Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label books. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Favorite Book! Vol. 1

I just decided to start doing a book review on ONE book I have read in the past two weeks every other week!


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The Dirty Life by Kristin Kimball - One of my favorite by far!!

This book is a story about Kristin and her Husband and how they start an AMAZING farm.. and all the fun stories that come with farming!

There is a love story, hard times, and good times. It is very well written and kept me wanting to find out what happened next.

Since I own animals and we garden and live partially self sufficient I can relate to some of the things that happen in this book.. But I think anyone who wants a good read would find much enjoyment reading this book!

Hope you all are having a great week! I am have an OK week, right now I have been struggling a little because one of my best friend's mom is battling with cancer and for right now it looks like she might lose.. I have always had a soft heart and I have been having to fight back tears during this whole week!

Let me know if you read or have read this book!!

Stay Tuned for tomorrow when I post a Vlog!
xo,
Beatrice


Wednesday, December 26, 2012

My Top Ten Favorite Books

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1. The Georges and The Jewels by Jane Smiley. Being the owner of seven horses I like any horse related book, this book is great if you just like a good easy reading book about a girl and her family running their horse farm.

2. The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare. This hands down is the best book ever! The whole story is great, the character takes place in the time of the Romans. He is troubles about how the Romans are treating the Jews and he wants to fight against them. There is a little drama, romance and good wholesome reading in this book.

3. The Phantom Stallion by Terrie Farlley. This is one of the books in a 24 book series. I am a sucker for series and this horse series is great! It tells the many adventures of a 14 year old girl living in Nevada. One of my favorite horse series :)

4. The Help. I read the book before the movie, it is great! I don't normally cry when reading a book and this book made me cry. I think it covers many areas that the movie doesn't quite cover, just a great book all around!

5. Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb. I had to read this book for school and I LOVED it! It has all the plays by Shakespeare in one book and it has been tweaked for a little easier reading :) If you want to read all of Shakespeare's plays this is the book to read.

6. Sundancer by Shelly Peterson. This book is a horse book that I picked up at the library and thought 'oh it has a horse on it let me read it', it has become one of my favorite books ever! It is about a girl that has been traumatized my something that happened in her life and she learns overcome after meeting a horse. This is worth reading if you want a great book with a GREAT ending :)

7. Down Under by Bill Bryson. My dad got me into Bill Bryson's book. Me being from Australian this book really hit me. If you haven't read Billy Bryson's books.. you must! He incorporates funny and facts together. This book left me in stitches, and his writing is AMAZING!

8. The Soul of a Horse by Joel Camp. Again a great Horse book. This book really explains how horses think, through stories that Joel has experienced in his adventure of owning horses.
I picked this book up and couldn't put it down!

9. A Walk in The Woods by Bill Bryson. Out of all of his books this is my favorite!! He travels the Appalachian trail and tells about the whole experience. At times I could read because I was laughing SO hard!

10. The Dirty Life by Kristin Kimball. I just finished this book and LOVED it! A friend gave it to me and said that I would LOVE this book and she was right :)
I tells of Kristin and her Husband as they start to farm.. I am not going to tell you more, you will just have to read it for yourself! Definitely a great book :)


This is a little guest post I did over at Maegan's Blog last week and I thought I would share it with you!!


Hope you have had a great last few days! I spent Monday and Tuesday recovering from a fall from my horse. I am all better today and keeping busy with Sewing and School.

xo,
Beatrice

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Favorite Reads for the Summer. Grazy Vet and Me Crying.



 I have been reading a lot lately, and here are just a couple of my favorite reads so far!

















An easy read with lots of funny stories about the life of a Veterinarian. I LOVE the way James Harriot explains all of his experiences.


 
 
The Help is by far my favorite book! I LOVED the movie and I LOVE the book! I dont normally cry in books, but I did in this one!
 
 
If you like any good book about history in quilts then you will LOVE all the Elm Creek Quilt books! There are many in the series but The Winding Ways Quilt is by far my favorite!'
 
I have read this book over and over again!! It is the greatest! I just cant say enough :)
 
 
 
If you haven't read any books by Bill Bryson then you are missing out terribly! He has a way of Hilarious writing that makes you want to just keep on reading!! Just read a walk in the woods, then you will want to read all of his books!
 
What is your favorite reads over the summer??
 
 
Hope this gives you some ideas on what books to read next! Right now I am working on reading three books about old quilt history. Lets just say... I AM LOVING IT!!