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More oldies but goodies from my beloved Mom‘s book shelves. She loved these epic family sagas and romance novels. Do you remember any of these?
CBee Oh my goodness, this picture brings me back ♥️♥️ My grandmother‘s and my mother‘s shelves ♥️♥️ Thank you for giving me such a lovely memory today!! 5mo
Butterfinger Evergreen and Thorn Birds. I watched the miniseries before reading. 5mo
Leftcoastzen Wow! Read some ,remember seeing them all on various shelves of family members! 5mo
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AmyG Belva Plain…there‘s a memory. I probably have read all of these. 5mo
TiredLibrarian That's going back in time! I read Hotel and The Thorn Birds, which was a huge thing with the miniseries. 5mo
Bookwormjillk The Thorn Birds is still a favorite of mine 5mo
Soscha My ma & older sisters love loved Daniele Steele‘s “Loving”, I think it was. Their “must read” for me, which I didn‘t. The other was “Where Are the Children?” from Mary Higgins Clark, which was more to my taste? Never read Danielle Steele & remain dismissive of her work. My ma did get me hooked on mysteries though staring with Sue Grafton. It still shatters me that neither lived to finish the “Z is for…” Alphabet series. 😢 5mo
Andrew65 Loved The Shell Seekers. 5mo
willaful I'm sure I read the Shell Seekers, and I think some Bradford. 5mo
MemoirsForMe @CBee Aww! Our moms and grandmas sure did inspire our reading habits with their stocked shelves. 🤗 5mo
MemoirsForMe @Butterfinger I‘ve seen Thorn Birds but can you believe I still haven‘t read the book yet?! 5mo
MemoirsForMe @Leftcoastzen I‘m not sure if my mom read all of them, but she had to have them on her shelf. 😁 5mo
TheBookHippie Thorn Birds -Shell Seekers 🥰😂😅♥️ such a sweet picture ! I‘m sure I‘ve read Barbara at some point! 5mo
MemoirsForMe @AmyG I‘m impressed! I think these classics were discussed at my mom‘s weekly beauty parlor appointments.😊 5mo
MemoirsForMe @TiredLibrarian @Bookwormjillk I think we were all glued to the TV for the Thorn Bird miniseries! Also watched The Hotel TV series. They used to have great guest stars. 5mo
MemoirsForMe @Soscha I never read Danielle Steele either, but I loved Mary Higgins Clark. The novel that got me hooked was The Cradle Will Fall. Couldn‘t put it down! Yes, Sue Grafton and MHC left us too soon. 😢 5mo
MemoirsForMe @Andrew65 @willaful It may be time for a Shell Seekers reread! 5mo
CoffeeK8 I think my grandma had that exact copy of the thorn birds. I remember sneaking off to read it 5mo
MemoirsForMe @TheBookHippie My mom did love books about strong and influential women. 🙌🏻❤️👊🏻 Glad she passed this on to me! 5mo
MemoirsForMe @CoffeeK8 I bet your grandma left it out for you to find it! 😉 5mo
TheBookHippie @MemoirsForMe She was a force! I felt her all the way here by me! 5mo
CBee @MemoirsForMe that they did! I can also vouch for Thorn Birds - it‘s a wonderful book ♥️ 5mo
CBee @MemoirsForMe let me also say that I‘m so sorry for the loss of your mother - I just read your post about it and am sorry I missed it ♥️ 5mo
TheBookgeekFrau My mother had all these on her shelves too! 5mo
MemoirsForMe @TheBookHippie 😘😘😘 5mo
MemoirsForMe @CBee Thank you Cydney. ❤️ I miss her so much, but I‘m lucky to have so many wonderful memories and fun times with my Mom. 5mo
MemoirsForMe @TheBookgeekFrau How lucky are we to be raised by moms who were avid readers! 📖 5mo
LeahBergen I remember that Evergreen cover!! 5mo
DogMomIrene Pretty sure my mom read all of these. I remember watching her read all the family sagas from James Michener too. 5mo
AmyG Ha! Yes…we ALL watched The Thorn Birds. It was an event. 5mo
CBee @MemoirsForMe yes! Hold on to those ♥️♥️ 5mo
CBee @AmyG it was so good 👏🏻👏🏻 5mo
MemoirsForMe @LeahBergen That cover is certainly an eye-catcher! 👀 5mo
MemoirsForMe @DogMomIrene My mom also had her nose in one of these epic sagas.☺️They were such runaway bestsellers back then. My mom would buy every book by these authors. She was hooked! 5mo
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