Morning all! It’s a brand new week. Our house is now wired up. I’ve got a new Guest Mom to introduce to you today. And I’ll be announcing winners of last Friday’s Giveaways in a bit. Life is good!
While I’m writing today’s posts, here are some pics of our maiden voyage to the library. Library cards were acquired by all.
Most fun thing about our new library: see that phone Oscar has to his ear? When you pick it up, someone on the other end is there to read you a story.
Which reminds me, we have decided to try something new: no cable/DVR. I am a bit of a DVR addict and want to declare from the beginning that I may not last a month without its joys. We’re not giving up TV altogether — we just want to experiment with the downloadable options out there. Maybe Apple TV. Maybe Roku/Netflix. We’ll see.
While we figure things out, the library has suddenly regained it’s prior glory in my life. I’ve got all sorts of reading time on my hands now that I can’t depend on American Idol to keep me entertained. So I’m need of book recommendations. If you’ve read anything wonderful lately, please leave a comment. I’d love a nice long list to plow through.
You probably already have a plenty long list, but I wanted to contribute my two cents (and favorites!). I second:
• goodreads.com
• netflix (our TV lives in a box in the closet)
• The Penderwicks (good read-aloud)
• The Prydain Chronicles by Lloyd Alexander (Five Stars!)
• Twilight (They’re fun. Just don’t expect J.R.R.Tolkien quality writing)
I recommend the following, if you haven’t read them:
• Bill Bryson – History of Nearly Everything (per husband)
• Robin McKinnley’s Blue Sword (♥)
• The Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia Wrede (Dealing with Dragons is the first one)
• http://www.audible.com (for netflix and reading alternatives)
I also recommend reading out loud together. My husband and I have several inside jokes and special code words from reading together. I feel closer to him when we spend time reading together, and it is a stimulating challenge to read clearly and to develop character voices.
There are already so many great books listed above but I’d like to second a few and offer a few more: Water for Elephants, The Glass Castle and The Namesake. Also, I recently read “A Lady, First” by Leticia Baldridge and it was fantastic–wonderful stories of her working for the embassies in Paris and Rome and for Mrs. Kennedy.
Peony in Love by Lisa See – my book club just read it… and I think it’s a pretty good read. :)
Some old favorites of mine are The Fountain Head by Ayn Rand or anything by Wallace Stegner.
Other books you should read are
The Hunger Games
Water for Elephants
The Book Thief
The Liars Club
The Thirteenth Tale
Loving!!! all the suggestions. Keep them coming. About half I’ve read and half are new-to-me.
At the library tonight, I put Potato Peel Society on hold and checked out Wendell Berry’s Hannah Coulter.
Can’t wait to get reading.
I recently gave up TV in lieu of Netflix, Hulu, books, and a new blog. It has been fabulous. I highly recommend The God of Small Things, by Arundhati Roy. I also re-read the Cider House Rules, which is such a good story.
the best book i’ve read in the past two years is “these is my words” by nancy e. turner. SO good and highly recommended :)