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Wendy's avatar

I loved The North Woods and The Berry Pickers!

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Linda Stoll's avatar

They are classics, aren't they, Wendy. Thanks for taking the time to say 'hi'!

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Paula's avatar

I've got The Story She Left Behind on my list.

Thanks bunches for sharing your reads and recommendations with Sweet Tea & Friends this month dear friend. I appreciate you 🤗

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Linda Stoll's avatar

Let me know what you think, Paula! It's a perfect early summer read ...

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Janelle King's avatar

These recs are great! I added the Story She Left Behind to my list. The cover is beautiful! 😍

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Linda Stoll's avatar

A beautiful cover for a magical book, Janelle.

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Brooke Shorey's avatar

3/5 already on my tbr! Have you read any other Patti Callahan?

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Linda Stoll's avatar

Yes. I love them ALL!!!!!

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June Caedmon's avatar

Thanks for the book list, Linda! I've been reading a series by Susan May Warren. She's a favorite of mine. Happy soon-to-be summer!

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Linda Stoll's avatar

June, I'm jotting down her name even as we speak. Thanks for sharing one of your favorites!

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Marilyn Davidson's avatar

Thanks for the list of books! Will definitely order the Nicholas Sparks book and a few others look good too! Honestly I haven't thought about summer reading yet.

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Linda Stoll's avatar

Still recovering from Mother's Day, aren't we.

xo

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Elena Campbell's avatar

Thanks so much for the recommendations!

I can’t wait to get started!

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Linda Stoll's avatar

Have fun finding the perfect read, Elena!

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Cindy's Book Corner's avatar

I have never read Dallas Willard, but have heard great things about his writing.

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Linda Stoll's avatar

Classic. Deeply spiritual. Thought-provoking.

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Paula's avatar

Oh boy I've got to check these out! Lol.

Visiting today from Joanne's xo

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Linda Stoll's avatar

I hope you'll find something that fits you to a T, friend!

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Lynn J Simpson's avatar

I am a library fan as well, Linda! My reading rhythm is a different beat than usual. It's rhythmic sequence around my choice of destinations and my learning path of writing (or what I am writing). But I have these listed on my TBR. Thanks!

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Linda Stoll's avatar

Lynn, yes! It's good for our reading rhythms to get shaken up a bit here and there. A different genre or a fresh space gives our perspectives a bit of a jumpstart. I like that.

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Joanne Viola's avatar

I always appreciate your book lists, Linda! I'll be saving this list for when we go on vacation :)

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Linda Stoll's avatar

Cool! And I bet you can't wait to get away again, friend ...

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Martha Jane Orlando's avatar

Thanks, Linda! These all sound like winners. Blessings!

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Linda Stoll's avatar

Thanks for starting your morning with me. Hope you're having a good one, friend!

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Joanne's avatar

I love requesting books from our library... but don't have the option to freeze it. In fact I just had to return that Nicholas Sparks' book unread because I ran out of time with all the others I had checked out too! I really enjoyed The Berry Pickers though and the rest of these do sound so good.

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Linda Stoll's avatar

Oh I'd be in trouble if there was no freeze button. Getting a whole slew at the same time is definitely not conducive to relaxing reading.

And yes, I think you'll love these books, Joanne.

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Bill Grandi's avatar

I would like to add a few more Linda to the summer reading list. I would highly, and I mean highly, suggest that Brookhaven by Glynn Young be on the summer reading list. I have read it twice and am planning on doing a review but time keeps getting away from me. That is why I read it the second time. :) I would also recommend his 5 volume series Dancing Priest. I would also recommend the other two novels by Patty Callahan I have read: "Becoming Mrs. Lewis" and "Once Upon a Wardrobe." Both beautiful, touching stories and well worth the reading time (and giving up other things that need done!) LOL

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Brooke Shorey's avatar

could not find Brookhaven at my local library - odd.

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Linda Stoll's avatar

I wanted to re-read Becoming Mrs. Lewis ... and then found out my one of my grandgirls borrowed it. But that's ok, because now I much prefer to read large print. I guess she can keep the book after all.

Thanks for your recommendations. I always sit up and take notice what you're paging through.

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Andrew Budek-Schmeisser's avatar

I was concussed, yes, yet again,

fell one too many a time,

and now is not what I'd been, then,

and I only think in rhyme,

which makes it hard to read a book,

for I quickly tire

of prose-y sentences that look

like they're spinning in a gyre

of a mad alphabet soup

that's bubbling on the boil,

letters in an endless loop

that turn reading to toil

when once I would have said it might

have been my life's greatest delight.

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Linda Stoll's avatar

Ah! Audio books!

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Andrew Budek-Schmeisser's avatar

I actually can't follow them. My thinking is slowed now. Barb has had to get used to a lot, including the effective end to a conversational life. I simply can't keep up. I just nod and grunt s lot, with some uh-huh's tossed in for style.

But thank you so much for the thought!

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Linda Stoll's avatar

I like those 'uh-huh's tossed in for style.' That'll work.

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Cheryl's avatar

I was so happy to see that you included Streams in the Desert! That was my Papaw's and my Mom's favorite devotional book. I am so blessed to own both of their copies! Such rich, gold nuggets in that book! God bless you, friend.

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Linda Stoll's avatar

Oh, to have the Bibles and devotional books that our ancestors cherished is such a gift, isn't it, Cheryl. And yes, when I saw Streams in the Desert, I couldn't link this classic up quick enough! I hope a whole lot of readers grab it.

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