What are you reading?

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  • July 15, 2016 at 4:32 pm
    totheskydear
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    Nothing! I just finished a book about an hour ago. 😉 “Victorian Secrets” by Sarah Chrisman. Before that I read her other book, “This Victorian Life”, and before that, “Anne of Green Gables”.

    Now I’m trying to decide what to read next…

    July 15, 2016 at 5:37 pm
    Rachel White
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    @happykratzers: what’s it like only reading one book at a time?

    I’ve never done it…;)

    July 15, 2016 at 9:19 pm
    lnosborn
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    I seem to always have multiple books going. Some I put away for awhile. Lately, I’ve been reading a lot of, I guess you would say, personal interest articles, usually science or history related. Also canning recipes.

    As books go, current ones are For the Children’s Sake, Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee, and The Story of Christianity Vol. 1.

    I guess it makes me feel balanced to have one fiction, one non-fiction, and a help/educational book. It is hard for me to read two similar kind of books at the same time (plus the read alouds with the kids).

    Love to hear what everyone else is reading! It gives me ideas!

    July 19, 2016 at 10:01 pm
    AFthfulJrney
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    I have a few going as well!

    Wild & Free by Jess Connolly and Haley Morgan – I’m over half way through and love it!

    The Life-Giving Home by Sally and Sarah Clarkson – for some reason, this one is slow going for me, but I’m determined to finish it.

    The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin – just started…

    Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets – this is my first time reading through the series and I have to admit, I’m just not enjoying it as much as, well, everyone else it seems. I started this book at the beginning of June and still have about 100 pages left to read!

    Up next, I’d like to start Because He Loves Me by Elyse Fitzpatrick once I finish Wild & Free. I also have The Awakening of Miss Prim, Hannah Coulter, and The Kitchen House to choose from once I finish HP.

    July 19, 2016 at 10:05 pm
    AFthfulJrney
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    @karen @Michelle I have The Blue Castle on my shelf but have yet to read it. I think I need to add it to the top to my TBR pile.

    I’ve also recently heard wonderful things about Daddy Long Legs. I think I’ll download it to my kindle tonight.

    July 20, 2016 at 6:40 am
    Melanie32
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    Daddy Longlegs was great! It was a short read as well so you don’t have to carve out a lot of time for it.

    I am a big Anne of Green Gables fan but I haven’t read much from L.M. Montgomery’s other series. I began reading Emily of New Moon a couple of nights ago and am enjoying it so far.

     

    July 20, 2016 at 6:45 am
    Melanie32
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    This thread has inspired me to read Blue Castle by Montgomery as well. I don’t remember ever hearing much about this book but it has a ton of great reviews on Amazon. I’m looking forward to reading it next!

    July 20, 2016 at 7:24 am
    greenebalts
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    Our Schole Sisters group just finished Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy. Now, we’re off to read The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck.

    http://reflectionsfromdrywoodcreek.blogspot.com/2016/07/schole-sisters-anna-karenina.html

    July 20, 2016 at 8:12 am
    mommasmurf
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    I’ve been trying to do the summer reading challenge from our library. For adults, it’s books from different categories, like history, sports, art, geography, and such.

    So I recently finished A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson and Bel Canto by Ann Patchett. Currently working on The Right Thing by Scott Waddle. I am finding it hard to read books that are not an interesting topic for me. I suppose that might be the point of the challenge, to stretch us beyond our usual interests.

    With the kids, we are reading Mystery of the Roman Ransom, Little Town on the Prairie, and War of the Worlds (only with the high schooler). In the car, we just finished Zoobreak by Gordon Korman on audio and picked up Framed to do next.

    July 20, 2016 at 1:38 pm
    Rebekah
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    I have several books going right now, some are taking longer than others!

    Heartfelt Discipline by Clarkson (reading with my husband as we are able)

    Daring Greatly by Brown

    The Hobbit by Tolkien (First time reading this!)

    For the Children’s Sake by Macaulay

    A Thomas Jefferson Education by DeMille

    I want to start pre-reading Just So Stories by Kipling because my 2nd grader will be reading it this year.

    July 20, 2016 at 5:38 pm
    Jennifer
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    I love this thread!  I am currently reading…

    The book of Psalm and Isaiah

    A Death Draws Near by Anna Lee Huber (historical mystery)

    Pocketful of Pinecones By Karen Andreola

    Looking for God by Nancy Ortberg

    Charlotte Mason Companion by Andreola

    Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World by Joanna Weaver (for our church women’s study)

    Thirty-One Prayers for my Husband by Jennifer Smith

    Going to start Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte

    Reading Matilda by Roald Dahl aloud to my kids.

    Now thanks to you lovely ladies, I have several others I am adding to my list of “to read” including The Awakening of Miss Prim and The Blue Castle!  Thank you all!

     

     

    July 20, 2016 at 11:02 pm
    Monica
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    Just one right now.

    I just finished A Song for Nagasaki.  That was about a radiologist who survived the bombing at Nagasaki, his faith journey, and the help he gave in the years after the bombing, despite his failing health.

    Right now I am reading Four Witnesses about four specific early Church fathers.  Just finished the chapter about Clement of Rome, and have progressed into the chapter about Ignatius of Antioch.  It provides the amazing history and cites and quotes many original documents.

    My sister has recommended The Miracle Morning.  I usually am drawn to nonfiction, and I have a general distaste for “self-help” type books, but I may give this one a try.

    July 21, 2016 at 11:34 am
    lnosborn
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    Jawgee, A Song for Nagasaki sounds very interesting. I’ll have to put that one on my list.

    July 21, 2016 at 6:15 pm
    Monica
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    Jawgee, A Song for Nagasaki sounds very interesting. I’ll have to put that one on my list.

    Just last night I found out that there is a movie based on the book, too!  It’s called All That Remains.

    October 1, 2016 at 8:53 pm
    kellywright006
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    I really am not a ‘reader’ but this post has inspired me. I was going to read a Jane Austen book. Can you please give a recommendation as to what to start with? Thank-You!

    🙂

    PS: Read the Blue Castle from above comments. LOVED it. A LOT!  Thanks!

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