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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!! 3mo
Butterfinger Evergreen and Thorn Birds. I watched the miniseries before reading. 3mo
Leftcoastzen Wow! Read some ,remember seeing them all on various shelves of family members! 3mo
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AmyG Belva Plain…there‘s a memory. I probably have read all of these. 3mo
TiredLibrarian That's going back in time! I read Hotel and The Thorn Birds, which was a huge thing with the miniseries. 3mo
Bookwormjillk The Thorn Birds is still a favorite of mine 3mo
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. 😢 3mo
Andrew65 Loved The Shell Seekers. 3mo
willaful I'm sure I read the Shell Seekers, and I think some Bradford. 3mo
MemoirsForMe @CBee Aww! Our moms and grandmas sure did inspire our reading habits with their stocked shelves. 🤗 3mo
MemoirsForMe @Butterfinger I‘ve seen Thorn Birds but can you believe I still haven‘t read the book yet?! 3mo
MemoirsForMe @Leftcoastzen I‘m not sure if my mom read all of them, but she had to have them on her shelf. 😁 3mo
TheBookHippie Thorn Birds -Shell Seekers 🥰😂😅♥️ such a sweet picture ! I‘m sure I‘ve read Barbara at some point! 3mo
MemoirsForMe @AmyG I‘m impressed! I think these classics were discussed at my mom‘s weekly beauty parlor appointments.😊 3mo
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. 3mo
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. 😢 3mo
MemoirsForMe @Andrew65 @willaful It may be time for a Shell Seekers reread! 3mo
CoffeeK8 I think my grandma had that exact copy of the thorn birds. I remember sneaking off to read it 3mo
MemoirsForMe @TheBookHippie My mom did love books about strong and influential women. 🙌🏻❤️👊🏻 Glad she passed this on to me! 3mo
MemoirsForMe @CoffeeK8 I bet your grandma left it out for you to find it! 😉 3mo
TheBookHippie @MemoirsForMe She was a force! I felt her all the way here by me! 3mo
CBee @MemoirsForMe that they did! I can also vouch for Thorn Birds - it‘s a wonderful book ♥️ 3mo
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 ♥️ 3mo
TheBookgeekFrau My mother had all these on her shelves too! 3mo
MemoirsForMe @TheBookHippie 😘😘😘 3mo
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. 3mo
MemoirsForMe @TheBookgeekFrau How lucky are we to be raised by moms who were avid readers! 📖 3mo
LeahBergen I remember that Evergreen cover!! 3mo
DogMomIrene Pretty sure my mom read all of these. I remember watching her read all the family sagas from James Michener too. 3mo
AmyG Ha! Yes…we ALL watched The Thorn Birds. It was an event. 3mo
CBee @MemoirsForMe yes! Hold on to those ♥️♥️ 3mo
CBee @AmyG it was so good 👏🏻👏🏻 3mo
MemoirsForMe @LeahBergen That cover is certainly an eye-catcher! 👀 3mo
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! 3mo
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