Female in Motion's Recommendations

Books
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
Feisty Family Values by B.D. Tharp
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Heaven is for Real by Todd Burpo
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Patchwork Family by Bonnie D. Tharp
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
The Boo Series by Rene Gutteridge
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Little House Series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Mitford Series by Jan Karon
The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain
The Walk by Richard Paul Evans
'Tis by Frank McCourt
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts



Movies
Buck
Courageous
Dead Poet's Society
Facing the Giants
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Fireproof
Jane Eyre (1943 version with Orson Welles and Joan Fontaine)
Mixed Nuts
Moonstruck
Mr. Hobbs Takes A Vacation
My Fair Lady
Night at the Museum
Notorious
Oklahoma!
Only You
Pride and Prejudice (2005 version with Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen)
Rear Window
Rebecca
Red
Red 2
The Bourne Trilogy
The Green Mile
The Music Man
The Shawshank Redemption
To Kill A Mockingbird
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Comments

Anonymous said…
Ah, I love the Bourne stuff! But you are missing Twain from your list. An oversight, right? ;)
August 19, 2013 at 7:30 AM
Female in Motion said…
Absolutely an oversight, Mic! I started reading Twain when I was 8 years old.
September 4, 2013 at 7:36 PM
Mayor of Crazyville said…
My favorite movie was The Green Mile. Did you like that movie?
May 28, 2014 at 7:41 PM
Female in Motion said…
I love that movie, too, Mayor! It's very sad, but hopeful, as well.
August 11, 2014 at 9:03 PM
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