Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton My rating: 5 of 5 stars This book is one that will stay with me. It defies the descriptors – beautiful, yes, but spare; evocative, yes, but universal; finely wrought, yes, but poured out in one extended cry for justice. Paton weaves together parallel lives; an odyssey or…
My Brother Michael by Mary Stewart My rating: 3 of 5 stars Mary Stewart is fun. She takes a little work for fun, sometimes it takes a month or 9 to build up momentum. I started this in September and didn’t accomplish much until Friday when I read it in two days. As romances go,…
Paradise Lost by John Milton My rating: 4 of 5 stars More than a little hubris to “review” Paradise Lost. I am glad I listened to it while I followed along reading it … that kept me going with forward progress and not get bogged down in the details. It would be so easy to…
Dare I have the temerity to offer a review of a book which struggles with criticism? Some thoughts and implications: An Experiment in Criticism by C.S. Lewis My rating: 4 of 5 stars I read this to read along with the Literary Life Podcast. They finished ages ago, but I finished today. I really think…
The Betrothed by Alessandro Manzoni My rating: 5 of 5 stars I really enjoyed this novel that the children are reading for school. I purchased the audiobook version with an Audible credit because it is an expensive audiobook, but it was worth joining audible for this book! The reader was fantastic: his Spanish name pronunciation,…
Animal Farm by George Orwell My rating: 4 of 5 stars Library audio. I have a deep-abiding hatred for dystopian literature. It began with Brave New World in high school and has not left me. In fact, we were supposed to read this 2 years ago in our AmblesideOnline curriculum, but I wanted the kids…
When The Legends Die by Hal Borland My rating: 4 of 5 stars Own. I first read this book as a Freshman in High School, some 32 years or so ago. I always remembered that I liked it, and as I am following the Literary Life Podcast’s reading challenge of #20for2020 this year, and they…