Richiesheff's comments
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Richiesheff's comments from the Readers and Reading group.
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I am reading a debut novel. The Richest Season by Maryann McFadden. Keeping my interest. About a mother whose kids are grown and she decides to leave and make a go on her own.
The Guersney book was probably my top read this year.
It was a scary deal. I know I wanted to get away from there. Of course, I had to call home and make arrangements for somebody to come get me.
Debbie
I was on the University of Iowa campus the day of the Kent State murders. Nothing can scare you more that to see guardsmen or troopers looking out of windows with rifles. I think this was about finals time.
Deb in ATL
I remember when I went away to college in the early 70's and my parents took me there and helped me move in, but that was that. We were not allowed cars on campus, so unless somebody from your town was going home, you stayed on campus. I might have gotten to call once a week, but mostly you waited for the mail delivery. When my daughter went to college, there were cell phones and cars, but we tried to discourage her from coming home every weekend, because the college experience can be so rewarding. She has made such good friends.
JoAnn/QuAppelle wrote: "Shirley wrote: "I think I've read all of Dallas's books. They aren't terrific, but often involved the subject I'm passionate about--quilting. Probably my favorite fiction author on quilts is Jenn..."
No the 2nd 1 was full of errors. I wrote the author and got back excuses and the promise that the errors would be corrected in the second printing, We are talkking about A Thread of Truth and the other one, by Marie Bostwick.
My daughter was also from a small high school and wanted to go to a small college. She made and has kept up with more friends than she had in high school. All but my daughter is married, but they still try to get together every year or 2. This college was about 100 miles from home, close enuf, yet far enuf. It was a wonderful experience for her.
Well this year, if the weather holds, we are driving to Iowa to have dinner with my mom and brother. The problem we have is we will not decide until Monday. There is no way that I could get around on snowy sidewalks, and we sure dont want to be caught in a big storm. Our plans are to take a day & a half to drive, stay there Thursday and Friday and leave Saturday some time to leisurly drive back.
I went to dr yesterday and I have to leave the splint on, part time until December. He says take it off during the day, exercise it and wear it at nite, or when I feel necessary. I am still wearing the sling when I leave the house or am going to be walking a lot.
Deb in ATL
JoAnn/QuAppelle wrote: "I finished quite a few books this month...a rarity for me. Of course, I also abandoned a few too!
Vanished by Joseph Finder 4 GR stars....
A quick and compelling read from first page to last..."
I read a Single Thread and it was great. There is a sequal to this book A Thread of Truth, that the story was great, but the errors within the book were horrific. I wrote her and complained, she agreed it was very wrong and said the next printing the errors would be corrected. It was the most error filled book I have read. I would wait a while to read the second 1 until the errors have been corrected.
Bunny I fell at home 9/15 and broke my upper arm and shattered my elbow. It is healing well, but my arm still hurts. The elbow has never hurt. I was already left handed from the stroke, but the sling tends to make my balance off. Oh well, am only working about half days.
Deb
Schmerguls, it is because of your statement about Little Heathens that I read it. I passed it to my mom, who is 83 and still lives in Iowa. She said she has probably loaned it to 20 more people who all just love it. I enjoy your posts and always read them to see if you have anymore written about Iowa. Will try to find this one.
Deb
OK went to Orthopedist this morning, and he said if I hadnt had a stroke and had use of my right arm he would have operated and pinned and plated my elbow. But no, keep just splint and wraop on and come back in 10 days for more xrays. Yeah. I feel good,
Just finished Ladies of the Lake, Hayward Smith. Loved this book. In my opinion it was so much better than her Red Hat Club books. Such a good read.
I have decided to read The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society. I am loving it. I know a lot of you people have read it already. What I am wondering is why it took me so long to read it. It is really an interesting book.
We are getting a lot of rain and thunder today, so a good day to curl up and read a good book.
Stayed up until 2 AM and finished Facing Forward and loved the book. I am not saying this because Iknow Robyn, it was a very good book. I just wish she could find some way to get it mass produced to be in the big box stores. I dont remember the last time I stayed up reading a book that late. Good Book Robyn. Shhe did talk about joining Good Reads.
I just finished Red's Hot Honkey Tonk Bar, by Pamela Morsi. It was a fun read, but not one I would send to my mother. I have now started Facing Forward by Robyn Sheridan. I am reading it because she is my Chiropractor, and have known her family fpr almost 20 years and didnt know she was an author. It has so far really kept my attention. It is available as an E-book or thru Amazon. I had a problem with the order, so Robyn suggested I should have ordered it thry the publisher. I think that was Wings Press. Will let you know when I finish it.
Bunny wrote: "I finally finished In The Shade by Doris Lessing, a good book that got me thinking again about what it is to be a woman. I've always been pretty middle of the road about feminists because I'm happ..."
Too Late to Say Good Bye, I think is the one set in Georgia. I read it, because it took place less that 10 miles from my house and I was able to relate to her and the kids. That husband was nuts. It makes you wonder about the other women in his life, and what became of them. It was quite a book.
linreadsalot wrote: "I finished Always Dakota by Debbie Macomber. A delightful book about a community in North Dakota.
Looking over my shelves of books I have picked Stones From The River by Ursula Hegi next."
Have you read the whole series. I think there are 4 or 5 in that series. Those books are what got me started on Debbie Macomber
I am reading A Mile in my Flip Flops by Melody Carlson. A fun book anout a young lady who thinks she can "flip" a house. A no brainer and probably a beach read. I have really been reading a lot.
R. wrote: "I just finished the Help by Kathryn Stockett. It has been billed someplace as another Secret Life of Bees. Actually it is nothing like that book. The book is a fictional account of the injustice..."
I have picked that book up many tmes and read the cover, but I will wait until t comes out in paperback
