December 2011
3 posts
And Also Reading →
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
I’m reading it on my iPhone because I can hold the phone with one hand while I feed baby. This is another one I’ve tried to read before but never finished. Since it’s one many people have told me is a “must-read,” I’m determined to finish it even if baby grows into solid foods before I finish.
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The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
I tried to read it years ago and got a third of the way through and stopped. This time, I’m determined to finish it even though my reading time has been seriously limited by having a newborn in the house.
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“It is a far, far better thing that I do than I have ever done. It is a far, far...”
– A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens…one of my favorite books, which I just re-read.
November 2011
4 posts
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What I'm Reading →
The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
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“What we become depends on what we read after all the professors have finished...”
– Thomas Carlyle
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What I'm Reading →
The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
I love Eomer and Faramir.
October 2011
11 posts
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Currently Reading →
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
Because when the weather turns cool and the leaves begin to fall, I feel like journeying to Middle Earth…
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My Childhood in Books
First and Second Grade: My mom started reading Little House in the Big Woods to my brother and me, and then she stopped reading it. I don’t know why…busyness, I suppose, but I wasn’t happy with being left hanging in the middle of the book. I wanted to know more about Laura. One day I saw the book sitting on the end table, and I wondered if I could read it on my own. It was a...
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What I'm Reading Now →
Girl in Translation, by Jean Kwok
And just in time, too, since the author will be giving a talk in St. Louis next Tuesday.
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“And when you close Homer, there are the books of Jane Austen and Joseph Conrad,...”
– Katherine Paterson at the Velma Varner Lecture (December 8, 1979), published in Gates of Excellence.
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Crown Duel, by Sherwood Smith
I’ve heard Sherwood Smith is a must-read author for fantasy lovers, so I’m finally checking her out.
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Horned Hounds, Stranders, and a Dreaded Fork...
A review of North! Or Be Eaten, by Andrew Peterson
On the Outside:
The cover promises, “Wild escapes. A desperate journey. And the ghastly Fangs of Dang.” So…does the story deliver?
First Lines:
In this sequel to On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness, we get no introductions to the world of Aerwiar but instead jump right into the story with this opening:
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What I'm Reading →
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Yes, I am a little behind the times…
“If you take a book with you on a journey, an odd thing happens: The book begins...”
– Mo in Cornelia Funke’s Inkheart
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Fearsome Toothy Cows, Oh My
A review of On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness by Andrew Peterson
On the Outside:
They say you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but it’s on the cover that I often find a reason to read a book. On this book’s cover, the name Andrew Peterson was reason enough for me to want to read it. He is one of my favorite singer/songwriters; his music is True, and though his music,...
a book blog
After a couple months of sitting on this tumblr thing, I may have finally decided what I’m going to do with it. After all, I can’t just be on tumblr and only use it for the group blog I contribute to, even if I do already have a website and blog elsewhere. I imagine that a lot of what I post here will also be posted on my website, but I’ll save only the bookish blogs for this...
“A room without books is like a life without a soul.”
– Cicero 