One Woman, One Year, 200 Books
I read our second book club book early because I’ll likely be sharing my copy around. Since I know several people who will be reading also read this blog, I can’t share too much about it. But…it is a marvelous book. It is rich with insight and moving in its detail. I cried. I don’t [...]
I hadn’t ever read this one before. No really. And I haven’t seen the movie either…
This was the first of my “Pulitzer Prize” books from my challenge with Jessica. I thoroughly enjoyed the story and really had a hard time putting the book down. And having been a tomboy myself I found Scout a very [...]
I’m really enjoying these “Life in a…” books. The writing is engaging and the information seems well rounded. The Geises seem to be well aware of the difficulty of making generalizations about a time that is so far removed from our own and yet they do draw reasonable conclusions and paint a clear picture.
I also [...]
I had never read the Lewis story fragment called The Dark Tower. It was supposedly intended to be a companion novel to the Space Trilogy and features Lewis as the narrator and Ransom as a player. I know there is some suspicion afloat in Lewisonian circles that Walter Hooper tried to pass off a bit [...]
Oops, I forgot that I’d read this one two days ago.
C.S. Lewis’s Perelandra is one of my all time favorite books. Definitely in the top ten of books I read and re-read. It has some amazing depictions of how to live wholeheartedly and what living in tune with the will of God really looks like. [...]
The Complete Woman needs another boost. We’re a little short on readers and subscribers so if all my lovely, faithful readers wouldn’t mind spreading the word, and emailing the link around a bit, we’d appreciate it. We have three new writers that will be contributing material and it’s been looking good!
Carry On, Jeeves is a collection of Jeeves and Wooster short stories and is a nice introduction to the pair. If you haven’t had the chance to meet these two or if your only knowledge of them is through the excellent, but necessarily inadequate, BBC production then this is a great way to get to [...]
OK, here is the breakdown.
I think there are two objections to my dismissal of Harry Potter. One, that I’m missing something that is really there or that I ought to be able to enjoy them although I don’t. And two, that my rejection of them entails a rejection of those who do read and enjoy [...]
I just finished Joseph and Frances Gies’ Life in a Medieval Castle last night. Jared and I went out on a “date” to a coffeehouse to sit and read. It was actually a lot of fun (especially the no-bake cookie). I loved reading the book, partly because of the lovely edition I have. This one:
The [...]
So I’ve checked around among my friends and the response to my Harry Potter post has been almost universally negative.
If you agreed with me please hold your peace for the next post but if you had any objections to the sentiments expressed in the post or in the comments (again, by me) I want to [...]