Fly Trap (Hardinge), The Penderwicks at Point Mouette (Birdsall), Okay for Now (Schmidt), and Two-Part Invention (L'Engle).
One week, four books, a lake house in Michigan. Should be wonder-full.
Prelude to the Shakespeare Festival
Sisters at a beautiful, Regency-costumed production of my third favorite play, The Winter's Tale
First Impressions sneak peek
The Bennet Family: Jane, Lizzy, Pa, Kitty, Lydia, Mary, Ma
A traveling sales (con) man
The Cousin Drama Club
(like the shirts? "Pride & Prejudiced" with a cowboy boot and Sheriff badge)
(like the shirts? "Pride & Prejudiced" with a cowboy boot and Sheriff badge)
Six Month Check Up
It's been a whirlwind year for reading. Last December, I specifically wanted to explore 18 stories (pasted below), with a 60-book goal for the year. The body count so far: 31
The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexander Dumas
Rated Petruchio for rip-roaring action
The Piper's Son, by Melina Marchetta
Rated Bess Marvin & George Fayne for having to follow the excellent Saving Francesca
Fallen, by David Maine
Rated Princess Mia because the movie trumps the source. Only, in this case, the other way around.
Uncommon Criminals, by Ally Carter
Rated Mrs Bobbsey, because twins are cool, but twins twice is a little redundant
Affliction, by Edith Schaffer
Rated Charlotte A. Cavatica for being helpful and generous
What is a Family? by Edith Schaffer
Rated Mary Poppins for being practically perfect in every way
Heretics, by G.K. Chesterton
Rated Winnie the Pooh for being tubby
What's Wrong with the World, by G.K. Chesterton
Rated Toad of Toad Hall for being all over the place. Poop poop.
Pilgrim's Inn, by Elizabeth Goudge
Rated Martha and Dickon's mother for being British and homey
Five Red Herrings, by Dorothy Sayers
Rated Kitty Bennet for being forgettable, despite her relation to Elizabeth
The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde
Rated Dora Copperfield for providing humor but mostly annoyance
Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Marmeladov:
“Come forth, my drunk ones, my weak ones, my shameless ones!’ And we will all come forth, without being ashamed, and stand there. And He will say, ‘Swine you are! Of the image of the beast and of his seal; but come, you, too!’ And the wise and the reasonable will say unto Him, ‘Lord, why do you receive such as these?’ And He will say, ‘I receive them, my wise and reasonable ones, forasmuch as not one of them considered himself worthy of this thing…’ And He will stretch out His arms to us, and we will fall at His feet…and weep… and understand everything! …and everyone will understand…and Katarina Ivanovna…she, too, will understand…Lord, Thy kingdom come!”
Which leaves 29 books yet to be read, most likely to include these 6:
Common Sense Christian Living, by Edith Schaffer
The Pickwick Papers, by Charles Dickens
Okay for Now, by Gary Schmidt
The Dragon's Tooth, by N.D. Wilson
Two Part Invention: The Story of a Marriage, by Madeline L'Engle
Fly Trap, by Francis Hardinge
A goodly list, that.
The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexander Dumas
Rated Petruchio for rip-roaring action
The Piper's Son, by Melina Marchetta
Rated Bess Marvin & George Fayne for having to follow the excellent Saving Francesca
Fallen, by David Maine
Rated Princess Mia because the movie trumps the source. Only, in this case, the other way around.
Uncommon Criminals, by Ally Carter
Rated Mrs Bobbsey, because twins are cool, but twins twice is a little redundant
Affliction, by Edith Schaffer
Rated Charlotte A. Cavatica for being helpful and generous
What is a Family? by Edith Schaffer
Rated Mary Poppins for being practically perfect in every way
Heretics, by G.K. Chesterton
Rated Winnie the Pooh for being tubby
What's Wrong with the World, by G.K. Chesterton
Rated Toad of Toad Hall for being all over the place. Poop poop.
Pilgrim's Inn, by Elizabeth Goudge
Rated Martha and Dickon's mother for being British and homey
Five Red Herrings, by Dorothy Sayers
Rated Kitty Bennet for being forgettable, despite her relation to Elizabeth
The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde
Rated Dora Copperfield for providing humor but mostly annoyance
Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Marmeladov:
“Come forth, my drunk ones, my weak ones, my shameless ones!’ And we will all come forth, without being ashamed, and stand there. And He will say, ‘Swine you are! Of the image of the beast and of his seal; but come, you, too!’ And the wise and the reasonable will say unto Him, ‘Lord, why do you receive such as these?’ And He will say, ‘I receive them, my wise and reasonable ones, forasmuch as not one of them considered himself worthy of this thing…’ And He will stretch out His arms to us, and we will fall at His feet…and weep… and understand everything! …and everyone will understand…and Katarina Ivanovna…she, too, will understand…Lord, Thy kingdom come!”
Which leaves 29 books yet to be read, most likely to include these 6:
Common Sense Christian Living, by Edith Schaffer
The Pickwick Papers, by Charles Dickens
Okay for Now, by Gary Schmidt
The Dragon's Tooth, by N.D. Wilson
Two Part Invention: The Story of a Marriage, by Madeline L'Engle
Fly Trap, by Francis Hardinge
A goodly list, that.
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