MrsBanjoClown Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 What books have you read recently that you loved, or do you have on a list of books you want to read? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz CA Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 What books have you read recently that you loved, or do you have on a list of books you want to read? The Eyre Affair - Treason at Lisson Grove - Someday - One Thousand Gifts - Coming Home - Abuse of Power Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyhomemaker Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 LOVE The Eyre Affair and the rest of the series! I am planning to reread Les Miserables, The Hobbit, and The Great Gatsby before seeing the film adaptations later this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godsaggie Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 (edited) I am currently reading aloud Treasure Island to my kids because I never read it. So I get to kill 2 birds with one stone. I am also reading Mission of Motherhood by Sally Clarkson and Peacemaking for Families by Ken Sande. I just put Kindle on my pc and have downloaded a whole bunch of classics. Uncle Tom's Cabin is one that I absolutely must read. I also have a reading list from Worldview Academy. Instead of listing the books, here is the link: http://www.worldview.org/index.php/resources/recommended-reading I have a long list of books to read...but the forums are wonderful! Edited June 10, 2012 by godsaggie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godsaggie Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 The Eyre Affair -Treason at Lisson Grove - Someday - One Thousand Gifts - Coming Home - Abuse of Power One Thousand Gifts is wonderful! I loved it and will treasure it...and read it again as soon as it is returned to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimtaxi234 Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Since I will be traveling a lot in the next 6 weeks (4 different trips), I decided to re-read some books for the rest of the summer. I am going to re-read "Les Miserables" since it has been 8 years and re-read the Harry Potter series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth in OH Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 I loved The Help on audiobook. The readers brought the story to life, but the book is beautifully written with incredible depth in the characters. It is a refreshing find among current fiction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama Geek Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 The Wind in the Willows and a Martin Luther book are on my short list. I also have Phantom of the Opera, Ivanhoe, the Three Musketeers, a couple of books on King Arthur, and Moby Dick on my list to read over the next couple of months. I have been working on the 52 books in 52 weeks using a lot of classics and that is tough. I have been mixing it up with some children's classics that I never read, and an occasional shorter book just to try to keep up. So far I am still about 3 books behind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momma2Luke Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 How timely! I just put together a 5 year list of classics to read ( I joined the Classics Club that A Room with a View is hosting) - I posted it on my bookclub blog: http://momsandclassics.blogspot.ca/2012/06/classics-club-tracys-list.html Right now, I've started Gulliver's Travels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negin Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 What books have you read recently that you loved, or do you have on a list of books you want to read? I love threads like this. :D I keep a list of books I've read, thanks to the Book-a-Week thread (my favorite thread on these boards :)). I also keep a list on Good Reads and Library Thing. I love that they recommend books that one might like. Here's my list of favorite books. ABSOLUTE AND ALL-TIME FAVORITES Pride & Prejudice - if you want a classic, this is my absolute all-time favorite Jane Eyre To Kill a Mockingbird Harry Potter books A Thousand Splendid Suns The Help The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende and anything else by her, but this is her best. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Allende :D The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trilogy .. but the first book is quite boring and confusing in the first 60-70 pages. Hang in there. It does get better! Yes, they are graphic. But I tend to look beyond that and just focus on the story Roots by Alex Haley The Geography of Bliss – non-fiction, very insightful Food Rules – one of my favorite health books Mindset – non-fiction, a book that one should read at least once – really gets you thinking Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea OTHER BOOKS THAT I HAVE LOVED (not in any particular order) The Kite Runner The Five People You Meet in Heaven - if you're in the mood for a very, sweet and easy read - as are all of his books - Tuesdays with Morrie - and pretty much any other Mitch Albom book – we even got the DVDs of three of his books and really liked them Can't Wait to Get to Heaven by Fannie Flagg and most of her books - very sweet and light - and quite funny Funny in Farsi - if you need a nice laugh as well as her other book Laughing without an Accent Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett The Secret Life of Bees The Book Thief Books by Maeve Binchy – light, fluffy, but also very accurate about human interactions and relationships Outliers … and all Malcolm Gladwell books The Anti-Cancer Book – great overall health book not just for those concerned about cancer, and full of hope and action Man’s Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl – best self-help book ever, fabulous Positive Thinking Every Day by Norman Vincent Peale – wonderful book of short daily readings The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise – sweet, humor, and some sadness, very British, just lovely overall Confessions of a Prairie B*tch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated – some painful stuff, very engaging, entertaining, lots of humor – loved this book - but more enjoyable if you liked the TV series Middlesex – Jeffrey Eugenides The Poisonwood Bible – Barbara Kingsolver The Housekeeper and the Professor The Da Vinci Code Sold by Patricia McCormick Yellow Crocus The Top Five Regrets of the Dying OTHER BOOKS THAT I HAVE LIKED (not in any particular order) The Scarlet Pimpernel - another classic I really like A Respectable Trade by Philippa Gregory - my favorite Phillipa Gregory Room by Emma Donoghue Dave Barry’s Only Travel Guide You’ll Ever Need – funny, funny, funny Confessions of an Economic Hit Man – very interesting and a real eye-opener She’s Come Undone – Wally Lamb Stones from The River – Ursula Hegi The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society The Ladies No. 1 Detective Agency Someone Knows My Name – Lawrence Hill The Orchard: A Memoir Bel Canto Fall of Giants The Garden of Spells and The Sugar Queen – Sarah Addison Allen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amo_mea_filiis. Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 I just finished Charles Darwin's autobiography, and Origin of Species. I pre-read the Evolution of Calpurnia Tate before dd reads it, and I am working on Interview with the Vampire. I am only reading before bed, which is not working well because I get too tired and barely finish a few pages! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BamaTanya Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 I love these threads, but I wonder if I could find a way to determine the emotional risk of the books you all recommend. I'm not in a place in my life where I can read about a child's death or war atrocities or someone's losing their loved one to cancer. Other times in my life, maybe. Just not now. I'd appreciate the reason you love the book. If it's insightful or moving or just absolutely breathtakingly beautiful, I want to put it on my list. If it's going to tear my heart to shreds and leave me paralyzed, please leave a disclaimer. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyfaithe Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 I love these threads, but I wonder if I could find a way to determine the emotional risk of the books you all recommend. I'm not in a place in my life where I can read about a child's death or war atrocities or someone's losing their loved one to cancer. Other times in my life, maybe. Just not now. I'd appreciate the reason you love the book. If it's insightful or moving or just absolutely breathtakingly beautiful, I want to put it on my list. If it's going to tear my heart to shreds and leave me paralyzed, please leave a disclaimer. Thanks! Tanya, I am in the same place you are. I just can not deal with emotionally jarring material. I need upbeat, encouraging, rah rah sisboombah. I often look at the reviews on Amazon before ordering from the library. That said, I really need a happy....joyous....fulfilling...life changing book right now. NOT a self improvement one. Those always make me feel like cr@p. (you too can be good enough if you only do THESE things:glare:). Faithe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BamaTanya Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 That said, I really need a happy....joyous....fulfilling...life changing book right now. NOT a self improvement one. Those always make me feel like cr@p. (you too can be good enough if you only do THESE things:glare:). Faithe I know! I have "6 Weeks to _____" or "30 Days of ______" or "3 Steps to _____" all over my shelves and I just can't deal with those, either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 I love threads like this. :DI keep a list of books I've read, thanks to the Book-a-Week thread (my favorite thread on these boards :)). I also keep a list on Good Reads and Library Thing. I love that they recommend books that one might like. Here's my list of favorite books. ABSOLUTE AND ALL-TIME FAVORITES Pride & Prejudice - if you want a classic, this is my absolute all-time favorite Jane Eyre To Kill a Mockingbird Harry Potter books A Thousand Splendid Suns The Help The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende and anything else by her, but this is her best. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Allende :D The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trilogy .. but the first book is quite boring and confusing in the first 60-70 pages. Hang in there. It does get better! Yes, they are graphic. But I tend to look beyond that and just focus on the story Roots by Alex Haley The Geography of Bliss – non-fiction, very insightful Food Rules – one of my favorite health books Mindset – non-fiction, a book that one should read at least once – really gets you thinking Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea OTHER BOOKS THAT I HAVE LOVED (not in any particular order) The Kite Runner The Five People You Meet in Heaven - if you're in the mood for a very, sweet and easy read - as are all of his books - Tuesdays with Morrie - and pretty much any other Mitch Albom book – we even got the DVDs of three of his books and really liked them Can't Wait to Get to Heaven by Fannie Flagg and most of her books - very sweet and light - and quite funny Funny in Farsi - if you need a nice laugh as well as her other book Laughing without an Accent Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett The Secret Life of Bees The Book Thief Books by Maeve Binchy – light, fluffy, but also very accurate about human interactions and relationships Outliers … and all Malcolm Gladwell books The Anti-Cancer Book – great overall health book not just for those concerned about cancer, and full of hope and action Man’s Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl – best self-help book ever, fabulous Positive Thinking Every Day by Norman Vincent Peale – wonderful book of short daily readings The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise – sweet, humor, and some sadness, very British, just lovely overall Confessions of a Prairie B*tch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated – some painful stuff, very engaging, entertaining, lots of humor – loved this book - but more enjoyable if you liked the TV series Middlesex – Jeffrey Eugenides The Poisonwood Bible – Barbara Kingsolver The Housekeeper and the Professor The Da Vinci Code Sold by Patricia McCormick Yellow Crocus The Top Five Regrets of the Dying OTHER BOOKS THAT I HAVE LIKED (not in any particular order) The Scarlet Pimpernel - another classic I really like A Respectable Trade by Philippa Gregory - my favorite Phillipa Gregory Room by Emma Donoghue Dave Barry’s Only Travel Guide You’ll Ever Need – funny, funny, funny Confessions of an Economic Hit Man – very interesting and a real eye-opener She’s Come Undone – Wally Lamb Stones from The River – Ursula Hegi The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society The Ladies No. 1 Detective Agency Someone Knows My Name – Lawrence Hill The Orchard: A Memoir Bel Canto Fall of Giants The Garden of Spells and The Sugar Queen – Sarah Addison Allen I love looking at your lists! I've read most of these and I'd have to agree with you. I also adore Barbara Kingsolver's books. And A Prayer for Owen Meaney is one of my all time favorite books. I have so many books that I want to read that it would be impossible to keep a list! I do have some on my want to read page on Goodreads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linders Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Currently reading A Distant Land of My Father (excellent!) and War of the Worlds (eh...). Sitting by the bedside for the next few weeks... The Room Pale Horse, Pale Rider Fahernheit 451 To Kill a Mockingbird (pre-read for DS) Sitting on the Kindle... Les Miserables A Passage to India It Happened on the Way to War The Last Good Day The Housewife Assissin's Handbook Postcards From Nam Stealing Trinity Nazareth Child Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom-ninja. Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 I currently have 183 books on my "To Read" list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in TX Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 ...Pale Horse, Pale Rider... This is one of my all-time favorites! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie in Ma Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 I always have a "to be read" list going. Right now, Divergent and Insurgent by Veronica Roth are on it. I am also always waiting for new books from a few favorite authors. Jim Butcher Seanan McGuire Cassandra Clare Ilona Andrews Jeanine Frost Michael Scott Kevin Hearne Faith Hunter Richard Kadrey Clive Cussler I always have a "to read again" list too, for when I am feeling down or just need something familiar. I am about to have a family read a thon with the Harry Potter series because I miss them and I need comfort reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in TX Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 How timely! I just put together a 5 year list of classics to read ( I joined the Classics Club that A Room with a View is hosting) - I posted it on my bookclub blog: http://momsandclassics.blogspot.ca/2012/06/classics-club-tracys-list.html Right now, I've started Gulliver's Travels. A fellow Classics Club member here! I'm in the middle of A Suitable Boy, among other things. My lists are on my blog (in my sig line). Happy reading... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in TX Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 I just finished Charles Darwin's autobiography, and Origin of Species. I pre-read the Evolution of Calpurnia Tate before dd reads it, and I am working on Interview with the Vampire. I am only reading before bed, which is not working well because I get too tired and barely finish a few pages! I have the same problem. I don't even try to read in bed anymore. For me it's during mealtimes, or while waiting for my dc at YMCA classes, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristyB in TN Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 I recently finished Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Coast Trail and it was really, really good. This afternoon I am starting The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King. I was thinking this morning that I need a good Bill Bryson book so I may read Seeing Further: The Story of Science, Discovery, and the Genius of the Royal Society next. I love his sense of humor and his attention span seems to fit mine right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristyB in TN Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 I always have a giant list going, too, but I can't stick to it. I listen to NPR on my way to work and more often than not hear about a book I need to read. The first thing I do when I get to work is put it in my cart at Amazon so I can look at it later and decide whether or not to purchase. Therefore, my ongoing book list keeps getting longer and longer. I hear ya about the heart wrenching books or those that cause stress. I can't stand them. If I absolutely must read one I just resolve to read it as quickly as possible, like ripping off a bandaid. :tongue_smilie: I have a dear, wonderful client who likes to bring me books. He is in the senior set, maybe in his early 80's or late 70's, we have some of his property listed at all times. He is a voracious reader and loves to stop in and discuss them with me. Awesome, right? Well, he is awesome, his book choices are killing me and I feel so horrible about it. You know how some people are just hell bent on winning you over to their religion? Well, he is what we've dubbed an "evangelistic atheist." Let me just make you all aware that I am not religious. However, I love that others are and think if it is good for you and you don't hurt anyone with it, by all means, have at it. We are Christians, don't attend church, are very socially liberal, don't believe in a literal translation of the Bible, are diving into Buddhism as a philosophy and feel that Buddhism and Christianity work so well together, and love where we are spiritually. I do believe so strongly in God and I am happy with that place and I'm digging in. I love that my sweet little old client in John Deere suspenders has found peace with being an atheist and support him. I just don't want to read about it for a solid week! Last week we had such an informative conversation, we really do believe so many of the same things, I just need him to stop trying to convince me...know what I mean? Right now I have his copy of The God Delusion sitting on my desk and I know I need to read it for him, just because he loves having me read his books. I keep giving him books from my collection. Last week was Red Sorgham. I have hoped that maybe he would see what I have read and loved would make him switch topics, it isn't working. :tongue_smilie: Oh, I'm going to skim through it, it will make me a little more enlightened and seeing his view as well as the perspective of Richard Dawkins will make me a more insightful person and I will be grateful I did it. Dang it. Thanks for letting me vent. :D I love being surrounded by sweet, smart people who force me out of my little patch of comfort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Currently reading: Ordinary Jack A Chance in the World (this is summer reading for my ds's) I usually read whatever my sons have assigned for summer reading: Lord of the Flies Unbroken Other books for summer: Defending Jacob The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection (on audio) That's all I have right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Recently read - A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson No Place for Truth by David Wells Bonhoeffer by Eric Metaxas Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys Roughing It by Mark Twain Quiet: The Power of Introverts by Susan Cain Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society The Help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 I just finished Circle of Sisters, which was quite well written and interesting, covering a period of artistic/literary history that I didn't know much about. I have also enjoyed Ivington Diaries and The Jewel Garden. I'm reading I Capture the Castle, then have on my library list Fate and Fortune and Bring up the Bodies. I seem to be reading an awful lot of historical fact/fiction and gardening books. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petepie2 Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 In the past six months: The Soul of Science: Christian Faith and Natural Philosphy Courage and Conviction: Chronicles of the Reformation Church Crime and Punishment A Study in Scarlet The Sign of the Four The Hound of the Baskervilles The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (I obviously had Sherlock tunnel vision for a while.) Don Quixote (finished it...I plodded through it over the course of a year) Gulliver's Travels Feminine Threads: Women in the Tapestry of Church History Currently, I'm reading Oliver Twist. As far as what I plan to read, I'm working through the novels list in The Well-Educated Mind. I also want to be reading a non-fiction book at the same time. I'm currently waiting on my copy of Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 In no particular order, some of my all-time favorites (also listed on my Goodreads 'favorites' shelf): The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald The Master & Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov Colony by Hugo Wilcken The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall Zeroville by Steve Erickson Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling (if you like YA) The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt Darkmans by Nicola Barker Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro All the Names by Jose Saramago The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett Fatu-Hiva by Thor Heyerdahl Sleeping in Flame by Jonathan Carroll C by Tom McCarthy Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack by Mark Hodder I, Claudius by Robert Graves The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad The Guinea Pig Diaries by A.J. Jacobs The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear by Walter Moers The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer Dancer by Colum McCann Born to Run by Christopher McDougall Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford A Red Herring without Mustard by Alan Bradley Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman Bel Canto by Ann Patchett Some books I really want to read: The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez 2666 by Roberto Bolano Gillespie and I by Jane Harris Equator by Miguel Sousa Tavares Hopscotch by Julio Cortazar Wittgenstein's Mistress by David Markson Expeditions to the Mountains of the Moon by Mark Hodder Head in Flames by Lance Olsen the rest of the Iron Druid series by Kevin Hearne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amo_mea_filiis. Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 I have the same problem. I don't even try to read in bed anymore. For me it's during mealtimes, or while waiting for my dc at YMCA classes, etc. I use the kids therapy time to crochet or knit. I should starting reading in the morning before the kids get up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momma aimee Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 I am currently reading aloud Treasure Island to my kids because I never read it. So I get to kill 2 birds with one stone.I am also reading Mission of Motherhood by Sally Clarkson and Peacemaking for Families by Ken Sande. I just put Kindle on my pc and have downloaded a whole bunch of classics. Uncle Tom's Cabin is one that I absolutely must read. I also have a reading list from Worldview Academy. Instead of listing the books, here is the link: http://www.worldview.org/index.php/resources/recommended-reading I have a long list of books to read...but the forums are wonderful! have have stared UCabin on e-reader 3x now and can't get into it -- bad me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 I've got a few books written by foreign correspondents on my shelf atm for when I finish up 'Two Gentlemen of Verona' and a book on quantum physics for laymen. I'm probably only understanding one word in three, but I'm sure it is good for me. :p Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brilliant Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 I'm almost embarrassed to admit...I've been reading the Song of Fire & Ice series. (Game of Thrones, etc.) I've read books 1-4 already and should receive book 5 from the library in the next week or so. The reason I'm embarrassed is that the books are a little trashy (s*x)... but, they are so well written. The author has done a fantastic job of creating a different world, and the characters that go along with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin M Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 Currently have 171 books waiting on the shelves to be read. The top 10 looking most forward to reading are: Beautiful Sacrifice - Elizabeth Lowell Dragonfly in Amber - Diana Gabaldon Faithful Place - Tana French I'll Be Watching You - Charles De Lint Inheritance (#4 Inheritance cycle) - Christopher Paolini Justice Hall - Laurie R. King Night of Long Knives - Rebecca Cantrell Salamander - Thomas Wharton Snakes Pass - Bram Stoker Tenth Stone - Bodie Thoene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negin Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 I love these threads, but I wonder if I could find a way to determine the emotional risk of the books you all recommend. I'm not in a place in my life where I can read about a child's death or war atrocities or someone's losing their loved one to cancer. Other times in my life, maybe. Just not now. :iagree: and I hear you. :grouphug: I'm sort of in the same place at the moment. Let me re-do my list for books that are not likely to be very disturbing - death of a child, war, terminal illness, atrocities, etc. I'll try my best. Books are so subjective. It's hard to recommend them to others. ABSOLUTE AND ALL-TIME FAVORITES Harry Potter books The Geography of Bliss – non-fiction, very insightful Food Rules – one of my favorite health books Mindset – non-fiction, a book that one should read at least once – really gets you thinking OTHER BOOKS THAT I HAVE LOVED (not in any particular order) Can't Wait to Get to Heaven by Fannie Flagg and most of her books - very sweet and light - and quite funny Funny in Farsi - if you need a nice laugh as well as her other book Laughing without an Accent Books by Maeve Binchy – light, fluffy, but also very accurate about human interactions and relationships Outliers … and all Malcolm Gladwell books Man’s Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl – best self-help book ever, fabulous Positive Thinking Every Day by Norman Vincent Peale – wonderful book of short daily readings OTHER BOOKS THAT I HAVE LIKED (not in any particular order) Dave Barry’s Only Travel Guide You’ll Ever Need – funny, funny, funny Confessions of an Economic Hit Man – very interesting and a real eye-opener The Ladies No. 1 Detective Agency Bel Canto The Garden of Spells and The Sugar Queen – Sarah Addison Allen NOT a self improvement one. Those always make me feel like cr@p. (you too can be good enough if you only do THESE things:glare:). :iagree: I always have a "to read again" list too, for when I am feeling down or just need something familiar. Me too. :) a book on quantum physics for laymen. I'm probably only understanding one word in three, but I'm sure it is good for me. :lol: Yes, this would be me also. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessReplanted Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 One Thousand Gifts is wonderful! I loved it and will treasure it.... :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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