Belles of the South discussion

Hello all! If anyone got the chance to read our summer book, The Secret Life of Bees, I hope you enjoyed it! Now that it's September, what book would you southern belles want to read this fall? If I don't get many suggestions, I may postpone our next group read to a (hopefully) less busy winter, so comment away!

loved the secret life of bees. I love Karen White books. She has some really good books that make you think about family, especially mothers and daughters.
Have a look but I will also be interested in any other books as well.

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Please do consider "CROOKED LETTER, CROOKED LETTER" by Tom Franklin. A southern mystery by a new author from Alabama who now lives and teaches in Mississippi. Go on Amazon and check out his page.








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Great suggestion S.K.!

I would love to hear more suggestions from our members.

Abby wrote: "Hello all! If anyone got the chance to read our summer book, The Secret Life of Bees, I hope you enjoyed it! Now that it's September, what book would you southern belles want to read this fall? If ..."

Great idea Abby, do you have any particular theme in mind?

I really did enjoy our summer read. Looking forward to autumn's cooler days and your fall selection.

Are you looking for suggestions for truly "Antebellum" ... The House Girl or The Kitchen House .....
If not then.... Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter sounds like an interesting mystery read
Saving CeeCee Honeycutt is more condensed and a cute one

Shelley wrote: "loved the secret life of bees. I love Karen White books. She has some really good books that make you think about family, especially mothers and daughters.
Have a look but I will also be intereste..."

Shelley.. Have you read House on Tradd Street.. It sounds good

Sandy wrote: "I really did enjoy our summer read. Looking forward to autumn's cooler days and your fall selection.

Are you looking for suggestions for truly "Antebellum" ... The House Girl ..."

Thanks Sandy and all are great suggestions!

I would like to suggest the book
Maria.

Price is an older author and wrote many classic books set in the south. Her book Maria is a very uplifting and inspiring one.

I am new to this group. I am Canadian lived in Niagara Falls most of my life. My street is named after one of the daredevils and we have the first church that was used as the underground railroad. Across the street there was a beautiful magnolia tree. I fell in love with. I would sit on the porch of the church admiring the tree and talk to all the visitors about the church. It still has many visitors today. And the magnolia tree still stands. I have some of my own. I will go with whatever everyone wants to read.

Sandy wrote: "I really did enjoy our summer read. Looking forward to autumn's cooler days and your fall selection.

Are you looking for suggestions for truly "Antebellum" ... The House Girl ..."

Sandy wrote: "I really did enjoy our summer read. Looking forward to autumn's cooler days and your fall selection.

Are you looking for suggestions for truly "Antebellum" ... The House Girl ..."



Shelly I've read "The Kitchen House" ,"Saving CECE" & all Eugenia Price's books. These are good books. Started the House Girl but had to take back to library before I finished. On my list to finish.

Shelley wrote: "I am new to this group. I am Canadian lived in Niagara Falls most of my life. My street is named after one of the daredevils and we have the first church that was used as the underground railroad. ..."

Welcome Shelby, it's good to see so many new members.
I love magnolia trees too and have one in my front yard. I always look forward to them blooming - the aroma is divine.

Laurie wrote: "Abby wrote: "Hello all! If anyone got the chance to read our summer book, The Secret Life of Bees, I hope you enjoyed it! Now that it's September, what book would you southern belles want to read t..."
No particular theme this time! The novel should just exemplify Southern culture, whether it's in the past or present. I'll be putting up a poll of all our suggestions soon!

Abby wrote: "Laurie wrote: "Abby wrote: "Hello all! If anyone got the chance to read our summer book, The Secret Life of Bees, I hope you enjoyed it! Now that it's September, what book would you southern belles..."


Thanks Abby. Would love to hear more suggestions.

Marita wrote: "I also love magnolia trees, and nearby me, here in New Zealand, the streets are lined with magnolia trees."

Marita, were there a lot of magnolia trees in Texas or was the climate too hot for them? I've driven through some small town's courthouse squares that had gigantic magnolia trees planted there. They had to have been over a 100 years old to be that large. Just a beautiful sight.

wow I never new that you had them in New Zealand.

I didn't know this either. Takes a long time for them to start blooming. That's the reason I don't have any. And the fact that leaves are very hard to mow over.

I've been a bit absent from goodreads lately, but I'd like to add Carolina Gold, a book I mysteriously received in the mail from Random House (seriously - it was weird) that seems to fit our theme pretty well! If it's too late though we can just save it for the next poll!

Marita wrote: "The magnolia trees are just starting to bloom."

Lucky you Marita! Please go take a big whiff of the new blossoms for me :D.

Katherine wrote: "I've been a bit absent from goodreads lately, but I'd like to add Carolina Gold, a book I mysteriously received in the mail from Random House (seriously - it was weird) that seems to fit our theme ..."

Welcome back to GR's Katherine and I look forward to hearing more from you here. I just read the synopsis of "Carolina Gold" and it sounds amazing. I do love old fashioned books of this type.

Since Abby had already set up the poll please do nominate it again for the next poll. When you have time please vote for the book you'd like to be the next Group Read. Thanks!

I grew up in Houston and saw Magnolia trees there. We had one in our front yard. I now live in Fort Worth and see them rarely. Although there is one across the street.
Live oaks and other oak trees are a plenty, and where we just moved from in central TX there are a lot of Pecan trees as well as oak trees.

I do love my magnolia tree in the front yard. I have a wild holly tree that I'm crazy about too. It's about 10 years old now and has really grown so much in that time. Looking out the window in the winter time cheers me up with all the red berries. As soon as the berries ripen around Christmas the tree is covered with birds pigging out on them, finishing them off in a couple of days.