What are you reading?
08-16-2015, 07:59 PM
#52
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All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel
by ]Anthony Doerr
I ordered this book for my Kindle, however, I do have the book also. Highly recommended.
Also The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown
"Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
And lastly,
A Child Shall Lead: How God Walks You Through Darkness with Hope, Wisdom and Healing April 7, 2014
by Carla Anne Hart
BTW Carla Hart is my son's fiance.
by ]Anthony Doerr
I ordered this book for my Kindle, however, I do have the book also. Highly recommended.
Also The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown
"Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
And lastly,
A Child Shall Lead: How God Walks You Through Darkness with Hope, Wisdom and Healing April 7, 2014
by Carla Anne Hart
BTW Carla Hart is my son's fiance.
Last edited by sewellie; 08-16-2015 at 08:07 PM. Reason: Forgot a book
08-17-2015, 04:33 AM
#53
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Before quilting I read three or four books a week. I read now at least an hour before bedtime. The people I've met and got to know who say they don't read, it shows. They are what I call flat people.
08-18-2015, 01:22 AM
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Currently reading "The King In Love: Edward VII's Mistresses" by Theo Aronson. I enjoy reading about history. I love light fictional mysteries as well. Just finished Susan Wittig Albert's "Dead Man's Bones". She has a series of mysteries with her main character, China Bayles. I also recently read "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn.
08-18-2015, 07:49 AM
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Just finished two good books, both true stories.
One is Wesley The Owl by Stacey O'Brian. A girl raises an injured barn owl.
Haatchi & Little B. by Wendy Holden. A dog left on the railroad tracks to die and a boy with a rare desease.
Both very heartwarming true stories.
One is Wesley The Owl by Stacey O'Brian. A girl raises an injured barn owl.
Haatchi & Little B. by Wendy Holden. A dog left on the railroad tracks to die and a boy with a rare desease.
Both very heartwarming true stories.
08-18-2015, 08:02 AM
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I have read most of the ones previously mentioned and agree. But have to mention my favorite three authors no one else has mentioned---Pat Conroy (especially Beach Music), Nelson DeMille and Geraldine Brooks!! Any book by these 3 are fantastic reads!!!
08-19-2015, 06:38 AM
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Wow, so many people that read some of my favorite authors. I love Ken Follett, although I have to admit I haven't read anything by him in many years. I read his WWII era books. I also love Robert B Parker's books. Spenser, Sunny Randall, Jesse Stone, all of them.
I read "To Kill a Mockingbird" when I was 10 or 12 and again when I was in my 20's. I haven't decided whether I'm going to read the new one. I got Ernest Hemingway's early work "True at First Light" and was very disappointed. It was never published during his lifetime and I can understand why he wouldn't want it published. It was definitely not up to his usual standards.
I read "To Kill a Mockingbird" when I was 10 or 12 and again when I was in my 20's. I haven't decided whether I'm going to read the new one. I got Ernest Hemingway's early work "True at First Light" and was very disappointed. It was never published during his lifetime and I can understand why he wouldn't want it published. It was definitely not up to his usual standards.
08-20-2015, 06:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Jo M
A list to throw into your mix:
The Invisible Bridge - Julie Orringer
All The Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
The Light Between Oceans - M.L. Stedman
Anne of Green Gables Series - Lucy Maud Montgomery
1 Anne of Green Gables
2 Anne of Avonlea
3 Anne of the Island
3 Anne of Windy Poplars
4 Anne's House of Dreams
5 Anne of Ingelside
The Century Trilogy - Ken Follett:
1 Fall of Giants
2 Winter of the World
3 Edge of Eternity
The Pillars Series - Ken Follett:
1 The Pillars of the Earth
2 World Without End
The Black Tower Series - Stephen King (I think this series is the best he's written)
1 The Gunslinger
2 The Drawing of the Three
3 The Wastelands
4 Wizards and Glass
5 Wolves of the Calla
6 Song of Susannah
7 The Dark Tower
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey
Anything by John Grisham - (Some lesser known books) A Painted House, Bleachers, Playing for Pizza
Anything by these authors: Jeffery Deaver (2 short stories books: Twisted & More Twisted), Henning Mankell, Lawrence Block, Elmore Leonard. OK, that turned into a long list....I guess I read a lot.
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The Invisible Bridge - Julie Orringer
All The Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
The Light Between Oceans - M.L. Stedman
Anne of Green Gables Series - Lucy Maud Montgomery
1 Anne of Green Gables
2 Anne of Avonlea
3 Anne of the Island
3 Anne of Windy Poplars
4 Anne's House of Dreams
5 Anne of Ingelside
The Century Trilogy - Ken Follett:
1 Fall of Giants
2 Winter of the World
3 Edge of Eternity
The Pillars Series - Ken Follett:
1 The Pillars of the Earth
2 World Without End
The Black Tower Series - Stephen King (I think this series is the best he's written)
1 The Gunslinger
2 The Drawing of the Three
3 The Wastelands
4 Wizards and Glass
5 Wolves of the Calla
6 Song of Susannah
7 The Dark Tower
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey
Anything by John Grisham - (Some lesser known books) A Painted House, Bleachers, Playing for Pizza
Anything by these authors: Jeffery Deaver (2 short stories books: Twisted & More Twisted), Henning Mankell, Lawrence Block, Elmore Leonard. OK, that turned into a long list....I guess I read a lot.
)Read all of the above except anything Stephen King - just can't .........
08-20-2015, 06:58 AM
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Originally Posted by sewbizgirl
I posted this in another thread, but I just finished reading The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom. It's so well written you just can't put it down. It's set on a plantation in the late 1700's... and the story is told from two viewpoints. One is a slave on the plantation and the other is an Irish indentured servant girl. Great read.
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