Most books I read I don’t review. I don’t know many people who do. I never used to even keep track of all the books I’d read. Then I went on an interview once and one of the questions was, “What books have you read this year?” I couldn’t think of any off the top of my head even though I had read tons. Then I started asking people with whom I associated and admired what books they read. Sometimes it started a great conversation. Sometimes, they admitted that they didn’t like to read. If you are a blogger, then you MUST like to read a little. So this page is for you.
- Widow of the South by Robert Hicks
- David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
- The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
- Are You There Blog? It’s Me, Writer. by Kristen Lamb
- The Everything Theory by Dianne Gray
- Book Review: A Black Cowboy’s Ride Across America by Lisa Winkler
- Elephant Whisperer by Lawrence Anthony
- Book Reviews: Susan Hunter Mysteries by Maddie Cochere
- Book Review: Soul’s Child by Dianne Gray
- Book Review: The Eleventh Question by Dianne Gray
- Book Review: The Secret Child by Marti Healy
Jillian Hoffman suggested revealing our shelves to other bloggers. I haven’t taken pictures of my shelves filled up before, and it is difficult to do because my room is small. Here are a few of my shelves. I do love them. I have them organized loosely into groups like local history, Civil War, how to teach, dictionaries, general history, and quilting and other stuff.
We have two other book cases in other rooms, one of which belonged to my great-grandmother.
I joined Good Reads finally, and I love it. I can keep track of what I’m reading, as well as what everyone else who belongs is reading. It’s wonderful if you keep it up.
noooo, its good to review, i m grateful for this page
Great! I have a couple more to write. I just finished Winter of the World. What a great book if you like historical fiction!
i like every good thing……it jus need to be logical
Hey Marsha -I was wondering how your book is coming along?
Oh Denise… It’s spring. What can I say? In a few days it will be so hot I won’t be able to transplant my strawbabies, and for the last two weeks I’ve been doing conferences, History Day and having my bear hunting friends visiting from Wisconsin. OK, I know those are excuses, but I’m relying on them heavily. The other thing that has gotten in my way is my story. My husband wants a male protagonist, and have my main character turn out to be a bad, bad woman. I can’t do that, but now it is in my head that maybe she is not a great as I thought. Of course, since I’m fairly new at fiction, she resembles me somewhat tangentially, so the thought of her turning out to be horrible, well… Then I just saw Wicked. Horrible isn’t ever all bad!
So, I got stymied.
HaHaHa!!! I can relate on having excuses! Well, at the very least it sounds like your story continues to formulate inside your head!
It does, and new ones on top of that! Scary!
Thanks for holding my feet to the fire! I need that! 
You are so much more organized than I am. And I love how you’ve got so many historical books about Tulare County. Do you have The King of California by any chance? I didn’t see it on your shelves. It’s about the man who owns a substantial percentage (can’t recall exactly how much) of California’s water rights? Have I asked you this before?
Yes, that is a great book. I knew a man who worked for him as the water engineer. Talk about an intelligent man. He became a good friend, and he passed away this March. When I was in San Francisco, my friend and I stopped in a book store, and there were Tulare County books everywhere. They were from his estate. It’s a small world. I’m looking for the book right now from a distance, and there it is right under the D is for Drinking Gourd shelf. And, no, you didn’t ask me about it before. I think the water rights issues in California are so interesting, but so totally essential that it’s hard to step back from them and say, “Oh that’s interesting.” It’s more than that!
Wow! That’s so close to home. Bet he could tell stories about all the politics surrounding water use. And you’re right; it is soooo much more than interesting; it’s a matter of life and death for so many parties here.
Yes, he told a few stories to me, but he was long retired by the time I met him. My contact with him was through the historical society, and he wanted them to sponsor History Day, which I coordinated at the county. So, although we chatted some, it was usually about kids. I wish I had gotten closer to him. I would have had to write a water book. Have you read The Other California? That is another really interesting book about the Central Valley including water issues.
No, I haven’t I’ll have to look it up. Thanks for the suggestion!
No problem. Both of those books would make a good review.
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