Comments on: A Sunny Homecoming

By: SGW

SGW — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 08:34:02 +0000

In reply to Erin @ Paperbackstash. Thanks Erin. The NC mountains are beautiful. Must be great going back to visit!

By: Toney Taylor

Toney Taylor — Sun, 06 Jul 2014 23:27:06 +0000

I just want to get this kind of books for my reading and cutting and pasting. I am a reader and I have nothing to do but this.

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By: Erin @ Paperbackstash

Erin @ Paperbackstash — Sat, 28 Jun 2014 21:46:37 +0000

Wow, what a lovely picture. My hometown is in a tiny town in North Carolina, but we left there when I was five. I haven’t been to NC for about 10 years but when I do go back it’s so beautiful and refreshing. The mountain air, the mountains themselves, all are so invigorating. I have lived in this town now for almost 30 years, so it now has the home town feel to me as well. We moved here when I was in the second grade.

I’m glad you go to do a visit home. Heard Canada is beautiful too!

By: SGW

SGW — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 16:28:29 +0000

In reply to Joy Weese Moll. Wow that is too bad about your hometown experience. Sorry to hear that. I'm sure you're in a better place now. And thanks for the word on the Cleopatra book. I'm looking forward to it. Thanks for stopping by.

By: SGW

SGW — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 16:26:29 +0000

In reply to Suzanne Yester (Chick with Books). Wow that must be nice living near where you grew up. But retiring in S.C. sounds good too! Thanks for stopping by

By: SGW

SGW — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 16:25:04 +0000

In reply to Diana Leigh. Gosh I didn't realize she had another more recent one out. Thanks! She's quite a good storyteller.

By: Diana Leigh

Diana Leigh — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 20:23:03 +0000

I read Kate Morton’s The Secret Keeper last year and loved it. I’m wanting to read her other books as well, I just need to find the time!

By: Suzanne Yester (Chick with Books)

Suzanne Yester (Chick with Books) — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 15:38:01 +0000

I’ve never really experienced, “Going back home”, because I have spent the majority of my life right there! But when I go back to visit where my husband is from in South Carolina, I get that same kind of feeling. I love it there and we’ll be moving there once I get to retire!

As far as reading goes, I’ve heard great things about The Forgotten Garden! I can’t wait to hear what you thought! And if you still are in the mood for Rome, I would try I Am Livia by Phyllis Smith. It surprised me how much I enjoyed it and it made me wonder why I never read any books set in that era.

Thank you for sharing some great books and the beautiful photo!

Suzanne

By: Joy Weese Moll

Joy Weese Moll — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 09:57:07 +0000

I’ve only been back to my hometown once since emptying my mother’s house after she died — and that was for a funeral. It’s a tiny, dying town and I feel old and stalled there. So, yeah, precisely the opposite of you! But I’m glad to know that there are better ways to relate to one’s hometown. Maybe I’ll find a path to one of them.

I enjoyed Cleopatra — it should fit nicely with a Rome theme and may start you off on an Egypt one.