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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Sometimes a story takes you by the hand, makes you sit down with it and surrounds you with its warmth and wonder. It feels like a warm quilt that you don't want to get out of on a cold winter morning.

That is how I feel reading A tree grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith. Has anyone else read this book? I am only at the beginning of it, but I love it already.
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amrisha said…
how yow get time to read books i hardly get time to do so .the poem is really very lovely
December 12, 2008 at 6:40 AM
bindu said…
That's such a nice way to think about a favourite book! You have a way with words. I haven't read this one. My list is growing ...
December 12, 2008 at 9:08 AM
Sylvia K said…
I, too, love the way you think about a book! I feel the same way. I read this years ago and loved it, but now I'm thinking I need to read it again, it's a bit blurry in my 75 year old brain. I'm making a trip to the library later today. And you do, indeed, have a lovely way with words!
December 12, 2008 at 10:50 AM
pink dogwood said…
Hey Amrisha - is that really you?

Bindu - Thanks, do check it out - I loved the first few chapters.

Sylvia - thanks, I do fall in love with books and am sad when they end sometimes :) And yes, books do get blurry after a while in our head and the best part it we read them and enjoy them all over again :)
December 12, 2008 at 1:14 PM
Maithri said…
It takes you by the hand...

Wow what a beautiful description...

I love books and book stores ;) will keep an eye out for it,

With love to you and yours my friend this season, M
December 12, 2008 at 9:55 PM
L. Venkata Subramaniam said…
You are reading can evoke such strong emotions sometimes. Well and it is cold in Delhi and the quilt is the place to be!

I am reading Big Bang by simon singh and that book transports me to other galaxies. Beautifully written book.
December 13, 2008 at 9:35 PM
GEM said…
Haven't read "A Tree" yet, but I have read most of your favorite book list. A classic I enjoyed was "Typee" was Herman Melville's first book.

Gem
December 14, 2008 at 6:52 PM
Lori ann said…
I've not read this either, but I will keep an eye out for it now...I love book recommendations!
xx lori
December 14, 2008 at 9:37 PM
pink dogwood said…
Maithri - thanks, happy holidays to you as well.

LVS: thanks I will check out the book that you recommended.

GEM: thanks - I will add Typee to my to read list :)

Lori ann : thanks :)
December 15, 2008 at 6:23 AM
Bobkat said…
No, I haven't come across this one but I'm intrigued :)
December 20, 2008 at 5:14 AM
Anil P said…
I agree with how a story can take one by the hand. I felt the same reading 'Charles Kuralt's America'.
December 20, 2008 at 7:33 PM
aMus said…
I love the way you wrote this...so much so i've added this book to my list...

and tagged you..take your time


wish you a great year ahead :))
December 20, 2008 at 9:15 PM
megha puNAter" said…
sounds good,will get my hands on it.thanks :)
December 21, 2008 at 8:00 AM
pink dogwood said…
Bob-kat: yes - give it a try and see if you like it.

Anil: thanks for the recommendation - will add it to my 'to read' list.

Suma : thanks - will check out the tag :)

Megha : welcome back - missed you
December 21, 2008 at 8:19 AM
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December 21, 2008 at 3:46 PM
yellowmonkey3 said…
Hey mom,
Although I havent read many books I can say that I agree with you.A book sometime makes me feel like I'm in the story and I am to involved in the book to go about and enjoy what life has to offer. I am working on that. It is very dificult. I probably won't read that book well because I don't have the same tastes as you in books. I'm only eleven. You like non-fiction sorts of things and i love fantasy.
December 21, 2008 at 3:49 PM
pink dogwood said…
Hey Meghana : I agree our taste is different - I never could join the harry potter craze - I tried - I read the first two. But I think we have some similarities - we both love the 'Little House on the Prairie' series and we both loved wednesday wars. when you were little we both loved anything by Eric Carle. I am sure there are other similarities if we explored them - love you beta :)

mom
December 21, 2008 at 7:22 PM
Shelly said…
Merry Christmas! Stopping by to say hey there...and hmm...you said you want a white Christmas? I think I'd like to share some of my snow with you ;)
December 24, 2008 at 12:24 PM
Deb said…
Now I know why I get along with you so well - this is one of my favorite books. It is the type of book that you don't want to put down and you won't want it to end. I enjoyed visiting and I appreciate your kind words. Take care.
December 27, 2008 at 11:00 AM
Kay said…
This is one of my favorite books, too! Glad you like it.

Kay
December 31, 2008 at 5:12 AM
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