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I like giving books to my parents for Christmas since they're retired. Does anyone have some good suggestions?

ktenkely said:

My parents are loving Jan Karon's new Father Timothy series, I haven't read yet but they are really enjoying. I think that these are best read after the Mitford series as it has one of the same characters.

Whoa.

Dear EDU6,

The exclamation "Whoa" (pronounced "Woe") was originally used to tell a horse to stop (Giddyup is used to get the horse moving.)
Now it is also used 1. to tell someone to slow down; 2. to indicate surprise
As the dictionary puts it:

1 —a command (as to a draft animal) to stand still
2 : cease or slow a course of action or a line of thought : pause to consider or reconsider —often used to express a strong reaction (as alarm or astonishment)

Given the current context, I can only speculate that perhaps jarhead was showing awe or (hmm, nice configuration there) surprise at your post.

Regards,
John

P.S.
Dear Jill,
It would help if you could tell whether they prefer fiction or non-fiction, and then, what genre within those classifications.