On the book pile for June
Life Is a Miracle: An Essay Against Modern Superstition
Living Faithfully: As A Prayer Book People
The Wanderings of Odysseus: The Story of The Odyssey – Reading this before giving it to my son to read.
Review of May’s book pile
Finished in May:
The Abolition of Man, CS Lewis – comprised of three essays [...]
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The Book Pile: June 2009
Posted in Good Books on June 7, 2009 | 7 Comments »
The Book Pile – April 2009
Posted in Good Books on May 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
How delightful a good book list is! When I find one from a like-minded person it is even more wonderful since I know that I will most likely enjoy or find great value in the books suggested. This is important to me since the time I have to read is quite limited. Do you feel [...]
There is a balm in Gilead
Posted in Good Books on September 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Back in March, I won a copy of Gilead, a book with which I was totally unfamiliar, from my blogger friend at Two Square Meals. I recieved it just before we left for a get-away weekend, but didn’t get a chance to start it that weekend. We were…uh, busy. Heh.
Finally, earlier this summer, I got [...]
Notes from The Mark of the Christian
Posted in Good Books on August 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In this age of tatooes, brands, and slogans, Francis Shaeffer’s essay entitled, The Mark of the Christian has a lot to say about how we show the world we are Christians. It also has a lot to say in this age of major mainline denomination shake-ups and ever-splitting Protestantism about Christian unity. [...]
Book Review: The Omnivore’s Dilemma
Posted in Good Books on July 8, 2008 | 2 Comments »
How appropriate that I would have finished The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan just minutes before I started to make dinner for my family! Literally, I closed the book and turned to my lasagna ingredients.
The book’s introduction opens with the question many mothers find both mundane and challenging: “What should we have for dinner?” Mr. [...]
Iliad: Wordled
Posted in Good Books on July 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I included a link to this fun new toy, Wordle, yesterday in my “Peter Piper’s Picks”. Just wanted to show you one I’d done from my Iliad reading! Click on the Wordle cloud and you can see it larger.
Very cool, no? Why is this so much fun?
Book Review: The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Posted in Good Books on June 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Who would have thought poor punctuation and plodding prose could be so absorbing? But in Cormac McCarthy’s book The Road it is. Don’t be misled, the poor punctuation and plodding prose are not mistakes, but techniques which convey the mood of the story in The Roadand enhance the story-telling. And while the story lumbers along, [...]
Book Review: The Bastard of Istanbul
Posted in Good Books on May 10, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Last weekend I finished reading The Bastard of Istanbul by Elif Shafak.
This book starts right off with a bang. One of the central figures is in a situation where she must make a life-altering decision. (From the title, perhaps you can guess – but I’m not giving it away!) The rest of the plot flows [...]
Another winner…
Posted in Good Books on March 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
ME!! The day before I left I received a book I’d won from Two Square Meals. She was running a “100 favorite books” contest and chose me randomly from all the commentors. I was able to choose from any of the 100 books listed! I chose Gilead: A Novelby Marilynne Robinson.
It sounds absolutely fantastic and [...]
Spring Reading Challenge
Posted in Good Books on March 9, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Kathleen is hosting the Spring Reading Challenge. Want to join in?
I’ve not done so well with these in the past, but I’m not one to give
up. “Try, try again” – that’s my motto. Here is my very modest list (I’ll feel better if I accomplish a small list):
Fiction:The Bastard of Istanbul by Elif [...]
