I read a lot in July. My oldest was detasseling so I was going to bed at 8 PM and getting up at 4 AM which meant lots of early morning reading. July is also our quietest month for activities, in contrast to August, September and October which are by far the busiest. I'm going… Continue reading July 2017 Reads (finally!)
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How I Completed the #24in48 Readathon (and how I find time to read)
This weekend I participated in the #24in48 Readathon. Basically, it's a challenge to read for 24 hours over 2 days (48 hours). There were even prizes. In fact, I won a doorprize during hour 27. When I told Steve about my plans at supper Friday evening, he told me I totally made it up just… Continue reading How I Completed the #24in48 Readathon (and how I find time to read)
June 2017 Reads
Another whirlwind month of reading. Modern Mrs. Darcy has two reading challenges going on this year: Reading for Fun and Reading for Growth. Nevermind the specifics of the challenges - those two categories are a great way to represent the type of reading I do. Let's begin with reading for fun. I read five selections from the… Continue reading June 2017 Reads
May 2017 Reads
This month's list is so long it's rather embarrassing. With all the summer reading guides coming out in May, I buckled down and finished several books that had been on my nightstand forever (along with several new finds, of course). Now the discipline is over - let the summer reading party begin! The first book I finished… Continue reading May 2017 Reads
April 2017 Reads
April was a tough month for reading. We had family in town for about a week, which puts a squeeze on reading time. Then Holy Week with lots of extra musical performances at various services. My reading for school (which I don't talk about much here since the books are read over months, not days)… Continue reading April 2017 Reads
March 2017 Reads
I kicked off March with the main Modern Mrs. Darcy Book Club selection A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline. The book is inspired by Christina's World, a picture by Andrew Whyeth and attempts to tell what might be the story of the woman in the painting. It was well researched historical fiction, though the conversation… Continue reading March 2017 Reads
February 2017 Reads
And here are the books I read in February. This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel is about parenting and how choices you make in raising your child have long-lasting effects. In this case, the fifth child of Rosie and Penn decides when in kindergarten that he wants to wear girls clothes. So they let him wear… Continue reading February 2017 Reads
January 2017 Reads
Yes, I got to see Wendell Berry do a reading. [Swoon!] I've read Hannah Coulter and Jayber Crow by him, the latter which was discussed on Close Reads. It was a great evening! A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith -- I read this soon after I graduated from college and absolutely loved it. One of… Continue reading January 2017 Reads
November 2016 Reads
Recently I tallied up the number of books I've read so far this year. Currently the total is 46, not including the 14 books I've read aloud or listened to with my kids as free-reads. I have a friend who posts her reads each month, a post I eagerly anticipate and always enjoy (see her November… Continue reading November 2016 Reads