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Please list the best 2 you have read:
Fiction
nonfiction
Thanks!
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Fiction: Redwall - I enjoyed this as much as my kids!
Nonfiction: A Little Way of Homechooling
I truly enjoyed reading this one.
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Thanks Melinda! I am looking forward to this thread. I can't seem to find the time to read through the 2011 booklist that is posted. I thought it would be neat to see what everyones top one or 2 choices would be for the year!
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Fiction: "Arms of Love" and "Surrender" by Carmen Marcoux AND "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
Nonfiction: "Thirsting for God" by Mother Teresa (compiled by Angelo D. Scolozzi)
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Fiction: Stuart Little (a read aloud with the kids, but I loved it and I don't read much fiction on my own)
Nonfiction: The Way of the Disciple
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Fiction: I really enjoyed all of the Brother Cadfael series, but the ones that have really stuck with me were Father Elijah and Eclipse of the Sun by Michael O'Brien
Nonfiction: Not sure I read any!  Oh, Discipline That Lasts a Lifetime by Raymond Guarendi and...cannot think of another.
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Fiction: "The Quiet Light: a novel about St. Thomas Aquainas" by Louis De Wohl---a page turner!!!
Non-Fiction: "Building Better Families" by Matthew Kelly
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Fiction: The Help, by Kathryn Stockett
Non-fiction: Kisses From Katie, by Katie Davis
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Fiction: The Father's Tale by Michael O'Brien
Non-Fiction: One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp
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fiction- Unbroken by Lauren Hillenbrand
non fiction- Kisses from Katie by Katie Davis
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HSMama, our local Christian store just sent an email to those on their email list about your "Kisses from Katie", with a 20% coupon.
Thank you for the recommendation!
Am going to look into it 
Theresa, thank you for initially suggesting this book.
I can't wait to read it (now that 3 people have claimed it as their favourite!)
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Fiction: All the Michael D. O'Brien novels (yes, I went on a kick!)
Nonfiction: Catholicism by Father Robert Barron
Great thread!
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Fiction: The Navigator by Eoin McNamee
that was a hard one to choose, I read a lot of "boys" books in prep for 2 boys' book clubs, I liked a lot
Nonfiction - I second Kisses From Katie
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KackyK wrote:
Nonfiction - I second Kisses From Katie
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That would be third. I firsted it a while back, the HSMama seconded it. 
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Yeah, yeah...I only read it from your recommendation weeks ago!!!!
Oh and another good nonfiction since we seem to be saying the same...need something different...
Canoeing with the Cree by Sevareid - it is the true autobiographical story of two young men (18ish) who decide to canoe the Cree River up from Minnesota into Canada. One can not imagine this being something that could be done today, 2 young boys, gone for weeks (this was 1920s), no contact with parents, sometimes with anyone else for days, going by real paper maps (haha), navigating small creeks/large rivers/rapids, etc. Took them literally an entire summer. Kind of cool!
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KackyK wrote:
Yeah, yeah...I only read it from your recommendation weeks ago!!!!
Oh and another good nonfiction since we seem to be saying the same...need something different...
Canoeing with the Cree by Sevareid - it is the true autobiographical story of two young men (18ish) who decide to canoe the Cree River up from Minnesota into Canada. One can not imagine this being something that could be done today, 2 young boys, gone for weeks (this was 1920s), no contact with parents, sometimes with anyone else for days, going by real paper maps (haha), navigating small creeks/large rivers/rapids, etc. Took them literally an entire summer. Kind of cool! |
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That sounds really neat!
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Fiction: The Letzenstein Chronicles (had the series on my shelf for the kids and decided to read them myself...glad I did  ) Also, enjoyed The Long Winter for the millionth time. Loved it as a child, still enjoy it as an adult.
Nonfiction: Just started on Bringing Up Boys, but haven't gotten very far, so I can't actually recommend it yet.
I'm liking this discussion, because I need to make a new list to reserve at the library!
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Haven't read much fiction lately. So my 2 best non-fictions are:
Alone Together: Why we expect More from Technology and Less from each other
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Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal: War Stories From the Local Food Front
I'd call them both must-reads. Excellent in so many ways...
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