Finishing up The Odyssey for the first time in the next few weeks, and trying to finish Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World (very good, I just struggle with more academic nonfiction).
- Heavy Weather by P.G. Wodehouse (Summer Lightning sold me on the Blandings Castle series!)
- Christ Our All, a collection of previously unpublished poems and hymns by Charles Spurgeon
And I'm keeping up with all three currents on the various Close Reads channels! First time reading Station Eleven and A Mirror Crack'd, third time reading Mansfield Park after a long hiatus.
Also I clicked the link to the book about notebooks and I'm so fascinated by the concept! Might have to give it a try.
It’s reading season and Lord of the Rings season! I’ve started TFOTR, which I haven’t read since high school, and I’m loving it. I really enjoyed the first episode on it too :)
I didn’t know Niall Williams had a new book coming out, exciting! Loving all the content right now. Thank you! I am just about to finish Winters in the World by Eleanor Parker. I love it!
Along with Mansfield Park I am reading through The Wheel of Time series (currently on book 6), the Olav Audunsson series by Sigrid Unset, the Crosswicks Journals by L'Engle (about to finish #1 A Circle of Quite ) and First Impressions by Charlie Lovett.
I am reading Crime and Punishment for the first time and listening to the HQ episodes…I just heard Heidi & Tim’s first impressions of the pandemic and man, it’s bringing back memories! And the me and my husband are re-listening to the Murderbot series by Martha Wells. It’s one of our favorites!
It’s a book I probably would have put down if I didn’t have someone talking me through it. Even as someone who loves most thing Russian, I typically shy away from this level of psychological intensity.
In addition to Mansfield Park, I'm reading Pru & Me: A Love Story by Timothy West (memoir) and The Unseen World by Liz Moore (not one I typically would've picked up, but it came recommended by a friend). We had such a great time at Goldberry's sidewalk sale last weekend and brought home several gems. Back soon! :)
I just heard about the new Niall Williams book today on The Bookcase podcast and they interviewed him. I cannot wait to get my hands on that one.
Also rereading The Two Towers with HQ podcast
Journey to Simplicity: The Life and Wisdom of Archimandrite Roman Braga by Daniel B. Hinshaw
Mansfield Park and Station Eleven, of course
Of Such is the Kingdom: A Practical Theology of Disability by Summer Kinard
A Prayer for Owen Meanie by John Irving
Knitting Yarns: Writers on Knitting by Ann Hood
Finishing up The Odyssey for the first time in the next few weeks, and trying to finish Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World (very good, I just struggle with more academic nonfiction).
- Reclaiming Quiet by Sarah Clarkson
- Heavy Weather by P.G. Wodehouse (Summer Lightning sold me on the Blandings Castle series!)
- Christ Our All, a collection of previously unpublished poems and hymns by Charles Spurgeon
And I'm keeping up with all three currents on the various Close Reads channels! First time reading Station Eleven and A Mirror Crack'd, third time reading Mansfield Park after a long hiatus.
Also I clicked the link to the book about notebooks and I'm so fascinated by the concept! Might have to give it a try.
I’m going to pick up Sarah’s book from the library today. Can’t wait to read it!
It’s lovely so far. I love pretty much everything she writes!
It’s reading season and Lord of the Rings season! I’ve started TFOTR, which I haven’t read since high school, and I’m loving it. I really enjoyed the first episode on it too :)
1) The Luck of Roaring Camp - Collections of Stories and Memoirs by Brett Harte
Not my usual, but so fun to step back and read "popular fiction" from the 1800s!
2) Enemies in the Orchard - A World War 2 Novel in Verse by Dana VanderLugt
Reading ahead for my 14 year old daughter. Excellent book. Free verse is a new style for me, so challenging in a different way.
3) Who Murdered Chaucer ? by Terry Jones (yes, as in Monty Python)
Surprisingly delightful and academic read. Researching to teach Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.
4) The Year Money Grew on Trees by Aaron Hawkins
Family evening read aloud. Soooo fun! Had everyone hooked - and laughing!!!
Fidelity by Wendell Berry
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (hadn't read this since high school!)
Station Eleven (a little behind the podcast episodes)
and I'm working through Middlemarch by George Eliot
Fidelity❤️❤️❤️
oooh, I'm so excited the next poetry hour is this poem of Joy Harjo's! It's one I memorized a while back.
Recent reads:
The End of the Affair, by Graham Greene
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, by Muriel Spark
We Have Always Lived in the Castle, by Shirley Jackson
I didn’t know Niall Williams had a new book coming out, exciting! Loving all the content right now. Thank you! I am just about to finish Winters in the World by Eleanor Parker. I love it!
The Ottoman Endgam by McMeekin
The Russian Revolution by Pipes
Life and Fate by Grossman
Along with Mansfield Park I am reading through The Wheel of Time series (currently on book 6), the Olav Audunsson series by Sigrid Unset, the Crosswicks Journals by L'Engle (about to finish #1 A Circle of Quite ) and First Impressions by Charlie Lovett.
The Son Avenger by Singrid Undset
The Secret History, because it was mentioned on a Great Winnowing episode at some point. Dark, but compelling.
I am reading Crime and Punishment for the first time and listening to the HQ episodes…I just heard Heidi & Tim’s first impressions of the pandemic and man, it’s bringing back memories! And the me and my husband are re-listening to the Murderbot series by Martha Wells. It’s one of our favorites!
Me too. I am also reading Crime and Punishment and listening to the pad podcasts.
I am reading Crime and Punishment for the first time too and listening to the old podcasts. It is fascinating!
It’s a book I probably would have put down if I didn’t have someone talking me through it. Even as someone who loves most thing Russian, I typically shy away from this level of psychological intensity.
I just finished Dan Jones’ Henry V! It was fabulous, I loved every word. Trying to come up with something Pilgrim-y next.
In addition to Mansfield Park, I'm reading Pru & Me: A Love Story by Timothy West (memoir) and The Unseen World by Liz Moore (not one I typically would've picked up, but it came recommended by a friend). We had such a great time at Goldberry's sidewalk sale last weekend and brought home several gems. Back soon! :)
Charis in the World of Wonders by Marly Youmans is excellent! Currently reading What happened to Sophie Wilder? by Christopher Beha
Beha is great.