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26 December 2011

Surrounded by Books

Every month, on the very last page of the magazine, Southern Living has a column written by Rick Bragg. Bragg lives in Fairhope, Alabama, one of the prettiest and friendliest towns in the South, and just over the causeway from Mobile. This month, his column, "Words on Paper," truly resonated with me. In the article he says, "I hope I will never have a life that is not surrounded by books, by books that are bound in paper and cloth and glue, such perishable things for ideas that have lasted thousands of years..."

I could not agree more.

This blog started as a place where I could recommend books, but I realized I rarely do that. So, I thought I'd share my list. Maybe I'll even buy the real thing instead of ordering it on my kindle.

Books to Read (no particular order): 
1. The Paris Wife
2. Georgiana, The Duchess of Davonshire
3. A World on Fire
4. Girl in a Blue Dress
5. Emily Post: Daughter of the Gilded Age
6. Doc
7. In the Garden of Beasts
8. The Marriage Plot
9. A Train in Winter
10. Madame Tussaud

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2 comments :

  1. Have you read these books?? What did you think of The Marriage Plot, as I love Jeffery Eugenides.

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  2. No, these are the ones I want to read, but that one sounds good!

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