BOOKS~BOOKS~BOOKS!!!

Kobi · 05-15-2010, 05:01 AM

The extraordinary gift of an ordinary cat by David Dosa MD.

Oscar is one of the resident cats in an Alzheimers unit in a Rhode Island nursing. He is basically antisocial until he senses someone is near the end of life. Then Oscar will sit with them and their families during the dying process and wont leave until the deceased is removed.

Kind of reality story that makes your soul sigh.

gotoseagrl · 05-19-2010, 09:37 PM

books.

favorite classics:

Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte

"Mr. Rochester: Sometimes I have the strangest feeling about you. Especially when you are near me as you are now. It feels as though I had a string tied here under my left rib where my heart is, tightly knotted to you in a similar fashion. And when you go to Ireland, with all that distance between us, I am afraid that this cord will be snapped, and I shall bleed inwardly."

Villette - Charlotte Bronte

"No mockery in this world ever sounds to me so hollow as that of being told to cultivate happiness. What does such advice mean? Happiness is not a potato."

Ruth - Elizabeth Gaskell

Wives and Daughters - Elizabeth Gaskell

other favorites:

Flowers in the Attic - VC Andrews

Dolores Claiborne & Rose Madder - Stephen King

The Power of Now - Eckhart Tolle

"You cannot find yourself by going into the past. You can find yourself by coming into the present"

Leigh · 05-19-2010, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by mxxi

Flowers in the Attic - VC Andrews

That is one of My all-time favorite books, and authors as well ....... I've always loved VC Andrews, and hopefully I'll be able to get back into her books one day

I'm also a big fan of Lisa Jackson and Raymond Khoury

gotoseagrl · 05-19-2010, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Braedon

That is one of My all-time favorite books, and authors as well ....... I've always loved VC Andrews, and hopefully I'll be able to get back into her books one day

I'm also a big fan of Lisa Jackson and Raymond Khoury

i love VC Andrews as well. i think i have all her originals.

will have to check out those other two.

dark_crystal · 05-20-2010, 07:32 PM

I am tolly into the Jacqueline Carey books right now? Anybody else?

Kushiel's Dart
Kushiel's Chosen
Kushiel's Avatar
Kushiel's Scion
Kushiel's Justice
Kushiel's Mercy???

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kushiel's_Legacy

also waiting in the wings the newest Sookie Stackhouse and reading off and on from Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle

And need to read The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks for book club next month

Outlaw · 05-20-2010, 07:51 PM

I just finished[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Out-Stealing-Horses-Per-Petterson/dp/1555974708"] Out Stealing Horses[/ame] by Per Petterson.

MissItalianDiva · 05-20-2010, 07:56 PM

Was put on bed rest for the next two weeks so...for about the 30th time I am reading The Secret again. Every time I read this book I get a new refreshing perspective.

Random · 05-27-2010, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Outlaw

I just finished Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson.

Oh.. I loved this book.. so many lovely phrases...

2myladyblue · 05-27-2010, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by dark_crystal

I am tolly into the Jacqueline Carey books right now? Anybody else?

Kushiel's Dart
Kushiel's Chosen
Kushiel's Avatar
Kushiel's Scion
Kushiel's Justice
Kushiel's Mercy???

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kushiel's_Legacy

I read the first three of these as they came out, but then I lost track of the series (life is what happens while you're making other plans!). I didn't realize there were already three more...now I have to catch up! lol

dark_crystal · 05-27-2010, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by 2myladyblue

I read the first three of these as they came out, but then I lost track of the series (life is what happens while you're making other plans!). I didn't realize there were already three more...now I have to catch up! lol

it is actually three different trilogies: the Phedre trilogy, which you have read, and then the Imriel trilogy and then the Moirin trilogy, of which only the first one is available. So much more "Terre d'Ange" goodness to come!

05-15-2010, 05:01 AM	#1
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