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I'm looking for a few books to put on my Christmas wish list. I remember quite some time ago my dh bought me Drawn from New England by Bethany Tudor. I snuggled up with the book in my bathrobe with a cup of tea in front of the fire and enjoyed that Christmas day so much. Something on that order. Pretty, feminine, dreamy. Any suggestions.
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No suggestions for mother culture books? Maybe an authors name?
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Janet
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I've been thinking of this post off and on and finally remembered some suggestions! (I haven't read something like this in SO long so I have to reach deep into my memory.  )
I LOVE Elizabeth Goudge and her books -- they are warm and beautifully written, and dreamy too. 
One of my favorite love storys is Middlemarch, by George Eliot. It's longer and meatier though -- def. not very fluffy.
Also, have you read The Scarlet Pimpernel? (there's a sequel too, but its out of print.) It's absolutely awesome.
Hope those help!
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Elizabeth Goudge is wonderful! (But DONT get Child from the Sea!!!!) 
If you are in the mood for fairy-tale romance, I can't recommend enough Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard, by Eleanor Farjeon. 
I will keep thinking...
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I am reading the Redwall series right now, but that probably wouldn't fit the bill!
I just loved The Girl of the Limberlost! I read it last year for the first time and couldn't wait to get to it each evening.
And of course, any Jane Austen books are great for curling up by a fire and getting lost in.
Years ago, I read the first couple of books in the Mitford series by Jan Karon and really liked them. They are probably the only "modern" fiction books I have read in the last 15 years.
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If you liked the movie Sense and Sensibility with the screenplay by Emma Thompson, she has a book published that has the screenplay as well as her journal from producing it and stills from the movie and set. It is "pretty" in the same way the film is pretty and romantic (though, not Tasha Tudor).
A friend got me coffee table book about Mary with famous art depicting her life. I can't find it on Amazon since I can't recall the name. I'll go find it later if you are interested.
I also enjoyed recently from the library Where Women Create It is a neat format with inspiring quotes from the woman designers and lots of eye candy if you like organization and interior design kind of stuff. I wasn't nearly so relaxed reading it, but had it been Christmas Day and had there been a fire, I could have curled up nicely!
I also read Splendor in the Ordinary (I think JennMack suggested it on a thread a while back). It was inspiring but not too heavy. Really thin so I read it in a few sittings. No eye candy, but lots to ponder.
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The artist Thomas Kinkade has written a series of fiction books about a New England town called Cape Light. I have only read one but enjoyed- it was a pleasant surprise. I have requested another from the library. Not too deep- gentle and faith-filled- about ordinary relationships.
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Thank you ladies for all the suggestions. I'm going to put together a list for dh to take book shopping. I'd forgotten about Elizabeth Goudge; I have a couple of her books. I've read all the Jan Karon books plus the new one where Fr. Tim goes to his boyhood home. I would love to find another series like that. I'll check out Splendor in the Ordinary and Where Women Create; those sound interesting.
Maybe I should just ask for the BBC version of Pride and Prejudice so I don't have to wait on it at the library. Can't think of better way to spend several afternoons.
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If you liked the Jan Karon series, you should check out the series by Katherine Valentine, starting with A Miracle for St. Cecelia's. Another series in the same vein as the Mitford series is the Lumby series by Gail Fraser. The first title in that series is The Lumby Lines. I really enjoyed those books.
Right now I am reading the last book of the Eliot trilogy, by Elizabeth Goudge. They are so beautiful, I haven't read any fiction that has touched my soul so in a long time. The titles in this series are The Bird in the Tree, The Herb of Grace, and The Heart of the Family.
I hope this gives you a few more ideas!
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LisaD wrote:
Right now I am reading the last book of the Eliot trilogy, by Elizabeth Goudge. They are so beautiful, I haven't read any fiction that has touched my soul so in a long time. The titles in this series are The Bird in the Tree, The Herb of Grace, and The Heart of the Family.
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Ohhhhh, I LOVE these books! The third one is a lifetime favorite!
I enjoyed "The White Witch" and "The Scent of Water" by the same author.
I have really enjoyed the "Number One Ladies Detective Agency" books by Alexander McCall Smith. They have that wonderful, wise, yet relaxed and cozy, feel.
One of my favorite things is to cozy up with a good mystery----by Dorothy Sayers, Margery Allingham, Josephine Tey, Agatha Christie---one of my favorite Christmas memories is from when my firstborn was a baby, and we spent a very small, un-busy christmas at home--we took a nap, and then I read Lord Peter Whimsey all afternoon, and rose to cook dinner "when I felt ready," ha!!! (I'm having a houseful of family and international students Wednesday, I've come a long way, baby--!) The trouble is, I seem to have run out of mystery authors that I like like this , I keep trying new ones, and they're just not the same!
I got "The Creative Family" by Amanda Soule for my birthday. I'm still enjoying that one, in the few cozy, quiet moments I find, here and there . . .!
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The trouble is, I seem to have run out of mystery authors that I like like this , I keep trying new ones, and they're just not the same!
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Have you tried the mystery authors Elizabeth George or Martha Grimes? I enjoy both of them. Elizabeth George's novels are "heavier" while Martha Grimes' are "lighter." They are modern authors, but I like them a lot. I always laugh when I read Martha Grimes' books 
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I've really enjoyed the Maisie Dobbs series by Jacqueline Winspear. They are post WWI time period.
Thank you for the many recommendations. I gave my dh a list, and he rolled his eyes.
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I forgot about Maisie Dobbs--I have really liked those.
Elizabeth George--I like her writing, but I find her books to be a bit---"dark". I guess I'm more into "puzzle" than the darker, more perverted side of life (not that I don't know it is real, I just don't want to dwell there imaginatively!). Faye Kellerman is similar--like the writing, just don't find the "dark" plot lines all that healthy for me personally.
I've never tried Martha Grimes though--thanks for the suggestion!
Our little-town library has a lot of older books, recently I've been checking out ones that say "Crime Club selection" on the cover. So far I have enjoyed a Joan Aiken book, and now am giving one by Catherine Aird a try and it seems ok so far.
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I really liked The Cottage Tales mysteries about Beatrix Potter.
Has anyone read the author's other mysteries?
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I always enjoyed the Anne Perry mysteries. She has at least 2 different series going. I believe the time setting is pre- Victorian England.
I am glad to review all of your suggestions. I have just placed a hold on a couple of these books in the library.
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She has just written a quintext on World War 1 too, riveting!.
But I still love Thomas and Charlotte Pitt.
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I second the Katherine Valentine suggestion. They aren't as well written as the Mitford series, but I like that they are from a Catholic perspective.
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Regarding The Lumby Lines...I like that in the Karon and Valentine series, there aren't really any heavy romance threads. Is the Lumby Lines like this?
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I don't want to hijack this thread, but my dd loves mysteries. She is 13 and has read some Agathe Christie and all Sherlock Holmes stories. Would you ladies have a suggestion for mystery books appropriate for her?
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Bookswithtea wrote:
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That's exactly what I sa about them! 
and,there are LOTS of sequels to The Scarlet Pimpernel..........which my kids say do not live up to the first book.......but are still fun.
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