Other Books

[HelenLee]

Help us decide what other books to add to our "to-read" list

[Jan]

Hi there!
I'm looking forward to reading along with the group (I read Guernsey about a year ago but liked it enough to read, or at least skim) it again. As for mire suggested titles, do you plan to include books about letter writing & collections of letters or only epistolary novels? My TBR list includes all. :)
Best regards,
Jan

[Ruth]

Jan,

I don't think any of us have even given those options any thought. Why don't you post some of your suggestions and let's see what others think?

Ruth

[Cassie]

Jan,

I would definitely be up for including those! That would give us many more reading options (always a good thing).

Cassie

[HelenLee]

Friends,

I would also be up for including letter collections!

Helen

[Amber]

I don't see why we wouldn't include letter collections. I've seen collected letters from Mary Wollstonecraft, Neal Cassady and others so they're from a wide range of time periods.

[Cassie]

Would anyone be interested in Where'd You Go, Bernadette? I saw it described as "part epistolary, part found footage and part real scenes." It could be a fun read!

[Jan]

Sorry it's taken me so long to get back here. My daughter had last week off for Easter/spring break so I didn't get much time on the computer.

Here are a few ideas of possible titles (both letter compilations and books about letter writing) but I'm open to more. :) Some of these I've already read but most are still on my TBR list.
Letter compilations:
- The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor - edited by Sally Fitzgerald
- The Letters of E.B. White
- C.S. Lewis’ Letters
- Letters from Colette
- My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams – M.Hogan, C.Taylor, and J. Ellis, editors
- Letters to a Young Poet – Rainer Maria Rilke

Books about letter writing:
- Gift of a Letter - Alexandra Stoddard (** this is one of my favorites & I often go back to it whenever I'm in a letter writing slump)
- The Art of the Personal Letter - Margaret Shepherd
- The Art of the Handwritten Note - Margaret Shepherd
- Just Write: The Art of Personal Correspondence - Molly O'Shaugnessy
- The Handcrafted Letter - Diane Maurer-Mathison
- Writing Personal Notes & Letters – Jennifer Williams (& the editors of Victoria magazine)
- Personal Notes: How to Write from the Heart for Any Occasion - Sandra Lamb
- Always First Class: The Pleasure of Person Letters – Lois Barry

[Cassie]

Dear Jan,

Yes to the Flannery O'Conner and E.B. White! These led me to discover some others that look interesting, The Letters of Virginia Woolf: Vol. 1 and The Brontës: A Life in Letters. Not sure how easily available these are, but they would be interesting!

I would love to read some of the books about letter writing that you listed too.

Cassie

[Ruth]

Cassie wrote: "Would anyone be interested in Where'd You Go, Bernadette? I saw it described as "part epistolary, part found footage and part real scenes." It could be a fun read!"

Cassie,

Yes, I'd be interested in this one too! It seems we have two discussions about books to read going on. Is there anyway to combine them?

Ruth

[Cassie]

Dear Readers,

I discovered more fun in a group list today! Sorcery & Cecelia: or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot looks delightful!

Cassie

[Lanelle]

Cassie wrote: "Sorcery & Cecelia: or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot looks delightful! "

That book is one of my favorites!