Top Favorite Books & Blogs

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Thank you for listing some of your favorite books and blogs in yesterday's comment section. Your list included many of my favorites too! I found it interesting that we share the same taste in reading books and blogs. Do you have a black dress in your closet and a motorcycle in your garage? I bet you love tofu too? I think this can only mean one thing: We are BBF you know!

Antique French books

The randomly picked winners are:

Blogger: Willow

and

Reader Sue Capriola

Please send me your address, so I can send you your goodies. Also let me know if you want music sheets or an old 1829 paperback book.

French antique books

Here is a list of the Books and Blogs that were listed in yesterday's comment section:

Book: Candide, by Voltaire

Blog: http://www.Evybeatscancer.blogspot.com

Book: How Far To Bethlehem, by Nora Lofts. 

Book: Charleston Girl from Sophie Kinsella.

Blog:http://lemoulinaeau.blogspot.com

*Blog:  ornamental.typepad.com

Book: Grandfather Twilight, by Barbara Berger.

Book: Love Falls, by Esther Freud

book shelf

Blog: http://lovelypaper.blogspot.com

Book: The Strange Nation of Rafael Mendes, by Moacyr Scliar

Book: Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card.

Book: The Art
of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein.

Blog: http://kellyraeroberts.blogspot.com.

my book shelf

*Book: The Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnim.

Blog: http://thesightofmorning.blogspot.com/

Blog:www.ministergrace.blogspot.com

Blog: http://www.atticmag.com

Book: The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams.

Blog: http://ninimakes.typepad.com/

Book: La vie devant soi, d' E. Ajar

Blog: http://carraol.blogspot.com/

Book: The Hiding Place, by Corrie Ten Boom

Blog http://karenrussell.typepad.com/

French papers

Book: Meadowlands, by
Louise Gluck

Blog: http://christinekane.com/blog

Blog: http://www.amyliawrites.com

Leather bond books

Book: Eat, Pray, Love

by Elizabeth Gilbert

Blog: http://www.velvetandlinen.com

Book: The Fall of a Sparrow, by Robert
Hellenga.

Blog: http://studioviolet.blogspot.com/

Book: Dress Your
Family in Corduroy and Denim, by
David Sedaris,

Book: The Art of Non Conformity by Chris Guillebeau

Book: Vanity Fair by William Thackeray

antique paper books

Blog: http://growwings.blogspot.com/

Book: The Prince of Tides, by Pat Conroy.

Blog: http://comingupblank.wordpress.com

Book: Five Smooth Stone by Ann Fairbairn published
in 1966.

Blog: http://sublackwell.blogspot.com/

Old books and papers

Book: The Once and Future King, by T.H. White.

Most Mentioned Blog: Confessions of a Pioneer Woman 

Blog: Lobster and Swan.

Book, Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott

Blog http://www.rebeccasower.typepad.com/

*Book: The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett.

Blog: http://kimsbigquiltingadventure.blogspot.com/

Blog, http://seeserenasew.blogspot.com/

Book: The Gunslinger, by Steven King.

* Blog: http://www.nieniedialogues.blogspot.com/

Book, Long Walk To Freedom, by Nelson Mandela

*Blog: http://www.davidlebovitz.com/

my bookshelf

Book: The Color of Water, by James
McBride.

Blog: www.alteredartists.blogspot.com

Blog: http://www.azcentral.com/members/Blog/JaimeeRose/

Book: I married Adventure, by Osa Johnson

Blog: Parishotelboutique.com

Book: Nancy Drew, by Carolyn King

Blog: http://vintagerescue.typepad.com

Book: Ahab's Wife

Blog: Ancient Industries

Book: The Outlander Series, by Diane Gabaldon.

Book: Journals of a Polyamorous Triad

Blog: http://thesartorialist.blogspot.com/

Blog: http://www.polytripod.blogspot.com/

*Book: The
Shell Seekers
, by Rosamunde Pilcher.

Blog: http://colormekatie.blogspot.com/

Book and Blog: The Bible and Tongue in Cheek (Honestly someone wrote that side by side, I like that.)

books

 Book: The Age of Innocence, by Edith Warton

 *Blog: Notes from the Voodoo Cafe.

 Book, Savannah Blues, by Mary Kay Andrews

*Blog: Trouvais.

Book: All the Pretty Horses Trilogy, by
Cormac McCarthy

Blog: http://fxcuisine.com

Book: The Grapes of Wrath, by Stein

Book: Life of Pi by Yann Martel-

old paper back books

My sweet friend Charlotte wrote, "…Re-reading for the 1000000th time "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane
Austin… Take me to Pemberly Mister Darcy! And "A short Story of Nearly Everything" Is it sad if I put the Coldplay blog?! Yes, I admit I'm a huge fan, bordering on Groupie!
http://www.coldplay.com/newsdetail.php?id=550&page=0"

*Second most mentioned Book: Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austin

 *Blog: www.latartinegourmande.com

Book: Under thte Tuscan Sun

Blog: http://www.absolutelybeautifulthings.blogspot.com/

Book: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

Second most mentioned Blog: Alicia Paulson's Posie Gets Cozy.

old books red leather bindings

Book: The Confessions of Max Tivoli, by Andrew Sean
Greer

Book: The Left Behind Series, by Tim Lahay

Blog: Vintage Bliss

Blog: http://brocantess.blogspot.com/

Book: Suite Francaise, by Irene Nemirovsky

Blog: http://mysocalledlifeinfrance.blogspot.com/

Book: Beach Music, by Pat Conroy

* Book: The Red Tent by, Anita Diamand

Book: The Weaker Vessel, by Antonia
Frazier.

18th century book

THE NUMBER ONE BOOK, LISTED MORE THAN ANY OTHER:

To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee

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Book: A
Year in Provence, by Peter Mayle.

Blog: The Big Picture

Blog: www.picnic.typepad.com

Book: The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love, by Oscar
Hijuelos

Blog: http://tzuru4.blogspot.com/

Book: The Secret Life of Bees, by Sue
Monk Kidd.

Blog: Curious Sofa Diaries.

Book: Morning in the Burned House, by
Margaret Atwood.

Blog: http://thegoldpuppy.blogspot.com/

poetry books

Book: Paris to the Moon, by Adam Gopnik

*Blog: http://alicew.typepad.com

*Blog: http://www.paintedwhite.com

Book: Hope Rising–Stories from the Ranch of Rescued
Dreams, by Kim Meeder.

Book: Colony, by Anne Rivers-Siddons.

Blog: http://cotedetexas.blogspot.com/

Book: The Help, by Stockett.

Book: The English Companion

Book: Anne of Green Gables, by L.M. Montgomery.

Blog: afancifultwist.typepad.com

Book: The Way Forward is with a Broken Heart, by Alice
Walker

Scrap-paper

Blog:  www.ministergrace.blogspot.com

Book: Charleston Girl, by Sophie Kinsella.

Blog: http://chezlarsson.com

Blog: http://thesightofmorning.blogspot.com/

Book: The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein.

Blog: Daisy Daddy

Blog: http://kellyraeroberts.blogspot.com.

Book: There Was Light: Autobiography of Jacques Lusseyran

Book: Blind Hero of the French Resistance

old books

Blog: http://willowmanor.blogspot.com/

Book: Jane
Eyre, Charlotte Bronte

Blog: http://afemmeduncertainage.blogspot.com/

Book: Golden Gate, by Vikram Seth

Blog: http://housewrenstudio.typepad.com/

*Book: Angela's Ashes, by Frank McCourt.

Blog: www.theletteredcottage.net

Book: The Winthrop Woman: A Novel by Anya Seton
and Philippa Gregory

Book: Restless
Nights, by Dino Buzzati

Book: Garden of Eden, by Hemingway

Book: A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L'Engle

1720 French letter

*Blog: Daisy Cottage

Book: Gaudy
Night, by Dorothy Sayers

Blog: http://nancylindemeyer.blogspot.com

*Book: The Wild Things by Dave Eggers.

 *Blog: http://gryphonsfeather.typepad.com

 *Book: The
Pilot's Wife, by Anita Shreve.

Book: My Life in France, by Julia Child.

Blog: http://frenchtoastfrance.blogspot.com/

*Book: Rebecca, by Daphne
Du Maurier

 *Blog: http://dispatchfromla.typepad.com

book pages

Book: The Alchemist, by Paolo Coelho

Blog: http://www.moggit.com/

Book: Five
Quarters of the Orange, by Joanne Harris

Blog: http://www.intothehermitage.blogspot.com/

Blog: http://moderncountry.blogspot.com

Book: Harris and Me, by Gary Paulsen.

Book: Owen
Meany, by John Irving

Blog: http://justsomethingimade.blogspot.com/

Purple paperbacks

*Blog: Tarte

Book: Where the Wild Things Are, by
Maurice Sendak.

Book: The
Bell Jar, by Sylvia Plath.

Blog: www.vanillaandlace.blogspot.com

Book: Possession, by A.S.Byatt

Blog: http://www.yarnstorm.blogs.com/

Book: Room with A View, by E.M. Forester.

Blog: http://jordanferney.blogspot.com/

Book Hunting and Gathering, by Anna Gavalda.

Blog: http://bloomfineart.blogspot.com/

French old books

*Book:

Winnie the Pooh, by A.A. Milne

Book: The
Last Unicorn.

*Blog: Ullabenulla's.
http://ullam.typepad.com/

Book: Grandfather Twilight, by Barbara Berger

Book: Gifts From the Sea, by Anne Morrow
Lindbergh..

Blog: http://www.mabelshouse.blogspot.com

Blog: http://lemoulinaeau.blogspot.com

Book: Le Moulin: Life in the French Alps

Blog: http://parisiennefarmgirl.blogspot.com/.

Blog: http://floresazores.blogspot.com

Book: Love Falls, by Esther Freud

Book: The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy

Vintage-French-papers-Corey

Book: Stewart
Little, by E.B. White

Blog: Artistic Creations by Natasha Burns

Book: The Hiding Place, by Corrie Ten Boom,

Blog: http://karenrussell.typepad.com/

Book: Watership
Down, by Richard Adams.

Book: Olive
Kitteridge, by Elizabeth Strout

Blog: http://le-banc-moussu.over-blog.com/

Blog: http://acottageindustry.typepad.com/ 

Blog: http://www.fififlowers.com

Book: Memoirs From Antproof Case, by
Mark Helprin.

Books: Memoirs from Antproof Case, and Soldier of
the Great War

Blog: www.theinternalmakeover.com

Blog: www.natthefatrat.com

Books: Chocolate, Blackberry Wine, Five Quarters of
an Orange, and Holy Fools, all by Joanne Harris

French-letters

Book: The Mitford Series, by Jan Karon,

Book: One
Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish, by Dr. Suess

Blog: http://donnaobrien.typepad.com/the_ribboned_crown/

Book: Coming Home by Rosamunde Pilcher.

old books at Marburger antique fair in Texas

Book: Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo

Book: Random Jottings

Book: Search
for Omm Sety, by Jonathan Cott.

Blog: http://shadowhousecreations.blogspot.com

Blog: www.daisypinkcupcake.blogspot.com

Book: East of Eden, by John Steinbeck.

Blog: http://rachelashwellshabbychic.blogspot.com

Book: The Color Kittens, by Margaret Wise
Brown.

Blog: http://the-feathered-nest.blogspot.com/

Book: 84, Charing Cross Road

Blog: http://abloomsburylife.blogspot.com/.

antiques and books at marburger fair in texas

Book: The Birth of Venus, by Sarah Dunant.

Blog: http://rosylittlethings.typepad.com

Blog: http://www.samekindofdifferentasme.com

Book: Blue Castle, by LM Montgomery.

Blog: http://taza-and-husband.blogspot.com/

Blog: http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/

Book: Paris Underground, by Etta Shiber

Blog: Cold Antler Farm.
http://coldantlerfarm.blogspot.com/

Book: Gone with the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell

Blog: cafecartolina.blogspot.com/

Book store milan

Book: Gone With The Wind, by Margaret Mitchell.

Blog: My MiNuTia with Teresa McFayden.

Book: Arabian Nights, author: unknown.

Blog: http://agiftwrappedlife.blogspot.com/

Book: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie
Society, by Mary Anne Shaffer and Annie Barrows.

Blog: http://pebble-dash.blogspot.com/

Book: The Legacy aka A Town like Alice, by Nevil
Shute

Blog: The Paris Apartment blog

Book: Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table, by
Ruth Reichl

Blog: http://www.latartinegourmande.com/

Book: The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver.

Blog: http://florizel.canalblog.com/

Book-case

Blog: http://www.theinternalmakeover.com

Blog: http://wwww.natthefatrat.com

Blog: traceybianchi.com

Blog: http://marthafromnormandy.blogspot.com/

Blog: http://2nd-cup-of-coffee.blogspot.com/

Books and lockets telling stories

Book: Stars To Steer, Helen Follett.

Blog: http://lamomparis.blogspot.com/

Book: The Country of the Pointed Firs, by Sarah Orne
Jewett.

Blog: http://www.mainstreetmemories.blogspot.com/

Book: Au-delà, by Sohie Davant.

Book: Crèmes et Châtiments" by Anne
Martinetti, François Rivière, and Philippe Asset.

Blog: http://olharfeliz.typepad.com/

Blog: soardreamfrance…

Book: The Piano Shop on the Left Bank, by Thad Carhart

Blog: www.redbellfarm.blogspot.com

Music and tea

Blog: http://gardenantqs.blogspot.com/

Blog: http://magnoliapearlblog.blogspot.com/

*Book: The Biography of Khalil Gibran, Khalil Gibran

Book: The Serene Home, by Eileen Cannon

Blog: Paulinhttp://mainstreetmemories.blogspot.com/

Book: Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars Trilogy – Red
Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars.

Book: Without Reservations – Alice Sheridan

Blog: The Noble Pig" http://noblepig.com/

Book: The Prophet, by Kahlil Gibran

Blog: http://www.katsandogz.com/gibran.html

Book:The Painted Veil, by W Somerset Maugham

 

book shelf

Blog: http://moroccanmaryam.typepad.com/my_marrakesh/

Blog: A CUP OF JO.

Book: Wind, Sand, and Stars, by Antoine De Saint Exupery

*Book: The Outlander Series, by Diana Gabaldon. 

Book: Goodnight Moon.

Book: The Thornbirds, by Colleen
McCullough

*Blog: http://deardaisycottage.typepad.com

Book: Cold Comfort Farm by Stella
Gibbons

Blog: http://brocante-home.blogspot.com/

Book: The English Patient, by Michael Onjate

 

books in my bookshelf

 Book: Little Saint, by Hannah Green

 Book: Deirdre Madden's, Molly Fox's
Birthday

Book: Antonio Tabucchi, Indian Nocturne (Notturno Indiano)

Book: Gavin Plumley's, Entartete Music

Blog: http://entartetemusik.blogspot.com/

Book: The Dive from Clauson's Pier by Ann Packer…

Book: A Home for Tandy

*Blog: http://www.ullam.typepad.com/

books

Book: Baba Papa, for a French
children's table

BLook: ord of the
Rings

Book: The Mists of
Avalon

Blog:http://kimayres.blogspot.com/

Book: Dictionary of the Khazars: A Lexicon Novel from Milorad Pavic

Blog: http://thathouse.blogspot.com/


Book: Fantastic Mr Fox, by Roald Dahl.

And this one made me laugh out loud. Cate said, '…at the risk of sounding like a teacher's pet, I only read your blog, so I can't put anything else here!'

books

Thank you for the shout out to these wonderful books and blogs. Feel free to add more in today's comment section. Secondly, I didn't list all the books and blogs mentioned as I ran out of time. To see the complete list check yesterday's comments.

Thanks again and happy reading.

Note——–

I do not know why some blogs linked and others did not. I copied and pasted them as you wrote them in the comment section. Therefore it is not by my choice if some have a link attached.

The books and blogs noted with an * means they were mentioned more than a few times.



Comments

29 responses to “Top Favorite Books & Blogs”

  1. Oprah would be so proud of you Corey…all those books!! Linda C.

  2. You just want me to spend all my blogging time with you! I have 3 motorcycles in my garage and yes I have a black dress. Now I’m bugging my hubby to take me on a long road trip. The problem is he has sport bikes and my butt doesn’t fit.
    Happy Friday!

  3. I don’t have a black dress….but I’m thinking on getting one….:) and DO not like tofu…sorry! but LOVE your blog! stories, personality, you are a star (not as in Hollywood but in the sky 🙂 )
    XOXO!
    So encouraging and inspiring always to drop here ! Thank you Corey!

  4. A wonderful new reading list tried and tested
    BIG MERCI
    And I’m loving visiting all these new (to me) blogs
    What a brill post!
    Genius

  5. Wow,
    you must have spent half a day quoting all those links!
    I am glad my link to “Entartete Musik” entartetemusik.blogspot.com/ works!

  6. It’s been so long since I’ve worn a dress, I can’t remember if there’s one up in storage or not! Suits, yes…dress, well, that’s how life has changed, LOL. No motorcycle for me, but I am so fond of my current vehicle (her name is Gypsy) that I tell people I love it like a family member. I can roll down the windows, open the moonroof, and feel as giddy as a kid in springtime. Does that count?

  7. Hiya Corey!
    ~:0)Good morning
    Hey, thanks for listing all my books, sorry they were not well ‘considered’ just off the top of my head (nice image in the middle too – just my colours!) I love this getting to know each other technique (as well as how to get through the Northern winter reading list collection system) Hey we could play some more getting to know you games…
    Corey: can you tell answer these questions?
    *Favorite few songs of all time – songs that sum up all the phases of your life.
    *Favorite Colour (i know – predictable question)
    *What is you star sign? including Chinese star sign, rising, moon if you know it?
    *Most treasured poem/passage
    *Your favorite terrain and why
    *How did you earn your first $/or what did you want to be when you grew up? (for those who dont want to discuss the former in public)
    Go on – I’ll give you my answers if you give us yours! (only if you’re in the mood, mind you – looks like you used a lot of your days energy on that list darling) You could save the idea for another time, for when winter really sets in maybe?
    Have a great day. Oh by the way I DO love tofu (maybe cause I know how to cook it) Dont have a motorbike (in fact regret to admit I’ve never been on one!) and black dresses I have had have plenty of…here’s a teaser:
    I have five planets in Capricorn and the first money I made was doing a poetry reading…

  8. Gosh, sorry about the long comment, I got carried away. Its nearly as long as your post…. laughing! 😀 Katie

  9. Many THANKS to whoever reccommended
    http://alicew.typepad.com/
    I am now a new Country and Western fan!
    Who knew? Where’s my iPod..must load up

  10. Many thanks to Lesley for mentioning my blog – how lovely to find your writing as a result and to meet all your lovely readers who have visited me from the link.

  11. Julie Ann Evins

    What a list ! All I can think is I’ll never have time ! I wish I didn’t have links to all that blog eye candy at my disposal also…
    I have black dresses galore, a motorcyle outside – no garage – source of contention ! A biker husband as you know. Tofu is as great as the cook I reckon ! Luv Jx

  12. Nancy from Mass

    I love dresses and tofu! (although we do not have a motorcycle). My question is: how am I supposed to get any work done while checking out the blogs that everyone mentioned? There aren’t enough hours in the day to read them all!

  13. Nancy from Mass

    another good blog I read is onefrugalfoodie. she is a vegan and has great recipes and giveaways also!

  14. Holy Cow! It doesn’t pay to miss a day around here. I don’t know where to start. Reading or blog surfing? Too fun. So many of my favorites are listed too! We amaze me.

  15. I was showing Mom how to use a laptop computer (she gets a new one today). She asked about blogs. It was a bit embarrassing to show her the list…I have about 25 blogs that I read! Yours being numero uno of course. Then Pioneer Woman, Le Petit Cabinete des Curiosities, French Word a Day, Blind Pig and the Acorn and the Craft magazine blog.

  16. What a great idea for everyone to share their favorite books. I can’t wait to check out the blogs and get some books!!!

  17. OH, how well you treat your readers, giving us cause to share and mingle more. What a happy book and blog club we make. Much love to you Corey.

  18. What an incredible list that is. Now I have a go to place to find reading inspiration. I have read some of those books, and many are on my to read someday list. Wonderful!

  19. Wow! It’s my lucky day!! Thank you ever so much!! I actually had to click on myself to make sure it was really me you chose. :^)

  20. Thank you for listing those out, Corey! I will have so much fun checking out some of the above mentioned. I like recommendations by ‘word of mouth’ the best and if these people are loving your blog then I know I can trust their other favorites will be worth my time!

  21. Yesterday I was going to leave a comment and got busy and missed the given away. It is fun to see the list and will take forever to visit and read some of the listings. I love Enchanted April, which was mentioned here. There are so many wonderful blogs including yours. parisparfait.typepad.com, soulaperture.blogspot.com, and moredoors.blogspot.com are three I really enjoy.

  22. Congratulations to the winners! You luckies!
    (WAH! I forgot to come back and post my answers yesterday!)
    What fun! I love new books and blogs to explore! I won’t be lacking in new reading material for a long time to come now. Thank you Corey! 🙂
    Happy weekend!

  23. I didn’t get a chance to read yesterday…today being my feast at school! But I’m loving the list today!
    Thanks!
    And “To Kill a Mockingbird” is my all time favorite book, along with “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn”!
    (I don’t like tofu and no motorcycles in my garage…but I do love your stories!)

  24. My favorite blog was left out. 🙁
    http://www.atticmag.com
    ———–
    Hi Allison,
    Oops, sorry about that. I have added it.
    Thanks for telling me so,
    Corey

  25. Yes,I have a black dress in my closet and motorcycle in my garage. How wonderful to be your bestie.
    “To Kill A Mockingbird” is definitely a favourite as is “Six of One” & “Bingo” by Rita Mae Brown.
    Blogs? YOURS, OF COURSE!

  26. …a BRILLIANT post!!!
    I’ve made a bunch of notes. With so many books or blogs listed that I love, I can’t help but think there are so many more to look forward to…again, BRILLIANT!!!
    cheryl
    xx

  27. What a great idea Corey! Thank you for the reading list. : ) For the Jane Austen lovers out there… (I don’t know if this was mentioned) Pamela Aidan, a Librarian from Idaho, has written a wonderful trilogy called “Mr. Darcy, Gentleman” It is a deconstruction of “Pride and Prejudice” from Mr. Darcy’s perspective. All of my friends and family who have read the series have not been able to put the books down and are aching for Mrs. Aidan to write more. If I recall correctly, I believe my cousin said that she was so happy that she was “eating up every word.”
    Have a beautiful weekend!
    Julie M.

  28. wonderful time-suckers here
    perfect for procrastination
    I will return many times, being a dyed-in-the-wool procrastinator
    merci

  29. Discovered the following blog just this afternoon (!) and immediately wondered if it might interest you — by a NYC painter with Paris on the brain 🙂
    http://parisbreakfasts.blogspot.com

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