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Old 05-17-2011, 05:13 AM
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Same Kind of Different as Me...awesome read.
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Old 05-17-2011, 05:19 AM
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Thanks for starting this! I am always on the 'look' for a new book. Thanks to all of you for your suggestions! :)
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Old 05-17-2011, 05:31 AM
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Most recently:
The Help by Katherine Stockett
These is My Words by Nancy Turner
Half Broke Horses by Jeanette Walls
Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo and currently reading
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
My favorite book is Thirteen Moons by Charles Frasier, which I have read 3 times. I love his use of language in this book.
I love historical novels, as most of these are.
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Old 05-17-2011, 05:43 AM
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Originally Posted by redturtle
i just finished reading...Alice's Tulips by Sandra Dallas

it was really good...enjoyed it immensely...

its about a young gal who farms her hubbys land while he is off fighting in the war between the states...its all the letters that she wrote to her sister but it is loaded w/ references to quilting
If you enjoyed this definitely read her " Prayers for Sale" again lots of quilting reference but a really good story about women in a Colorado mining town after the Civil War.
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Old 05-17-2011, 05:53 AM
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I am reading Still Alice by Lisa Genova. This is a novel about a Harvard professor who becomes an Alzheimer victim at about age 50. The story looks at the stages of this disease and its effects on the person and family and how they cope. This is pertinent to many of us who have a family member stricken with this disease. This book is the winner of the 2008 Bronte Prize.

Gloria in Toronto
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Old 05-17-2011, 06:12 AM
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Trying to finish up the HOUSE OF NIGHT series-----fun stuff. Also reading Jane Eyre. If you like real stuff---Sister(s) of Silence by Daleen Berry about her years of abuse by first hubby. Water for Elephants the best read in a very long time.

Hoping to get a book this week from library on American Indian legends.
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Old 05-17-2011, 06:16 AM
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I recently read a couple of really, really good ones, but the authors names are on my Nook, which is not with me:

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet - about two young kids in SF - one Chinese and one Japanese, and the problems they had being friends at the beginning of WW2 and how they reconnected later in their lives.

The Angel of Death Row - non-fiction, but reads like fiction. True story of the first female public defender in Chicago

Same Kind of Different as Me - truly the best book I've read since "The Help". About a poor black man and a wealthy white couple in the south, and how they connected. Awesome read.

Cane River - even BETTER than the help. Follows a black family through the slavery days. It is truly one of the best books I've ever read in my life.
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Old 05-17-2011, 06:54 AM
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Thanks for all the suggestions, my Kindle will be busy this summer.
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Old 05-17-2011, 07:27 AM
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Without a Trace by Colleen Coble - very good drama and thriller

Quilts from Heaven by Lucinda Secrest McDowell-partnership of fabric and faith and the quilt designs. Lovely book.
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Old 05-17-2011, 07:48 AM
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Anything by Alexander McCall Smith. He writes series, i.e. The no 1 Ladies Detective Agency, 44 Scotland St and Isabel Delhousie. All are great.
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