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I like books!

Good old fashion books with paper

pages and dog eared corners.

I grew up in a home where reading

was highly valued. My parents would

buy paperbacks and each put their

initials on the front page once 

they had read it.

I have found memories of reading 

late into the night, by flashlight, 

Adventures and Mysteries. My

house received the Reader's Digest

condensed books every few months...

it was a contest to see who got to

the book first!

When I had my own kids, I 

encouraged them to read. I would

buy them flashlights, so they could

read late into the night. I did

the same thing for my Grandkids.

Some of my favorite books:

1.The Giver by Lois Lowry

A World where you do not have choice.

You do the job you are assigned....

You raise a child given to you and that

is the only child you will be allowed...

You suppress you feelings and emotions.

One boy changes all that....

I found this book when my oldest child

was in Elementary School.

2.The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom

I read the  book in 7th Grade and later saw

the movie. At 12 years old, I could not imagine

the horrible World Corrie and her sister lived in

and yet, they both forgave their enemies and

found the good in all people.

3.The Eagle has Landed

I read it as a Readers Digest

condensed book as a teenager.

I later saw the movie starring

Donald Sutherland. 

I love the female lead character who,

in her loneliness, is fooled by Sutherland

trickery, but in the end, she is strong

and saves her family and Country.

I know there are many more books I could

list, but I will stop right here.

I have inherited many books from

my family. They bring  back fond memories.

My Grandmother use to write notes of her

thoughts or feelings in her favorite books.

I love reading those notes still.....

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In Closing:Your favorite read/book...mine....just finished Mitch Albion's "Just one more day". Good, as usual. What are you reading?

What are you reading?

I am in a three month reading log challenge at Swap-bot.com. You write down everything you read for July-September (Title, Author, Quick description, Personal Comments) and send it to 2 other people (assigned by the computer). I have been keeping a log, but I thought I better post it here, so if I lose the paper log, I have a backup printout.

"Elizabeth, the Golden Age" by Tasha Alexander
Novelization/Fiction about Queen Elizabeth I and her reign. I enjoyed it for entertainment sake.

"The Life Audit" by Caroline Righton. Self-help book built around using accounting/mathematical forms to record where and how you use your time. Interesting way to evaluate you life, though I thought it was a little too time consuming filling out multiple daily forms.

"Bleeding Hearts" by Susan Witting Albert. Another book in her China Bayles mystery series. Easy read....I usually figure out the killer and motive by half way thru the book.

"Nightshade" by Susan Witting Albert. I enjoyed this China Bayles book too, but it almost like Albert changed her writing style or someone else co-wrote with her....some of the descriptions of locations or action by the characters read like a play or movie script direct ("China turns to her right to look out the kitchen window. She is sad") Earlier books not like this one.

"My Secret War" by Mary Pope Osborne-Dear America Diary Series. This is a series of fictional diaries written about historical USA events. Reading level of a 12-16 year old, but I like them for the quick read and history aspect. "My Secret War" was a 15 year old girls diary during 1942/World War II.

"The Winter of Red Snow" by Kristiana Gregory-Dear America Diary Series. Another fictional diary by a 15 year old girl during the winter that George Washington was at Valley Forge.

I did write down a quote used in the Diary of "My Secret War" that I liked:

"You cannot escape anxiety, you cannot escape the clutch of fear at your heart, and yet, I hope that the certainty of what we have to meet will make you rise above these fears. You are going to have a great opportunity. There will be high moments in which your strength and ability will be tested. I have faith in you.

Eleanor Roosevelt 1942

Good words, even 66 years later!

In Closing: What are you reading....who's your favorite author?