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Comment on My Summer (and then some) Reading List by Judy

Judy — Fri, 17 May 2013 05:19:53 +0000

Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
Jaeber Crow by Wendell Berry
Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton (to enter again into the longing love of a faithful father)
The Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria Augusta Trapp (one we shared as a family-read-aloud a few years ago – inspiring daily faith)
In Quiet Light; Poems on Vermeer’s Women and Drawn to the Light; Poems on Rembrandt’s Religious Paintings both by Marilyn Chandler McEntyre (small volumes)
Fifty-Seven Words that change the World; A Journey Through the Lord’s Prayer by Darrell W. Johnson

Comment on My Summer (and then some) Reading List by Kimberlee Conway Ireton

Kimberlee Conway Ireton — Fri, 17 May 2013 03:56:04 +0000

Sarah, I love how literary you and your friends are! Such a delight to hear what everyone’s reading. I don’t have a set summer reading list (though I love the idea of one!), but here are a few that are awaiting my attention:

Ourselves by Charlotte Mason
Raising the Christian Family You Never Had by Mary DeMuth
Christian Proficiency by Martin Thornton
Run with the Horses by Eugene Peterson
A Room with a View by E.M. Forster

I need another novel in there. Maybe something by Elizabeth Goudge or Rumer Godden. (Sarah Morrison: if this is your first time reading In This House of Brede, you’re in for a real treat. It was my favorite novel that I read in all of 2011 ) Or maybe I’ll take Anna’s advice and read North and South. I’ve never read anything by Elizabeth Gaskell…

Also, I absolutely love that you used the word “doughty.”

Comment on My Summer (and then some) Reading List by Grace

Grace — Thu, 16 May 2013 19:22:59 +0000

Sense and Sensibility ~Jane Austen
The Penguin Complete Father Brown ~G.K Chesterton
The Hiding Place ~Corrie ten Boom
The Fellowship of the Ring ~J.R.R Tolkien
The Warden ~Anthony Trollope
A Murder is Announced ~Agatha Christie (one of my all-time favourite books)

Comment on My Summer (and then some) Reading List by Kathleen

Kathleen — Thu, 16 May 2013 18:51:41 +0000

Right now I am in the middle of reading
Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo (translated by Norman Denny),
A Winkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle(one of my favorite books!)
A Pilgrims Regress by C.S. Lewis, and
Saving Leonardo by Nancy Pearcey.
Happy reading everyone!!

Comment on My Summer (and then some) Reading List by Sarah Morrison

Sarah Morrison — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:52:34 +0000

I just had my kind mother ship the following titles to China for me since there are basically no English bookstores in the city where I live! I can totally identify with how you go through a “book hunt”—-me too! Here are my titles:
In This House of Brede by Rummer Godden
A Year With Rilke (poetry)
Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
Letters to a Young Poet by Rilke
Strong Poison by Dorothy Sayers
Stet: An Editor’s Life by Diane Athill
The Mantle of the Prophet: Religion and Politics in Iran by Roy Mottahedeh
Zen in the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury

Comment on My Summer (and then some) Reading List by Aimee

Aimee — Thu, 16 May 2013 11:54:24 +0000

The Scent of Water by E. Goudge. The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap by Wendy Welch. A Circle of Quiet by L’Engle. And then some homeschooling books on Leadership Education and Project Based Homeschooling.

Comment on My Summer (and then some) Reading List by Becky Brownridge

Becky Brownridge — Thu, 16 May 2013 07:20:42 +0000

Ooh some fab books and if you’re reading R.S Thomas that warrants a return trip here. He was a previous vicar in Dads parishes and then moved back to Aberdaron, just down the road from us now. I studied him for a level. It was coloured somewhat by local knowledge:-)) I love his poetry. You could come on pilgrimage. Think you might get a lot out of the book on Pilgrimage by our Archdeacon ANdrew Jones. Just a thought.

Comment on My Summer (and then some) Reading List by Jeremiah

Jeremiah — Thu, 16 May 2013 04:37:13 +0000

Seriously, read some Updike. At least a handful of short stories. and R.S. Thomas is a great poet – I forget if we discussed Merwin or not but he’s wonderful as well. Christian Wiman has written some very good poetry and prose..

Comment on My Summer (and then some) Reading List by Anna

Anna — Thu, 16 May 2013 04:35:33 +0000

And to redheadkate…I wholeheartedly plead with you to keep North and South on the list. It’s one of my faves. It combines the magnetic love story of Jane Austen with the social consciousness of Charles Dickens. Not to be missed!!!

Comment on My Summer (and then some) Reading List by Anna

Anna — Thu, 16 May 2013 04:33:20 +0000

My list will inevitably grow. My book-a-week habit forces that. But…the start of my summer list is A Place on Earth by Wendell Berry, A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson, The Provincial Lady in London by E.M. Delafield, Everybody Was So Young by Amanda Vail, Writing Down the Bones, by Natalie Goldberg, and Middlemarch which I’m reading in chunks throughout the year. A stack of books is a delight to my soul. I’ve been hoarding some of these for our upcoming Smoky Mountain vacation and I can’t wait to dive in!