Joan, thanks for the correct title "A Dog's Purpose". I cried and cried but loved the book. I am thinking of reading "The Art of Racing in the Rain" which is also supposed to be good. I read "the story of Edgar Sawtell" which I also enjoyed and had a good cry.
Ocallie36 CommentTime2 hours ago edit delete I just finished this book. It really makes you think. Who are the people that had the impact in your life and changed it forever more? If you have read this book, you know it isn't the people you would think it is. I have been going over this in my mind, the answers are not that obvious. One definitely is. For my 5th person , I chose Joan. If not for her and this website I could not have made it through the past 5 years. I learned how to be a caregiver. I learned how to still love a sometimes unlovable husband. I learned how to handle the death when it did come. I learned more than I ever wanted to know about AD. I learned that I could get comfort and strenghth from people I have never even met. Thank you.
For those of you who read dog stories, the author of "A Dog's Purpose" has a book out "A Dogs Journey". I just purchased it for my kindle (a little pricey at $11.99) and can't wait to read it. If anyone has already read the book, I'd like to know what you thought of it. Many reviews on Amazon say its better than "A Dogs purpose". I find that hard to believe but will be open minded.
Let me know how it was as soon as you read "A Dog's Journey". I sobbed my eyes out when I read "A Dog's Purpose", and I don't want to do that again. Although I did love the book.
I just finished a really lovely book: Olive Kitteredge by Elizabeth Strout. Each chapter is a story about a particular person in the small town where Olive lives, and Olive's life intertwines in some way with that person. I loved it.
If you like N. Sparks you will love a new author I just discovered. Kristin Hannah. She writes about mothers and daughters, secrets and marriage relationships that are challenged. I just finished two books this week. Home Front - and Winter Garden. I admit I shed more than a couple tears. I couldn't wait to head to the local library again. Even though her characters are going through difficult times and challenges, underlying is hope and redemption.
I would like to add my 2 cents. Until just now I had no idea there was a book list here. I am a veracious reader and I have more books than I have good sense. Most of my books have come from used lists at amazon.com Most recently - one of the best reads was 'The Four Agreements' by Dom Miguel Ruiz and 'The Fifth Agreement' by Ruiz and Janet Miller.
The Four Agreements: "Be Impeccable With Your Word" "Don't Take Anything Personally" "Don't Make Assumptions" "Always Do Your Best"
The Fifth Agreement: "Be Skeptical - But Learn To Listen"
These massages can benefit each and everyone of us on this long difficult path that we must walk alone, but together we support each other....
Has anybody read Anne Morrow Lindbergh's book, "Against Wind and Tide"? I've been an admirer of her writing for years, but found this book especially close to my heart because part of it is about things like becoming a widow and growing older. I realized I was going to have to buy this book when I found myself wanting to write in the library copy, and when I found page after page that said exactly what I've been feeling lately. I recommend this book very highly.
I stayed up passed midnight last nite finished "Low Pressure" by Sandra Brown. I think it was one of her best books.
She is from here (Arlington, TX). She had a very nice home here (or so it appeared from the pictures) that she wanted torn down and a new one built. She contacted Chuck Norris and the producers of Walker, Texas Ranger which was filmed in the DFW area. In one of the last seasons of the show, they used her house as part of a show and blew it up.
It worked out well for everyone. She got her house removed and they got a house to blow up. LOL
I recently found several books by an author new to me, Ann B. Ross, about a fictional lady in her sixties. With titles like Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind, Miss Julia Stands Her Ground, Miss Julia Takes Over, Miss Julia Stirs Up Trouble, and Miss Julia Paints the Town, I guess you can tell that the main character is spunky, with a capital "S". Since lately I feel like I have no spunk left, it's like getting a transfusion to read these books. They're just fun, but make me feel for a little while that I could be like Miss Julia.
Someone mentioned "The Passage" by Justin Cronin in an earlier post. This is not the type of book I would normally read. I had seen this book mentioned on Amazon, with favorable, almost glowing, reviews by the folks at Amazon. I agree with Joan - this usually means the book is not so great. And then Stephen King (my all-time favorite author) gave it an excellent review, so I decided it can't be THAT bad if King liked it - and I bought it. WHAT TOOK ME SO LONG???? This book is excellent! Highly recommended! And now, there is a sequel - "The Twelve" which I have purchased, but haven't started reading yet. Can't seem to find the time, since DH currently has his days and night mixed up!
I'm the one who mentined "The Passage." I also have "The Twelve" waiting on my Kindle. It's still waiting because I recently read a few really good books, one of which is "The Light Between the Oceans." Excellent. I think most of you would like this one. I just finished "The End of Your Life Book Club," a true story about a book club between a mother and son begun while she is undergoing chemo treatments for pancreatic cancer. I was very interested because of the recent death of my sister from the same thing. I also read "In the Shadow of the Banyan," about Cambodian refugees during the time of the Khmer Rouge; also an excellent read. I am currently reading "A Casual Vacancy," by J. K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter books. Believe me, it is nothing like those!
Daugther just sent me "When God Winks at You" couldn't put it down til I finished,maybe its been discussed on here before if it has sorry,guess its a series
Just finished "Miiles from Home", a true story by Colleen Lanier. I could hardly put it down! What would you do if your best friend asked you to help him drive cross country to bring his Dad, who has cancer, and his Mom, who has Alzheimers, back home to an ALF? You will laugh, you will cry, and it's so, so true! Download it from Amazon.
I have just started it - was it you Vickie or someone posted on Facebook the day it was free to download. Have started it but not gotten back to it but need to.