Strangers in the Forest by Carol Ryrie Brink. In preparation for a long trip out west, (my first time ever to California), I packed up some books to travel with me. Perhaps the highlight of my trip was a day ferrying across the bay from Fisherman’s Wharf to head to John Muir Woods. The redwoods… Read More Books I Finished with the Summer
The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr. This was a reread in order to review information for a podcast recording on the relationship between reading and electronics. After a five year lapse, I found the research and examples to be even more compelling than when I first read this… Read More Books Finished in July, 2018
Coriolanus by William Shakespeare. From the first scene, it is difficult not to make comparisons to today’s political climate. This play, if you are interested in the historical alignment for your children’s school studies, takes place in Rome’s days of the republic. If you are interested in it morally, it is a play about what… Read More Books Finished in May
Just Mercy by Brian Stevenson. This account by a brilliant lawyer is riveting reading. My husband currently works in the criminal justice system and I am part of a team who visits our local jail monthly to bring hope and encouragement to local inmates , so I have a keen interest in those who are… Read More Books Finished in April, 2018
The fuller life gets, or the older I get, the faster the years fly by, so incredibly I close the 2017 chapter so shortly after having lived 2016. Here are the books I completed in November and December. I am sorry I didn’t post November’s sooner but let the holiday season take precedent over publishing my… Read More End of Year Wrap-Up
Sometimes I feel a bit odd posting the books I’m reading, but the feedback I get keeps me continuing this ritual. The titles I offer are not necessarily my top recommendations for others, but simply an account of my own reading trails. I hope they encourage some readers in new or different directions. Till We… Read More October’s Harvest
Can we ever say a book has reached the end? Do we ever really close the covers and surrender the time spent in the pages of a book to permanent forgetfulness? Perhaps, but even if one idea survives, something in any book we have spent time with, thought on, or enjoyed is woven into our… Read More Books Closed in September
Thanks to a lovely and long vacation, I was able to finish many books, begin others, and end the summer feeling refreshed. The books carry me through the busy times and are a relaxation in the leisure times. Though the common expression is, “I’m too busy to read,” and reading surely takes a commitment of… Read More End of Summer Reading
The merry month of May is half over already. Still, for those who like to know what I’ve been up to in books, here are those I finished in April. The Little Duke by Charlotte Yonge. Though my children have read this book, it is one of Yonge’s books I have not read. I had… Read More April’s Reading
Here is my regular report of the books I finished reading last month. I usually have six to ten going at a time and divide them into specific days, much as we do our children’s dozen to two dozen books for school lessons. Every day I read the Bible, poetry, and Charlotte Mason, then two… Read More My Reading in March