I implore you! I need a good book to read!
give me your suggestions.........i beg of you
wow! the emails and comments here have been great (for just a few hours) - I think I have stumbled across a lovely mutual chord between alot of you!! awesome! so, to answer you briefly:
I usually read historical fictions (such as, but not limited to: Willa Cather novels, and Lori Wick - a new favorite, and practically all of James Michener :)
THANKS EVERYBODY! and keep the requests coming: and Amy: I would love to exchange books with you - but mail it? silly girl; let's just meet for coffee!!
Hi, Anne-Marie.
ReplyDeleteI am a lurker here. I read your blog every day and find much that encourages me and inspires me.
Now I should like to return the favour. :)
I read a LOT! And I guess it depends on what you are looking for. I love to read "old" books: The Clowns of God by Morris L West is an old favourite; In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden is one I return to about once a year or so; The Shape of Illusion by William E Barrett stuns me every time.
For non-fiction (and a different POV) I am currently reading The Lost Gospel of Mary by Frederica Matthewes-Green. She is the wife of an Eastern Orthodox priest. This book is about the Mother of Jesus in three Ancient Texts. Those would be the Gospel of Mary, written about 150AD, a Prayer to Mary, from Egypt, written in the 3rdC, and an Eastern Orthodox poem to Mary, written in Syria in the 6thC. The last poem is still sung to Mary today throughout Orthodox churches. It is giving me a greater appreciation of Mary's humility in her chosen-ness. Awesome.
ANy of these books can be found at Amazon or Alibris. I hope this helps!
Blessings to you and yours...
Laura.
Dearest Anne Marie,
ReplyDeleteDave Breese's Book '7 MEN WHO RULE THE WORLD FROM THE GRAVE'
Might just be the one to engage you with a challenge.
If by chance you do read it, I hope you'll tell me about it!
I'd be willing to listen and hear what 'cha think of it.
Blessings,
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Two wonderful books that has inspired the way I look at my family and the way I look at others.
ReplyDelete1. The Most Important Place On Earth by: Robert Wolgemuth (This one is my favorite)
2. A Life That Says Welcome by: Karen Ehman
I have enjoyed your blog so throughout the last year. I have felt your heartache through your writings as of lately. This too shall pass... Your lifted up in prayers. :-)
Have you read "The Privilege of Being a Woman" by Alice Von Hildebrand? Absolutely wonderful!
ReplyDeleteThe Patron Saint Of Liars.
ReplyDeleteAwesome book.
I got it at Barnes and Nobles.
I love your blog!
Ijust became a follower. :)
Last book I read was "The invisible wall" by Bernstein, I loved it.
ReplyDeleteThen I could suggest you the books by Muriel Barbery, a French author and a philosopher. Have a nice evening Rosanna
I just started The Elegance of the Hedgehog and I like it so much I'm reading it slowly because I don't want it to end.
ReplyDeleteif it's a christian book i don't have one. but i just read Wednesday Sisters and The Help and I really enjoyed both of them~
ReplyDeleteI could mail you mine if you want!
Maggie Now by Betty Smith is a sweet, poignant novel about a young woman set in the 50's. A favorite novel of mine.
ReplyDeleteBooks...I love them! Read...I love to read! Time..I need to take the time! Thanks for reminding me to slow down and find a good book. Hope you find your good read my friend~
ReplyDeleteuh.....susie?..........it would sure be nice if you told me what you like to read......... ;)
ReplyDeleteIll have to think about this one!
ReplyDeleteAnything by Francine Rivers is good. She has a Mark of the Lion Series which are back in Biblical times....and then she has her modern day novels.....all very thought provocting.
ReplyDeleteHi, Anne Marie! I just finished a great book called The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton. It has everything...history, romance, mystery, even fairy tales...woven together into a great story.
ReplyDeleteOther favorites of mine include The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery (who also wrote Anne of Green Gables), Homecoming by Rosamund Pilcher and The Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton Porter. Let me know if you try any of them!
Herm, have you read "Green Dolphin Street", by Elizabeth Goudge? Or "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte? Probably the last one. "Child from the Sea", also by Elizabeth Goudge, is beautiful but very sad.
ReplyDeleteThere's my suggestions. ;-)
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski.
ReplyDelete"The Great American Novel is something like a unicorn~rare and wonderful...Yet every few years or so. we trip across some semblance of one...The Story of Edgar Sawtelle will leave you crying for more"
~Elle
xoxo
Jane
This is funny......while I was just sitting here in my office awaiting my pictures to download for my blog I was staring up at my bookshelf looking at all my "has to be good reads" wondering when I would ever have time to get to read any of these. Then I see your post!
ReplyDeleteIt has been so long since I have read a good book that I wouldn't even know what to recommend at this point. Sorry. Good Luck!
Hi there....I just stumbled on your blog from Artsy Fartsy Junk Finds and just wanted to tell you how much I am enjoying it. :)
ReplyDeleteHappy Fall Ya'll from Houston.
Thank you for stopping by my blog and leaving such a sweet comment! I've enjoyed your blog so much!
ReplyDeleteI don't read much fiction anymore, but when I did Lori Wick was a fave! My daughter loves the Mitford series by Jan Karon.
I've recently read Philippa Gregory's The White Queen and it was marvelous. I also like Geraldine Brooks.
ReplyDeleteYou could try Ahab's WIfe (or the Stargazer). It's a veritable TOME but Sena Jetter Naslund tells a story like no other author I have found since. And Marie Antoinette - another of her novels is nearly as amazing. The Elegance of the Hedgehog was amazing in French, not sure how well it translates but your other friend could tell you that. I am being attacked by stink beetles (the joys of living in the country ;-) so I guess I had better get to bed to MY book! More on a spiritual bent ...
ReplyDeleteHi Anne Marie,
ReplyDeleteSeems I'm stalking your blog tonight! ;o) But since I was never able to give you my 2 cents worth on good books & since I see you like historical fiction....YOU MUST run right out & get this book......."These is my words" by Nancy Turner. It is the best. It's about a pioneer girl & her family moving across the country and her coming of age...falling in love...tragedy...happiness & everything in between & not necessarily in that order! It is just so good. You'll laugh & cry all the way through.
(I got mine for about 3.00 on amazon.com)
Shellagh