What books are you reading?

[Blackbird]

That looks really good Dragon, I'll have to check it out - Thanks!

 

[big brown horse]

Just started:
The Gurensey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

Halfway through:
The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb

Thumbing through:
Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon

Wild Fermentation by Sandor Ellix Katz

 

[miss_thenorth]

Tamlynn--Do you recommend the last 2? I'm always looking for something to get my kids hooked on reading. They read well, but they don't do much reading without coaxing. When I start them on a book, sometimes that does the trick.

I got a Patrick McManus book called They Shoot Canoes, Don't They? It is tongue-in-cheek, lighthearted humor, much of it about his childhood, hunting, fishing and living in the mid 1900s. Perfectly innocent and fun for the family to read together.

My son, who does NOT like to read, loved Journey to the Centre of the Earth.



Sadly I have nothig to report. This past summer I have not read one book, while in the past, I could polish off a book in two days. (bifocals are on the list for next eye visit)

 

[2dream]

TommyWalnuts - those are good books. I enjoyed them both.

I am about halfway through Diana Gabaldons 3rd book in the Outlander series.

I read the introduction to Nourshing Traditions and now I am just going through the recipe section checking out what I want to try.

The Element Encyclopedia of Witchcraft by Judika Illes. Been reading this book off and on for about a year. (Its a big one).

The Herbal Medicine Makers Handbook - another off and on again book.

There are several other herbal books scattered around the house that I am not exactly sure of the names without getting up to go gather them up.

 

[tamlynn]

Tamlynn--Do you recommend the last 2? I'm always looking for something to get my kids hooked on reading. They read well, but they don't do much reading without coaxing. When I start them on a book, sometimes that does the trick.

I got a Patrick McManus book called They Shoot Canoes, Don't They? It is tongue-in-cheek, lighthearted humor, much of it about his childhood, hunting, fishing and living in the mid 1900s. Perfectly innocent and fun for the family to read together.

I haven't started the Hawthorne one, so I have no idea.

My kids are loving Journey so far, we are only on ch 11. What really made my ds want to read it was the movie -the newer one with Brendan Frasier. I was expecting to hate the movie, but I liked it! The movie is about people who follow the Jules Verne book, so the movie is like a recommendation for the book instead of a version of the book itself. My kids are only 7 and 8, so I edit a few words here and there as I read, but hardly anthing so far has been objectionable to me.

I remember reading that McManus book years ago -loved it!

Have your kids read Hatchet by Gary Paulsen? One of my favorite books.

 

[Iceblink]

Just started:
The Gurensey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

BBH - I listened to that on CD this summer and loved it! I really didn't know much about the channel islands except that some cool cattle breeds came from there.

 

[unclejoe]

Saving Seeds

The Hobbit/ Lord of the Rings for the 3rd or 4th time. I find something I missed every time I read it.

 

[big brown horse]

Just started:
The Gurensey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

BBH - I listened to that on CD this summer and loved it! I really didn't know much about the channel islands except that some cool cattle breeds came from there.

ooo! I can't wait! I just started it! So far so good!

Would one of those breeds of cows be the sweet "gurensey" herself? My family friends back in WI had grandparents that raised "sweet gurenseys". Said their milk was the best!

 

[dragonlaurel]

TommyWalnuts - those are good books. I enjoyed them both. . . .

The Herbal Medicine Makers Handbook - another off and on again book.

There are several other herbal books scattered around the house that I am not exactly sure of the names without getting up to go gather them up.

How do you like that herb book? I have some but am always interested in any really good ones.

 

[punkin]

I just finished At Home in Mitford by Jan Karon - a delightfully sweet read.

Now I'm starting Alex Cross's TRIAL by James Patterson.