Are you a big reader?

[daddys3chicks]

Do you read a lot? I generally read a book a week. This week I have 2 and a half books. But, I stayed up too late !

[Admin]

Cheryl,

I use to devour book, but since I had all the eye surgeries it becomes harder to focus. There are so many good books out there. What are you reading now?

[ellise]

Carolyn, you can always do the books on tape, maybe you could enjoy them just as much??

I try to read every chance I get but here lately, I haven't had the time. Hoping to get back into all my books once I get the house in Ship Shape ;D

[braided-rug]

I read a moderate amount I guess.

[daddys3chicks]

admin said:

Cheryl,

I use to devour book, but since I had all the eye surgeries it becomes harder to focus. There are so many good books out there. What are you reading now?

I am reading a book by Robin Gunn Jones called Secrets. If you don't know her - she is a great Christian author.

[Admin]

Thanks Ellise. Good idea, but I would have to listen when I am alone as my concentration skills aren't what they use to be. I may check one out from the library and try.

Cheryl, yes I have heard of Robin Gunn Jones. But not read anything of her's. Gotta pick one up and check it out. I take it she writes fiction?

[lynn]

I am a voracious reader! I picked up several goodies at the library today.

My current weekly list looks like this:

Light From Heaven by Jan Karon

The Well Organized Home by J. Wilson

True to Form by Elizabeth Berg

Brave Enemies by Robert Morgan

My daily reads:

Keep It Simple (devotional book) by Emilie Barnes.....one of my fav Christian authors

The Book of Genesis

I like Robin Gunn Jones too. I think she wrote "Gardenias". I enjoyed it very much.

[braided-rug]

I read two chapters of On The Banks Of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder to our two little girls last night, I think I should do it more often. The little one was a bit tired to sit still but the older one enjoyed it.

[beth2]

I go through periods of reading a fair bit, then periods when I don't read much. I should read more! I must get back to the local library and utilize it more often - the one at uni, too.

I last read "The Lovely Bones" - can't think of the author's name. Oops - no, I have read one since then - more on that later. "The Lovely Bones" is from the perspective of a teenaged girl who was raped and murdered by a neighbour; she looks down from Heaven on the life she left behind. A good read.

The last book I read was "The Dive from Claussen's Pier" - another good one. In this one, a young woman (early 20s) who is unhappy with her very predictable life with her fiance/boyfriend of several years feels burdened when he is paralyzed in a diving accident. The book follows her path of discovery over the next year or so, and by the end you're not sure which road you want her to travel! I, at least, spent half the book wanting one thing, but then realizing later that I by then wanted something different!

Both recommended.

[violet]

Beth, I hated the Lovely Bones. It was so utterly, heartbreakingly sad I couldn't bring myself to keep reading it.

I did really enjoy "We Need to Talk About Kevin" by Lionel Shriver. It's written as a series of letters from an introspective wife to her husband on the subject of their son. The son commits a school shooting, and through her letters the mother explores their relationship from birth, looking for clues as to why he turned out as he did. The language is a little pretentious initially, but after the first 40 or so pages, I couldn't put it down. Those who've read it find their sympathy swings from one to the other throughout the book. It's a fascinating read, but be warned there are sex references and the language is a little earthy in places.

I do read a lot, and if I may suggest just one book about personal courage which also paints a picture of Australia in years past, I would certainly recommend one of my favorites - "A Fortunate Life" by A.B. Facey. My eldest son really enjoyed it too.

For light reading that you'd be happy to have your children or grandmother read, try the "No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency" series by Alexander McCall Smith. They make delightful, gentle and moral observations on life.

[braided-rug]

I remember reading A Fortunate Life and enjoyed it.

[violet]

It's a terrific book isn't it, Br? It would be interesting to those who've never been to Australia too, there's such a lot of social history in it.

[braided-rug]

I couldn't remember much, so I read probably a chapter over lunch. It is amazing how it starts off. My great grandmother had her eldest brother go to Western Australia to find gold too like Albert's father and two older brothers. Sadly my GGrandma's brother died with typhoid as well, like Albert's father.

My GGrandma's younger sister eventually settled in the Wheat Belt in WA (not Washington!) and I have been meaning to copy down some of her writing on the forum. They were going to settle in Gippsland from the Wimmera but decided on Western Australia.

[Tammie]

I love to read books, I can qualify as a bookworm for all of my life. I thought learning to read was the greatest thing that ever happened to me!
Carolyn, you would love audio books, I know you would! But you must listen to them when doing somehting mindless and that don't require thinking! I love to listen to audio books when I'm doing dishes and cleaning the house, I don't have to "think" about what I'm doing, just go about it automatically. But listening to a book makes the job get done quicker...not timewise, but just goes faster.
I love Robin Gunn Jones series called "SisterChicks", when I read those books they have lighthearted comedy woven into the story, and yet the characters are always learning something about themselves and their walk with God. By the time I'm done reading her books, I'm hungry to know more of God myself!!