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Posted: July 19 2008 at 8:39am | IP Logged Quote JennGM

Since it's so quiet on the board, I can't help think people must have their noses buried in books at least part of these very hot summer days. So what are you reading?

I'm reading too many to count, but off the top of my head:

Spiritual Reading: Deep Conversion, Deep Prayer by Thomas Dubay. This is one of the best spiritual reading books I've read in a long time. Wow, it's so good!

Lifeline: The Religious Upbringing of Your Children by James Stenson

Punished by Rewards by Alfie Kohn

Laying Down the Rails by Sonya Shafer

Planning Your Charlotte Mason Education

Those are the main books. I'm right now surrounded by piles and piles of books and catalogs as I work through my planning for the school year. I'm still not done Plus I'm trying to get a good household rhythm established, but that requires thinking on my part on WHAT needs to be done.

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Posted: July 19 2008 at 9:32am | IP Logged Quote Willa

The Discarded Image by CS Lewis

Retreat with the Lord by Fr John Hardon -- which is helping me through the Ignatius Spiritual Exercises.

Home Education by Charlotte Mason

The Next Century by David Halberstam

The Body has a Mind of Its Own -- an impulse pick-up at the library and I'm not sure I'll finish it before I have to give it back.   It's interesting but I am not getting into it very well.

I like Fr Dubay, too!

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Posted: July 19 2008 at 10:05am | IP Logged Quote Milehimama

Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitution, by Woody Holton

The Well Trained Mind, by Susan Wise Bauer and Jessie Wise (why, oh why, have I never read this before?)

Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand (slow going. I think it's kind of boring but am determined to give it a go.)

Disease-Proof your Child

2008 Nebula Award Showcase (best of sci-fi short stories)(hey, everyone has a vice, right?)

Checked out from the library, but to be started (when I finish Unruly Americans) - The Lolita Effect: The Medea S*xualization of Young Girls and What We Can Do About It by M. Gigi Durham

Courageous Virtue, by Stacy Mitch (starting a virtual Bible study on it on my website Monday!)

Just finished... O Pioneers by Willa Cather, Cell by Stephen King, Trust the Children by Anna Kealoha.
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Posted: July 19 2008 at 10:18am | IP Logged Quote CandaceC

Homeschooling with a Meek and Quiet Spirit by Teri Maxwell

Grace Based Parenting by Tim Kimmel

No Other Gods by Kelly Minter

Education Is from Simply Charlotte Mason


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Posted: July 19 2008 at 11:27am | IP Logged Quote stefoodie

Where We Got the Bible: Our Debt to the Catholic Church by Henry Graham (available online here)

stuck in Deuteronomy in the Navarre Pentateuch for several weeks (months?) now -- I can't seem to move forward!!

Prayerfully Expecting by Donna Marie O'Boyle

Dressing with Dignity -- stuck about 3/4 of the way through for weeks now

rereading Sins of Parents

and rereading The Five Love Languages of Children

and several more on my bedside table that I'm reading off and on -- too many

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Posted: July 19 2008 at 11:34am | IP Logged Quote MaryM

My excuses for not being here much, lie elsewhere, but I am reading (slowly):
The Apostles - Pope Benedict XVI
Catholic for a Reason III - Hahn/Flaherty
You Can Teach Your Child Successfully - Ruth Beechick

Just finished Maragaret Wise Brown: Awakened by the Moon - Leonard Marcus


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Posted: July 19 2008 at 11:48am | IP Logged Quote JennGM

Oh, now I'm being tempted by different books everyone else is reading!

MaryM wrote:
My excuses for not being here much, lie elsewhere,


It's healthier to be away from the computer, so no need to apologize!

MaryM wrote:
Just finished Maragaret Wise Brown: Awakened by the Moon - Leonard Marcus


No fair sneaking in finished books! That looks good, though. I love Margaret Wise Brown books, although I sometime stumble over her poetry/prose. The rhythm doesn't always flow the same.

Since you mentioned a biography about an author, I just finished The Art of Tasha Tudor and reread The Private World of Tasha Tudor.

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Posted: July 19 2008 at 11:52am | IP Logged Quote JennGM

Willa wrote:
Retreat with the Lord by Fr John Hardon -- which is helping me through the Ignatius Spiritual Exercises.


In my twenties I did a type of 30 day Ignatian retreat under Father Hardon's direction. I called him in the evenings to talk about my progress. That was before this book was written. I'll find the other books he recommended if you're interested.

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stuck in Deuteronomy in the Navarre Pentateuch for several weeks (months?) now -- I can't seem to move forward!!


Deuteronomy will probably always remind you of morning sickness.

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Dressing with Dignity -- stuck about 3/4 of the way through for weeks now

rereading Sins of Parents

and rereading The Five Love Languages of Children


Couldn't get through Dressing, and Five Love Languages is one of my other titles to start.

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Posted: July 19 2008 at 12:32pm | IP Logged Quote MichelleW

Ha! Right now I am taking a break from heavy reading and spending some time with fluff. I am reading through the "No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency" books right now, and really enjoying them. I don't often read novels, I usually feel guilty taking the time to read for fun, but these are quite good. I am in the middle of the 3rd book.

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Posted: July 19 2008 at 12:36pm | IP Logged Quote Milehimama

I didn't like Dressing with Dignity so much (did I even finish it? I can't recall).

I liked Wendy Shallit's Return to Modesty much, much better.

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In process:

Laying Down the Rails by Sonya Shafer

A Mother's Rule of Life in combination with A Mother's Rule of Life in the Domestic Church

The Catechism of the Catholic Church

The Fulfillment of All Desire

Upcoming:

Planning Your Charlotte Mason Education

Hours in the Out of Doors

The Fit Swimmer as long as I'm spending hours at the pool anyway.

The Feeling Good Handbook

Editing to add a recent acquisition: How to Profit from Your Faults.

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The Narnian By Alan Jacobs
The Call to Brilliance by Resa Brown
The Quest for Shakespeare (a signed copy Trip got for me while taking a class with Mr. Pearce last week!)
The Cult of the Amateur by Andrew Keen
Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy

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Hormones, Health and Happiness

Laying Down the Rails

Planning Your Charlotte Mason Education

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These are the books that I’m reading now:

Home Education by Charlotte Mason

Hours in the Out of Doors

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

These are my recently read books:

Persuasion by Jane Austen

Laying Down the Rails by Sonya Shafer





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Posted: July 19 2008 at 1:42pm | IP Logged Quote folklaur

Here's mine:

Spiritual:
The Navarre Gospel of Mark.

"Fun":
The Fellowship of the Ring.

I have never read the LOTR series - which is quite odd as fantasy and sci-fi are my main fiction choices and have been since I was young. I have tried before, but this time I am determined. :) (So - do they EVER get done walking through the forest?!?!?!)

Dreams Underfoot by Charles de Lint. Short stories. For when I need a break from the Forest....


Not as deep reading as most of you! But, I need the "escape" right now....
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Story of a Soul

The Secret Diary of Elisabeth Leseur

Godless: The Church of Liberalism

Rocco's Five Minute Flavor: Fabulous Meals with 5 Ingredients in 5 Minutes

Parenting Young Athletes the Ripken Way

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Milehimama wrote:


The Well Trained Mind, by Susan Wise Bauer and Jessie Wise (why, oh why, have I never read this before?)

Disease-Proof your Child


Oooooo, two of my favorites.

I'm reading The Temperament God Gave You (almost done), Real Learning (again! and almost done), and The Charlotte Mason Companion.


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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
Roadside Geology of Alaska
Love in the Time of Cholera
A Schoolteacher in Old Alaska:the story of Hannah Breece (fascinating!!!)
Crust and Crumb
Making Great Cheese at Home


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I'm the kind of reader who doesn't like to keep too many different books going at one time. But these are my current reads...

Exiles by Ron Hansen

Dumbing Us Down by Gatto

Butler's Lives of the Saints

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