Welcome to another Theme Thursdays, hosted by Reading Between Pages.
Every week, we grab a book and find excerpts that follow a theme. Then we link up at our host’s site.
Today’s Theme:
FEELING (Happiness, sadness, surprise, etc )
I’ve chosen a book that I recently acquired and which is on my reading list for this week. The Love Children, by Marilyn French, was her final book and fictionalized a time when feminism was making its “second wave,” with all the struggles, joys, and successes. The book centers around the lives of girls and women in the 60s and 70s.
I gleaned my sense of happiness from books, especially from the pictures in them, and from glimpses of my own family at charmed moments, like when my father spoke with love in his voice or my mother made an affectionate gesture toward him. Such things filled me with as much happiness as drinking a glass of chocolate milk. p. 10
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I hope you all will stop by and share your own “feelings” excerpts.
SNOW SPARKS 
I’ve never read a book by Marilyn French. I’ve heard her name often. Good Theme picker.
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Thanks for stopping by, Tea, and for “liking” this post! Yes, I read Marilyn French’s The Women’s Room eons ago and loved it.
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“as much happiness as drinking a glass of chocolate milk”…. love!
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Yes, that comparison made me smile…Thanks for stopping by, Crazy Book Slut!
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Awesome pick this week! The fact that she compares it to a glass of chocolate milk really brings it home. Love it!
Here’s my pick: http://sinnfulbooks.blogspot.com/2011/09/theme-thursday_15.html
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Thanks for visiting, Sinn. I love thinking about how chocolate milk makes me smile, too.
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As a lover of chocolate milk that part grabbed me too right after I gleaned my sense of happiness from books. You have picked a snippet with my two favorites books and chocolate. I think that makes your the snippet of the day. 😀 Thanks for the smile!
How did you enjoy Space? I am going to be starting that.
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Glad you like the combination, Cristina….I haven’t started Space yet. I’ll be reading it later in the week, since my review is not supposed to go up until 9/22.
Thanks for stopping by!
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This book sounds interesting. Like the snippet you choice for today’s meme.
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Glad you enjoyed it, reading rendezvous reviewz….thanks for stopping by!
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I can relate to that…particularly gleaning happiness from books and family. It’s been a long time since I read any Marilyn French (high school…I do believe).
Here’s mine: http://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/2011/09/theme-thursday-feeling.html
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Yes, I hadn’t even thought about this author, except in terms of The Women’s Room, which I read a long time ago. Then I saw mention of her name on a blog and checked out Amazon for more books. Thanks for stopping by, Bev.
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I read The Women’s Room long ago too – I think it was the only one of hers I read. Always nice to see the older publications given a mention. Lovely snippet – books and family sure do bring happiness.
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Yes, this morning I was visiting blogs and saw books by Daphne Du Maurier that I read in high school…Rebecca, Jamaica Inn, and Frenchman’s Creek. Now I want to reread them!
Thanks for stopping by, Cat. I loved The Women’s Room.
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What a sweet snippet! Loved it!
Mine: http://tantoslivrostaopoucotempo.blogspot.com/2011/09/theme-thursday-sentimentos.html
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Thanks for stopping by, Landslide….I think the book will be one I enjoy.
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I haven’t read this one yet, but it sounds like a good choice!
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Thanks for stopping by, Yvonne. I do enjoy reading other works by favorite authors. I can’t believe I overlooked this one when it came out.
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