Book Rec’s – Page 2

Currently Reading

I have a bad habit of starting three or four books at the same time. The variety part is good, but I think it fosters short attention span; one chapter of this, one chapter of that, then a little of something else. But I keep doing it, and I guess it’s not too dissimilar fromContinue reading “Currently Reading”

Currently Reading

It has been several weeks since I posted here for a variety of reasons, but life will be settling into a more regular (if still quite challenging) rhythm here pretty soon. So I’m dusting off the keyboard with a quick run-down of the books I’m currently reading and all that is good about them. RepublicContinue reading “Currently Reading”

A Lovely Book Exchange

My determination to focus on the books already on my shelves has been going very…um…medium-ly? I am making progress, but rather more slowly than I had planned, and I have made a few exceptions. We went to a bookstore on our wedding anniversary, so that was one exception, and we bought a few books then.Continue reading “A Lovely Book Exchange”

The Third Way

I just finished reading a collection of essays by C.S. Lewis, On Stories, and it was fascinating for addressing some of the same literary arguments we are still engaged in to this day. It’s important to say at the outset that no argument for or against a certain type of literature is new. We’ve beenContinue reading “The Third Way”

Lewis and a Llama

There is a narrative device that I dearly love, but of which I have only found two clear instances. (No doubt there are many others, but these are the only ones I know of.) I’m going to talk about C.S. Lewis’ Till We Have Faces, which I have written about several times before, and The Emperor’sContinue reading “Lewis and a Llama”

Non-haul Book Haul

So, in those moments when I’ve just put both kids down for a nap and I’m exhausted, but shouldn’t nap because I have things to do, but also don’t quite have the energy to do those things at the moment, I sometimes wile away a bit of time watching Booktube videos. While much of Booktube seems to focusContinue reading “Non-haul Book Haul”

Peevishness and Lack Thereof

I am always intrigued by people’s pet peeves. By nature, they are highly personal, but there’s something funny about them well aside from the fact that many of them make no sense: We KNOW we cannot hold others to our pet peeves…but we kinda WANT to. Example: I love food, and I love varieties ofContinue reading “Peevishness and Lack Thereof”

Tried by Time

You know that kid’s song “Make new friends, but keep the old, one is silver and the other gold”? I remember it from Wee Sing in Sillyville, but never mind that. I was thinking about this song recently based on a combination of my personal reading experiences and a few posts I saw about challengingContinue reading “Tried by Time”

Year in Review

It seems to be expected that one should complain and lament this entire last year. I have neither the desire nor the right to do so. If I were to complain–even about the legitimately discouraging events of the year–I would feel as though I were looking down on the truly good things that have happenedContinue reading “Year in Review”

The Tombs of Atuan and Till We Have Faces

*SPOILERS* for The Tombs of Atuan and Till We Have Faces I just read The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. LeGuin for the first time. It had been recommended to me before, and I have had my sisters’ copies of it (and Wizard of Earthsea and The Farthest Shore) on my shelves for years. MyContinue reading “The Tombs of Atuan and Till We Have Faces”