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Hi Ali,
I just finished Hannah's Dream last night. I wish it wasn't done, I keep thinking about all the characters and wanting more. I never thought I would care so much about an elephant. Thanks for the chance to win.

I just finished Dark Lord by Ed Greenwood.
Great fantasy book by the creator of the Forgotten Realms

I'm reading Brene Brown's book, "I Thought it Was Just Me (But It Isn't)" and it has changed my life. Wowza... her work is so important for women!

I have started listening to audio books. I can listen as I scrap. Just finished The Partner. Really good.

My usual read for pleasure books are what I call trashy books. I recently started reading books that my girls had from high school that i never read. Currently I am reading Farenheit 451. I can't say it is my favorite but it is interesting. I do have to agree with an earlier comment about the Outlander series. I enjoy historical fiction and this series has a great twist to it.

Lately I've been liking any John Grisham book

My favourite book is Girl with the Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
It's mesmerising.

oh i love the idea of a camera strap, how beautiful...and tres stylish. pick me!!

A few of my favorites... Cry the Beloved Country, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Sun Also Rises, and The Time Traveler's Wife - all books I could sit and read over and over again... each author has the most unique way of storytelling and engaging the reader enough to feel you are in the story as it happens.
I can't wait to try some of the ones on this list though!

oh i love the idea of a camera strap, how beautiful...and tres stylish. pick me!!
My fav book is actually a trilogy entitled 'his dark materials' by philip pullman, awesome!!

A book that I have always loved and was good to me in high school was The Diviners by Margarete Lawrence. It's about a young girl growing up in Canada. There was something about it that spoke to me in my teenage years and was a good escape. I definitely wore out my copy! But that is just one of many....I could go on and on and on and on.......Oh and Memoirs of a Geisha. So Good! I love to talk books!

I read Middle Place awhile ago and it was a great book. I really felt connected to Kelly Corrigan, the author.

My favourite book of all time has to be the classic "Black Beauty" by Anna Sewell. I loved this, my children loved this and now my grandchildren love it too.

I just read The Reader and really liked it...not light reading, but I thought the story was fascinating! There are just so many books to get my hands on and not enough hours in the day!

I recommend "The Secret Life of Bees". This book was so enduring on so many different levels.

I was a huge fan of Marley and Me - I read it before the hype, reread it during the hype, and then went to see the movie! I'm an animal lover so it was a must read!

Not much time to read a great novel with 3 kids, but I keep this book around:
Instant Karma (8,879 ways to give yourself and others good fortune right now). Whenever I have a "moment" of needing some sanity, I read a few pages and it gets me going!It gets me in a better mood.

Right now I'm reading the Happiest Toddler on the Block by Harvey Karp. I read his other book The Happiest Baby on the Block about two years ago when my son was born and I loved it. So far this book is great! I have learned a lot and I'm only 59 pages in. Oh and I also love any books that are by Lotta Jansdotter! She has some wonderful sewing and printmaking books! Plus the books are very well designed! HAPPY WEDNESDAY!

wow yummy giveaways! my favorite book/books are the O'Malley series by Dee Henderson. a very good read!

I keep this book around:
Instant Karma - 8,879 Ways to give yourself and others good fortune right now.
Whenever I have a "moment" of feeling down, or it is a crazy day, I read a few pages and it gets me going!