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CountryGirl2
Farmgirl in Training
21 Posts
Trisha
Longview
Washington
USA
21 Posts |
 Posted - Apr 24 2011 : 6:47:13 PM
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| Thanks for all the great book suggestions. I have a list of books to find and check out from the library. Think I will start with Winter's Bone. Farmgirl Blessings, Trisha ~ farmgirl sister #2982 |
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JennyJKerr
True Blue Farmgirl
55 Posts
Jenny
Kenosha
Wisconsin
USA
55 Posts |
Posted - Apr 25 2011 : 06:08:32 AM
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I'm in the middle of a bunch of books right now Growing Up Green, Lily Dale, Mr. Darcy's Daughters and I promised myself I wouldn't start The Bucolic Plague until I was done with at least one of the others' but I couldn't help myself and I'm about 1/3 of the way through with that. lol. I am having a hard time making it through Mr. Darcy's daughters. It's not such a thick book, but the words are tightly packed on the pages and seem to really really ramble. lol I'm about halfway through GUG and I try to read a couple chapters of Liliy Dale every day. I have a few on my list that I want to get to soon. I won a copy ofDarcy Takes the Plunge and I just ordered a copy of Farm Fatale from Paperback Swap. I also got a copy of The Backyard Homestead for Christmas that I haven't gotten around to reading yet and I'm itching too!
My Blog ~ http://www.kerrfect.com
My Etsy ~ http://www.etsy.com/shop/beletvieux |
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knittinchick
True Blue Farmgirl
1854 Posts
Megan
Wisconsin
1854 Posts |
Posted - Apr 25 2011 : 12:13:07 PM
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Jenny, it sounds like you have a lot on your reading pile! It's okay, I do too! I really want to read The Bucolic Plague, but I have so many books right now, that it probably wouldn't be a good idea to add more!
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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HollyG
True Blue Farmgirl
214 Posts
Holly
Hamburg
Arkansas
USA
214 Posts |
Posted - Apr 25 2011 : 1:17:19 PM
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I've finally finished the Bride Quartet by Nora Roberts and The Fever Series by Karen Marie Moning. I just started the Jack Reacher books by Lee Child and I'm HOOKED! I don't know who to compare him to - Jack has no comparison... - sort of a James Bond-ex-military-man who got caught in the wrong place at the wrong time, but stuck around to take care of business. And, boy, did he. I love to live vicariously through action adventure books. This was more action, less adventure, but I did figure out parts of it before it was revealed. That makes me feel good. If your man likes these kind - I'd recommend them.
HollyG
Farmgirl #2513
www.mydeepwoodslife.com |
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pnickols
True Blue Farmgirl
808 Posts
Patricia
Parma
Ohio
808 Posts |
Posted - Apr 25 2011 : 1:57:31 PM
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| just finished the soul of a horse, very interesting and touching makes you look at our animals a bit differently |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Apr 25 2011 : 6:05:24 PM
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Hmmmm The Bucolic Plaugue..will have to look for that one too. Thanks Megan. Yep....always a pile!
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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foreverbooks
True Blue Farmgirl
514 Posts
Carole
Tombstone
AZ
USA
514 Posts |
Posted - Apr 26 2011 : 07:16:42 AM
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I am reading the new Amanda Quick book "Quicksilver". Am having a hard time putting it down!
Carole
Arizona Farmgirl Sister #2556 |
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knittinchick
True Blue Farmgirl
1854 Posts
Megan
Wisconsin
1854 Posts |
Posted - Apr 26 2011 : 8:06:29 PM
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Jenny, I absolutely love the Beekman Boys, and if the book is as good as the series, then it's a must-read for me!
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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justbe
Farmgirl in Training
48 Posts
Kris
Garland
Texas
USA
48 Posts |
Posted - Apr 27 2011 : 04:30:18 AM
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I am reading Farm City by Novella Carpenter. What a fun read and it so fits along where I am right now being an urban farmer and all.
Kris
www.krishundt.com
Farmgirl #1761
“Not all those who wander are lost.”
- J. R. R. Tolkien |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Apr 27 2011 : 11:12:22 AM
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Okay...nearly done with Bucolic Plaugue...love it! I really liked Farm City too Kris. Very good
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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Betty J.
True Blue Farmgirl
1403 Posts
Betty
Pasco
WA
USA
1403 Posts |
Posted - Apr 27 2011 : 11:25:34 AM
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I just finished reading The Walk and Miles to Go, books by Richard Paul Evans. This is volume one and two of a series. Volume three will be out April 2012. Really left me hanging and wanting to know more.
Betty In Pasco |
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tammyknit
True Blue Farmgirl
135 Posts
Tammy
Reedsburg
WI
USA
135 Posts |
Posted - Apr 27 2011 : 2:08:25 PM
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I have been reading the Maisie Dobbs series by Jacqueline Winspear. I love the feeling of history, even if every book makes me cry at some point....overactive tear ducts maybe?
Tammy |
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knittinchick
True Blue Farmgirl
1854 Posts
Megan
Wisconsin
1854 Posts |
Posted - Apr 27 2011 : 8:55:06 PM
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Jenny, that was really fast! How'd you like it? Is it worth a read?
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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Catherine
True Blue Farmgirl
166 Posts
Catherine Ann
Temple
TX
USA
166 Posts |
Posted - Apr 28 2011 : 6:22:54 PM
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Originally posted by justbe
I am reading Farm City by Novella Carpenter. What a fun read and it so fits along where I am right now being an urban farmer and all.
Kris
www.krishundt.com
Farmgirl #1761
“Not all those who wander are lost.”
- J. R. R. Tolkien
I really enjoyed Farm City, too! :)
http://stillroomherbs.blogspot.com
http://lovelivingsimply.blogspot.com/
Farmgirl Sister #1801
Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant. ~Robert Louis Stevenson
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Catherine
True Blue Farmgirl
166 Posts
Catherine Ann
Temple
TX
USA
166 Posts |
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Chickadoodle_KM
True Blue Farmgirl
89 Posts
Kate
Babylon Village
NY
USA
89 Posts |
Posted - May 27 2011 : 2:28:48 PM
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I've got about 5 pages left of "Nature's Little Wonders: Bees" by Candace Savage! It's funny, I didn't expect it to be so enjoyable! The book says you'll never look at bees the same, and I was like yeah right, next time I see one I'm going the other direction! Well, was I wrong! My tree in my back yard is in full bloom and smells amazing! The "little wonders" must agree because I opened my gate and there in my face is a bee collecting pollen and nectar! And did I run! Yes! But only to grab my camera! I was up close and way personal with at least 4 of the bees, them going about their business, me taking a dozen photos! It was amazing and the whole time I was in awe! The book is an eye opener!
Farmgirl hugs & kisses,
<3 Kate
#2958
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."-Eleanor Roosevelt |
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foreverbooks
True Blue Farmgirl
514 Posts
Carole
Tombstone
AZ
USA
514 Posts |
Posted - May 31 2011 : 08:05:09 AM
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Just got done listening to "The Spy" by Clive Cussler. A bit violent especially when you are listening to it rather than skipping it when it is the written word. But I really enjoy his books. Am now listening to "Truth or Date" by Jayne Anne Krentz.
Carole
Arizona Farmgirl Sister #2556 |
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RedGateGal
True Blue Farmgirl
94 Posts
Danielle
Watertown
TN
USA
94 Posts |
Posted - Jun 03 2011 : 7:01:33 PM
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I'm just finished "Same kind of different as me", great book with a wonderful ending. Also finished "Water for Elephants" and "Amish Peace", a documentary on why the Amish live the way they do. Simple living never looked so appealing.
Farmgirl Sister #2574
www.redgategal.blogspot.com
"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined." ~ Henry David Thoreau
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njaw09
True Blue Farmgirl
397 Posts
Annie
NJ
USA
397 Posts |
Posted - Jun 08 2011 : 08:47:31 AM
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letpeoplewonder
Farmgirl in Training
15 Posts
Leslie
Greensboro
NC
USA
15 Posts |
Posted - Jun 08 2011 : 11:07:18 AM
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LOL! i LOVED this book. it wasn't this utopic fantasy life, but an honest, ugly, and beautiful representation of what farming can mean and accomplish in places deemed undesirable. i've recommended this book to several people who are curious about WHAT i'm doing and WHY i'm so weird...hehe...
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Originally posted by Catherine
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Originally posted by justbe
I am reading Farm City by Novella Carpenter. What a fun read and it so fits along where I am right now being an urban farmer and all.
Kris
www.krishundt.com
Farmgirl #1761
“Not all those who wander are lost.”
- J. R. R. Tolkien
I really enjoyed Farm City, too! :)
http://stillroomherbs.blogspot.com
http://lovelivingsimply.blogspot.com/
Farmgirl Sister #1801
Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant. ~Robert Louis Stevenson
why can't i be more conventional? people talk, people stare, so i try. but that can't be, because i can't see, my strange little world just go passing me by...so let people wonder... |
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patchworkpeace
True Blue Farmgirl
478 Posts
Judy
Jackson
Michigan
USA
478 Posts |
Posted - Jun 09 2011 : 05:48:15 AM
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Originally posted by njaw09
I am reading "The Journals of Louisa May Alcott".
I was looking at this book. What do you think so far?
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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patchworkpeace
True Blue Farmgirl
478 Posts
Judy
Jackson
Michigan
USA
478 Posts |
Posted - Jun 09 2011 : 05:52:05 AM
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I'm reading Dr. Zhivago for a reading group and for fun, a collection of Robert Frost's poems.
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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Blessed in Colorado
True Blue Farmgirl
6655 Posts
Debbie L.
Oregon
USA
6655 Posts |
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Prairie Gypsy
True Blue Farmgirl
823 Posts
Tammy
Wolford
North Dakota
USA
823 Posts |
Posted - Jun 09 2011 : 06:57:09 AM
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I just finished The Dirty Life: A Memoir of Farming, Food, and Love by Kristin Kimball and really enjoyed it. She was a New Yorker who was use to coming home at 4 am from parties who fell in love with an organic farmer and now gets up at 4 am. Her boyfriend/husband's dream was to go beyond CSA farming and produce everything themselves that their clients would need; meat, food, milk, etc....
Farmgirl Sister # 2363
http://twilightburrough.blogspot.com/
Warren, MI
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SusanScarlet
True Blue Farmgirl
317 Posts
317 Posts |
Posted - Jun 09 2011 : 1:54:55 PM
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| Just finished Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser. Fast food is OUT of my diet. Yuck ! |
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