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Skadoosh! (Logan’s Tumblr)
I have been doing a lot of running lately in preparation for a half-marathon that I’ll be running with my dear cousin Eden next weekend. Spending hours on the pavement has left me apathetic towards my iPod selection, but I’ve recently made a discovery that is helping to get me out of bed in the wee hours of the morning and to put on my proverbial Asics: audio books. (More …)
Children of the Mind is the final book of the Ender Quartet, written by the brilliant Orson Scott Card. The first book, Ender’s Game, is often required in junior high English courses, but my home-school curriculum did not include it. This makes me sad in that that I was unable to enjoy it at a time in my life when books were as important to me as my gray scrunchies (meaning very important), but it makes me happy in that I was able to postpone the pleasure of a can’t-put-it-down-even-to-move-the-remote-that-I-accidentally-sat-on book until now. (More …)
JUST yesterday I got Ender’s Game from the library, and can’t wait to start into it. Now I want to read them all!
I thought you had already read some of them?
Finally!
If someone put a gun to my head and said that I had to, HAD TO, create a graven image, I think I would end up making an idol of Marilynne Robinson. (Let’s just say for the sake of argument that I won’t burn in hell for the things I’m about to say.) (More …)
After reading this, I went to Amazon and bought Home. I had no idea she taught at the Iowa Writer’s Workshop. I learned so much when I took the Advanced Novel class last summer. I read one of the instructor’s first novels soon after the workshop ended, I wish I could say that I enjoyed it, but I did not. Hopefully this one won’t let me down. From the sounds of it, I’m sure that it won’t.
I took that class, too! I loved my instructor, but I never read his book. I’ll die of jealousy if you get to take anything under Marilynne Robinson. Hope you like the book!
Anne Tyler n*@
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin nn
Home by Marilynne Robinson nn+
Slouching Toward Bethlehim by Joan Didion +
Children of the Mind by Orson Scott Card nn+
N.T. Wright nn*@
The Irresistible Revolution by Shane Claibourne ~
The Ambassadors by Henry James
Persuasion by Jane Austen #
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte #
Jackina Stark @*
A Day In the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn #
Intimate Allies by Dan B. Allender and Tremper Longman III n
Let’s Eat Right to Keep Fit by Adele Davis n
Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Girls’ Ministry 101 by Whitney Prosperi nn+
Getting Things Done by David Allen +
The Shining Company by Rosemary Sutcliff
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith +
Rabboni by W. Phillip Keller nn
God, Marriage, and Family by Andreas Kostenburger @
* Any books by this author. Open to suggestions
~ Completed
+ Started, but not finished
# Totally embarrassed by the fact that I haven’t read this yet
n Placement on this list is negotiable
nn Placement on this list is non-negotiable
@ In the market for a copy
Aanna, this is a great list. Being in Texas, however, I might suggest the great Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry. He’s great and I think really communicates the ethos of the lonestar state.
You know I love NT. His book “What Saint Paul Really Said” is a good place to start with him. I’ve also heard “Simply Christian” is very good but I have not yet had the pleasure.
Margo and I really like you Greers. Maybe when you head this way for the Lincoln exchange we could get together with you and jelly.bean.
Aanna and I actually read Lonesome Dove together last year. It’s quite good.
I was hoping you’d give me a Wright suggestion. And you’re right about Lonesome Dove. There’s a good chance Logan’s and my first son will be named Augustus McCrae.
FYI: we would really like to see you guys, too. I hope it can happen this summer.
I love that you started GTD but did not finish it. You should add Notes from the Tilt-A-Whirl by N.D. Wilson.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Logan frequently reminds me of the irony.
I’ll look into this whole tilt-a-go-round thing.
A Praying Life by Paul Miller
My first finished book of 2010 is The Irresistible Revolution by Shane Claibourne. So here’s my book review, although I’m not happy about it. (More …)
I have traditionally hated New Year’s Resolutions. They make me feel undisciplined and near-sighted. (More …)
May your love abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight so that you will discern what is best and be pure and blameless, bearing fruits of righteousness (your NYR) through Jesus Christ 
love you, Mom
These all sound really neat, Aanna.
Well, as a Frenchman, let it be my utmost pleasure and my unfathomable delight to introduce you to one of the hip of the hop, tip of the top secret international resource of recipes for
“Food so good and good-looking
You’ll be dying to start cooking !”
That is, http://foodgawker.com/. They have a lot of vegetarian or at least healthy stuff. Like their all-vegie fajitas, or their christmas penguin fingerfood…
Oh, I’m glad to read this after our conversation! An honest re-evaluation. I only saw one goal in there (3:-5:00) and hope that guilt stays far from the days when writing isn’t present during those hours.
I recently took the journey into healthy cooking, and would love to share “findings”!
Well, I’ve only kept my 3-5 goal twice, but I HAVE written every day and I’m feeling great (not guilty). I would love some recipes. Anything you find that’s healthy and delicious!
i like it!
I had to endure twenty-four hours of solitude in my own home this weekend. Because I had read my ticket wrong, I ended up returning home from France a day earlier than I had told Logan and he was still in Joplin. So after being away from him for over a week, I had to be away from him some more. Not only that, but he took Mabel.
Dear Michael Bay and Transformers,
I just saw your latest movie, and I have some constructive criticisms. In order to make this simple, I’ll split my comments into three sections: what you’ve got going for you, what’s total crap, and what to do about it.
Great post. I remember seeing Transformers 1 a couple times at the cinema because it was straight to the point without all the dog humping and what not but Revenge of the Fallen, I just cannot bring myself to watch a second time. It seemed a little long winded and unnecessary in parts and I I cannot justify watching tiny robots hump Megan Fox’s leg ever again. P.S. I did love Jetfire, though… 
Jessica, 
Kristi, and 
Ellie are discussing. 
Brazos, and 
Kate are discussing. 
maria, 
caitlin, 
Ellie 9:02 pm on January 19, 2010 Permalink |
Jane Austen is a helpless romantic . . . as are you. I love your view on this book. It’s such an enjoyable read!
Kristi 9:30 pm on January 19, 2010 Permalink |
I KNEW you would love it!
Jessica 4:12 am on January 20, 2010 Permalink |
Persuasion is my second favorite Jane Austen book after Pride & Prejudice. The BBC movie version, starring Sally Hawkins, is also really good.