What books are "must reads"?

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anything by Rumer Godden or Jane Austen
you might want to get a headstart on reviewing children’s books by revisiting the classics.
DD read all of Anne of Green Gables, Anne of the Island etc. while she was on bedrest for last 6 weeks of her pregnancy, so I got her the DVD of the Disney series.
Narnia series
Little House
Shoes books by Noel Streatfield
Madeline L’Engle

do you like sci-fi with a Christian message:
Space trilogy by CS Lewis beginning with Out of the Silent Planet
I think Dune is the all time best sci fi novel
 
I really enjoy the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series by Alexander McCall Smith. Precious Ramotswe is a fabulous character and the books tell of her adventures with her private detective agency in Botswana. I especially recommend listening to them as books on tape/CD–the reader’s accent adds to my enjoyment. I listened to them a lot while nursing my newborn.

I also like logic puzzles (sold in books at the grocery store, bookstores, etc) Keep the old synapses working!
 
Any books by Louis de Wohl (start with “The Spear” 👍 !)

Definitely, “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn”!

If you want some “brain candy”, here goes!

Danielle Steel’s “The Gift”
All of Mary Higgins Clark’s suspense novels (almost all of them have a Catholic main character)
Beverly Lewis’ series (featuring Amish characters)

and while not fiction, try reading Stephen King’s “On Fiction: A Memoir of the Craft” and Mary Higgins Clark’s “Kitchen Privileges”. Both are fun reads!
 
wifenmommy said:
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This book was soo great and beneficial that I have read it several times!!
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I have this book one my bookshelf but have never even opened it. I’ll have to put it on my LOOOONG list.

All the replies are making realize that I really don’t read enough in my regular daily life. All of these great suggestions are making me so excited to get reading! They will really help me pass the time and keep my mind off the havoc that the 19 month is creating in the other rooms of house.

Thanks again!!!
 
La-Petite-Fleur said:
The Mystical City of God by Ven. Mary of Agreda. A beautiful, wonderful book.
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YES!!! 👍 👍

Some other spiritual reading you might enjoy:

Your Labor of Love by Agnes M. Penney (a Catholic spiritual companion for expectant mothers)

Apostolate of Holy Motherhood

Diary of St. Faustina (this one I don’t read from cover-to-cover, but I just pick it up and read a few entries at a time when I feel inspired to do so. It almost always gives me just what I need when I need it :))

You might be interested in making a Total Consecration to Jesus Through Mary according to St. Louis de Montfort or St. Maximilian Kolbe. They both have books that guide you through the process. I’m renewing mine (St. Montfort’s formula) right now. It consists of a short reading and some prayers every day for 33 days, ending in your total consecration. totalconsecration.com for more information.

Some non-spiritual reading, just for fun:

I bet you’ve read Cheaper by the Dozen, but if not, it would be a fun one to read with your older kids!

My husband and I are reading a Robert Ludlum spy novel right now (Bourne Supremacy–story is nothing like the movie), and we love it. It doesn’t have too much profanity or gory details like some other novels I’ve read have. I also loved the Prometheus Deception by the same author–really kept me on the edge of my seat! Even more exciting/addictive than 24 😉

You will be in our family’s prayers!
 
I would suggest getting an ebook.
www.ebookwise.com

They are only a little over $100.00

You can download old books to it, usually for free and read and read.

I downloaded about 100 books to mine and whenever I feel like reading I just pick out the book I want to read.

You can then read, fall asleep and it keeps the page where you fell asleep. It is also backlit so you don’t have to turn on a light to read or turn it off when you fall asleep. (it turns itself off after about 5 minutes of inactivity) The rechargable battery lasts about 6-8 hours.

God Bless
Scylla
 
*Death Comes for the Archbishop *by Willa Cather. Beautiful book. Also, *The Power and the Glory *by Grahame Greene. Two great Catholic reads.

And The Lord of the Rings. Always 👍 .
 
Jane Austen. I just don’t think you can go wrong with anything she’s written. I always figured that if I had books to take to a desert island, I’d make sure to grab Pride and Prejudice and Aristotle’s Ethics.

I believe George Eliot (it’s a pseudonym for a woman) is equally excellent, though a slight edge more challenging. MIddlemarch is a hugely impressive book.

If you like more recent stuff, try Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
 
Jerrysgirl said:
I am starting bed rest for the remainder of my pregnancy (6 months!:eek: ) I have decided that I would like to catch up on some reading while I can rather than staring at the computer or TV for hours upon end a day.
What are the books that you consider must reads?..
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Hi!

I was thinking, since you’re pregnant, you might be interested to read the books my sisters and sister-in-law read about pregnancy(they all read the same book).

The title is: “What to expect when you’re expecting”. It’s made by nurses and published there in the US . They have very good and practical tips for a more comfortable pregancy.

The authors, have a series of books also on tips from birth of the baby up to the “toddler years”, which I found highly informative.

Though, I don’t have a child of my own (I am not married 😃 ), I used to borrow these books from my sister because I got many good and practical tips for my dental patients for some dental concerns that is explained in a way understood by the patient, unlike many of the more technical books that I have.

Imagine, me (a dentist), getting dental tips from books made by nurses! --anyway, now that I am studying nursing as well, I find these books still very, very useful. 🙂
 
The bible of course by many people

If I’m Missing or Dead by Janine Latus (Must read)

the books by Patt shweibert

the Qur’an

Parents for the first time again

Will they ever trust us again? by Michael Moore

The Green Mile by Steven King

ask me I have hundreds of books I can list more at any time.
 
scylla said:
I would suggest getting an ebook.
www.ebookwise.com

They are only a little over $100.00

You can download old books to it, usually for free and read and read.

I downloaded about 100 books to mine and whenever I feel like reading I just pick out the book I want to read.

You can then read, fall asleep and it keeps the page where you fell asleep. It is also backlit so you don’t have to turn on a light to read or turn it off when you fall asleep. (it turns itself off after about 5 minutes of inactivity) The rechargable battery lasts about 6-8 hours.

God Bless
Scylla
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oh wow interesting this sounds really good
 
Sooo many good books listed…great topic!!!
I forgot one of my all time favorites!

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry…it’s small and short, but so much depth to it!

I’ll probably think of more too…so many books so little time
 
the dissident has arrived. i can’t really take much of the girly books, Austen et al. nicolas sparks makes me twist my hair-- how did that guy get published? ever? don’t like most so-called Christian writers because the writer part of the title is too weak. bud macfarlane’s books weren’t too well written either, but by the time he got to House of Gold his writing had improved enough for me to think that a good story, well told.

so if you’re still reading this post, here goes:

anything by Kurt Vonnegut. i laugh till i cry. bad words. skip breakfast of champions because his drawings might not inspire

all short stories and Wise Blood by hefty, left-hook, catholic flannery oconnor.

the moviegoer by another catholic, walker percy. i suggested it to my book club. everybody quit it. this book deserves a better chance.

anything john steinbeck. Grapes of Wrath was so worth the time it took to read it.

John Paul the Great by Peggy Noonan was one of the best books i ever read. when JPII met the punk rocker in the vatican, i cried. i cried many times during the reading of that book. everyone should read this. likewise JPII’s Crossing the Threshold of Hope.

Sts Faustina and Therese of Lisieux were already mentioned. Divine Mercy in my Soul seems to me less a page-turner book, more a contemplative, prayer book. a bedside book, this.

another suggestion, how about get a DVD player in your room or by the couch? rent or buy everything Shakespeare by the Royal Shakespeare theater or Thames Shakespeare Company (amazon.com). it’s all wonderful (except for the Thames Romeo and Juliette. Juliette started out shrill and just got worse from there.) my favorite, Twelfth Night. too much fun.

invite your friends to come deliver weekly thursday (a random pic) morning tea and rosary gatherings.

tell your friends to deliver surprise parties to you, including neat stuff for your kids to do.

there are people right in the town where you live who would love to have a weekly Scrabble death match.

write poems and a prayer journal.

get a harminica. play it. often. badly done blues and bedrest. like peanutbutter and jelly.

pray for our addicted son. another worthy use of time. that’s why i’m closing down now. gonna go pray for him.
 
Right now I’m reading a book called *Paul *by Walter Winegaren (I may have spelt his last name wrong). It’s a fictional account of the life of St. Paul. It really gives you a sense of what it was like to live in Israel right after the death of Jesus. Good stuff!
 
Try anything from Peter Kreeft. Amazing reading… every single book of his… He is one of the most wisest and most easy-read authors I have ever come up across.

Maybe you could check out some of his articles (and perhaps mp3s as well) on his site:

www.peterkreeft.com

Strongly recommended 🙂

Warning: causes addiction 👍
 
Villette by Charlotte Bronte recreates the spiritual quest of a young Englishwoman teaching in a French-speaking nation predominantly Catholic, whereas she is Anglican protestant with serious misconceptions about the Church and Catholic doctrine, intolerant prejudices which she is gradually persuaded to reassess and finally reject.The style is very much like stream of consciousness, used by this radically righteous Bronte sister. This novel of Bronte’s has been somewhat misinterpreted by some alienated “postmodern” literary scholars.
 
Sorry, Friends. My mistake. Please delete this. bonniescifi.
 
Lolita - Vladamir Nabokov
Slaughterhouse 5- Kurt Vonnegut
Kristen Lavransdatter Trilogy - Sigrid Undset
SUITE FRANÇAISE - Irène Némirovsky

If you have a lot of time maybe you can also learn to read in another language; it will really help to pass the time and expand your mind at the same time.
 
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