Wordy Wednesday: Nobody Will Cry for Him
I started Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel. It’s wonderful so far, I’m only through Part One, which is an introductory 45 pages. But she’s turned her face away and she’s crying. She’s not crying for him, because nobody, he thinks, will ever cry for him, God didn’t cut him out that way. She’s crying for…
Book Review: Man of the Family by Ralph Moody (Family Read Aloud)
Man of the Family by Ralph Moody My rating: 5 of 5 stars Own. I’m so thankful that we have been reading this books with our young children. There is sadness and struggle, yes. The children have to process through that. As the Moodys struggle, the children see how to struggle with dignity, ingenuity, and…
Book Review: Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card My rating: 4 of 5 stars Library. This book is in a genre I’ve long avoided. I’ve read my share of Fantasy, but eschewed Science Fiction. My town library & bookstores encouraged reading it this fall and had many activities related to the book going on – including a…
Book Review: The Tanglewoods Secret by Patricia St John
The Tanglewoods’ Secret by Patricia St. John My rating: 3 of 5 stars Audiobook from my sister. Hm. We really liked the story of this. The events in the plot moved the story along, the characters were real – foibles and all. The theology was more than a little shaky – pictures of Jesus; we…
Book Review: Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy Sayers
Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy L. Sayers My rating: 3 of 5 stars Library. I have been enjoying Lord Peter Wimsey books this year. This one was my least favorite so far. Not to say that I didn’t enjoy it, just that I’ve preferred the others. I was disappointed that the murder was incidental to…
The Simple Woman’s Daybook for November 4, 2013
FOR TODAY Outside my window…it’s dark and night. I am thinking… about going to sleep. It’s getting late. I am thankful… for quiet evenings at home. In the kitchen…M-girl is planning to learn to make crockpot lasagna tomorrow. I am wearing…jeans, blue shirt, blue hooded sweater. I am creating…ideas in my head for Christmas ornaments….
Wordy Wednesday: Leisured and Luxurious Illusion
Still reading Murder Must Advertise. This time Sayers takes on advertisers, a commercial culture, and shoppers. The very work that engaged [Lord Peter] –or rather, the shadowy simulacrum of himself that signed itself on every morning in the name of Death Bredon– wafted him into a sphere of dim platonic archetypes, bearing a scarcely recognizable…