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~Favorite Books & Authors~


She is too fond of books,
and it has turned her brain."
~ Louisa May Alcott



Kind of makes you wonder why Louisa May Alcott wrote books at all if she believed they might "turn" our brains! As for me, I'm happiest when I am reading and my brain is being "turned!" When I read, my brain indeed "turns" ~ it turns me on to my passion and to pursuing my passion. Reading turns my brain on to people, places, events, and times which leave a profound mark upon my heart.

Reading is a favorite pasttime of mine. Yes, an escape. Reading encourages me, teaches me, delights me, and many times saves me. Many people do not read enough. Do I read too much? No, because it is impossible for anyone to read too much.

How long has it been since you read a good book? Go to the library or bookstore today and find a book that will touch your soul. Maybe a classic from that high school Lit class, or the current bestseller you've been hearing about. Read! Read! Read!

Virginia Woolf believed that women who read will carry their books with them to heaven! She envisioned us at the Pearly Gates with books in tow, and God remarking to St. Peter, "Look, these need no reward. We have nothing to give them here. They have loved reading."

Here, then, is a list of my favorite authors, and their books on my bookshelves...


Rosamunde Pilcher

  • The Shell Seekers
  • September
  • Coming Home
  • Flowers in the Rain
  • Wild Mountain Thyme
  • The Blue Bedroom
  • The End of Summer
  • Sleeping Tiger
  • The Empty House
  • The Day of the Storm
  • The World of Rosamunde Pilcher, a lovely coffee table book full of photographs from her life and her home in Scotland.
  • Christmas with Rosamunde Pilcher
  • Winter Solstice


    • Jan Karon

  • At Home in Mitford
  • A Light in the Attic
  • These High, Green Hills
  • Out to Cannan
  • A New Song
  • A Common Life
  • Patches of Godlight
  • In This Mountain


    • Kaye Gibbons

  • Ellen Foster
  • A Virtuous Woman
  • A Cure for Dreams
  • Charms for the Easy Life
  • Sights Unseen
  • On the Occasion of My Last Afternoon


    • John Grisham

  • A Time to Kill
  • The Firm
  • The Pelican Brief
  • The Client
  • The Chamber
  • The Rainmaker
  • The Runaway Jury
  • The Partner
  • The Street Lawyer
  • The Testament
  • The Brethren
  • A Painted House
  • Skipping Christmas
  • The Summons
  • The King of Torts


    • Richard Paul Evans

  • The Christmas Box
  • Timepiece
  • The Letter

    • Sara Ban Breathnach

  • Simple Abundance ~ A Daybook of Comfort and Joy
  • Something More ~ Excavating Your Authentic Self


    • C.S. Lewis

  • Mere Christianity
  • The Problem of Pain
  • A Grief Observed
  • Letters to An American Lady (Thanks, Dr. T.)



    • Anne Rivers Siddons

  • Outer Banks
  • Hill Towns
  • Up Island
  • John Chancellor Makes Me Cry
  • Lowcountry


    • William J. Bennett (A public figure I most admire.)

  • The Book of Virtues: A Treasury of Great Moral Stories


    • Joanna Trollope

  • The Rector's Wife


    • Nick Bantock

    • The Griffin and Sabine Triology ~
      • Griffin and Sabine
      • Sabine's Notebook
      • The Golden Mean
    (The most unique and unusual books you will ever read.)


    Laurie R. King

  • The Beekeeper's Apprentice
  • A Monsterous Regiment of Women
  • A Letter of Mary
  • The Moor
  • O Jerusalem
  • Justice Hall

    • (This is a series for lovers of Sherlock Holmes, feminist theology, and May-December romance! Quite an intriguing combination, I'd say...)


    Frank McCourt

  • Angela's Ashes
  • 'Tis


    • Susan Toth

  • My Love Affair With England
  • England As You Like It



    • ~ Favorite Poets ~


    Billy Collins
    America's Poet Laureate

    Pablo Neruda

    Carl Sandburg

    Maya Angelou

    W. H. Auden

    John Donne

    Christina Rossetti

    Edgar A. Guest

    Rod McKuen
    This is where it all started, my love for poetry ~ Rod McKuen, in the late 60's and 70's when I was in high school. His poetry was relevent to the times, and it led me to a deep appreciation of poetry and eventually to a love of classic poetry.

    Kahlil Gibran
    Another favorite from my young adult years.

    Emily Dickinson

    Robert Frost

    Dorothy Parker




    ~ LINKS ~

    Barnes & Noble

    Books-A-Million

    Amazon

    On This Date in Literary History

    The Literary Times ~ Informative reading for women

    "Book" ~ A magazine for the reading life

    C-Span's "Booknotes"
    (The best show on C-Span!)



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