Book Lovers Club
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me too, that's one reason I ♥ the library!
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Marie Kondo's point is to keep the things that give you joy. If a possession doesn't give you joy, then it is time to get rid of it. Her feeling is that most people do not reread books once they have read it the first time. That may not be the case with you. You may have books, or other items, that bring you joy and that you do not want to part with. That is OK. Her tidying books are meant to help you sort thru all of your possessions to figure out what to keep and what not to keep.
I am trying to cut down on my possessions. Less stuff,, less stuff to clean, for one thing!
And Badger, I too, LOVE my library.
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Badger, sounds like my cup of tea. I loved gone with the wind! So anything civil war era sparks my interest. There is another book that you may enjoy called true women. There was a miniseries based on it by the same name. A really good read.
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I loved Gone with the Wind too. Book and movie!
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Billy Boyle is the first in a series of ww2 mysteries by James R. Benn. Billy is a newly minted Boston police detective, whose uncles/dad are also in the police force. The family wants him to avoid combat duty so they ask for a favor from his mother's cousin - Mamie Eisenhower - hoping he would get some cushy job in DC where women outnumber men 10:1. In the summer of 1942 he gets assigned to Dwight's office in London (Boston Irish cop - not happy about that) where Dwight is looking for someone with investigative skills. Not being a WW2 expert, I can't fault the historical facts, but Billy, using his natural intelligence and what he learned from watching his dad, is actually very useful and it was a great read. He survives - London society, army protocol, German torpedo boats, a murderer and spy - barely, fulfills his mission and will be given new assignments in the series. I liked it!
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what is everyone's favorite three books of all time? I say three, because I simply can't choose only one
Mine are,
gone with the wind. Margaret Mitchell
The count of monte cristo. Alexander Dumas
The grapes of wrath. John Stienbeck.
All vastly different both gone with the wind and the grapes of wrath had a deep impact on my way of thinking. Where as the count of monte cristo was the fastest moving most action packed page turner ever
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The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien
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the once and future king by th white; the 1000 autumns of jacob de zoet; herbert huncke the times square hustler who influenced the beats by hilary holladay
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LOTR. I used to read them every single year(sometimes twice) in winter.( yes. That means I read them at least 60 times.) I love that world.
Red Adams Lady. By Grace Ingram. Arguably the first historical romance bodice ripper that introduced me to a genre I go to when I need mindless relaxation. Not to mention I learned much more than i ever thought I would about that time frame. LOL and yes. I have reread this one too. But my paper book copy is falling apart and it's not in print. Hardcover copies run about 150$ now.
Ok. This one is cheating. The collected works of William Shakespeare. LOL. That way, Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest, Merchant of Venice ect. are all in there. LOL
Much love
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Oh gee, I can't even narrow it down to three authors, let alone three books. Still thinking.
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Moonflwr: I assume you have looked on AbeBooks, Thrift Books, Amazon for a used PB copy? It's hard when your fave book falls apart.
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gennie, Google it. They've gone up since I looked last. I see a paperback is now 95$ and hardcovers are 300$ and up! It was a mass market PB. Most of the hardcovers are old library copies. As far as I know there are no digital copies. Sigh. The story is just so good.
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wow,,,, amazing. I will write down the name and look for it when my local library has its next book sale. Not until April, but hey, you never know.
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The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens
Very, very good. I read it in two sittings. A young college student, with a very dysfunctional home life, is assigned to interview an elderly person and write an essay based on that interview. The man he ends up with is a dying Vietnam veteran and a convicted murderer. The pieces of the puzzle don't seem to fit and the student is drawn into an old mystery with lots of twists and turns as he searches for the truth about the crime (and about himself).
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rotflol!👏👏👏
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BCO's like button!
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Moonflwer - I'm guessing you've read Kathleen Woodiwiss (Flame & the Flower, Wolf & Dove, etc.). I use to like Dorothy Eden and Phyllis Whitney for easy mystery reads.
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cp. Yep. Read those many years ago. Going to read JD ROBB latest after I finish the highlander hunk book I'm reading right now.
Much love to all.
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just finished patti smith's memoir m train. after her husband died she spends years traveling to famous grave sites & leaves tokens the dead might like. to jean genet's grave she burried in an urn on the site stones she'd saved for 20 years wrapped in an handkercheif of her husband from the prison yeard in north africa where he;d been imprisoned for a time. when she returned ome time later the urn was gone but as she said she was the same
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Good morning my book-loving sisters! Haven't read anything but the daily newspaper in the past few weeks as we're moving and I have no free time. In fact, had to return two library books unread. (!)
My SIL came to help me pack last weekend. As we were clearing off bookcases she was perusing titles and setting aside books to borrow. She left with quite the stack. :-)
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Badger- good luck and peace with the move. Such a stressful event.
However, I was touched by a sweet visual of you and your SIL, sharing a moment for the love of books, an that she was amply rewarded for her help.
I always say you find out who your real friends are when moving.
Hope everything returns to normal soon.
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Badger - where are you moving? Sorry I forgot if you've told us.
After my Mother died (in another state), I ended up having to decide what to do with their books. I had less than 2 weeks to get rid of everything in the house they'd lived in for 60 years since my Dad wouldn't let me sort anything as long as my Mom was still breathing, if not really alive. Picture rows of moving boxes - 6 rows deep, 10 or 12 stacks along each row, each stack 5 boxes high. 95% were hardbacks. Some were originally from my grandparent's shelves. It was heartbreaking that I couldn't take all of them, or even very many. My brother came up towards the end & started going through boxes & pulling everything out. He got through 3 before he decided he wanted them all. But reality dictated that he only took 10 or 12 books. I called the lady who owned the bookstore my mother favored and she took quite a few of them. The rest were all donated to the library. Heartbreaking that I couldn't surround myself with them, but hopefully they found new homes & weren't just tossed into the hopper.
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Minus, we're only moving about a mile from current house but going from 800 sq ft to 1,200. Still small but big for us. :-)
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Minus - sorry in the passing of your Mom - be assured that someone, somewhere will be reading one of your Mom's books. Peace and comfort to you.0
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Thank you Pheasant. It was a long time ago now - 2004 - but books were so much a part of our lives that it's lovely to remember.
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I have just started to have time to read again and have looked at this thread from time to time for suggestions and inspiration
In the last two weeks I've read
Alice Hoffman's 'Museum of Extraordinary Things'
Haha sorry about the copy and paste, I've always liked Alice Hoffman when reading fiction and
Cold Storage Alaska,,a book about a town in Alaska that reminds me of remote towns on the inside passage of Alaska. The author is from Alaska and it is an interesting read and accurately describes much of the life in those towns,although the plot may not. Sorry, I returned the book and don't recall the author.
I hope to read more than I have in the past
Minus I am sorry about your Mom's passing
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tc boyles' best is drop city I think, not the new mexico drop city this a fictional one set in far north alaska & earlier in medgocino count
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Bedo - wonderful to see you here & hear that you have time to read again. Is that because of the weather? I like Alice Hoffman so I'll look up this book.
Just finished Faye Kellerman's The Beast. I think I actually like her books better than her husband Jonathan's books. Also read a Val McDermid book Killing the Shadows. Her books take some work but worth it in the end.
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