1

by
4.17 avg rating — 1,277,241 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
2

by
3.89 avg rating — 39,981 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
3

by
3.89 avg rating — 199,592 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
4

by
4.03 avg rating — 176,939 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
5

by
3.59 avg rating — 2,012 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
6

by
3.54 avg rating — 2,049 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
7

by
4.29 avg rating — 4,706,242 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
8

by
4.06 avg rating — 256,433 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
9

by
4.30 avg rating — 4,392,433 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
10

by
3.96 avg rating — 3,434 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
11

by
3.81 avg rating — 88,091 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
12

by
4.57 avg rating — 33,909 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
13

by
3.78 avg rating — 224,436 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
14

by
4.02 avg rating — 164,778 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
15

by
4.09 avg rating — 1,279,563 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
16

by
4.06 avg rating — 602,717 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
17

by
3.83 avg rating — 47,372 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
18

by
3.92 avg rating — 26,839 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
19

by
4.10 avg rating — 347,305 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
20

by
4.07 avg rating — 140,794 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
21

by
4.09 avg rating — 22,104 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
22

by
4.60 avg rating — 1,887 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
23

by
3.72 avg rating — 5,624 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
24

by
4.27 avg rating — 941,637 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
25

by
3.82 avg rating — 77,230 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
25

by
4.05 avg rating — 963,248 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
27

by
3.85 avg rating — 445,429 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
28

by
4.16 avg rating — 2,286,025 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
29

by
4.17 avg rating — 24,599 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
30

by
4.21 avg rating — 35,415 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
31

by
3.85 avg rating — 31,735 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
32

by
4.03 avg rating — 80,779 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
33

by
3.87 avg rating — 112,130 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
34

by
4.17 avg rating — 33,902 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
35

by
4.05 avg rating — 24,068 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
36

by
3.43 avg rating — 802 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
37

by
4.10 avg rating — 17,769 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
38

by
4.06 avg rating — 54,064 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
39

by
4.04 avg rating — 28 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
39

by
4.93 avg rating — 28 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
41

by
3.96 avg rating — 130,415 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
42

by
3.96 avg rating — 192,678 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
43

by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4,095 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
44

by
3.74 avg rating — 2,790,358 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
45

by
3.94 avg rating — 572,685 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
46

by
4.01 avg rating — 259,098 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
47

by
4.23 avg rating — 51,728 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
48

by
4.16 avg rating — 22,714 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
48

by
4.08 avg rating — 104,719 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
50

by
4.24 avg rating — 91,555 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
51

by
3.85 avg rating — 56,461 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
52

by
3.95 avg rating — 2,704 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
53

by
4.11 avg rating — 56,370 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
54

by
3.96 avg rating — 43,996 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
55

by
4.08 avg rating — 8,360 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
56

by
3.99 avg rating — 51,560 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
56

by
3.92 avg rating — 17,309 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
58

by
4.17 avg rating — 7,199 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
59

by
4.20 avg rating — 14,706 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
60

by
4.13 avg rating — 6,040 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
61

by
4.13 avg rating — 255 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
62

by
4.02 avg rating — 1,343 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
62

by
4.08 avg rating — 39 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
64

by
4.15 avg rating — 6,254 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
65

by
4.09 avg rating — 231,411 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
66

by
3.99 avg rating — 115,499 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
67

by
3.91 avg rating — 14,204 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
68

by
4.11 avg rating — 115,543 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
69

by
3.95 avg rating — 5,671 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
69

by
4.17 avg rating — 35,950 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
71

by
3.76 avg rating — 36,462 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
72

by
4.10 avg rating — 22,645 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
73

by
4.11 avg rating — 12,761 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
74

by
3.86 avg rating — 48,046 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
75

by
4.32 avg rating — 35,785 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
76

by
4.36 avg rating — 7,702 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
76

by
4.17 avg rating — 400,868 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
78

by
4.01 avg rating — 44,265 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
78

by
3.75 avg rating — 393 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
80

by
3.97 avg rating — 2,190 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
81

by
4.27 avg rating — 1,110 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
82

by
3.93 avg rating — 13,442 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
83

by
4.03 avg rating — 128,329 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
84

by
3.93 avg rating — 5,412 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
85

by
4.14 avg rating — 15,801 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
86

by
4.32 avg rating — 555 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
87

by
4.05 avg rating — 11,438 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
88

by
4.11 avg rating — 2,285 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
89

by
4.24 avg rating — 117 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
90

by
4.39 avg rating — 17,440 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
90

by
4.56 avg rating — 16 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
90

by
3.79 avg rating — 62 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
90

by
4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
90

by
4.10 avg rating — 18,172 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
90

by
4.11 avg rating — 27 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
90

by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
90

by
3.51 avg rating — 440 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
90

by
2.95 avg rating — 117 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
90

by
3.93 avg rating — 58,184 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
90

by
4.45 avg rating — 22 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
186 books · 104 voters · list created January 30th, 2011 by Bettie (votes) .
38 likes · 
Lists are re-scored approximately every 5 minutes.


Bettie 15671 books
19 friends
Kathryn 5426 books
123 friends
Clare 932 books
73 friends
Gerry 4165 books
72 friends
Susanna - Censored by GoodReads 3385 books
853 friends
Carey 3173 books
51 friends
Judy 879 books
8 friends
Laura 13050 books
315 friends

More voters…


Comments Showing 1-22 of 22 (22 new)

dateUp arrow    newest »

Susanna - Censored by GoodReads How about "all of them"?


message 2: by Bettie (new)

Bettie Susanna wrote: "How about "all of them"?"

I was thinking more of a themed thing Susanna. On going reads of course but it is nice to fit in a topical read isn't it


message 4: by Bettie (new)

Bettie Susanna wrote: "Yep."

I am looking for some inspiration; jiggling up my 'to be read' will only add to the appeal

[image error]


message 5: by Cindy (new)

Cindy Man, I'm going to have to think about this one for a while. I'm not coming up with much at all...

Secret Garden maybe?


message 6: by Laura (new)

Laura I just added a few books, take a look. A theme? What about strong women?


message 7: by [deleted user] (new)

Brava T-A! You put in Middlemarch. I haven't read it or I would have.


Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) It was just too good a one to leave out ... ;)


message 9: by Bettie (new)

Bettie Basia - Waters Of March

Waters of March by Jobim

A stick, a stone,
It's the end of the road,
It's the rest of a stump,
It's a little alone

It's a sliver of glass,
It is life, it's the sun,
It is night, it is death,
It's a trap, it's a gun

The oak when it blooms,
A fox in the brush,
A knot in the wood,
The song of a thrush

The wood of the wind,
A cliff, a fall,
A scratch, a lump,
It is nothing at all

It's the wind blowing free,
It's the end of the slope,
It's a beam, it's a void,
It's a hunch, it's a hope

And the river bank talks
of the waters of March,
It's the end of the strain,
The joy in your heart

The foot, the ground,
The flesh and the bone,
The beat of the road,
A slingshot's stone

A fish, a flash,
A silvery glow,
A fight, a bet,
The range of a bow

The bed of the well,
The end of the line,
The dismay in the face,
It's a loss, it's a find

A spear, a spike,
A point, a nail,
A drip, a drop,
The end of the tale

A truckload of bricks
in the soft morning light,
The shot of a gun
in the dead of the night

A mile, a must,
A thrust, a bump,
It's a girl, it's a rhyme,
It's a cold, it's the mumps

The plan of the house,
The body in bed,
And the car that got stuck,
It's the mud, it's the mud

Afloat, adrift,
A flight, a wing,
A hawk, a quail,
The promise of spring

And the riverbank talks
of the waters of March,
It's the promise of life
It's the joy in your heart

A stick, a stone,
It's the end of the road
It's the rest of a stump,
It's a little alone

A snake, a stick,
It is John, it is Joe,
It's a thorn in your hand
and a cut in your toe

A point, a grain,
A bee, a bite,
A blink, a buzzard,
A sudden stroke of night

A pin, a needle,
A sting, a pain,
A snail, a riddle,
A wasp, a stain

A pass in the mountains,
A horse and a mule,
In the distance the shelves
rode three shadows of blue

And the riverbank talks
of the waters of March,
It's the promise of life
in your heart, in your heart

A stick, a stone,
The end of the road,
The rest of a stump,
A lonesome road

A sliver of glass,
A life, the sun,
A knife, a death,
The end of the run

And the riverbank talks
of the waters of March,
It's the end of all strain,
It's the joy in your heart.


Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) Beautiful!!

(Note to self: Must not miss fields, bunches and beds of daffodils this spring ...)


message 11: by Laura (new)

Laura where have you found this song by the Brazilian poet Jobim?


message 12: by [deleted user] (new)

Art Garfunkel did a not-so-hot version of this eons ago. I like the Basia version much better. Thank you Bettie.


message 13: by Bettie (new)

Bettie Of course (apologies Laura) this is a totally Brazilliant root, so here is Jobim in action

From wiki - "Waters of March" (Portuguese: "Águas de Março") is a Brazilian song composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim. Jobim wrote both the English and Portuguese lyrics.[1] When writing the English lyrics, Jobim endeavoured to avoid words with Latin roots, which resulted in the English version having more verses than the Portuguese. Nevertheless, the English version still contains some words from Latin origin, such as rhyme, promise, dismay, line, plan, rest, pain, mountain, distance and mule. Another way in which the English lyrics differ from the Portuguese is that the English version treats March from the perspective of an observer in the northern hemisphere. In this context, the waters are the "waters of defrost" in contrast to the rains referred to in the original Portuguese, marking the end of summer and the beginning of the colder season in the southern hemisphere.

Águas de Março

É pau, é pedra,
é o fim do caminho
É um resto de toco,
é um pouco sozinho

É um caco de vidro,
é a vida, é o sol
É a noite, é a morte,
é um laço, é o anzol

É peroba do campo,
é o nó da madeira
Caingá, candeia,
é o Matita Pereira

É madeira de vento,
tombo da ribanceira
É o mistério profundo,
é o queira ou não queira

É o vento ventando,
é o fim da ladeira
É a viga, é o vão,
festa da cumeeira

É a chuva chovendo,
é conversa ribeira
Das águas de março,
é o fim da canseira

É o pé, é o chão,
é a marcha estradeira
Passarinho na mão,
pedra de atiradeira

É uma ave no céu,
é uma ave no chão
É um regato, é uma fonte,
é um pedaço de pão

É o fundo do poço,
é o fim do caminho
No rosto o desgosto,
é um pouco sozinho

É um estrepe, é um prego,
é uma conta, é um conto
É uma ponta, é um ponto,
é um pingo pingando

É um peixe, é um gesto,
é uma prata brilhando
É a luz da manhã,
é o tijolo chegando

É a lenha, é o dia,
é o fim da picada
É a garrafa de cana,
o estilhaço na estrada

É o projeto da casa,
é o corpo na cama
É o carro enguiçado,
é a lama, é a lama

É um passo, é uma ponte,
é um sapo, é uma rã
É um resto de mato,
na luz da manhã

São as águas de março
fechando o verão
É a promessa de vida
no teu coração

É uma cobra, é um pau,
é João, é José
É um espinho na mão,
é um corte no pé

É um passo, é uma ponte,
é um sapo, é uma rã
É um belo horizonte,
é uma febre terçã

São as águas de março
fechando o verão
É a promessa de vida
no teu coração


message 14: by Laura (new)

Laura I love this song!!!


message 15: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (last edited Mar 15, 2011 12:57PM) (new)

Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large)

"... a host of golden daffodils..."

(Yippee -- they're finally in bloom!)


message 16: by Bettie (new)

Bettie Beautiful! Thanks TA, they warm the ol' cockles. Happy springtime vibes to you and yours
xx


Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) And the same to you!


message 18: by Laura (new)

Laura I am glad the spring is coming already to both of you.


message 19: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (last edited Mar 16, 2011 10:23AM) (new)

Susanna - Censored by GoodReads I swear we're going to have a tulip out tomorrow. (This is very early, even for us.) Our daffodils are blooming now.


Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) My mom brought home the first bouquet of tulips the other day ... I won't rule out they're hot house flowers, though.


message 21: by LauraT (new)

LauraT I love Anne of green Gables serie for spring ...


message 22: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited May 27, 2019 03:50PM) (new)

BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) wrote: "(Note to self: Must not miss fields, ...)"

Where I live there are plenty of fields with flower bulbs. As they are grown for the bulbs, they are 'beheaded' by now, unfortunately, but the flower bulbs are truly gorgeous when the flowers are in full bloom.


back to top