I am a major sucker for a good long saga. Some of my favorite books
are considered to be as such.
Definition of saga
- 1: a story of heroic deeds
- 2: a long and often complicated story
(http://beta.merriam-webster. com/)
Here are my favorite saga’s (to date.)
(click any photo or title for more info.)
Gone With The Wind
I’m sure everyone has heard of gone with the wind. Whether you have seen it or not, have you read it? It is an awesome book! I recommend that if you like the movie and/or love saga’s that you read this book by Margaret Mitchell. It’s a novel that takes place during the civil war. The characters are ones that you cannot help but fall in love with. Gone With The Wind is truly an epic book.
Gone With The Wind Rated: 4.8 on amazon.com
Book Bean: Scarlet Tea
White tea (or coffee) with frothed milk, 2 sugars,
and sprinkled with cinnamon.
Far and Away
I cannot say enough about this book by Sonja Massie, I loved it so very much. It was the first book that I ever read ‘after’ I saw the movie. The movie it was based on is one of my all time favorites. The book is much deeper and more detailed. It is a great story about overcoming pride and on discovering oneself. It carries a theme about painting your own journey, which I really love. There is of course a love story, and it is a good one. It seems to be a bit under appreciated, as you will see if you follow my links, maybe I’m over biased…
Far and Away Rated: 4.3 on amazon.com
Book Bean: Old Fashioned Irish Coffee
Of course you can substitute the whiskey as I do with non-alcoholic rum flavoring (buy it where you get your vanilla.)
East of Eden
This novel takes place in Salinas Valley. Steinbeck does not disappoint with his beautifully descriptive narrative. Some people may not like his long winded picturesque intro’s, but I for one, love them. He brings you on location so you hear the wind in the trees, see each shapely cloud, and taste the very air he writes of. Who knows if it wasn’t for all of the wonderful descriptiveness, it might not even be a saga 😉
East of Eden Rated: 4.6 on amazon.com
Book Bean: Green Tea Latte
Just substitute the espresso in your normal latte machine/bialetti with condensed green tea leaves, it’s so good. If you don’t have one then well, I’m sorry.
The Thorn Birds
I may sound like a broken record now but this is such a marvelous novel. It’s hard to pick a favorite among so many fantastic books, but this one almost makes me want to. Colleen McCullough tells a beautiful story, that follows the life of a girl, through the eyes of a handsome young priest. It takes place in Australia, and has it’s share of scandal, pain, and yes love. It may sound corny, but it is a delightful novel that I will love forever.
The Thorn Birds Rated: 4.3 on amazon.com
Book Bean: Ginger Peach Tea
Hot or iced, tea infused with dry peaches and ginger. If you don’t have it just add dry peaches and a dab of ginger to your infuser and use whatever tea you have.
And there are so many more I still have yet to read, and so many that I can’t wait to read.
What is your favorite saga?
I read, and loved “Gone With The Wind”…I think I will check out “East Of Eden”….thank you so much for sharing….your blog is so awesome 🙂
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East of Eden has beautiful descriptives of Salinas Valley and really kept my interest. I hope you like it, and Thank You! 🙂
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You picked all my favourites. These are books that stick with you forever. I read Gone With The Wind in my early teens, couldn’t put it down. The other one I would add is Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak. The Russian writers are great at sagas.
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They really are. I haven’t read either of those, so thank you for the suggestions. 🙂
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I love the books you chose, as some of them are my favorites!! I would have to say that The Thornbirds is my favorite!!
Happy Reading!!
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Thornbirds is such a great read, I adored it!
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Gone with the wind and East of Eden are up there for me! btw–love your bean pairings!
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They are such great books! Thank you 😀
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Good Choices. I’ve read 1 and 3. My favourite would be either War and Peace, or Les Miserables
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Worthy opponents for the #1 slot 🙂
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Great choices. I read 3 out of 4 and loved them. Will definitely try the one I haven’t – Far and Away – based on your recommendation. Thanks! 🙂
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I don’t think you will be disappointed it’s a great book, and there is also a movie (warning I loved both but I read it after I watched it.)
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Great choices. I also like James Michener’s works: Hawaii, Space, Texas, Centennial and more.
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I absolutely love Gone with the Wind.. But some of my other favorite sagas are Doctor Zhivago, War and Peace, Lonesome Dove, and Vanity Fair.
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I want to read Doctor Zhivago, and Vanity Fair is on my tbr list. 🙂
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I hope you enjoy them! 🙂
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🙂
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As a Georgia girl, Gone with the Wind is my all time favorite. All of them are good but it will always hold a special place in my heart.
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It is beautiful. Have you ever read “Midnight in The Garden of Good and Evil?” It is a MUCH different book, but I thought it was very good. It’s about Savannah.
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Oh my gosh yes! I love that book and I loved the movie. Give me a good rainy day and Midnight in The Garden of Good and Evil and my little heart is delightfully maudlin!
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I thought so too, I watched the movie first and I really enjoyed doing it that way.
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Goodness – great post!!!!! Gone with the Wind is a huge fave! I read it in my early teens and got in trouble in class because I was reading it under my desk while I was supposed to be taking notes! Eeep!
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AH that’s awesome, if you’re gonna get in trouble make it for something good!
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You have good taste–and these re great movies, too!
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I agree. 🙂
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Great choices! I haven’t read “Far and Away.” Guess I’ll give it a try. One of my favorites is “Winds of War,” but I wasn’t as crazy about the follow-up “War and Remembrance.”
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I haven’t read that one, I’ll have to give it a look. 🙂
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Love Gone with the Wind and The Thorn Birds is Amazing
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Truly. 🙂
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Great choices, and a reminder of some I need to read, especially East of Eden because I love Steinbeck and The Grapes of Wrath is one of my favorite books. Loved Gone With the Wind – one of my all-time favorites. I saw the movie, Far and Away, but never read the book. I read War and Peace in college. It took us an entire semester to read and study it. I was a young and silly girl at the time and I’m not sure I could have gotten through it on my own!
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I think you will really like East of Eden if you are a Steinbeck fan. Far and Away was both a good book and movie, and I watched the movie first so that helped. 🙂
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I love Gone with the Wind. I’ve read it many times. Other sagas I love are Lonesome Dove, North and South trilogy (John Jakes), and the Outlander series (Diana Gabaldon). There are more, but I can’t think of them right now… but the longer the book, the better I like it!
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Long books are the best!
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You won’t get an argument from me on that. LOL I’m a book snob, in a way. If a book is too short, I don’t want to read it, no matter how interesting it sounds.
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I loved “Far and Away” too! Also add “A tale of 2 Cities”, ” Little Women” and ” Vanished” by Becky H. This is the story of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman.” ( from the TV show of the same name). It is on Amazon.
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I love Little Women. I didn’t not know that about Dr. Quinn, thanks for sharing 🙂
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