Books i read again and again.

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kingricefan

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I was born in '77 but I also saw her many times on those Match Game reruns. She has a house in California most of the year but also spends summers in Fairhope, Alabama, a Gulf coast river community that inspired her to write A Redbird Christmas. It's a gorgeous artistic town with the flavor of Mobile but more secluded. The beach is a short drive away. Anyway, her book FGT is based on her aunt's real cafe in Irondale. Just up the road. It is literally right near the train depot. I've eaten there twice and the food is out of this world. The last time I ordered fried butterfly porkchops, fried okra, field peas, mashed potatoes and cornbread and sweet tea. I hope you get to visit here one day. Alabama is really diverse.
Sounds nummers!!! I'd love to see it someday but it'll have to wait for a while as funds are low.
 

GNTLGNT

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl is the one book I have reread the most. I have no idea exactly how many times, but it may be as much as once a year since about 1968.
....figure you deserve this after all that time!....
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HollyGolightly

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The Daisy Fay book is one of a handful that made me laugh so hard. I met Flagg three times and she is just as down to earth and friendly as you'd imagine. She's big here in Alabama. To me, Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man is infectious and a must read for southerners...I think many guys are scared off by the title but it's really a laugh a minute if they give it a chance. I used to recommend it to readers of both sexes that enjoyed Dave Barry and Erma Bombeck.
You've met the almighty Fannie Flagg? :thunk: I'd be so honored. I'm glad to know I'm in good company. I have not read Dave Barry, but I do love Erma Bombeck.
 

HollyGolightly

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I would love to meet her! This is dating me but I remember when she was a regular on one of the game shows back in the day and she was hysterical! I would love to hear her read from one of her books, especially Fried Green Tomatoes.

Me too, me too! And she was on Grease - the nurse - "...already my castor oil is missing..."
I think I read somewhere that she helped with the script.
 

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I would love to meet her! This is dating me but I remember when she was a regular on one of the game shows back in the day and she was hysterical! I would love to hear her read from one of her books, especially Fried Green Tomatoes.

I was born in '77 but I also saw her many times on those Match Game reruns. She has a house in California most of the year but also spends summers in Fairhope, Alabama, a Gulf coast river community that inspired her to write A Redbird Christmas. It's a gorgeous artistic town with the flavor of Mobile but more secluded. The beach is a short drive away. Anyway, her book FGT is based on her aunt's real cafe in Irondale. Just up the road. It is literally right near the train depot. I've eaten there twice and the food is out of this world. The last time I ordered fried butterfly porkchops, fried okra, field peas, mashed potatoes and cornbread and sweet tea. I hope you get to visit here one day. Alabama is really diverse.

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Tery

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As an adult, I go back to Uncle Stevie's catalog. As I child, I had two books I read over and over. One was Helen Keller's Teacher, a biography of Annie Sullivan. The other was King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry, about the Godolphin Arabian. I read some of her other books, too -- Misty of Chincoteague is her best known -- but I loved Sham's story best. I also re-read the Little House books a couple of times but that was enough for me. I bought a boxed set when I was 20-ish for my future daughter but she never got into them.
 

Narvic

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I own the John Jakes trilogy, too, Kurben. I enjoyed them tremendously.

Here's my short list :

A Prayer For Owen Meany- John Irving
The Stand- Stephen King
The Prince Of Tides- Pat Conroy
Clay's Quilt- Silas House
To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee
Dandelion Wine- Ray Bradbury
The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter- Carson McCullers
Peace Like A River- Leif Enger
In The Family Way- Tommy Hays
Lonesome Dove- Larry McMurtry (actually, I've only read this one once but I have never read the others in series and plan on revisiting this one soon.)
What's Eating Gilbery Grape?- Peter Hedges
Shoeless Joe- W.P. Kinsella
I just recently read Peace Like A River for the first time. What a wonderful book.
 

Narvic

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Isn't it? I bought his second book the day it came out but I've been saving it like a squirrel buries his nuts...wait, that sounded weird. :)
If you don't mind me asking, how did you hear about it? Did someone suggest it to you?
Yup, it was a b-day gift from a friend.

Don't remember another book by that author....I'll have to check that out.
 

Narvic

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Here are a few books I have re-read (doesn't happen often for me, since I hate knowing what is gonna happen when I read a book!). Books I really like stay on my shelf until hopefully I mostly forget. ;-D

Till We Have Faces
Johnny Tremain
My Antonia
The Good Earth
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
 

doowopgirl

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I have read Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man to pieces. I love Fannie Flagg and I love child narrators and it's just the perfect marriage of laughter and tears.

I re-read my short story collections often. I have all of the Best of American shorts from 1992 thru 2014. I love to just pick one off the shelf, open it anywhere and begin anew.

Evergreen by Belva Plain many times.

The Witching Hour by Anne Rice.

Servant of the Bones by Anne as well.

I have read so many SK books more than once. It for nostalgia, Wolves of the Calla for the Tet, Joyland for the unstoppableness.

I still read kid's books sometimes: Blubber and Are You There God, It's Me Margaret - I've read both this year. for the 10,000th time.


I loved that book! Read it and re-read it many times.



I love that phrase "Just too samey". I'm borrowing it.

And I love Fannie Flagg. Our friend kingricefan is a fan too. Daisy Faye is my favorite for some reason.
My favorite Fannie Flagg is Welcome to the World Baby Girl. My favorite character is Aunt Elner.