Comments on: I want something good to read https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2009/05/i-want-something-good-to-read/ Catching Days Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:39:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: cynthia https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2009/05/i-want-something-good-to-read/#comment-335 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:39:26 +0000 http://catchingdays.cynthianewberrymartin.com/?p=2273#comment-335 In reply to Maggie.

Maggie, give us a report after you read it!

]]> By: Maggie https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2009/05/i-want-something-good-to-read/#comment-334 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:50:20 +0000 http://catchingdays.cynthianewberrymartin.com/?p=2273#comment-334 In reply to cynthia.

Thank you for the suggestion of the Earth hums in B flat, it sounds interesting!
Bye!

]]> By: cynthia https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2009/05/i-want-something-good-to-read/#comment-333 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:28:28 +0000 http://catchingdays.cynthianewberrymartin.com/?p=2273#comment-333 In reply to Maggie.

Thanks, Maggie!

]]> By: Maggie https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2009/05/i-want-something-good-to-read/#comment-332 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:06:27 +0000 http://catchingdays.cynthianewberrymartin.com/?p=2273#comment-332 Thanks a lot! you have a great blog!

]]> By: cynthia https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2009/05/i-want-something-good-to-read/#comment-331 Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:06:55 +0000 http://catchingdays.cynthianewberrymartin.com/?p=2273#comment-331 Hey Maggie-

Thanks so much for your comments and your recommendation of Tuesdays With Morrie. I agree. I read it in 2001 and enjoyed it.

Oh, and some of my most random picks have been the best, which always makes me think about how close I came to missing a wonderful book. It’s so great that, as Annie wrote, books just “find their way into our lives.”

For light and fun, at the moment, I would suggest The Sweet In-Between by Sheri Reynolds, The Earth Hums in B Flat by Mari Strachan, The Good Thief by Hannah Tinti, and possibly my favorite book of 2009, which is not light but not dark and which is a little deeper than fun–Wildlives by Monique Proulx.

Nice to hear from you, Maggie. I hope you’ll be back.

]]> By: maggie https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2009/05/i-want-something-good-to-read/#comment-330 Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:21:06 +0000 http://catchingdays.cynthianewberrymartin.com/?p=2273#comment-330 can you suggest something light and fun to read? i love fiction

]]> By: maggie https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2009/05/i-want-something-good-to-read/#comment-329 Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:38:03 +0000 http://catchingdays.cynthianewberrymartin.com/?p=2273#comment-329 @Annie : “books find their way into our lives!” so true! most of the good books i found were just a random pick!

]]> By: maggie https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2009/05/i-want-something-good-to-read/#comment-328 Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:35:46 +0000 http://catchingdays.cynthianewberrymartin.com/?p=2273#comment-328 i loved Mitch Albom – Tuesdays with Morrie, it was the perfect book! i loved it!

]]> By: cynthia https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2009/05/i-want-something-good-to-read/#comment-327 Tue, 19 May 2009 12:38:54 +0000 http://catchingdays.cynthianewberrymartin.com/?p=2273#comment-327 In reply to Annie.

I completely agree, especially about mood and setting. There are some books that just don’t go with the beach, for example. Also, if I’m in an impatient mood, slower books, which I often enjoy, seem to drive me crazy. I’ve learned it’s not necessarily the book…

Also, it’s uncanny how many times I’m reading a book that seems to answer another question. It’s like on House–how working out a personal problem or a different case will provide the answer to another one…

]]> By: Annie https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2009/05/i-want-something-good-to-read/#comment-326 Tue, 19 May 2009 02:39:57 +0000 http://catchingdays.cynthianewberrymartin.com/?p=2273#comment-326 I have a very, very long wish list on amazon.com. Sometimes I go back to that list when I want to read something different, something that will surprise me. Or else I read a review about a book somewhere, or mom gives it to me (thanks, mom). Most of the time, I pick a book based on my mood or my setting. There are bus books, bed books, and desks books. Recently I read Dream When You’re Feeling Blue by Elizabeth Berg. (That was a mom gift.) It was easy to read, yet thoughtful and compelling. It even made me cry. And, sometimes, I think the books we need to read find their way into our lives.

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