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I recently decided to make a list of goals I want to achieve.  One of these is to read 50 books, which may or may not seem like a lot. To me it will be a lot and I will be including books I listen too, because I don't think I can make it with out.
I need suggestions on books, I'll read or try to read pretty much anything, so suggest away! Thanks in advance!

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kj said…
It's dangerous to ask Nielson sisters to suggest reading. You'll end up with a list of too many books. And your MIL? She'll have a bunch to suggest too. But I'm interested in seeing what everyone says!
December 26, 2011 at 4:47 PM
HW said…
Did you notice how Kirsta diplomatically responded without leaving any actual suggestions? I want to hear hers too!!

Here are 5 of my very favorite books:

Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

And you should read The Glass Castle and The Help. And The Magic of Ordinary Days.

And you should join Goodreads. Google it.
December 29, 2011 at 5:40 AM
Hugs, Mom said…
Heather's suggestion of The Glass Castle, reminded me of another of Jeanette Walls' books you'd LOVE. Half Broke Horses. Super read. True story. Arizona. What more could you want?
December 29, 2011 at 5:49 PM
Paige said…
Ok. I'm suggesting a few non-fiction first: Genghis Kahn and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford, The Great Influenza by John M. Berry, and Washington: The Indispensable Man by James Thomas Flexner. The last history book I "read" was actually read aloud by John and we both miss it terribly. Maybe we should just read it again. Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing.

In fiction: I go back to three books over and over. The Little Prince by Antoine St. Exupery, The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom (oops, that's not fiction), and The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain (it's ok just to have fun with Twain, and not analyze it to death.)

Thanks for asking for recommendations. I'm taking notes on what people say, so I can read the best of the best.
December 31, 2011 at 12:05 PM
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