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November was a lean month for reading. The first half of the month was extra busy because we were getting ready to travel, and then the latter half of the month was spent on the road. Unfortunately, that didn't serve well for my reading habits. Susan Schaeffer Macaulay, How to Be Your Own Selfish Pig I… Continue reading November 2019 Reads
C.S. Lewis, That Hideous Strength This is the third book in the Out of the Silent Planet series and the Center for Lit did all three for their Pelican Society Book Club. First, a disclaimer - science fiction is not my thing. The first book was a re-read. The second book was new to me but I… Continue reading October 2019 Reads
September was a love-hate month for reading. I read some books I loved and I read some books I hated (finished only because I had high expectations going in and I kept hoping they'd redeem themselves somehow). Without further ado, here's the list: David McCullough, Mornings on Horseback Theodore Roosevelt is one of my favorite Presidents… Continue reading September 2019 Reads
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