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Oct. 31st, 2006
I post this every year...
Oct. 31st, 2006 09:31 amHappy Halloween!
One of my favorite pictures of Gandalf.
One of my favorite pictures of Gandalf.
October Book List
Oct. 31st, 2006 11:13 amThe Secret Country by Pamela Dean
A fantasy book about a group of cousins who have invented and played at a "secret country" together every summer of their lives. As they start their first-ever summer apart, they accidentally enter the Secret Country and discover that it's all real. An interesting premise, but I couldn't get into this as much as I expected to. It's the first of a trilogy, and while I expect to finish the series someday, I'm not really chomping at the bit.
The Journey of Desire: Searching for the Life We've Only Dreamed Of by John Eldredge
For years I considered Eldredge & Curtis to be the leaders of touchy-feely Christianity. This book broke down the last of my defenses, and forced me to admit that touchy-feely or not, their books speak to me in a way that few others do. I really see God's timing in my reading of this book. I've been thinking about futility and wasting your life, and wanting answers about it all. This book didn't give me answers per se, but it taught me a few things. I've typed out my favorite parts from the book, and they're under the cut. Highly recommended.
The Outside World by Tova Mirvis
A novel about an Orthodox Jewish wedding and marriage, and the families who reluctantly come together because of it. I didn't know when I picked it up that the author is from here, and thus a lot of the story is set in Memphis. I really liked this book.
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
People have been telling me for YEARS to read this. It lived up to the hype. It's about Anna, a thirteen-year-old girl who was conceived as a perfect match for her older sister, who's dying of leukemia. The last hope to save her sister is for Anna to donate a kidney. She responds by hiring a lawyer to declare medical emancipation from her parents. Really interesting - and the ending is a SHOCKER.
How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
A weird, fantastic book about a girl who is sent to England to stay with country cousins she's never met - who turn out to be the family she's always wanted. Shortly after she arrives, World War III breaks out and the cousins are separated. The rest of the book is about the horrors of war they experience as they try to get back to each other, but through the eyes of the girl, who goes from broken and self-absorbed to caring and brave. There's also a love story that most would find squicky, but somehow in context it didn't bother me. This book haunted me for days. In a good way.
Books for October: 5
2006 year to date: 69
( Quotes from The Journey of Desire. )
A fantasy book about a group of cousins who have invented and played at a "secret country" together every summer of their lives. As they start their first-ever summer apart, they accidentally enter the Secret Country and discover that it's all real. An interesting premise, but I couldn't get into this as much as I expected to. It's the first of a trilogy, and while I expect to finish the series someday, I'm not really chomping at the bit.
The Journey of Desire: Searching for the Life We've Only Dreamed Of by John Eldredge
For years I considered Eldredge & Curtis to be the leaders of touchy-feely Christianity. This book broke down the last of my defenses, and forced me to admit that touchy-feely or not, their books speak to me in a way that few others do. I really see God's timing in my reading of this book. I've been thinking about futility and wasting your life, and wanting answers about it all. This book didn't give me answers per se, but it taught me a few things. I've typed out my favorite parts from the book, and they're under the cut. Highly recommended.
The Outside World by Tova Mirvis
A novel about an Orthodox Jewish wedding and marriage, and the families who reluctantly come together because of it. I didn't know when I picked it up that the author is from here, and thus a lot of the story is set in Memphis. I really liked this book.
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
People have been telling me for YEARS to read this. It lived up to the hype. It's about Anna, a thirteen-year-old girl who was conceived as a perfect match for her older sister, who's dying of leukemia. The last hope to save her sister is for Anna to donate a kidney. She responds by hiring a lawyer to declare medical emancipation from her parents. Really interesting - and the ending is a SHOCKER.
How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
A weird, fantastic book about a girl who is sent to England to stay with country cousins she's never met - who turn out to be the family she's always wanted. Shortly after she arrives, World War III breaks out and the cousins are separated. The rest of the book is about the horrors of war they experience as they try to get back to each other, but through the eyes of the girl, who goes from broken and self-absorbed to caring and brave. There's also a love story that most would find squicky, but somehow in context it didn't bother me. This book haunted me for days. In a good way.
Books for October: 5
2006 year to date: 69
( Quotes from The Journey of Desire. )
October Book List
Oct. 31st, 2006 11:13 amThe Secret Country by Pamela Dean
A fantasy book about a group of cousins who have invented and played at a "secret country" together every summer of their lives. As they start their first-ever summer apart, they accidentally enter the Secret Country and discover that it's all real. An interesting premise, but I couldn't get into this as much as I expected to. It's the first of a trilogy, and while I expect to finish the series someday, I'm not really chomping at the bit.
The Journey of Desire: Searching for the Life We've Only Dreamed Of by John Eldredge
For years I considered Eldredge & Curtis to be the leaders of touchy-feely Christianity. This book broke down the last of my defenses, and forced me to admit that touchy-feely or not, their books speak to me in a way that few others do. I really see God's timing in my reading of this book. I've been thinking about futility and wasting your life, and wanting answers about it all. This book didn't give me answers per se, but it taught me a few things. I've typed out my favorite parts from the book, and they're under the cut. Highly recommended.
The Outside World by Tova Mirvis
A novel about an Orthodox Jewish wedding and marriage, and the families who reluctantly come together because of it. I didn't know when I picked it up that the author is from here, and thus a lot of the story is set in Memphis. I really liked this book.
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
People have been telling me for YEARS to read this. It lived up to the hype. It's about Anna, a thirteen-year-old girl who was conceived as a perfect match for her older sister, who's dying of leukemia. The last hope to save her sister is for Anna to donate a kidney. She responds by hiring a lawyer to declare medical emancipation from her parents. Really interesting - and the ending is a SHOCKER.
How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
A weird, fantastic book about a girl who is sent to England to stay with country cousins she's never met - who turn out to be the family she's always wanted. Shortly after she arrives, World War III breaks out and the cousins are separated. The rest of the book is about the horrors of war they experience as they try to get back to each other, but through the eyes of the girl, who goes from broken and self-absorbed to caring and brave. There's also a love story that most would find squicky, but somehow in context it didn't bother me. This book haunted me for days. In a good way.
Books for October: 5
2006 year to date: 69
( Quotes from The Journey of Desire. )
A fantasy book about a group of cousins who have invented and played at a "secret country" together every summer of their lives. As they start their first-ever summer apart, they accidentally enter the Secret Country and discover that it's all real. An interesting premise, but I couldn't get into this as much as I expected to. It's the first of a trilogy, and while I expect to finish the series someday, I'm not really chomping at the bit.
The Journey of Desire: Searching for the Life We've Only Dreamed Of by John Eldredge
For years I considered Eldredge & Curtis to be the leaders of touchy-feely Christianity. This book broke down the last of my defenses, and forced me to admit that touchy-feely or not, their books speak to me in a way that few others do. I really see God's timing in my reading of this book. I've been thinking about futility and wasting your life, and wanting answers about it all. This book didn't give me answers per se, but it taught me a few things. I've typed out my favorite parts from the book, and they're under the cut. Highly recommended.
The Outside World by Tova Mirvis
A novel about an Orthodox Jewish wedding and marriage, and the families who reluctantly come together because of it. I didn't know when I picked it up that the author is from here, and thus a lot of the story is set in Memphis. I really liked this book.
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
People have been telling me for YEARS to read this. It lived up to the hype. It's about Anna, a thirteen-year-old girl who was conceived as a perfect match for her older sister, who's dying of leukemia. The last hope to save her sister is for Anna to donate a kidney. She responds by hiring a lawyer to declare medical emancipation from her parents. Really interesting - and the ending is a SHOCKER.
How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
A weird, fantastic book about a girl who is sent to England to stay with country cousins she's never met - who turn out to be the family she's always wanted. Shortly after she arrives, World War III breaks out and the cousins are separated. The rest of the book is about the horrors of war they experience as they try to get back to each other, but through the eyes of the girl, who goes from broken and self-absorbed to caring and brave. There's also a love story that most would find squicky, but somehow in context it didn't bother me. This book haunted me for days. In a good way.
Books for October: 5
2006 year to date: 69
( Quotes from The Journey of Desire. )