{Please forgive the delay in posting this–it is Emily’s fault not Liz’s} This year is an encouraging year in the library. I do not think we have ever had so many member families who have continued to visit and plunder our shelves. There is always an initial enthusiasm each school year, but library visits generally… Read More What Liz Read January-February
When I looked at my calendar for October, I cringed. How does someone like me, who valiantly attempts to keep overcommitment at bay, get herself into such a pickle? Nevertheless, commitments are commitments, so I bowed to the burden and took one day at a time. And managed to read a little as I went.… Read More October’s Reading
As the year gently passed from summer to fall, I traveled through the turn of the season with many diverse novels, adult and children’s, that each kept me company in this swiftly passing September. The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh. I was told to read this book immediately, that I absolutely HAD to read… Read More Reading into Fall
Happy Independence Day. I take a moment today to give thanks to God for the gift of living in a country where I am still free to read, and consequently think and live, that the rich world of literature is wide open to me. Here’s the list of books I finished reading in the marvelous… Read More June Books
Considering the packed calendar this month, I’m somewhat amazed that I read or finished reading the following this month: 1. The Mistress of Husaby by Sigrid Undset. This is the second in the trilogy of Kristin Lavransdatter and picks up where the first left off, following her through her first ten years of marriage. I… Read More My May Reading
“I’d love to hear a post on reading in stressful times.” was a request of a long-time follower of Living Books Library. I understood. I have lived through some stressful times myself. Reading helps. Let me be more exact: reading is a survival technique. Through nearly 40 years of marriage, six children, aging parents, 20… Read More Reading Under Stress
You will note in the list below that half the books I read this past month are children’s books. I read some of them to my children, some of them to investigate for making recommendations or writing reviews for parents, and some of them just because I wanted to. Reading children’s books is pleasurable on… Read More March in Books