Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Best Book
“Love Wins” by Rob Bell . . . . . short read, transforming message.
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From that list, Catch 22. No doubt about it.
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No comparison and appears to have been written for what's going on today.
Atlas Shrugged. |
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Harvey Penick’s Little Red Book
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Science books
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee |
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I've read and loved many of the books on that list. But my favorite, especially at the time that I read it, would have to be Gone with the Wind followed by Catcher in the Rye.
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I would think that many people in the villages have read many of these books ,I loved Confederacy Of Dunces it still rings true. Books are still popular even among the young they just don’t read as many hard covers , but sales are up for books on tape , tablets and other forms , I had the first reaction to the Harry Potter reaction as the op until I realized that the book had a wonderful impact on younger people causing so many to take up reading and realizing the excitement that books can bring, for me it was Treasure Island maybe not a literary giant , but took this young boy on his first adventure , I can still hear the squeaky gate at the Admiral Ben Bow Inn banging in the breeze
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nothing by Ayn Rand ???
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My husband and I gave our boys classic literature to read throughout their elementary and middle school years. We had fun discussing the books with them and, yes, they did actually read them. By the time our sons reached HS they had quite a few books under their belt and their reading levels reflected that.
Most of the parents that I know started reading to their kids as babies and encourage their children to read the classics even if their schools do not. |
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The Great Gatsby
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A lot of great books on that list. I would have added "The Boys in the Boat" by Daniel Brown.
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