Out of the Best Books

Books mentioned in this episode: The Fault in Our Stars by John Greene A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks Between Two Kingdoms by Suleika Jaoad Hanna's Suitcase by Karen Levine Wonder by R. J. Palacio Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand Just the Nicest Couple by Mary Kubica Lighthouse Bay by Kimberley Freeman Wildflower Hill by Kimberley Freeman

Books mentioned in this episode: My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy In the Reign of Terror: A Story of the French Revolution by G. A. Henty Madame Tussaud by Michelle Moran The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette by Carolly Erickson The 13-Story Treehouse by Andy Griffiths Our next book: Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr

Books mentioned in this episode: The Light in Hidden Places by Sharon Cameron Unspeakable by Jessica Willis Fisher The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab Our next Book: Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes (episode will release 4/14/23)

Books mentioned in this podcast: One's Company by Ashley Hutson The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine

Books mentioned in this episode: A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles Go as a River by Shelley Read

Books mentioned in this episode: The Kommandant's Girl by Pam Jenoff Solito by Javier Zamora American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins

Books mentioned in this episode: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston Never Lie by Freida McFadden The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides Next Week: A Tale of Two Cities - Book 2 Chapters 1-8

Books mentioned in this episode: The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens David Copperfield by Charles Dickens Bleak House by Charles Dickens Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Great Expectations by Charles Dickens The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah The Bandit...

Books mentioned in this episode: The Golden Age by Kenneth Grahame Dream Days by Kenneth Grahame Winnie the Pooh Series by A.A. Milne The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling Puck of Pook's Hill by Rudyard Kipling The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Watership Down by Richard Adams The Chronicles of Narnia Series by C.S. Lewis The Wind in the Willows: The River Ban...

Books mentioned in this episode: This Boy We Made by Taylor Harris Running for My Life by Lopez Lomong Our next book: A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

Books mentioned in this episode: Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne The Green Ember by S. D. Smith Frog and Toad Books by Arnold Lobel Peter Rabbit Series by Beatrix Potter Little Women by Louisa May Alcott The All of a Kind Family by Sidney Taylor The Maid by Kimberly Cutter

Podcasts Mentioned in this Episode: 48 Hours 20/20 The Naturally Thin for Life Podcast The Yummy Mummy The Joe Rogan Experience The Jordan B. Petersen Podcast Seeking Light All In The Dr. John Delony Show Achieve Your Goals The Read Aloud Revival Currently Reading Sarah's Bookshelves Live From the Front Porch Book Gang What Should I Read Next? Follow Him Don't Miss This 100% Awesome

Today we discuss the ending of Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy, a little bit about some similar books, and some interesting facts about the author. Books Mentioned in This Episode: Silas Marner by George Eliot Adam Bede by George Eliot Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy Our Next Book: The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

Books Mentioned in this Podcast: Inheritance by Dani Shapiro Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro Running For My Life by Lopez Lomong The Kite Rider by Geraldine McCaughrean Next book we are covering: The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

Books mentioned in this episode: The Nightingale by Kristen Hannah The Four Winds by Kristen Hannah Running For My Life by Lopez Lomong A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park Next Week: Far From the Madding Crowd Chapters 41-50

Books Mentioned in this Episode: The Forgotten Finca by Christine Von Hagen The Love of My Life by Rosie Walsh Show Your Work: 10 Ways to Show Your Creativity and Get Discovered by Austin Kleon Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher The Maid by Nita Prose The Infinite Atonement by Tad R. Callister The Last House on the Street by Diane Chamberlain The Beat...

Books Mentioned in this Podcast: A Quiet Little Woman by Louisa May Alcott A Grandma for Christmas by Alta Halverson Seymour (Amity) A Boy Called Christmas by Matt Haig (Laura) Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree by Robert Barry (Amity) The Autobiography of Santa Claus by Jeff Guinn (Laura) How Mrs. Claus Saved Christmas by Jeff Guinn (Laura) Christmas Oranges by Linda Bethers (Amity) The Thursday Murde...

Books Mentioned in this Episode: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Once Upon a Wardrobe by Patti Calahan (Laura) The Merchant and the Rogue by Sarah M. Eden (Amity) An Immense World by Ed Yong A Quiet Little Woman by Louisa May Alcott (Next Week)

We will continue our discussion of Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy, and then we will discuss the books we have read recently. Books mentioned in this episode: The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocum (Laura) The Adventures of Robin Hood by Roger Lancelyn Green (Amity) Mercy Watson by Kate DiCamillo Beatrix Potter Books

Join us as we begin our discussion of Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy.  We will discuss the setting, main characters and chapters 1-10 in this episode.  Read along with us, or just listen for a synopsis of this amazing story! Books Mentioned in this Podcast: Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Ch...

Meet our family members and find out what they like to read!  We talk to all of our kids, and even our husbands about what usually gravitate towards in their reading.  We even give some suggestions to at least one that doesn't enjoy reading as a hobby!  Listen to the end as we will also announce the book we will be starting next week! The list of books mentioned in this podcast: Ver...

"When you tend a rose, thistles cannot grow!" - Chapter 27 of The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett In this final episode for the Secret Garden we will wrap it up by discussing Chapter 27, talk about the author (Frances Hodgson Burnett), give tons of recommendations for other books to read if you enjoyed The Secret Garden, and finish up with what we have been reading lately.   Books me...

Come join us as we continue our discussion of The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. We will see Colin introduced to the garden, try new things, and watch the children bond with each other, Mrs. Sowerby and Ben Weatherstaff.  Will they be able to keep their little secret?  Is everything that is happening because of a little magic? Books mentioned in this episode: His Needs, Her Ne...

In this episode we are discussing Chapters 10-18 of the Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett.  Mary has found the secret garden that she was looking for, she is becoming friends with the gardener, Ben Weatherstaff, as he answers her many questions about plants and things.  Finally, she gets to meet Dickon, with whom she is fascinated by.  They work together, tending the garden a...

Join us as we discuss chapters 1-9 of The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett.  We will meet Mary, the novel's 10 year-old protoganist, who is not wanted by her mother, her father is too busy for her, and who has been living in India for her whole 10 years of life, being raised by an Ayah.  What happens when she finds herself forgotten, with nearly everyone around her dead from an o...