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marihalojen wrote:
And a book I'm putting on the list but not linking to - Our Lady of the Forest by David Guterson. If you see this book pull out (at the minimum) a Kleenex (a hazmat suit would not be asking too much in this case if you have one in your purse) to protect your hands from its filth as you gingerly carry it to the nearest trashcan. I've never read one of Guterson's books before and never will again. Gross and disturbing with a lovely image of the Virgin Mary on the cover.  |
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I hated this book also. I just couldn't finish it. I have read his homeschooling book "Family Matters: Why Homeschooling Makes Sense". It was my favorite book on Homeschooling when I was trying to make a decision wether to hs or not. I also read Snow Falling on Cedar and liked it alright but this one was awful!
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Happy are you Poor: The Simple Life and Spiritual Freedom by Thomas Dubay. It's quite convicting... watch out.
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I've been wanting to read this one. I wonder if Bill would read it with me?
Let's see, I've read
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan--about women in China in the 19th century. The foot binding was very yucky and thinking that James' feet are longer than a "perfectly" bound foot...
Lisa See--author's website
Then I read the Godfather which, excepting some gruesome scenes, is a book I really enjoy. The last time I read it was for a pagan Catholicism class in college.
I tried to read the Botox Diaries. It was too insipid for words. I didn't finish it. I also started The Omnivore's Dilemma which traced 4 meals from their literal roots to the table. I only was able to do 2 chapters before it was due, but I'll probably request it again.
I just read 1000 White Women which was an absorbing read. There were some brutal scenes, but they were necessary to give a ring of truth to the book, imo. The story is based on a true historical event. In 1854 the Cheyenne Chief Little Wolf asked for 1,000 white women as brides for his warriors in exchange for 1,000 horses. This was supposed to assimilate the Indian and white cultures and bring peace.
The book is set in 1875, and it is the fictitious journal of a woman who volunteered to be a bride. Many parts are so believable that on the library website someone said it was a true story.
I'm currently reading The Homeschooling Father with Bill and we're reviewing parts of This is the Faith to prepare ourselves to be godparents.
I've read a little of 201 Inspirational Stories of the Eucharist, but passed it on to a friend who is moving, and I started the Egg and I.
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Rachel! You sure find a bit of time to read! Is The Egg and I about the couple in Western Washington?
I would love to hear a review about Omnivore's Dilemma when
Thanks everyone for sharing....this is one of my favorite threads 
You would NOT believe how many books I have added to my home library on this cross-country trip.....or, maybe you would 
Blessings!
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In June we finished Roman Ransom as a read aloud with ds/11, then we just had to read the sequel, Mystery of the Roman Ransom. I really enjoyed these; although they are fiction, they do give a great idea of life in 1st century Rome and they are well written.
I read Suite Francaise, a real page turner about several different people/families who experience the German occupation of Paris in WWII. Irene Nemirovsky is an author you don't want to miss. She is a Jewish/Catholic convert too. I had to check it out twice to finish it and now I'm on the waiting list again to get it so I can read the preface and appendices. It's a beautiful book!
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With 3 hours of quiet time a day here, I can get in a bit of reading when I can drag myself away from the computer.  
I'm still in her childhood in Idaho (I think), but I think Mrs. Egg and I will be moving to Washington in a chapter or 2. I've been sidelined by a Maria Montessori book and Eat, Pray, Love.
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Tenant of Wildfell Hall: has anyone gotten through this? I tried, and I had to stop after the first few chapters. I couldn't care for any of the characters! I am working on Northanger Abbey, and it is bittersweet because there are no more Jane Austen's left for me to read 
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So funny that I happened upon this tonight! I am reading Anne Bronte's The Tenant of Wildfell Hall right now - I am almost finished. If you keep reading, the narrator changes and it gets more interesting. I have been on a Bronte binge and this is the last of them. If anyone is interested, Charlotte's Villette and Jane Eyre were my favorites. I did not care for Wuthering Heights. Anne's Agnes Grey was a very fascinating look at what it was like to be a governess - not a great story but interesting and worth reading. I was struck by how large a role their faith plays in these books.
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I finally finished a book in 2007! Arise from Darkness: What to Do When Life Doesn't Make Sense by Fr. Benedict Groeschel. This book was a real help to me.
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I just finished "Crunchy Cons" by a Catholic convert named Dreher. Someone on this loop mentioned the book ages ago, but I just got it to read and really enjoyed it. In many ways it's a less intense version of "Restoration of Christian Culture" by John Senior (a great book, btw) intertwined with discussions about our stewardship of the earth and homeschooling... If you're in the Back-to-Nature mood, I'd also recommend "Better Off" by Eric Brende, about his two years spent off the grid with an Amish-like sect. He is Catholic, and as I read it, I said to myself, 'I bet this guy's an orthodox Catholic"...sure enough, he popped up in "Crunchy Cons". Two enjoyable reads, especially if you need inspiration to get out in your garden (though neither book is a gardening book!).
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Rod Dreher has since joined an Eastern Orthodox church.
I've checked Crunchy Cons out of the library at least once. Didn't finish it, but however many pages I read were more than I get through in most of the many library books I check out.
Theresa,
who should soon post of a second book finished in 2007!
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okay......I am finally home from our 57 day Star Spangled Adventure....and our week of westcoastfun camping...........you know what that means???? It means my reading fast of 4 months is finally over!!! 
So, catch me up! What did you read in May and June, and July (it IS almost over)???
I have finally just started In This House of Brede
Blessings in your pages........
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Finished my second book of 2007 -- The Thrill of the Chaste by blogger Dawn Eden. I'm not the target audience, but I'm familiar with her blog and had read enough about the book that I decided to check it out from the library.
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Thank you, Theresa! You were the only "bite" I got from my post.......is everyone on summer vacation, or something????
I found this book list from Lent......that I never posted, but was saved in my drafts:
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio: How My Mother Raised 10 Kids on 25 Words or Less by Terry Ryan
A Gathering of Angels by Katherine Valentine
I will not be able to read the other books because I cannot get them through the library. 
Also, I actually READ the following:
Scrapbooking Your Family History by Laura Best
Scrapbooking Your Favorite Family Memories by Memory Makers seems to include 4 separate books Called:
Michele Gerbrandt's Scrapbook Basics
Creative Photo Cropping for Scrapbooks
Baby Scrapbooks
School Days Scrapbooks
Leeza Gibbons Scrapbooking Traditions
They were all good books for any of you scrapbookers.
I am really enjoying IN This House of Brede by Rumor Godden............it makes me feel like I am on retreat in a convent when I read it
Book blessings!
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Chari ~
You're on a scrapbooking roll, aren't you?
I've never posted here before, but have visited often. I love getting book ideas from all of you!
We just got back from visiting family for a few weeks, so I had lots of evenings to read. I seem to be on a historical fiction binge lately, too.
Here's what I read while on vacation:
The King's Pleasure, by Nora Lofts (about Henry VIII's first wife, Catherine
Katherine, by Anya Seton (Medieval novel about the Duke of Lancaster and his eventual wife, Katherine)
Dragonwyck, by Anya Seton 19th century Hudson River, upper society.
Royal Road to Fotheringay, Jean Plaidy. Story of Mary, Queen of Scots.
All were excellent. Especially "Katherine"!!!
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Hi everyone,
I've been reading alot this summer -- which is SOOO nice.
I read MANSFIELD PARK at last. My very last Jane Austen. 
Also, I read the first 2 James Herriot books -- for, like, the 3 rd time! I love his books! They make me laugh out loud!
I recently finished BROTHERS KARAMOZOV. ummmm. . . . well, I LOVED Crime and PUnishment, but this one was . . . tough. Good though. I think I need my old English 301 teacher to tell me what to get out of the Bros. K, like he inspired me on C & P.
Okay,
Has anyone read Ted DeKker? Specifically the trilogy BLACK, RED and WHITE? I haven't read WHITE yet, but I loved the first two! Couldn't put them down!
He's a Christian writer and his books are full of good vs. evil conflict, his romances are pure and the storyline really compelling with GREAT twists. They are kind of fantasy/sci-fi, I guess i would call them.
(BTW, some of his other books are more thriller/ mystery and they are a bit disturbing -- the evil ppl are REALLY bad -- just FYI. So I don't nec. recommend them. The trilogy is way better!)
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Thanks for sharing you book titles! I like to see what everyone is reading. It inspires me to read more.  You've given me more ideas of books to read when I'm done my current ones.
These are the books that I've read so far this summer:
What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew: From Fox Hunting to Whist-The Facts of Daily Life in Nineteenth-Century England by Daniel Pool (Background information on life in the 19th Century in England)
A Lantern in Her Hand by Bess Streeter Aldrich (A wonderful story about life in Nebraska in the late 1800's as seen from a woman from her childhood through to her death.
How the Reformation Happened by Hilaire Belloc
Life in a Jewish Family: Her Unfinished Autobiographical Account (Collected Works of Edith Stein, Vol 1)
The Importance of Being Foolish - How to Think Like Jesus by Brennan Manning
Presenting Miss Jane Austen Mae Lamberton Becker
The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical - Shane Claiborne
Quaker Summer - Lisa Sansom (Set in our time about a woman's transformation from wanting everything to serving the poor.)
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I didn't think I 'd ever get here to post my July books!
Four Queens The Provencal Sisters who Ruled Europe was a very readable history of the four sisters who became wives of St. Louis IX, Henry III, King of Germany and the King of Sicily. It had a couple of maps and a family tree chart in the back which I was totally thankful for!
Twinkie Deconstructed was also an interesting and easy read about the ingredients in the archtype of processed food: the Twinkie. The history and chemical backround of each ingredient is covered along with the processing details. I sure do know a lot more about artificial flavors, emulsifiers and leavening. Picked up some plain old practical kitchen chemistry too.
Now I'm off to start on August's books. Maybe Jane Eyre?
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Yes, friend, it IS time for Jane Eyre! YOU are LATE!!
Mare....your choices look like my type of reading! I am SO happy to be able to read again!
MT.......I have not read Dekkar.....but it sounds interesting.......I am sorry about your last Austen.....I KNOW the feeling! Hey.....have you read her "unfinished" stories? They were fun............she wrote them before her famous SIX. I really need to read Herriot's books...........we have listened on tape.........and crack up constantly..........he was a good storyteller!
Suzanne........I actually read thos scrapbook books in April........just never posted them.........found them in my drafts file ....but, my scrapbook stuff is laying open right now and calling my name
Theresa............what is THE THRILL OF THE CHASTE about? I have never heard of it.
Thanks for posting, everyone.........keep the list growing!
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Well, it's about chastity
The author, Dawn Eden, is from a Jewish background but describes herself as having become agnostic prior to first her conversion to non-Catholic Christianity, then her reception into the Catholic Church (I think in 2006.) I don't think the book would be all that useful in some kind of "debate" about the merits of chastity, as it has quite a personal tone. Though not particularly graphic, it seems to be a book meant for adults rather than for adolescents just learning about s*xuality. It's the author's observations on her experience of living both chastely now and unchastely in the past, and on living in a culture that does not encourage chastity, and her advice on how to live the single life in a way that prepares you for the kind of marriage God wants you to have.
I thought some of her observations in the earlier part of the book were applicable to what most of us go through at times trying to conform ourselves to God's will even when chastity is not something we find difficult. Of course, things like suggestions for ways to meet men who will be compatible with a woman who lives chastely are not of use to me, but I slogged through it all just so I could say I'd read the entirety of a second book in 2007! I mainly read this because I read Dawn Eden's blog, so unless someone also reads her blog or is a quick or really voracious reader or has a special interest in reviewing materials on chastity for sharing with other people, etc., I'm not sure this will be of much interest to most of the women here.
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I noticed Rachel and Chari talking about "The Egg and I". Another very fun Betty Macdonald book is "Onions in the Stew" about her life with husband and two teen-age daughters on an island off the coast. It's very funny and upbeat. I read it when I was 14 and again years later and it was STILL funny.
I just finished "The Court Martial of Daniel Boone" by Allen Eckert---a fabulous book. I would definitely recommend this as a Living Book for history studies---written in novel form, but based on a true event and scrupulously researched. Very very good. Really helped me get into the colonial mindset.
Another interesting read was "Lady on the Hill" about the Biltmore in North Carolina. It has set me on a Gilded Age rabbit trail 
Also finished James Michener's "Covenant" about South Africa. Very good. Classic James Michener.
I always pick up such good reading ideas from you all. The table next to my bed positively GROANS with books waiting to be read, courtesy of your recommendations!
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