I thought I’d add a new regular feature here at ladydusk thinking through the things that have come to the surface over the past week (or so). I’ve often enjoyed those amalgamation posts where small thoughts are gathered and smooshed. I almost called the feature ‘small thoughts,’ but decided to go with flotsam and jetsam…
The Iliad by Homer My rating: 5 of 5 stars I listened to the audiobook read by Derek Jacobi and he did such a wonderful job. I wonder why it’s no longer available on Audible. I really enjoyed listening to The Iliad. It was more the story of Achilles than I had ever know before….
I’ve spent the morning with these two books: my Scholé Sisters Reading Log and my Full Focus Planner. My Reading Log hosts both my Scholé Sisters 5×5 and Literary Life #19in2020 book challenges. I updated my current reading and checked off a couple of books! I also went in and wrote some notes about Gilgamesh…
Working it Out: Growing Spiritually with the Poetry of George Herbert by Joseph Womack My rating: 4 of 5 stars I wanted to read more George Herbert. Check I wanted to understand it. Check (mostly) I wanted to learn about reading poetry. Solid start. I didn’t answer a single one of the devotional questions….
The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman My rating: 5 of 5 stars A Phenomenal Slog It took me months to push my way through this 440 pages detailing the first, pivotal month of the First World War. While Tuchman’s prose drew me through and, in places, was utterly delightful, the military detail…
Minds More Awake: The Vision of Charlotte Mason by Anne E. White My rating: 5 of 5 stars Wow! I really loved this. I’ve had it for years and kept putting it off – a decision I now regret. It was great for a cursory read, but I’m going to start it again because I…
World War One: A Short History by Norman Stone My rating: 3 of 5 stars I finished this as part of my Schole Sisters 5×5 challenge topic of World War I. There are absolutely flashes of brilliance in this book, including the entire final chapter “Aftermath.” I think part of my problem with this book…
In Vital Harmony: Charlotte Mason and the Natural Laws of Education by Karen Glass My rating: 5 of 5 stars I started in February with reading and I restarted via Audible on May 1 and finished the audiobook today. I do plan to finish reading the print book as well. I’ve come, this year, to…
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque This is another where I can’t rate it. It was objectively well done. The writing style, the conveyance of what the author wanted to convey, the evocative nature of the writing – whether despair or sense of futility or angst – created that fog in…
A Timbered Choir: The Sabbath Poems, 1979-1997 by Wendell Berry This book has been in my bathroom for years – 5? 10? I don’t know, it has been a while. I would read an occasional poem here and there, but have been making a more concerted effort to do so in 2020. No star rating…