At Home in Mitford (The Mitford Years)

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Summary: No! No! No! Don't Read It!
Review: I was actually looking forward to this selection of my reading group and planned to read the entire series. It was agony getting through this book - simplistic and dated language prevails. I kept thinking I was reading about a priest in the 1950's rather than the 1990's. In fairness, it had some nice moments, but there is not any depth to it.

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Summary: gave me a good, warm-fuzzy feeling that stays with me still.
Review: This series was wonderful! Such an idyllic world we all long for but never seem to quite find. I didn't want it to end and hoped to find more by Ms. Karon. Jan Karon, you are truly blessed.

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Summary: One of the Best !!!!!
Review: If you enjoy clean, funny, wholesome stories, you'll enjoy this book. So far I have read this title and A Light in The Window. It is my treat of the day to read a few chapters each night before going to sleep.

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Summary: Take Me Home, Country Roads!
Review: I felt so at peace while I was in Mitford, I insisted that my friends and family visit, too. Like a good vacation spot, I wanted to share it with people who would enjoy it as much as I did, but let it still remain my secret haven. I'm sad for the people who couldn't rejoice in the happy endings and the happy beginnings. Yes, we need literature that reflects the sad and violent nature of our times, but why overdose on the Hard Copy/NYPD Blue version of "reality"? What's wrong with indulging in the good side of human nature for awhile? I know people like Miss Sadie and Cousin Billy. I know Dooleys and Punys, too, and it's true -- there isn't always a Father Tim there for them. But sometimes there is! And how wonderful to find kindness and faith at the heart of a novel. We're supposed to eat broccoli, too, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't get company stew and mandarin orange cake! Thank you, Jan Karon! I hope I'm never too jaded to disappear into your world -- we all need a little Mitford in our lives!

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Summary: Please, Ms. Karon, write faster!
Review: Even a non-religious person like myself will find inspiration in Jan Karon's Mitford series. The books are engrossing and so real that I catch myself looking for Mitford on the map. I can hardly wait for the next installment.

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Summary: ONE WORD DELIGHTFUL
Review: I usually read Patricia Cornwell books and true crime books so the first miracle was that I even bought these books the second miracle was i thoroghly enjoyed them. They were good books, no cursing in them and they kept you interested now I will wait for next book to come out. I put Jan Karon on my favorite reader list along with Patricia Cornwell

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Summary: I laughed out loud!
Review: I'm an avid reader, but it's been ages since I laughed out loud repeatedly while reading a single novel. I took At Home in Mitford on vacation and was enjoying it so much that my travel companion was feeling left out! The small town life described on these pages remind me of the stories my father tells of growing up in a tiny town on rural Ohio. Every description of Dooley was funnier and more heartwarming than the last! I loved each and every character and became so fond of them that I hated to see the book end. Lucky for me it's a series... I've already polished off the second novel, but I'm trying to force myself to spread the others out a bit. I've already turned the girls from my book club on to the series. Way to go Jan Karon!

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Summary: Surprisingly refreshing and engaging
Review: This book is definitely worth reading. Jan Karon holds the reader's attention in spite of the ordinary nature of her subject matter. That ability is truly an art.

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Summary: The most relaxing and enjoyable,reading.
Review: Finally a book about the simple pleasures in life.

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Summary: Don't Stop!!
Review: The mitford books are the most refreshing books that I have read in a long time. It is hard to find a book that dosen't contain a deep plot to put you on the edge of you seat, bitting your nails. Mitford is the vacation all book-junkies need to take. The characters are all so real, and Karon writes it in such a way that you feel instantly at home. I look foward to another Mitford book.