Category: Read

I so love reading other's posts about what they read the past month. So even though this is technically late, I am adding this to the stack of such posts for those who enjoy them as I do. As of the end of August, I had read 169 books so far in 2019. August was… Continue reading August 2019 Reads →

This is more of a list of what I finished reading in May than one of what I read in May. A lot of these were read over the term or the entire school year along with my kids. Here they are in the order I finished them. Jules Verne, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Read-along… Continue reading May 2019 Reads →

We started out the month on vacation in Sedona, Arizona, celebrating my parents upcoming 50th wedding anniversary. On the drive out, I introduced the kids (and Steve) to Harry Potter. We listened to the first three books on the way out  (we took the scenic route) and finished the fourth one on the way home.… Continue reading April 2019 Reads →

Laura Tremain has a new podcast—10 Things to Tell You. Every week she gives a prompt and then answers the prompt herself on the podcast. The first prompt (a couple weeks ago already) was, "When do you read? How do you read? What do you read?" Today is the first of a three part series… Continue reading When do I read? →

Biography/MemoirSarah Smarsh, Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth The title of this book makes it rather obvious that the author has a chip on her shoulder. Still, considering that I have deep roots in the rural Midwest with many family members on both sides who farm,… Continue reading January 2019 Reads →

I ended the year with over 200 books read. Of those, 40 were audiobooks. The list below is sorted by category in order that the books were read. Selections in bold are favorites for that category.  May the new year be filled with many more great books! Biography/Memoir Dorothy Day, On Pilgrimage Ruth Wariner, The… Continue reading 2018 Reads →

Biography/MemoirNarrative on the Life of Frederick Douglas  This firsthand account of slavery is one of the biographies listed for Ambleside Online Year 10. A very short work, it took only a day or two to read. If you never read this in school, it is well worth your time to go back and read it.… Continue reading October 2018 Reads →

Ambleside Online Year 10Winston Churchill, The Great Democracies. This is volume 4 of the series History of the English Speaking Peoples, but each volume is actually three books. I read Book 11 this month. Churchill writes from a British perspective and focuses mainly on British history. When he talks about the United States and the Revolutionary… Continue reading September 2018 Reads →

Photo: A peek inside the brewery at the Big House Brew Pub in Walla Walla, WA. August was a different sort of month for reading. Wednesday, the 1st, revolved around 4-H interviews for the county fair and my Dad's arrival on his return trip from South Dakota. Thursday was spent doing fun things with Grandpa.… Continue reading August 2018 Reads →