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amother
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Sat, Nov 14 2020, 8:39 pm
I love reading, especially historical fiction, fantasy, and biographies/memoirs. But really any book that isn't too scary or depressing.
What can you recommend that 1- does not have zexual content 2- does not have bad language
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Kiwi13
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Sat, Nov 14 2020, 8:47 pm
I recently fell in love with Sophie Hannah's books!
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Cheshire cat
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Sat, Nov 14 2020, 8:51 pm
Kiwi13 wrote: | I recently fell in love with Sophie Hannah's books! |
Do you mind sharing specific titles please?
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amother
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Sat, Nov 14 2020, 9:05 pm
DrMom wrote: | How old are your kids? |
For me, not my kids THX
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Kiwi13
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Sat, Nov 14 2020, 9:20 pm
Cheshire cat wrote: | Do you mind sharing specific titles please? |
Perfect Little Children (I really liked this one!)
A Game for All the Family (I'm in the middle of this one now. It's going well!)
I wasn't a fan of her collection of short stories, "The Fantastic Book of Everybody's Secrets."
There are a few more I plan to read after I finish the one I'm on. I love her style and she sucks you right into the story! Great characters, great plots, well written. :-)
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Cheshire cat
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Sat, Nov 14 2020, 9:27 pm
Kiwi13 wrote: | Perfect Little Children (I really liked this one!)
A Game for All the Family (I'm in the middle of this one now. It's going well!)
I wasn't a fan of her collection of short stories, "The Fantastic Book of Everybody's Secrets."
There are a few more I plan to read after I finish the one I'm on. I love her style and she sucks you right into the story! Great characters, great plots, well written. :-) |
Thank you!
Excited to try a new author- I see she's very well reviewed in Amazon
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Kiwi13
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Sat, Nov 14 2020, 9:33 pm
Cheshire cat wrote: | Thank you!
Excited to try a new author- I see she's very well reviewed in Amazon |
Yep! Because she's amaaaaaazing!!!! :-D
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saralem
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Sat, Nov 14 2020, 10:10 pm
The Maisie Dobbs series by Jacqueline Winspear. Starts around WW1. Mystery but mostly historical fiction. And lovely!
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GLUE
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Sat, Nov 14 2020, 10:35 pm
Try:
Mamas Bank Account-Kathryn Forbes
Brief Histories of Everyday Objects-Andy Warner
Cheaper by the Dozen-Gilbreth
Papa married a Mormon-Fitzgerald
These are older Books but you might still enjoy them
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#BestBubby
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Sat, Nov 14 2020, 11:13 pm
Also older books:
The family nobody wanted
In one era and out the other & Everything but money
Belles on their Toes (sequel to cheaper by the dozen)
Books by Philippa Carr, Victoria HolT and Jean Plaidy are clean historical fiction
(Holt & Plaidy are the same author writing in different styles)
A circle of children reprinted under the title The lost children by Mary maccracken
Someone else's kids by Torey Hayden
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amother
Burgundy
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Sat, Nov 14 2020, 11:28 pm
I loved Connie Willis’ historical fiction:
The Doomsday Book (black death era)
To Say Nothing Of The Dog (Victorian era)
Blackout and All Clear (WW2 England era)
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amother
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Sun, Nov 15 2020, 12:33 am
juliet marillier is historical fantasy-all her books are set in medieval times and very well written as well as clean.
To the poster who mentioned Jean Plaidy-I don't remember her books being so clean? Holt yes but not Plaidy, but it could just be that it's so long since I read them.
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DrMom
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Sun, Nov 15 2020, 1:21 am
amother [ OP ] wrote: | For me, not my kids THX |
Oops - sorry!
I like classics. Well-written, clean.
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amother
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Sun, Nov 15 2020, 4:46 am
Thanks all! Excited to try these.
Any specific classics?
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monseymom25
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Sun, Nov 15 2020, 5:21 am
Not a classic but
The Two Family House by Linda Cohen Loigman
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gold21
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Sun, Nov 15 2020, 5:27 am
Since you say you enjoy historical fiction, maybe try
Before we were yours by Lisa Wingate
The secret life of bees by Sue Monk Kidd
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Roots
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Sun, Nov 15 2020, 5:37 am
he Hundred Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared b jonas jonasson. my sensitivitises for approraiteness has somewhat dimmed but I think it was all clean. it was a great fun book and a worldwide bestselller
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monseymom25
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Sun, Nov 15 2020, 5:42 am
Kiwi I just looked up Sophie Hannah’s books and Amazon. I thought Perfect Little Children sounded interesting. Well I kept scrolling down and here’s something almost as weird and scary as the book seems to be! (In a good way)
She has another book called Haven’t they Grown which seems to be almost the exact same storyline, just a different setting and character. Strange!
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freilich
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Sun, Nov 15 2020, 5:44 am
monseymom25 wrote: | Not a classic but
The Two Family House by Linda Cohen Loigman |
I second this. Just read it and loved it. Reads like a real classic.
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