Take It to Heart: Ten Ways of Looking at Charlotte Mason by Anne E. White My rating: 5 of 5 stars I never really quite know what to say about Anne White’s books besides that fact that I find them absolutely brilliant. This book, Take It to Heart, is a series of interlocking, almost stream-of-conscience…
The Eustace Diamonds by Anthony Trollope My rating: 4 of 5 stars I doubt I’ve marked most spoilers. Proceed at your own risk. This wasn’t my favorite Trollope, but even a “not favorite” is better than no Trollope. I’m not quite sure how to explain. There was some William Makepeace Thackeray – one character compared…
Phineas Finn by Anthony Trollope My rating: 4 of 5 stars Beware: Spoilers are hidden on GoodReads, but not here. Phineas Finn is one of those people for whom the toast always lands jelly-side up. He’s a sweet guy – kind and a little go-with-the-flow. He isn’t ingratiating, but somehow – almost accidentally – makes…
Peloponnesian War by Kenneth W. Harl My rating: 4 of 5 stars I am reading The Landmark Thucydides and coordinating a reading through that for Scholé Sistership. Ancients was never my favorite period of history to study and so I’ve never read Thucydides (or Herodotus). I wanted some help to give me some context and…
B. J. Harrison Reads The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux My rating: 4 of 5 stars Really fun. Reading this on the heels of The Scarlet Pimpernel was interesting. Both had almost mythical, magical events that were generally explained by natural explanations. I was thinking about this especially with a Phantom’s name being…
Can You Forgive Her? by Anthony Trollope My rating: 5 of 5 stars I could not stop listening. I just love Trollope and his paternal amusement and gentleness toward his characters (view spoiler)[(the ones who he can, but he can’t really even make bad things happen to his villains) (hide spoiler)] Alice, Glencora, and Mrs….
My Lady Ludlow by Elizabeth Gaskell My rating: 3 of 5 stars I would really prefer to give this 3.5 stars because I really did enjoy it. It’s just … not other Gaskell books. Margaret Dawson is impoverished when her father, a pastor with 9 children, passes away. A wealthy, widowed Countess relation offers to…
Daniel Deronda by George Eliot My rating: 5 of 5 stars I’m struggling with where to begin. A few years ago I began to read (ahem listen to) George Eliot’s work. I’ve now listened to Silas Marner, Middlemarch, The Mill on the Floss, Adam Bede, and . I’ve never looked ahead to see what the…
For those who watch my stories on Instagram, this will not be a surprise as I posted about it in October based on something Brandy Vencel wrote (probably should take a gander at that again). I’ve been considering [ahem – 2025 Word For the Year] it since at least June, pretty certain I was going to choose it…
On my recent trip, I read three books; two by friends. On the way to Boise, I finally finished Joelle Carnes’ The House Party at Calridge Manor. Joelle grew up in my church (she was a student in Jason and my Sunday School class at one time) and is now married to an OPC Pastor….