Kiva Friends and the Books They Love

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[Dottie b]

I read The Price of a Dream and Banker to the Poor over the weekend. Couldn't put either down! I read Banker to the Poor, and was afraid The Price of a Dream would be repetitious, but they two definitely enhanced each other. Every Kiva lender should read them! And definitely every Kiva friend! Maybe they should be a prerequisite for posting. . . .     

[Jill]

      While it's quieter at the Kiva website than it's ever been since I've been around,
no Entrepreneurs left to help fund,
I thought I'd tag on a number of other Real Favorites of Mine,
after which,
I'll turn this thread over to the rest of you and will hope
that we'll get more and more people
talking about the books they've loved.

     Since I don't feel like taking the time to write out descriptions for all of these,for anyone who (if anyone) may be interested,
I'd suggest you do what Steff did with Frog in Love, and what I did, too, to check out some of Ramón's choices, which is to
punch in the titles at Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/b/ref=sv_b_0/104-7049051-9963161?%5Fencoding=UTF8&node=241582011
and read the descriptions and commentaries by some of the other people who read these books.

Clabbered Dirt; Sweet Grass as well as Winterdance; The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod, by Gary Paulson

Letters From Mississippi, edited by Elizabeth Sutherland (married name: Martinez?)

Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice, by Mark Plotkin

Warriors Don't Cry, by Melba Patillo Beals

The Enemy Has a Face; The Seeds of Peace Experience***, by John Wallach

Every War Has Two Losers: William Stafford on Peace and War

Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes, by Chris Crutcher

Koko's Kitten, by Dr. Francine Patterson

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down[/b], by Anne Fadiman

Princess Bride[/b], by William Goldman

On the Road, by Jack Kerouac

Sometimes a Great Notion, by Ken Kesey

Zorba the Greek, by Nikos Kazantzakis

Joys and Sorrows, by Pablo Casals

Nepali Aama***, by Broughton Coburn (No review in Amazon, an oldie, exquisite w/ exquisite photos)

Travels With Charley, by John Steinbeck

Horton Hatches the Egg, by Dr. Seuss

Lad: A Dog, by Albert Payson Terhune

Anne of Green Gables, by Elizabeth Montgomery

Ryan and Jimmy -- And the Well in Africa That Brought Them Together, by Herb Shoveller

The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgkins Burnett

Educating Esme, by Esme Codell

Noah's Ark, by Rien Poortvliet

Giving; How Each of Us Can Change the World, by Bill Clinton

Full Catastrophe Living, by Jon Kabat-Zinn
                                           (Jon Kabat-Zinn is Howard Zinn's son-in-law. 
                                             I've often thought about what incredibly fascinating conversations they must have at family dinners)

     Each in its own way...... treasures, all.

     When you really Really love a book, then
     seeing that book on a bookshelf, or
     seeing the title of that book in print
     is like hearing a mention of a dear dear old friend;
     it just makes you feel good.
     Maybe it's crazy,
     but it just makes you happy.
     Well, it makes me happy, and
     it makes me happy to share.

EDIT *****:  I came back, a couple of days ago, and turned most of the book titles I'm recommending to you into "hyperlinks."
         So, if you see that one of my book titles is in green, try clicking on it, and it should take you to an Amazon site
         where you can read a description, usually, of the book in addition to critiques by various readers who have read it.

*** Means that this title was recently added to the list....

[ikubak]

Eurabia: The Euro-Arab Axis by Bat Ye'Or

The Camp of the Saints by Jean Raspail

While Europe Slept: How Radical Islam is Destroying the West from Within by Bruce Bawer

The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason

The Millionaire Next Door  by Thomas J. Stanley

As A Man Thinketh by James Allen

More Than Money: True Stories of People Who Learned Life's Ultimate Lesson by Neil Cavuto

[Jill]

        Doesn't Anyone Else Like to Read?     
          Kiva Friends?  Guests?  Kiva Staff?

      Come on, you guys,
      SHARE
     
      a little of who you are,
      of what you like.
      Won't you? 
      Please.

      It makes it
      so much more fun.....
      being (Kiva) friends.


                                  EDIT:  There is absolutely No Reason to Worry
                                            About whether "other people" will think you are smart or silly
                                            If you tell them what books you love.
                                            This is not about impressing anyone.
                                            It's just a little bit of sharing a bit of who we are.

                                            By now,
                                            We ought to be Way Past Worrying
                                            Whether other people will think we are good enough
                                            or smart enough.
                                            We are who we are, take us or leave us,
                                            and anyway,
                                            This is KivaFriends.org
                                                        It's supposed to be a safe place.

[Henry]

Ok Jill, at the moment, i'm reading Armageddon's Children (The Genesis of Shannara, Book 1) by Terry Brooks.

where do we go now?

[Steff]

How about ""The Hatbox Baby" by Carrie Brown.  I find all her books enjoyable.  Also any Douglas Preston/Lincoln Child book.  I am reading "The Wheel of Darkness" right now.

[Henry]

where do we go now?

well, i was thinking a possible way to relate this to KIVA, after KIVA fixes the worlds poverty, and then man destroys the world, then this book will be good to talk about?

[Henry]

Steff....  I was just telling Queen last night when asked what books I read in Chat, about Cabinet of Curiosities - except I couldn't remember the name, or the author.  THANKS!!!!

I really enjoyed this book and want to read the rest of this series.     I Like the FBI agent ! can't wait to find out what his story is.

[Steff]

Now I know how to keep you in line Henry.  If you aren't good I will send you the entire plot and ending of "The Wheel of Darkness" before you have a chance to read it.

[Henry]

makes note to have someone else open any email or notes from Steff!  HA!