I just thought it would be fun to see/hear what other people are reding, it might give me some new book ideas to check out at the library. Well besides the schoolbooks, I am reading ..... 1.) What About the BIG STUFF? Finding Strength and Moving Forward When the Stakes are High by Richard Carlson ( author of Don't Sweat the Small Stuff series). I got at the Dollar Tree, best $1 I ever spent there. 2.) Country Wisdom and Know-How, Everything You Need to Know to Live Off the Land. Its by the editors of Stoney Books, its all of the old magazine/newsletter articles in one book. I am constantly re-reading this book. I am getting the itch to start planting but its still too cold here so I am looking through this book to see what I want and should do. I bought this at Costco about 3 years ago, its really a great book.
Oh, phoo...I just spilled my guts about this in the Healthy Living post...shoulda waited and read down a few threads!
I've found a website lately for "Cozy Mysteries". I've picked up an author or two there, most notably Rhys Bowen. She has three different series that I'm enjoying. Also, there's some guy named Hawke that writes mysteries with Shakespeare. The first one was a "A Mystery of Errors". Very cute!
I'm reading The Oxford Anthology of Canadian Short Stories. All my books are packed up so I had to run to the bookstore last week for something to read and I thought short stories would be perfect for now.
I just finished A Tree Grows in Brooklyn this morning. Yep, I'd never read it. What a great story. Working on Last Child in the Forest. Also reading Numbers right now. I was supposed to be doing a read the Bible in a year schedule, but I got interested in the actual stories in Numbers and slooowed down.
Trying to keep on my nightly Bible reading too, eyeofthestorm. I'm working through Acts at the moment! Becky, I like that series - don't you!?! Oh, Monkey...you made me think of Jane Eyre...my FAVE classic! I may have to go read that again! Jackie - those sound great! I'll have to look them up at my library! I always get "panic-y" when I think I've read all the books at the library (haha) - that sounds like a good new possibility!
I just started a new book tonight! I'm reading Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky. It's a novel about the German occupation of France in the 1940s. The author actually died in Auschwitz in 1942. So far, it's pretty good.
I usually read kids books all the time LOL!!! Researching, prepping, etc.... So...we're about to start "The Tale of Despereaux" AND I'm actually reading an adult book!!! "The Invisible Woman: When only God sees" by Nicole Johnson.
Jane Eyre is my all time favorite. Although, every once and I while I think it might be Camille. Perhaps I actually have two favorites! :lol:
Reading "The Great Plains", "The World is Curved" (how we got into this financial crisis in the first place), and "Down the Rabbit Hole," a mystery. Cheers! Carol
Right now I'm just finishing up Holes. My ds is going to read it next so I wanted to read it before him.
This seems a safe place to "jump in" as a new member. I just finished reading a great book called "Four Letters to the Witnesses of my Childhood". The author was 11y girl in Poland and a Jew when Germany invaded. She lived through the ghetto and occupation. This would be appropriate for teens studying WWII and holocaust. I just started 1776 by David McCullough. It won a Pultizer prize. I'm only on page 20 but seems well written.
Thanks, Kajmom! That's good timing! We're doing WWI this week, and so WWII is just around the corner. It sounds like a good choice for my oldest!
I'm currently re-reading the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanavich........complete and utter fluff and I love it! I also just strated "Raising Self-Reliant Children in a Self Indulgent World"
I am reading... The complete guide to Chinese Medicine and the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People I just finished the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon (which I read every few years) Oh, and Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences...but that one is just for fun. (ha ha)
