. I'd say, read them for sure, and then go see as many of them on the stage as you possibly can, or watch many of them on DVD. There are some brilliant cinematic adaptations.
But read them first--get a grasp of the language and plot, because otherwise when you watch you will be LOST!!!!
Michelle
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textilelover
True Blue Farmgirl
557 Posts
Dianne
Middletown
NY
USA
557 Posts |
Posted - Jan 29 2011 : 03:49:13 AM
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Oh,I love Elizabeth Gaskell's Cranford! It's charming and funny. And the book Radical Homemakers sounds like something I should read. Dianne
Sister #749
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." --Leondardo da Vinci |
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vmfein
True Blue Farmgirl
247 Posts
Valerie
Dale City
VA
USA
247 Posts |
Posted - Jan 29 2011 : 08:01:46 AM
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Diane,
Have you seen the series from Masterpiece Classic Theatre? It is really good. They actually have the first one called Cranford and then another one called Return to Cranford. I am not sure if just the first one is based on the book or both of them are, since I am still reading the book. If you get Netflix they have both of the miniseries available to rent. |
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kymomma4
True Blue Farmgirl
516 Posts
RoDonna
Frankfort
Kentucky
USA
516 Posts |
Posted - Jan 29 2011 : 7:35:50 PM
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I love reading the Romancing America books. It's Christian romance and each book is based in a different state. I also love reading anything by Beverly Lewis. My favorite classic that I reread a lot is "Pride and Prejudice"
Farmgirl #2361
"Blessed is the farmgirl who helps make the world a better and healthy place" ~ Me |
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Tea Lady
True Blue Farmgirl
645 Posts
Lorraine
Morris
IL
USA
645 Posts |
Posted - Jan 30 2011 : 4:57:55 PM
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Have you seen "Lark Rise to Candleford" on PBS? Its based on Flora Thompson's book and its very similar to Cranford - a couple of the same actors - but mostly new. Its very good too.
I like lighter mysteries - nothing too gruesome, but make you think. I like Susan Wittig Albert, who wrote the China Bayless series. She and her husband wrote a series set in England in the late 1800s under the name of Robin Paige - also very good. Now she has a new series called the Darling Dahlias series - set in Alabama in 1929. I just got the first one (I think that's all that out in this series)and its very good. I like British mysteries too...
I could go on and on about mystery writers - any other mystery lovers out there?
Lorraine
(aka Tea Lady)
Farmgirl #1819
www.birdsandteas.com |
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melody
True Blue Farmgirl
3322 Posts
Melody
The Great North Woods in the Land of Hiawatha
USA
3322 Posts |
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vmfein
True Blue Farmgirl
247 Posts
Valerie
Dale City
VA
USA
247 Posts |
Posted - Jan 30 2011 : 9:25:57 PM
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Lorraine,
No I haven't seen Lark Rise to Candleford, but have had it on my netflix list for awhile.
Valerie |
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textilelover
True Blue Farmgirl
557 Posts
Dianne
Middletown
NY
USA
557 Posts |
Posted - Feb 01 2011 : 04:54:57 AM
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Yes, Farmgirls. I've seen both Cranford series and Lark Rise to Candleford on Masterpiece. It's probably the only TV I watch. If I don't catch it when it airs I order it on Netflix. Dianne
Sister #749
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." --Leondardo da Vinci |
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Vintage Sue
True Blue Farmgirl
70 Posts
Sue
Woodbine
Maryland
USA
70 Posts |
Posted - Feb 03 2011 : 6:55:27 PM
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| I just finished The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton. A wonderful book that entwines 3 generations of women. Highly recommend it! |
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knittinchick
True Blue Farmgirl
1854 Posts
Megan
Wisconsin
1854 Posts |
Posted - Feb 09 2011 : 9:03:48 PM
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Hi everyone! Today at my school library, I found a book that I saw in a magazine, and it looks like a good book. It's called Winter of Disconnect, and it's a journal of how one woman and her three teenage children spend six months disconnected from all techonology. It looks good, so I thought I'd share!
God's and Farmgirl'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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melody
True Blue Farmgirl
3322 Posts
Melody
The Great North Woods in the Land of Hiawatha
USA
3322 Posts |
Posted - Feb 09 2011 : 10:13:44 PM
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Uggh....I am waiting for 3 books to come in through an inter-library loan program at my library so I am between books at the moment-
Feeling a little jittery-LOL!
Ever get that way where you pick up a book, put it down and then pick up something else only to put that one down??
Last week, I did try an attempt at Carl Sandburg's one and only novel, "Remembrance Rock" (Over 1,055pages long) but it was just too too much for me. I felt like I was drowning in a sea of very long sentences....
I was on a good stretch for quite a while picking up very good "reads" but lately no luck here.
Melody
Farmgirl #525 |
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knittinchick
True Blue Farmgirl
1854 Posts
Megan
Wisconsin
1854 Posts |
Posted - Feb 10 2011 : 9:22:30 PM
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Awww, Melody! I hate when I can't get into a book!
God's and Farmgirl'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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TansyShy
True Blue Farmgirl
100 Posts
Joanna
Wasilla
AK
USA
100 Posts |
Posted - Mar 01 2011 : 06:18:27 AM
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I am currently reading Flappers and Philosophers by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It's a collection of short stories about, flappers and philosophers lol. It was written in 1920 and I was lucky enough to find it at the local library. I'm almost done with it, and so far I really like it. I love reading old books like this, because you really get an insisght into the daily lives of the people of that era.
Farm girl Sister #907
http://joannasmusings.blogspot.com/
Crayola skies for a thousand miles.
~Charmed Life~
Uptown Girls Soundtrack
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knittinchick
True Blue Farmgirl
1854 Posts
Megan
Wisconsin
1854 Posts |
Posted - Mar 01 2011 : 8:15:09 PM
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Oh Joanna, that sounds like something I might like! I read The Great Gatsby, and I really enjoyed it.
God's and Farmgirl'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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melody
True Blue Farmgirl
3322 Posts
Melody
The Great North Woods in the Land of Hiawatha
USA
3322 Posts |
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ladyfarmer29
Farmgirl in Training
15 Posts
Tina
Delta
OH
USA
15 Posts |
Posted - Mar 02 2011 : 10:50:21 AM
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I feel like an odd ball. LOL Most of what I read is urban fantacy...I am currently working on book 12 of the dresden files....awesome series. I just got a couple more books on my kindle that I had preordered and can't wait to read them. :)
"The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do." |
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njaw09
True Blue Farmgirl
397 Posts
Annie
NJ
USA
397 Posts |
Posted - Mar 02 2011 : 12:29:50 PM
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These past few months I love reading diaries.
I started reading this few days ago...The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath [Unabridged] [Paperback]
(isbn 0385720254)
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TansyShy
True Blue Farmgirl
100 Posts
Joanna
Wasilla
AK
USA
100 Posts |
Posted - Mar 03 2011 : 05:35:37 AM
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Megan, you can find it on google books or search your local libraries for it.
The book is wonderful and I am almost done with it. I think Amazon has it too.
Joanna
Farm girl Sister #907
http://joannasmusings.blogspot.com/
Crayola skies for a thousand miles.
~Charmed Life~
Uptown Girls Soundtrack
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forgetmenot
True Blue Farmgirl
3602 Posts
Judith
Nora Springs
IA
USA
3602 Posts |
Posted - Mar 25 2011 : 07:19:04 AM
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Just finished Driftless by David Rhodes. Wonderful! Takes place in rural SW Wisconsin. We take a lot of road trips to this area. I will definintly look for another of his books next.
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the belief that something is more important than fear." Ambrose Red Moon |
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embchicken
True Blue Farmgirl
1487 Posts
Elaine
Ocean
NJ
USA
1487 Posts |
Posted - Mar 25 2011 : 07:54:03 AM
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Lately I have been reading a lot of cook books and self sufficiency books. I have been reading "The Commonsense Kitchen" by Tom Hudgens . What a wealth of information!
"Be the change you wish to see in the world" ~Gandhi
farmgirl sister #2822
embchicken.blogspot.com |
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Lindsay C
True Blue Farmgirl
117 Posts
Lindsay
Rogersville
AL
USA
117 Posts |
Posted - Mar 25 2011 : 10:20:42 AM
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I just finished reading The Diary of Mattie Spenser, by Sandra Dallas. Stumbled across it at our library and absolutely loved it!!
Lindsay
Farmgirl Sister #1452 |
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embchicken
True Blue Farmgirl
1487 Posts
Elaine
Ocean
NJ
USA
1487 Posts |
Posted - Mar 26 2011 : 05:23:35 AM
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Melody - I am picking up "Winter Bone" from the library today - can't wait to start it!
"Be the change you wish to see in the world" ~Gandhi
farmgirl sister #2822
embchicken.blogspot.com |
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weaverchic
True Blue Farmgirl
362 Posts
gerri
Largo
Florida
USA
362 Posts |
Posted - Mar 26 2011 : 07:55:15 AM
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Since getting my Kindle as a gift for Christmas, I have devoured a few books. "Summer on Blossom Street" by Debbie Macomber, love her series on her little knitting shop on Blossom Street. Read "Mossy Creek" by Deborah Smith, loved it about small town people. It was short stories about some of the characters that live in Mossy Creek. Some of the stories were very funny and very sad. Loved it! Found the recommendation here on this forum! "Summer at Willow Lake" by Susan Wiggs. Great book, easy reading, about a girl who's grandparents owned a camp in the Catskills of NY. She went there every summer as a child and returns years later to refurbish the camp for her grandparents 50 wedding anniversary. Absolutely loved it! "Life from Scratch" by Melissa Ford. About a woman who goes through a devorice (sp) and reaches a network of followers thru a cooking blog. It was ok!
Now reading "The Crossroads Cafe" by Deborah Smith. She is the author of "Mossy Creek". This story takes you to a small town also. I'll let you know how it was.
I enjoy seeing the stories that everyone else is reading.
Happy Reading!
gerri
Farmgirl #1197
Happiness is in the comfortable companionship of friends.
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hiscountrypumpkin
Farmgirl in Training
17 Posts
Debbie
Myrtle Creek
OR
USA
17 Posts |
Posted - Mar 26 2011 : 8:44:01 PM
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| I LOVE Debbie Macomber's books..Read Blossom Street Series and most Cedar Cove series..Right now I'm reading "The Cowboy's Lady"..It's pretty good so far.. |
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knittinchick
True Blue Farmgirl
1854 Posts
Megan
Wisconsin
1854 Posts |
Posted - Mar 27 2011 : 6:07:03 PM
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I'm reading too much right now to even keep up! I love reading, but I may have bitten off more than I can chew! Do any of you guys ever do that?
God's and Farmgirl'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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