9.22.2008

Books as Hope-Givers

I have always been a lover of books, and today I come to you, dear ones, to solicit your advice. Could you please recommend your favorite load-lightening and hope giving books? I'll share some of mine with you to get things going (click on any of the images to get synopsis/reviews).

I'm particularly enjoying fairy tales lately, like this one:
I also really love books about people who love books, like these:

I love homey books, where people laugh and look after one another. Those are good in both the fictional and non-fictional varieties:











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  1. Charlotte2:23 PM

    ManifestA, Jennifer Baumgardner & Amy Richards - it will make you happy to be a feminist and a girl :)

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  2. Anonymous5:33 PM

    Jane Austin - -better to listen sometimes, but they may fit the homey and people taking care of each other category.

    I stumbled across your blog and am enjoying it. Chapter 289 about breaking up really hit home, as I will be there soon, should all go well. Thanks.

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  3. Charlotte7:21 AM

    I'd also like to recommend Inkheart, mostly because each chapter begins with a quote from another book, and Cornelia Funke clearly loves books.

    (I don't think posting a children's book really counteracts posting a feminist theory book, but there you go.)

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  4. Shalom5:03 PM

    I'm a big fan of Maeve Bincy and Rosamunde Pilcher - both 'cozy, homey' kind of authors whose books are like down comforters to me.

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  5. Katy V.12:03 PM

    The Big Stone Gap (and subsequent books) by Adriana Trigliani! Light hearted and full of humor and humanity.

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"So keep fightin' for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't you forget to have fun doin' it. Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce. And when you get through kickin' ass and celebratin' the sheer joy of a good fight, be sure to tell those who come after how much fun it was."
-Saint Molly Ivins

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