Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Books

Deanna at Stories Happen tagged me for a book meme.

My current reading list:
The Seed from the East--Bertha Holt/David Wisner
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk--Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
The Ten Commandments--Dr. Laura Schlessinger
Writing Magic--Gail Carson Levine

Last book I've finished:

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen


Five favorite books:

A Tangled Web and The Blue Castle--Lucy M. Montgomery
Pride and Prejudice

(Oh dear, I can't pick favorite books any more than I can pick a favorite child.)

(And can someone tell me why my post does this odd double-spacing after I save it as a draft?)

I will take the liberty of adding a few categories of my own:

Favorite books to read when I have the flu:
anything by James Herriott

Favorite books to read to children:
The Biggest Bear
The Story of Ping
Any Frances books, especially A Bargain for Frances
Any Dr. Seuss books, esp. Yertle the Turtle

Favorite books to read when I'm pregnant:
Any fluffy, shallow, ridiculous, Cool-Whip-on-Jello romance novel (but I don't think I have any in the house, seeing as it's been almost 9 years)

Most useful books:
More-with-Less cookbook
Roget's Thesaurus
Childhood Symptoms (tells you how to treat that bee sting or head injury, and whether or not you need to see a doctor)
100 Hikes in the Central Oregon Cascades--William Sullivan


Quote of the Day:

That's for 87-year-old incontinent ladies, thank you very much!"

--my SIL Geneva, when I suggested she join the Red Hat Ladies for some fellowship

9 comments:

  1. Loved this Dorcas.

    And Geneva you dont need to join the Red Hat Society or wear purple quite yet. Come visit me. Give me a call. Send me an email. Addy is on my blog. We can get together. I havent seen you in a coons age!

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  2. You just listed a lot of my favorite children's books! I LOVE James Herriot. And I read your sample chapter from your new book and am ready to buy one. Are you selling yet?

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  3. april--yes, my book is on amazon.com. Or better yet, ask for it at a bookstore, or you can email me if you want to order a signed copy. letterfromhburg@juno.com

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  4. Oh dear! I'm 52 and not incontinent (except during my last ultasound!)and I love being part of our Red Hat group! We're like Emily in that it's funner when we get together! I'm sorry she's ill again. We've had that on a smaller scale with our daughter, Bethany, and it ranks in the category of difficult testings and trials. And so, I will pray for you!

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  5. I love the Red Hat Clubs and hope to find one in my area when I hit that age! Although Geneva, you do have a few years to go yet! Pauline

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  6. Thanks for finding time to do this one. I enjoy learning about others' reading habits.

    Pride and Prejudice sounds like one you'd really like (you could have written something similar, maybe). I really like it, too. And further listings of mine would also include the Herriott books, Ping, Dr. Suess, Roget's, and William Sullivan (yay, hiking!).

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  7. Re: The Biggest Bear. That is a story I have loved since I was a child and the librarian friend of my mother's (for whom, I'm named) gave it to me. I read it to my children and many students. This summer I planned to use it for an activity with children at the Alvadore Library. When I read it again, it seemed not as appropriate for kids nowadays. What do others think?
    Dorcus, I just discovered your blog and enjoy it very much. I met you when you spoke at the Junction City library meeting last spring.

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  8. Dorcas--oops in the previous post I just realized I didn't catch the typo of your name. I apologize.

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  9. Mim--I read The Biggest Bear to the kids at Harris School a few years ago and also realized it probably wasn't too PC--I mean, shooting the bear? But I love the message--there are no other options so you step up and do what needs to be done. (And in Ping the duck gets a spank on the back which isn't PC either :-) Love the book though.)

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