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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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Just had to comment that dh had lunch with Dawn Eden just this week. She is friends with a few of his professional friends. Small world, huh?
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I've been reading my way through quite a few series this year. Since I've last posted, I've read:
MORALITY FOR BEAUTIFUL GIRLS
THE KALAHARI TYPING SCHOOL FOR MEN
THE FULL CUPBOARD OF LIFE
IN THE COMPANY OF CHEERFUL LADIES
BLUE SHOES AND HAPPINESS
THE GOOD HUSBAND OF ZEBRA DRIVE
All by Alexander McCall Smith, and part of the #1 Ladies Detective Agency series. I just finished the last one yesterday. I can't tell you how much I have enjoyed these books! They are very entertaining. The author has a way of portraying the main characters so that I have fallen in love with just about all of them and can't wait to see what will happen to them next.
I have also read a few of another of Alexander McCall Smith's series:
THE SUNDAY PHILOSOPHY CLUB
FRIENDS, LOVERS, AND CHOCOLATE
THE RIGHT ATTITUDE TO RAIN
I liked the first few of these, but not nearly as much as the #1 Ladies Detective Agency books.
I finished the "Catholic Mitford" series by Karen Valentine by reading THE COUNTY FAIR.
Then I decided to revisit the real Mitford. I had read Jan Karon's first two Mitford books years and years ago. I picked up the third book in the series and just couldn't get into it. All the characters seemed like strangers. So I decided to back up and re-read the 2nd book to get familiar with the characters again. It worked. I'm reading my way through the entire series now and really enjoying it. So far, I've read:
A LIGHT IN THE WINDOW
THESES HIGH GREEN HILLS
OUT TO CANAAN
A NEW SONG
A COMMON LIFE
Let's see what else? Oh, A ROSE IN BLOOM by Louisa May Alcott. And, of course, HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS.   And now, I'm just beginning to read MY ANTONIA by Willa Cather. I'm pretty sure that I read this back in either high school or college, but my memory is just awful, and I'm not sure yet. 
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I've been on an Islamist kick -- just finished "Reading Lolita in Tehran" Azar Nafisi -- incredible in many ways. Opened up my eyes to the complexity of the number of factions involved in the Iranian revolution. Also, totally stimulates of love for reading. Nafisi is an English literature professor and talks about the power of literature and how she uses it to help her students understand the world. Gives a very different perspective of everyday, woman on the street in Iran.
Also finished INFIDEL by Hirsi-Ali. (She left Somalia, was a refugee in the Netherlands, became a citizen, member of Parliament, did a film w/Theo Van Gogh & he was murdered because of it, she was kicked out of Holland & now lives in DC.) Again, amazing perspective that I did not have on life in Africa, in a Muslim country, family values, etc. REally fascinating. She also pursues education which opens her eyes to TRUTH.
Both of these women authors are secular Muslims although Hirsi Ali considers herself agnostic. Both books are well written and important reads considering the dynamics of the world we're living in.
Now I've got several of Bernard Lewis books on the arabs.
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Irene, I love those Alexander McCall books, too. The word from my African friends (and cousin who lived in Botswana for 7 years) is that he really captures the flavor of life in Botswana. Wonderful books.
Jennifer-I was on a Mid East tangent this year too. I read "Reading Lolita in Tehran" too and ALSO enjoyed it quite a bit. Also, if you're on a Mid Eastern kick, have you read "Kite Runner"? Bleak, but interesting. Another good one I'd highly recommend is called "A Street in Marrekesh" about a family with 3 children who moves to Marrekesh for a year or two. Even tho it's about 20 years dated, it was very good. I also enjoyed the "Palace Walk" Cairo trilogy by the Pulitzer prize winning novelist, Naguib Mahfouz. Last but not least, by ds read "The Monks of Tibhirine" about the monks in Algeria who were killed fairly recently. He said it was a good read.
The Bernard Lewis books are supposed to be very insightful.
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 Hi. I posted for the first time in Fireside Chat, so I'm so new to all this. But I love books, so here I am.
This year thus far, I've read:
"MARC CHAGALL(a Jewish Encounters book) by Jonathan Wilson --- For as long as I can remember, I have been deeply in love with the indescribable energy and life streaming from his work. This book gives insight to the life beyond the art, and also attempts to figure out the Jewish painter's obsession with the crucified Christ.
"THE KNOWLEDGE DEFICIT: CLOSING THE SHOCKING EDUCATIONAL GAP FOR AMERICAN CHILDREN by E.D. Jr. Hirsch (You may know him as the founder and writer of the Core Knowledge Series, e.g. "What Your First-Grader Needs to Know.") --- Unlike his highly popular and very readable Core series books, "The Knowledge Deficit" was a flatter, duller read. However, one thought from it lingers with me: the important of reading comprehension.
"FROM THE MIXED-UP FILES OF MRS. BASIL E. FRANKENWEILER by E. L. Konigsburg --- I reread this favorite book of mine growing up. A girl and her younger brother run away from home and to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Could life get better? :D
"THE TROUBLE WITH PERFECT: HOW PARENTS CAN AVOID THE OVERACHIEVEMENT TRAP AND STILL RAISE SUCCESSFUL CHILDREN" by Elisabeth Guthrie, M.D., and Kathy Matthews --- A very readable book about, well, the perfection trap/myth.
"Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossips, Boyfriends and Other Realities of Adolescence" by Rosalind Wiseman --- The book is a mother's guide to helping your daughter and having meaningful discussions and time with her --- using advice given from other girls her age rather than preachy "parenting advice" types. Yet the book also discusses the sociological make-up of certain girls, so it's interesting as a study of cliques as well. The book is very readable and well-suited to today's readers, who seem to prefer scads of information presented in snippets, with call-out boxes giving advice and warnings, and lots of bullet points. The presentation is good, the information is thorough. It does have problems, though --- a LOT of them --- but it was an interesting read.
"JANE EYRE by CHARLOTTE BRONTE --- I reread this every few years.
"GATES OF FIRE by STEVEN PRESSFIELD --- A brutal, rough, bloody account of the Spartan 300 in ancient Greece. It's just a raw read, and I don't know why it appeals to me. I'm such a pacifist, but ... ???
"YOU DON'T LOOK SICK: LIVING WELL WITH AN INVISIBLE CHRONIC ILLNESS" --- Uhm, because I have one.
DEAREST FRIEND: A LIFE OF ABIGAIL ADAMS --- I'm a history enthusiast. 
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Welcome Pixilated-Momma!
You're the second person in a week that has mentioned the Marc Chagall book to me. hmmmm....
I just finished A Miracle for St. Cecilia's the other day. Great! Thanks for the recommendation, everyone.
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Yes, Welcome, PM! I am glad you chimed in so quickly on joining! This is one of my favorite threads 
Looks like we have similar reading choices!
Speaking of Jane Eyre.......um, Gwen, have you read it yet??? summer is almost over!
I just love Abigail Adams. Do you highly recommend this book? I have been looking for another john or abigail book to read.....since we just visited their homes.
I have just finished moments ago: Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy. I am still trying to find my thoughts on the story. I may look online for some intellectual discussions on the book. It was nice to read something English
Now, I am starting: Are we Rome?.......learned about it on a late night discussion on C-SPAN while I was on my trip. Prob way above my head.........we shall find out.
How about the rest of you? Any books finished this summer to add to our list??
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SuzanneG wrote:
Welcome Pixilated-Momma!
You're the second person in a week that has mentioned the Marc Chagall book to me. hmmmm....
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Thanks for the welcome.
I think the Chagall book was good, considering I picked it up on a whim. I love his art and wanted a deeper look into his life. It did leave me thinking about Chagall's fascination with the Cross, but the author tried, in a very secular sort of way, to figure out WHY Chagall would be drawn to it. As a Catholic, I've got a whole laundry list of just why.  But the author couldn't really think of any good reason for it except that a Jewish person would be drawn to a figure of suffering. Yes, I can see that, but there's so much more there! So, I do feel the book could've been richer than it was ...
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Chari wrote:
Yes, Welcome, PM! I am glad you chimed in so quickly on joining! This is one of my favorite threads
Looks like we have similar reading choices!
Speaking of Jane Eyre.......um, Gwen, have you read it yet??? summer is almost over!
I just love Abigail Adams. Do you highly recommend this book? I have been looking for another john or abigail book to read.....since we just visited their homes.
I have just finished moments ago: Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy. I am still trying to find my thoughts on the story. I may look online for some intellectual discussions on the book. It was nice to read something English
Now, I am starting: Are we Rome?.......learned about it on a late night discussion on C-SPAN while I was on my trip. Prob way above my head.........we shall find out.
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Thanks for the welcome. And I had to chime in quickly because I feel this forum is heaven-sent. I've been reading blogs from people here for a long time, plus reading the Large Family forum really got me thinking ... and then a book club ...!!!! I've been wanting to join one forever, but due to my husband's schedule, lack of sitters and three littles, I've not been able to. And then, ta-da, this board.
God is so good to me.
Oh, that Abigail Adams book was good ... "Dear Friend: A Life of Abigail Adams" in that it was very readable and just engaging. I saw "Revolution" (a series on PBS) not too long ago, and I really liked Abigail Adams in it, so I have *just* begun to get to know her. She's so interesting. And, seriously, why didn't I learn some of this stuff when I was a kid in school? Ah, well ... Better late then never ...
I read "Far from the Madding Crowd" a long time ago, but can't remember any of it. Shame on me. Did you like it? What was your overall impression?
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Hello everyone! Happy Fall. I have just finished up a couple of short books and decided to come here. First of all, Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang. This was such a fun, fast read and very unlike the movie. Today I neglected duties to finish reading A Philadelphia Catholic in a King James Court by Martin dePorres Kennedy. What a great book, especially for teenage boys. What was particularly of interest to me is that I live in an area very similar to where they are. A boy goes from Philadelphia to stay with his cousin in Kentucky (the Bible Belt) and feels the need to learn why he is Catholic and believes what he does. Interestigly enough, I have often wondered if one of the reasons God moved us here was to better learn and defend my faith. I have not been confronted, but there have been conversations that I was glad I checked some of these things out.
My next read is "Why Catholic Bibles Are Bigger." I saw the author, Gary G. Michuta, on the Journey HOme on EWTN. It happened to be when the "Contenders for the Faith" group that my boys belong to were starting to memorize the books of the Bible. Guess what, we're the only Catholics there. I thought it was a rather timely book!
Have fun reading and thanks for your posts. They are so much fun to read.
God bless,
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Hi, Kristin! Thanks for posting.........I was coming here this morning, too. I have been remembering that I want to read that book by Kennedy......and here you are mentioning it! Another book on my list!
When we visited Yellowstone Nat'l Park on our Star Spangled Adventure (see my blog) last summer, I vowed to myself to order books through interlibrary loan about Yellowstone.
I am infatuated with Yellowstone...........can't wait to go back! Got to figure out a way :)
I have just finished reading these two:
Downriver: A Yellowstone Journey by Dean Krakel II
It was actually about a man who hiked along the first part of the Yellowstone River with his wife and 5yo son..........and then rode the current in a raft the rest, by himself, from Yellowstone NP to the Missouri River. I very much enjoyed this book...........because I could ride the river with him vicariously, and because he cleverly wove history through-out.
The second book was......
Camping Out In the Yellowstone, 1182 by Mary Bradshaw Richards
This woman camped with her husband and kept a journal. The editor included great info about what life was like in 1882 so the reader could appreciate the writing more. Good read.
Only two more books to go......
So, September has ended.........October is rushing past..............please catch us up on what you have been reading!!
God bless,
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After writing a few months ago that I couldn't get into Pride and Prejudice I went back and finally read it all. Oh, what i was missing! Since then I've also read Northanger Abbey and have Sense and Sensibility lined up as well. I also borrowed P&P again (from the library here) b/c I'd seen the first disc thru blockbusteronline but they lost the 2nd one and I never finished it. This is the one with Colin Firth, the only man I can imagine as Mr. Darcy
I've also just downloaded My Antonia to listen to; the only other Willa Cather book I've read is Death Comes for the Archbishop, which i loved.
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I finished My Antonia this past month. What a wonderful book! I mentioned before that I wasn't sure if I may have read this way back when . . . . Well, it became evident that I had not, and I am so glad that I picked it up.
It's amazing how many great classic books I did NOT read in my school career. (And I was in a top school system, in honors classes.  ) It makes me want to make all the best of them required reading for my children before they leave our homeschool. Is there a problem with making high school last for 6 years, just to accomplish this task?!
In other reading this past month, I listened to Noel Streatfeild's Ballet Shoes on CD with the girls. Great story! And, continuing with the Mitford series, I read In This Mountain by Jan Karon.
Now, I'm currently reading A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain. It's a strange story, but humorous so far. Although I do not like the anti-Church sentiments.
And I'm reading another book that takes off on the previous title: A Philadelphia Catholic in King James Court by Martin Deporres Kennedy. I had my 8th grader read it for religion this year and need to catch up with her so we can discuss it.
Dh and I are in the midst of reading Dietrich Von Hildebrand's Marriage: The Mystery of Faithful Love for our Teams of Our Lady book discussions. I highly recommend this book! I cannot believe that it went out of print again. There is so much wisdom in this very small volume. I can see hints of Pope John Paul II's philosophy of personalism in what Von Hildebrand writes. He also outlines Catholic sexual morality in such a beautiful way. And the book was written in 1929!!! Amazing!
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I just finished another Yellowstone book:
Do (NOT) Feed the Bears: The Fitful History of Wildlife and Tourists in Yellowstone by Alice Biel
A long read, almost too textbookish to enjoy......but I was determined. I learned a lot.........I probably know more about Yellowstone bear management than the average American now. That has to count for something.
So many books on my "to read" list.......Willa Cather's books, too, sigh.....someday. I am going to read Jeeves shortly. Any comments or reviews on Jeeves? There are so many sequels........are they as good as the first?
Karen, the original P&P movie with Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier is extremely funny......if not true to the book, definitely true to Austen's spirit. And Greer Garson is just too funny. It was MY first intro to P&P and then I read the book.
I am glad you kept at it AND enjoyed it. Not sure if we ever got Cay to finish it........can't remember
Irtene, Maddelyn is on a "shoes" kick here..........reading at least one shoe book a day......got to get more from the library. She is looking for Theater Shoes right now . The marriage book sound wonderful! What a blessing to have a husband willing to read that with you.
Only one more Yellowstone book to go.....a really cool book....more later...
anyone else????
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teachingmom wrote:
It's amazing how many great classic books I did NOT read in my school career. (And I was in a top school system, in honors classes. ) It makes me want to make all the best of them required reading for my children before they leave our homeschool. Is there a problem with making high school last for 6 years, just to accomplish this task?!
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I have been feeling the same way, about all the books i missed. yet, I wonder if I had the maturity back then to have really understood and appreciated them. I know there are several classics I did have to read in high school that I absolutely detested (For Whom the Bell Tolls, Grapes of Wrath, A Tale of Two Cities) and have always avoided those authors since - but I wonder if I reread them now, if I'd appreciate them much more? (I have started another Dickens (David Copperfield) and it's not too bad, though I've put it down for now.
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Karen T wrote:
After writing a few months ago that I couldn't get into Pride and Prejudice I went back and finally read it all. Oh, what i was missing! Since then I've also read Northanger Abbey and have Sense and Sensibility lined up as well. I also borrowed P&P again (from the library here) b/c I'd seen the first disc thru blockbusteronline but they lost the 2nd one and I never finished it. This is the one with Colin Firth, the only man I can imagine as Mr. Darcy
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That happened to me with "Pride and Prejudice." I couldn't get into it the first couple attempts, but then when I was on bedrest two years ago, I just got swept away by it. And, being on bedrest, I had time to watch the Colin Firth version, like, two times. That's a whole lot of viewing. Then, of course, I watched the new one, which, despite its gorgeous landscapes and, uhm, leading man, was more like a Cliffs Notes version of it. I was a bit disappointed in how fast that one went. And Elizabeth was a bit too giggly for me. Sigh
How did you like "Sense and Sensibility"? I *just* finished reading that this weekend, and it was a struggle for me to finish it. I only did finish it because, well, I had the flu and it was on hand. LOL I seem to read Jane Austen during illnesses. I had problems understanding the whole Marianna/Colonol thing. Seriously? What gives there? I just did NOT see it at all. And parts of it reminded me of "P&P" (such as the whole divulged past of Willougby) so I was rather disappointed. I mean, as soon as in the beginning I read about how undeniably wonderful W was, I thought, "Hey, like Wickham (another "W" name, LOL). Maybe he'll end up being just like him." And sure enough, he was. A lot of people seem to love "Sense & Sensibility" though, so I wonder if I'm missing something ... ?
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I have been feeling the same way, about all the books i missed. yet, I wonder if I had the maturity back then to have really understood and appreciated them.
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I just had a similar discussion about this with a friend. I know that a lot of "classics" are required reading when we're in high school, but I think a lot of nuances and themes were lost on me at that time. Yes, I got some of them ... For example, I understood Holden Caufield *perfectly* and, at the time, loved the desperate wild love of Catherine and Heathcliff, but I did not understand, at all, the intricacies of "The Great Gatsby" or "The Grapes of Wrath." Not at all. It was like, ho, hum, some dude who shows off his pretty shirts and wealth to Daisy. Only as an adult did I come to understand that Gatsby is a man faithful to the mythology of his own past and the illusion of a love that got away. Reading it recently, I was struck by the sadness of Gatsby and the desperation within him ... which I did not notice as a teenager reading it. The same thing happened with a few other books, though others passed the test of time but just got better.
A friend of mine was saying that she thought it's best to get all the classics read even though they are not understood, just by way of having them as part of the cultural norm ... You know, people referring to them and all that. I don't know, though. I think it can be a turn off to very good reading later in life ... but then acknowledge that some people do not read later in life (horror of horrors) so they need to learn those basics early while they are required to.
And classics are also debatable. I'm still not understanding "Madame Bovary" as a clasic. Egads. And we read that in high school.  Ick.
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I responded but forgot to write down the books I finished reading recently:
"Sense and Sensibility" by Jane Austen
"Rebecca" (yet again ) by Daphne DuMaurier
"Agnes Grey" by Anne Bronte
"The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" by Anne Bronte
A bookworm friend of mine and I are going through the Brontes/Gothics right now just for fun (Go, Nerdy Fun! LOL ) so we've got quite an interesting list to go.
I absolutely loved, loved, loved "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" and its themes of suffering/redemption, rewards in the earthly world vs. reward in heaven, lust vs. love. An astoundingly good read by the youngest and sadly most overlooked Bronte.
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I downloaded S&S to listen to, but haven't started it yet so I can't comment on it.
I'll have to give Tenant of Wildfell Hall another chance, too, then. I read about 40 pages I think and lost interest. I love the rest of the Bronte novels (Jane Eyre is my favorite)
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| I have been feeling the same way, about all the books i missed. yet, I wonder if I had the maturity back then to have really understood and appreciated them. I know there are several classics I did have to read in high school that I absolutely detested (For Whom the Bell Tolls, Grapes of Wrath, A Tale of Two Cities) and have always avoided those authors since - but I wonder if I reread them now, if I'd appreciate them much more? |
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Actually, I'd agree with you there, Karen. I remember detesting a few classics myself back then. (Does ANYONE read Billy Budd as an adult and come to love it?!)
So I guess the trick might be to give our children a taste of some great classics and the knowledge that the books are out there and of great value to read. And instilling in them such a love of reading that they actually pick up the great books when they are mature enough for them.
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