Tell us which book YOU bought in support of the women of She Writes!

Support women writers and raise your voice in our first-ever She Writes Day of Action!

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Permalink Reply by Michelle Mitchell-Foust on March 8, 2010 at 9:33pm

I pre-ordered Anne Carson's NOX. I love her challenging and inspiring poetry and translations, and I can't wait to see the experiment of the book's folded format.

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Permalink Reply by Stephanie Bird on March 14, 2010 at 9:46am

I bought "Housekeeping for the Soul: a Practical Guide to Restoring Your Inner Sanctuary" by Sandra Carrington-Smith. Carrington-Smith is a mother and wife like many of us and she uses the landscape of her home to set up a unique allegory for the house of the soul in this inspirational book.

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Permalink Reply by shah wharton on March 20, 2010 at 6:51am

Charlaine Harris does fantasy wonderfully well. Ive pretty much read all of her collection over the past 6 mths. Her True Blood novels are NOT crude and vulgar like the TV show, (I like it too in some ways - but its nothing like the books) and her characters eclectic and absorbing, as are her plots. All wonderfull to read, each book expands on characters backstories bit by bit, so that you feel utterely involved in all the plot,s and the lives of supes and humans alike. From the obvious: Vampires, the beautiful and sometimes evil faries, dangerous yet loveable were creatures, and scary but loyal goblins, theyre all so beleiveable. Great reads if youre into fantasy. Her 'Grave' novels are captivating too - the heroine finds corpses. I'm only the third book right now. I highly reccommend this author for all who like to escape, to wonder and to laugh. Shah. X

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Permalink Reply by Lauren B. Davis on March 19, 2010 at 11:36am

This wasn't difficult as I buy lots of books by women. But recently:

Away, by Amy Bloom
Angeology by Danielle Trussoni
A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You, also by Amy Bloom
The City of Ember by Jeanne Duprau
Cost by Roxana Robinson
Devotion by Dani Shapiro
Einstein's God by Krista Tippet
February by Lisa Moore
The Girl who Fell from the Sky by Heidi W. Durrow
The Heroines by Eileen Favorite
The Last Chinese Chef by Nicole Mones
Lit by Mary Karr
Major Pettrigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson
Mudbound by Hillary Jordan
Raymond Carver: A Writer's Life by Carol Sklenicka
Sanctuary by Edith Wharton
Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder
Too Much Happiness by Alie Munro
The Truro Bear and other Adventures by Mary Oliver

And that's the past 2 months. Just the women. Note to self...start reading faster.

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Permalink Reply by Stephanie Bird on March 19, 2010 at 11:41am

Lauren, my husband just raved about "Lit." Did you like it?

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Permalink Reply by Stephanie Bird on March 25, 2010 at 3:48pm

I received the books by Shewrites member, Mother Writer, and avid blogger Sandra Carrington-Smith, "Housekeeping for the Soul: A Practical Guide to Restoring Your Inner Sanctuary" and "The Book of Obeah" both great reads!

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Permalink Reply by Jeannie Dail on April 2, 2010 at 11:19pm

I bought:

- "Fearless Confessions: A Writer's Guide to Memoirs" by Silverman
- "The Power of Memoir" by Meyers

http://ning.it/9gSlLo

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Permalink Reply by Hollye Dexter on April 20, 2010 at 12:56pm

I just bought "Imperfect Endings" by Zoe Carter, "Show Me The Way" by Jennifer Lauck, and TWO MORE copies of "Marrying George Clooney" by Amy Ferris (so I could give them to friends).
I previously bought books by Hope Edelman and Jennifer Lauck, before I knew about She Writes.
I am so inspired by all of you and LOVE reading your books.

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Permalink Reply by Katherine Jenkins on April 22, 2010 at 9:21am

I bought Laura Munson's This is Not the Story You Think it is: A Season of Unlikely Happiness. Laura found my blog Lessons from the Monk I Married, through a friend of a friend and encouraged me to contact her agent. My book Lessons from the Monk I Married, is about my 13-year journey with my husband, a former Korean Buddhist Monk.

Happy to say that Laura and I now share the same agent!!!

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Permalink Reply by Laura B Gschwandtner on April 28, 2010 at 10:08am

Kim Wright's Love In Midair -- fabulous read about a southern suburban wife's dilemma -- to leave or not to leave her marriage.

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Permalink Reply by Terri McIntyre on May 11, 2010 at 10:27am

Tenderfoot by Mary E. Trimble. I wrote this to the author: "Mary, I loved Tenderfoot! Read all day and finished at midnight Monday. I didn't want to stop. My goodness, you did a lot of research on Mt. St. Helen and I liked how you presented the events as a news report at the beginning of each chapter. When I reached the chapter without the news blurb, a chill went down my spine! The romance was written so tastefully--I've never been much of a romance reader, even as a younger woman. My daughter, who's 35, loves all the hot and spicy ingredients, but I was satisfied that "J's urgency" was as smoky as it got, lol. A finely written strong-woman story."

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Permalink Reply by Melanie Lynn Moro-Huber on May 23, 2010 at 8:32am

This is a great thread...it would be lovely to see some reviews of the works...like what Tree Riesener did. Is there a review page anywhere on Shewrites?