Kristi, did you know there is a 3rd book in the series? It is called Star Garden, and it is really quite good as well. So when you finish up "These is my Words", give that one a try. I really loved all three books, but they sure do tug at your heart and make you cry.
I loved that book as well -- perhaps you might enjoy the third book in the series!! I love the books from that period of time as well. Maybe you would like A Lantern in Her Hand, Nothing to do but Stay, and The Wedding Dress. They were also really good books.
Oh Kristi, I felt the same way! I became so sad when I got close to the end because I had been COMPLETELY swept up with Sarah and didn't want to leave her. And then there was Jack. Sob!!
I read Sarah's Quilt, but not Star Garden--yet. These Is My Words was the best, in my opinion.
It's a great book! I've read all 3and the first was by far the best but I completely understand what you are talking about~I felt the same way when I was reading it. Our book club just finished The Star Garden & I was kind of sad to see the series be over!
9:08 AM
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Oh this book! I have yet to read something that touched me so personally. Sarah is by far my most favorite heroine and I could relate to her in so many ways. You will bawl your head off- even in public. It was such a great, wonderful, life changing book for me. I hope you DO post about how it touched you.
I am SO glad you enjoyed this book! I just loved it and I have to admit I was a little sad when you said you didn't love the 2nd book so much - I am glad it is just because you hadn't had a chance to get as connected with Sarah as you do in the first book. I can't wait for your long post about this book!
oh i loved this book...i think i cried through the whole thing. that couple pages are hard. i have sarah's quilt and star garden but i am afraid to read them cause i don't want to ruin what i feel for the first book.
Oh, I love that book!! You just need to find a time to be alone and have a good cry! It makes me feel good to 'get to know' a character and then be all emotional about 'the end'. It's good to have something to cry about once in a while!
I received this book from a book club buddy as my family and I were about to "forge ahead" and move to remote Alaska. I have recommended this book to so many people and while I usually pass books on, as we are a military family and move too much to hoard things, I have kept this book on my shelf and let friends borrow it regularly. We have just returned from two years in Alaska and I will always have this book as a reminder that when you think you cannot stand one more moment of a hard situation....surely you CAN endure!
YAY!!! I am so happy that you are reading it! One of my all-time favorites. Captain Jack Elliott -- one of my favorite characters in all of literature. Let's read Star Garden and see if we love it -- Jessie thinks it's almost as good as the first!
YAY!!! I am so happy that you are reading it! One of my all-time favorites. Captain Jack Elliott -- one of my favorite characters in all of literature. Let's read Star Garden and see if we love it -- Jessie thinks it's almost as good as the first!
I have a policy- no sad movies- no sad books. I just can't take it. They stay with me for weeks... no, no, I don't do sad. I kind of, read two sad books for my book club last year- skipped a lot that I couldn't take. Denial is the world I live in. I do hate it when a good book comes to an end. I just finished Barbara Walters- Audition. (see, I'm shallow, down deep) because I LOVED IT. In fact it was the longest book I've ever read. It was great- tons of history- it really was good, not all smutty like the media made it out to be.
I'm so glad you like this book, because it is my all-time favorite. I get it out every couple of years to have a good cry! I haven't even read the sequel yet!
Oh this book is so good. I knew what was coming from accidentally reading spoilers on a couple blogs and I thought I would be 'tough'. No way, I totally cried through the end. And even through all the tears, I didn't want it to end. Love this type of book as well but unlike you I'm not sure I would have been strong like Sarah. I'm excited to read that Star Garden might be as good as this. I have to go get it!
I DID finish it in public (beach) and did have a total breakdown. I was under my hat and sunglasses for an hour bawling with all my sisters saying, "I'm definitely not reading that now!"
Kristi! I know just what you mean. Sarah became my friend, and finishing "These Is My Words" made me sob. Seriously, I cried and cried and cried. Get your Kleenex and a quiet place. After I was done, I called my friend, who finished the book the day before and all I said was, "I'm done" and then she and cried AGAIN on the phone!
Thank goodness for beautiful books.
10:28 AM
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I ugly-faced cried with this book. I LOVED it and it will definitely be ranked in my favorite top 5. They should have a disclaimer on it to not read it if you are 9 months pregnant. What's funny is that I finished it in the hospital when I had Henry. I could not put it down. When he was asleep or in the nursery I read (instead of slept). I got my private good cry out behind closed doors in my hospital room. A+ book!
Loved loved loved that book. Her passion for education, her compassion mixed with plain old toughness...she is a true heroine and I love a book that makes me cry. And your right... it put my life into better perspective when I consider how many modern conveniences I take for granted.... and how much more I should be able to accomplish. Wonderful book.
This is my all time favorite book. I just re read it this past month! If you enjoyed this one - I have several other books that you might enjoy. I'll email you... Oh Captain! My Captain!
Kristi, This is one of my favorite books! I read it for book club and went out and bought it and then I made Jay read it so I could talk to him about it! I ball like a baby every time I read it. Did you finish it?
This is seriously one of my most favorite books--ever. I read it a few years ago and was so incredibly touched. This book definitely creates the water works. I'll have to check out the third one (I wasn't too impressed by the second.)
1:39 PM
[Image]25 precious pages.
I am not sure if I can read these last 25 pages of These is my Words. For a few reasons.. I don't want the book to end.I don't want to go to bed not reading about Sarah and her life, thinking that I would have enjoyed a life like that (I have often said I was born 100 years too late) I read the sequel first so I know what what is coming and I don't want to read about it.I keep finding the right time to get ready for a good cry which I know is inevitable. I think I may have to finish the book in public so I don't have a total breakdown.I have loved this book more than I ever thought possible. These are my favorite kind of books. About homesteading women which make me appreciate my life, but also remind me of the responsibility I have to do so much good with so many advantages (running water) I have in my life. I fear for the length of the upcoming post on how this book as touched me. As for now I am just baby stepping my emotions to the end of the book.
Grab tissue and just read!
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It's probably the most I ever have cried from a book. But it is worth it. Nothing worse than when a book you love comes to an end...
7:53 AM
Kristi, did you know there is a 3rd book in the series? It is called Star Garden, and it is really quite good as well. So when you finish up "These is my Words", give that one a try. I really loved all three books, but they sure do tug at your heart and make you cry.
8:28 AM
I loved that book as well -- perhaps you might enjoy the third book in the series!! I love the books from that period of time as well. Maybe you would like A Lantern in Her Hand, Nothing to do but Stay, and The Wedding Dress. They were also really good books.
8:28 AM
This is one of my all-time favorite books. I read this last summer and bawled like a baby through the whole blasted thing.
8:38 AM
Oh Kristi, I felt the same way! I became so sad when I got close to the end because I had been COMPLETELY swept up with Sarah and didn't want to leave her. And then there was Jack. Sob!!
I read Sarah's Quilt, but not Star Garden--yet. These Is My Words was the best, in my opinion.
8:46 AM
It's a great book! I've read all 3and the first was by far the best but I completely understand what you are talking about~I felt the same way when I was reading it. Our book club just finished The Star Garden & I was kind of sad to see the series be over!
9:08 AM
Oh this book! I have yet to read something that touched me so personally. Sarah is by far my most favorite heroine and I could relate to her in so many ways. You will bawl your head off- even in public. It was such a great, wonderful, life changing book for me. I hope you DO post about how it touched you.
9:11 AM
I am SO glad you enjoyed this book! I just loved it and I have to admit I was a little sad when you said you didn't love the 2nd book so much - I am glad it is just because you hadn't had a chance to get as connected with Sarah as you do in the first book.
I can't wait for your long post about this book!
10:33 AM
This was a great book.. You might also like Dearest Friend by Lynn Withey about the life of Abigail Adams .. if you haven't read it already ..:)
10:37 AM
oh i loved this book...i think i cried through the whole thing. that couple pages are hard. i have sarah's quilt and star garden but i am afraid to read them cause i don't want to ruin what i feel for the first book.
12:24 PM
I vowed I would never read a sad book again after I finished. Great book!
3:10 PM
I'm glad you decided to read it. It is so good. I enjoy these types too.
3:57 PM
Oh, I love that book!! You just need to find a time to be alone and have a good cry! It makes me feel good to 'get to know' a character and then be all emotional about 'the end'. It's good to have something to cry about once in a while!
5:41 PM
I received this book from a book club buddy as my family and I were about to "forge ahead" and move to remote Alaska. I have recommended this book to so many people and while I usually pass books on, as we are a military family and move too much to hoard things, I have kept this book on my shelf and let friends borrow it regularly. We have just returned from two years in Alaska and I will always have this book as a reminder that when you think you cannot stand one more moment of a hard situation....surely you CAN endure!
5:58 PM
I loved loved loved this book. I have a post about it in my archives too... I am waiting for the perfect time to reread it.
7:33 PM
YAY!!! I am so happy that you are reading it! One of my all-time favorites. Captain Jack Elliott -- one of my favorite characters in all of literature. Let's read Star Garden and see if we love it -- Jessie thinks it's almost as good as the first!
8:31 PM
YAY!!! I am so happy that you are reading it! One of my all-time favorites. Captain Jack Elliott -- one of my favorite characters in all of literature. Let's read Star Garden and see if we love it -- Jessie thinks it's almost as good as the first!
8:31 PM
I have a policy- no sad movies- no sad books.
I just can't take it. They stay with me for weeks... no, no, I don't do sad.
I kind of, read two sad books for my book club last year- skipped a lot that I couldn't take.
Denial is the world I live in.
I do hate it when a good book comes to an end. I just finished Barbara Walters- Audition.
(see, I'm shallow, down deep) because I LOVED IT. In fact it was the longest book I've ever read.
It was great- tons of history- it really was good, not all smutty like the media made it out to be.
10:58 PM
I'm so glad you like this book, because it is my all-time favorite. I get it out every couple of years to have a good cry! I haven't even read the sequel yet!
11:03 PM
Oh this book is so good. I knew what was coming from accidentally reading spoilers on a couple blogs and I thought I would be 'tough'. No way, I totally cried through the end. And even through all the tears, I didn't want it to end. Love this type of book as well but unlike you I'm not sure I would have been strong like Sarah. I'm excited to read that Star Garden might be as good as this. I have to go get it!
11:36 PM
I DID finish it in public (beach) and did have a total breakdown. I was under my hat and sunglasses for an hour bawling with all my sisters saying, "I'm definitely not reading that now!"
8:59 AM
Kristi! I know just what you mean. Sarah became my friend, and finishing "These Is My Words" made me sob. Seriously, I cried and cried and cried. Get your Kleenex and a quiet place. After I was done, I called my friend, who finished the book the day before and all I said was, "I'm done" and then she and cried AGAIN on the phone!
Thank goodness for beautiful books.
10:28 AM
I ugly-faced cried with this book. I LOVED it and it will definitely be ranked in my favorite top 5. They should have a disclaimer on it to not read it if you are 9 months pregnant. What's funny is that I finished it in the hospital when I had Henry. I could not put it down. When he was asleep or in the nursery I read (instead of slept). I got my private good cry out behind closed doors in my hospital room. A+ book!
1:08 PM
Loved loved loved that book. Her passion for education, her compassion mixed with plain old toughness...she is a true heroine and I love a book that makes me cry. And your right... it put my life into better perspective when I consider how many modern conveniences I take for granted.... and how much more I should be able to accomplish. Wonderful book.
7:23 PM
This is my all time favorite book. I just re read it this past month! If you enjoyed this one - I have several other books that you might enjoy. I'll email you...
Oh Captain! My Captain!
10:02 PM
Are you wishing you would have read this back when your ward book club read it? I love, love, love this book!
7:20 PM
I knew you'd love this book!
8:38 AM
Kristi,
This is one of my favorite books! I read it for book club and went out and bought it and then I made Jay read it so I could talk to him about it! I ball like a baby every time I read it. Did you finish it?
8:54 PM
This is seriously one of my most favorite books--ever. I read it a few years ago and was so incredibly touched. This book definitely creates the water works. I'll have to check out the third one (I wasn't too impressed by the second.)
1:39 PM