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What's Your Favorite Baby Boy Name First and Middle Combination?
Asked by S.P. from Chicago
on September 23, 2010
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we are still looking for the perfect name...which one is your favorite?
Aaron Nicholas
Aaron Julian
Miles James
Ethan Nicholas
Julian Matthew
Matthew William
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- I like Aaron Nicholas but I think you should switch it around to be Nicholas Aaron...I love the name nicholas (which is pry why I named my son that...Nicholas Richard ...
- Miles is my all time favorite name, but I think "Miles Julian" flows more nicely than "Miles James."
- Aaron Nicholas or Matthew Owen.
Good Summer Reads...
Asked by M.. from Appleton
on June 10, 2011
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Does anyone have any recommendations for some good books to read this summer?
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- I've just started re-reading Shanna Swendson's Enchanted Inc series, because i found out there was a fourth book. I love them. They're light reading, if you like magic...
- It's a few years old, but I just finished "Little Bee" and it was fantastic! Extremely touching and poetically written novel of how two radically different women's liv...
- In April 2010 I posted a question asking for good light reads for a trip--"chick lit" type stuff and beach reads. I got a lot of good responses that you can probably ...
What Has Been Your Favorite Book Club Book?
Asked by J.B. from Atlanta
on October 29, 2011
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Hi Ladies (and a few gentlemen),
I'm so excited that a friend of mine is starting a book club! Some other friends and I used to have one, but it slowly dissipated, ...
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- The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman. This was voted the best book read in years by the book group I was part of for 10 years. It is an amazing...
- Sarah Key Pillars of the Earth World without End Picking Cotton This Much I know is True or any Wally Lamb book
- "The Shack" is a personal favorite of mine.
Books!? What on Earth Are Those!?
Asked by E.D. from Seattle
on November 18, 2010
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A huge storm has invited itself over and doesn't intend on leaving. Our power was out for a couple days and after the seventh game of rummy and the fourth texas hold ...
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- The Alchemist--or anything by Paulo Coelho I don't know how old your kids are but I just started reading a new series of books to my kids that we are ALL loving cal...
- I loved Shadow of the Wind (can't remember the author, but it was very original and took place in Barcelona, Spain - a place near and dear my heart since I loved there...
- I don't know even what 'magical realism' is .... so none of my books sound like that. I recommend: The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein any book (except So...
Favorite Book of All Time
Asked by J.F. from Boston
on April 30, 2010
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Hi moms, I've recently re-joined a bookclub and was just looking for some fresh suggestions on some really great books to read. I've read a lot of books (believe me!),...
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- A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth is my all-time favorite! Also one of the longest I've read...but definitely worth it! (Though probably too long for a book club read.) ...
- I loved " The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" series. "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck "Eat, Pray, Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert
- Classics: Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen Passage to India - EM Forster Contemporary: Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen The Glass Castle - Jeannette Walls
Book Recommendations
Asked by S.K. from Minneapolis
on March 29, 2008
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I am a big reader and I make sure to find time, even in my busiest day as a teacher and a mommy to a darling little boy. I am wondering if any of you have come across ...
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- Hi Lori, I to love to read. My favorite authors are, they write mostly historical fiction/clean romance. I've read many of there books. Lori Wick Beverly Lewis T...
- Hey there S. ... what a refreshing request. One that I'm reading is entitled Ask and It Is Given ... by Abraham-Hicks. It's not fiction but an interesting discourse on...
- I'm going to start with saying that if there is a Goodwill near you, start there. The Goodwill in Elk River is just blocks from my home and I go there at least once a...
I Always Enjoy a Good Book. I Always Have a Book I Just Finished ...
Asked by C.L. from Philadelphia
on August 20, 2010
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Or that I am currently reading. What is your favorite book. Do you enjoy history, romance, horror or whatever?
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- historical novels and crime/mystery novels are my favorites. Read some of Owen Parry's Able Jones series, and you can get a good dose of both all rolled into one. :) ...
- i love historical romance....a "smut" series by Mary Gillgannon i love...i also love redeeming love by francine rivers. I also like her series that has Voice in the Wi...
- I like reading too, but I've gotten to the point that I hate buying books to add to the "stuff" in my house while I'm trying to get rid of what I don't need anymore. ...
Best Books...I Need a Good Read
Asked by R.M. from Austin
on December 22, 2010
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We are going on a trip and I want to become immersed in a good book..really entertaining...what are your recommendations????
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- If you like historical fiction I'd say go with Ken Follets "Pillars of the Earth and the sequal "World Without End." Also, I'm finishing up his new book called "Fall ...
- The Forgotten Garden - Kate Morton. Keeps you guessing till the very end.
- I enjoyed "the Shack" it's a very interesting tale about losing a loved one, but how one finds happiness again.. it's deep, spiritual and gets you thinking about all s...
Seeking Well-read People!!
Asked by A.L. from Las Vegas
on January 18, 2012
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Hello everyone!
As part of my New Year's resolution, I have decided that I would like to read a book a week.. Over my lifetime, I have read various types of books b...
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- First, I would say do an internet search for "100 books to read before you die." There are many lists along those lines and I think they would be a good starting poin...
- I Am Anthony by Peggy Stokes It's the only book I've ever read more than once. Whenever I'm waaaay down - this is the book I read. I'll let you google it, as any...
- Personally I don't care for Dickens, Rand, Hemmingway or the long winded Russians. I have tried and earned the T-shirts but they wouldn't make my lists. Books to me ...
Need a Good Book for Vacation Reading
Asked by K.B. from Columbus
on June 24, 2010
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I'm looking for a good book recommendation for vacation. I'll be taking my Kindle, so I may order more than one book. I just finished The Help by Kathryn Stockett an...
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- My aunt just had her first book published and it's available: "Shades of Sin" by Michele Vargo - it's a fast read and great story about a woman that had a hard start i...
- Chelsea Handler's books are a good read. I finished the second book - Are you There Vodka, Its Me Chelsea and it was hard to set down. She's an "adult" writer and ve...
- The Art of Racing in the Rain is a GREAT book!!!!!
