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EnchantedWoodsGirl
True Blue Farmgirl
959 Posts
Kathy
New Jersey
USA
959 Posts |
 Posted - Jan 27 2007 : 7:56:03 PM
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Seems like I always have something nearby to grab to read but I am really enjoying a childrens book called The Mistmantle Chronicles, Book #1 - Urchin of the Riding Stars by M.I. McAllister - It is a fantasy book with an orphaned squirrel names Urchin - very intriguing - I love books where the animals talk!
Kathy of the Enchanted Wood
http://enchantedwoodmusings.blogspot.com/
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Jan 27 2007 : 9:15:49 PM
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Oh Persephone..you are reading one of my all time favorites..Keeping a Family Cow has helped me so much..such a good book!!
Jenny in Utah
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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Persephone
True Blue Farmgirl
172 Posts
Katrina
Indiana
USA
172 Posts |
Posted - Jan 28 2007 : 06:17:08 AM
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| I used to want to have a goat for milk, but after reading Keeping a Family Cow, a cow is looking better and better! |
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faithymom
True Blue Farmgirl
360 Posts
Faith
Sandpoint
ID
USA
360 Posts |
Posted - Jan 28 2007 : 09:53:30 AM
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Judith, nice to hear of another Outlander fan here! And you're a 'neighbor' as well!
I have a couple favorite young adult books that I have read umpteen times:
Beauty by Robin McKinley ----The very BEST Beauty and the Beast story EVER!!!!
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith ----Just a fabulous read, also made into a movie, which was ....like every other book-turned-movie....OK, but not as good
Witch of Blackbird Pond ----I just love this story
Have any of you read these?
Faith
"All television is educational television. The only question is, what is it teaching?"-Fmr. FCC Commissioner Nicholas Johnson |
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EnchantedWoodsGirl
True Blue Farmgirl
959 Posts
Kathy
New Jersey
USA
959 Posts |
Posted - Jan 28 2007 : 8:41:59 PM
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Forgot to tell you gals that I have a used book business on Abebooks.com - if you look under sellers, put in Enchanted Wood Books and you can bring up my inventory - lots of goodies - I will make you a good deal if you see something you like (if you see something, just tell me the name of the book and book number and I will reduce price so you can order) - Also listed on Alibris.com under Katherine Turcotte. I have well over 2,000 books listed - lots of interesting stuff, older fiction, newer fiction and of course lots of non-fiction etc.
Kathy of the Enchanted Wood
http://enchantedwoodmusings.blogspot.com/
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Beemoosie
True Blue Farmgirl
2077 Posts
Bonnie
New York
USA
2077 Posts |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
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Beemoosie
True Blue Farmgirl
2077 Posts
Bonnie
New York
USA
2077 Posts |
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yellojewl
True Blue Farmgirl
72 Posts
Amber
Hurley
MO
USA
72 Posts |
Posted - Feb 01 2007 : 4:13:46 PM
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| On my snow day today, I finished Bridge to Terabithia. It's a children's book, but boy is it ever good. It's not very long, but it has quite a story. I cried while I was reading the last several chapters. I can't wait to see the movie coming out soon. I don't know how I missed this one as a young girl. |
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Phils Ann
True Blue Farmgirl
1095 Posts
Ann
Parsonsburg
Maryland
USA
1095 Posts |
Posted - Feb 01 2007 : 4:30:05 PM
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Bonnie, I'm so glad you're enjoying it! Isn't Margaret amazing (and terrifying)? Most of the characters in that book are in Turner's others. I have read and loved them all, but Wildflower is my favorite, due to Birdie. :>) Jenny, you often like my favorite books!
Ann
There is a Redeemer. |
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Beemoosie
True Blue Farmgirl
2077 Posts
Bonnie
New York
USA
2077 Posts |
Posted - Feb 01 2007 : 4:35:29 PM
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Ann, I can't thank you enough for recommending it! First newer novel that has grabbed me in quite a while! And Margaret...well being in food service myself...my boss...well let's just say WOW!
My soul magnifies the Lord, And my spirit rejoices in God my Savior. Luke 1:46,47
www.beequilting.blogspot.com
http://beemoosie-picture-diary.blogspot.com/ |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Feb 01 2007 : 4:41:32 PM
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Ann .....we do have the same taste in books alot of the time don't we?????
Jenny in Utah
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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daffodil dreamer
True Blue Farmgirl
805 Posts
Jayne
Hamilton
Victoria
Australia
805 Posts |
Posted - Feb 02 2007 : 02:25:55 AM
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I'm reading a great book about the moment, about a third of the way hrough. It is called How Mrs Claus Saved Christmas. It is about 1647 in England when Oliver Cromwell ruled and the Puritans banned Christmas. It is really different and cleverly written. Just by coincedence, my daughter is reading a children's book about the Puritans and how they banned dancing and music - it is about a gypsy family and how the gypsies suffered under Cromwell.
It has made me more interested in reading about Cromwell now - I enjoy reading biographies too.
Best wishes,
Jayne |
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Phils Ann
True Blue Farmgirl
1095 Posts
Ann
Parsonsburg
Maryland
USA
1095 Posts |
Posted - Feb 02 2007 : 12:32:08 PM
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Bonnie, I sincerely hope your boss isn't like the Margaret in the first half of the book!
There is a Redeemer. |
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Beemoosie
True Blue Farmgirl
2077 Posts
Bonnie
New York
USA
2077 Posts |
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Phils Ann
True Blue Farmgirl
1095 Posts
Ann
Parsonsburg
Maryland
USA
1095 Posts |
Posted - Feb 03 2007 : 10:11:37 AM
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I am soooo sorry. Perhaps there's a lot of Birdie in you. I strongly suspect so.
XO,
Ann
There is a Redeemer. |
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Nance in France
True Blue Farmgirl
1438 Posts
Nancy
St. Laurent de la Salanque
France
1438 Posts |
Posted - Feb 06 2007 : 12:33:02 PM
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| Bonjour gal pals! Gonna be cracking the spine on (not REALLY) the awesome book Rosemary, my fellow Virginia farm gal pal sent me all the way from ol Virginny to France! Rosemary, you're a peach! Love, Nance |
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CFlohe
True Blue Farmgirl
169 Posts
Cheryl
Port Angeles
WA
USA
169 Posts |
Posted - Feb 09 2007 : 08:52:58 AM
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| I read Light on Snow by Anita Shreve recently, one of those I couldn't put down. It's basically about a girl and her widowed father finding an abandoned baby when they were walking in the snow-filled woods near their New Hampshire home. I also read A Pilots Wife a few years ago by the same author, very good book too. I think A Pilots Wife was an Oprah Bookclub pick. |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Feb 09 2007 : 09:52:22 AM
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Oh A Pilots Wife was a good one!! I will have to look for Light on Snow!
I just ordered (used..amazon.com as usual) A Garden to Keep by the same author as Some Wildflower in my Heart..looking forward to getting that one. I don't have a book that is new to read right now...have been mostly browsing my cow books. That is fun tooo, but need a novel to read always!
Jenny in Utah
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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CFlohe
True Blue Farmgirl
169 Posts
Cheryl
Port Angeles
WA
USA
169 Posts |
Posted - Feb 09 2007 : 11:00:18 AM
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Jenny, give me your address and I'll send you Light on Snow. I like to pass on good books instead of having them sit around here. When you're done just pass it on to someone else.
Cheryl |
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rosebud74a
True Blue Farmgirl
109 Posts
Stacy
Maryland
NY
USA
109 Posts |
Posted - Feb 09 2007 : 11:55:44 AM
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I am reading The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread by Kate Dicamillo. She is the author of because of Winn Dixie. It is a childrens book, but I love the themes, and the pictures!!! I have more of her books on hold in the library. She is a great children's author (and adults who think they are children)
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Eleanor Roosevelt, 'This Is My Story,' 1937
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herbquilter
True Blue Farmgirl
891 Posts
Kristine
Bonney Lake
Wa
USA
891 Posts |
Posted - Feb 09 2007 : 12:33:32 PM
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I'm reading King Authur & His Knights to the kids. Just finished Lonesome Gods & loved it. The discriptions of beauty in nature brought me to tears.
I also read; All flesh is grass : the pleasures and promises of pasture farming, the other night. Very interesting.
Not sure what to read next. Proably, Cattle : an informal social history, that I got from the library.
Blessings,
Kristine ~ Mother of Many & Herbalist
www.herbalmomma.com
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Feb 09 2007 : 12:33:51 PM
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That is one of my 12 year old Daughter's all time favorite books Stacy...its sure a good one!
Cheryl..you are a doll...I sent you an email!
Jenny in Utah
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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CFlohe
True Blue Farmgirl
169 Posts
Cheryl
Port Angeles
WA
USA
169 Posts |
Posted - Feb 09 2007 : 1:02:08 PM
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Jenny, I got your email and sent you one too. I'll send it out to you today. I've been cleaning out stuff today and also found my Enslaved by Ducks by Bob Tarte book and I remember that someone was wanting a copy of that. Was that you Jenny and if not if someone else would like it and then pass it on when they're done I'll send that out too.
Cheryl |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Feb 09 2007 : 4:49:08 PM
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I would love to read that one too!! If anyone is interested after I am done reading these I will follow Cheryl's good example and pass them on when I am done..just let me know.
Jenny in Utah
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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