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On 3/13/2022 at 4:05 AM, Robin M said:
Speaking of time, our next 52 Books Bingo category is All the World's a Stage. Which works well with our golden age theme since William Shakespeare was alive during the Elizabethan era, considered the Golden Age in English history.
There are many ways to go with this category including but not limited to
My 17yo was in a local community theatre presentation of Twelfth Night this past weekend - I saw it twice! So fun!
I wonder if I could count it twice LOL-
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I finished Pilgrim's Progress (and Christiana's Journey) yesterday. They were a hole in my reading, and I'm glad to have it filled. Even better, I enjoyed both and can imagine going back to them.
For the last several years, my son and I have been listening to Stephen Fry's Complete Sherlock Holmes on Audible as we drive to and from his organ lessons an hour away. We finished yesterday! Hooray! I'd never read Holmes, either, and enjoyed the stories. In my GoodReads review I mentioned that I don't think I would have enjoyed them so much if I had listened to them straight through in a shorter period of time, but this occasional listening was better for me. So - recommended but glad we took it slow.
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23 hours ago, mumto2 said:
Someone told my their favorite Victoria Holt book was Pride of the Peacock which I had never read at the start of February. I probably should say pretty sure I have never read because I think would have remembered the opals (my birthstone). The cursed opal part were especially entertaining. Imo I totally enjoyed this book so thank you for the recommendation! https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20416154-the-pride-of-the-peacock
Mine! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
I've never read A Pilgrim's Progress by Bunyan, so I started it this morning on Audible.-
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On 3/6/2022 at 2:57 AM, Robin M said:
Continuing with our Golden Age mystery writers, this month's Crime Spree Bookology choice is Josephine Tey.
Last year I listened to Josephine Tey: The Daughter of Time & Other Mysteries: A BBC Radio Crime Collection which was included on Audible I believe. I really liked it! It also had a nice interview at the end that I enjoyed. Recommended.
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1 hour ago, Robin M said:
Congratulations. And now you make me want to try again. Moving it up in the pile.
The audio at 1.5x is the only way I made it through!
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On 3/3/2022 at 1:10 PM, ladydusk said:
Still powering through Kristin Lavransdatter ... 8.5 hours to go!
Finished! Wow.
Utterly undone at the beauty and wrenched heart.
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12 hours ago, Maus said:
Rescuing Socrates: How the Great Books Changed My Life and Why They Matter For a New Generation" by Roosevelt Montas.
That sounds interesting - I haven't heard of that. Worth the time?
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Over the weekend I finished None Greater which is a popular theology book about the superlativeness of God. It was very good.
This morning I finished Aristotle's Poetics which took longer than it should have considering how short it is. I enjoyed it. I particularly, though, liked the Dorothy Sayers essay that applied the Aristotle to Detective Fiction. Seeing how she used the work as a framework/paradigm was very helpful.
Still powering through Kristin Lavransdatter ... 8.5 hours to go!
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On 2/27/2022 at 3:01 AM, Robin M said:
Authors to explore:
Don't forget Ngaio Marsh. I enjoyed her book When in Rome, I'd like to try more.
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8 minutes ago, Mothersweets said:
Love Kristin Lavransdatter but I've never been able to get into the audio version because of the narrator. Does the reader improve as she goes along?
I listen at 1.5x ... I haven't been annoyed with the reader so far.
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I decided to read the AmblesideOnline poetry volumes for years 1-6 this year. Year 1 will take all year, but I finished Year 2 last week and started Year 3 this morning.
I started Kristin Lavransdatter on audio, so I suspect that will take a while.
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I listened to McCullough's Pioneers which is about Ohio and it was absolutely wonderful! Highly recommended.
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Finished A Midsummer Night's Dream and then listened to Isak Dinesen's Babette's Feast and Sorrow-Acre as read by Colleen Dewhurst (aka Marilla) from Audible. Really a lot to consider.
Today I started The Communist Manifesto and scandalized my 17yo.
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I'm going to toss early Susan Howatch into the discussion of Gothic Romance/Suspense. From Wiki, I think these would fit the category:
- The Dark Shore (1965)
- The Waiting Sands (1966)
- April's Grave (1967)
- Call in the Night (1967)
- The Shrouded Walls (1968)
- The Devil on Lammas Night (1970)
I do love Holt (favorite: Pride of the Peacock), some Whitney (she gets a little too weird for me in her later books favorite: The Trembling Hills), and especially Mary Stewart (favorite: This Rough Magic).
Last week I started Simon Vance's reading of The Great Divorce and Abolition of Man - which are two books in one, included in Audible subscription. I finished yesterday (both are short). Vance is the perfect narrator for Lewis, I'm convinced. I'm making more of an effort to read A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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On 1/30/2022 at 1:02 PM, mumto2 said:
Oh, I have a hardcover of this one around somewhere. I remember loving it as a teen.
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I finished Elizabeth Gaskell's Cranford last week and theoretically started A Midsummer Night's Dream (but really started it yesterday - I did download it last week :p) I'm reading along with The Literary Life podcast.
I have a bunch of serious reads going right now, too, so I don't feel too badly about it as things have been really busy. I'm quite behind on my Dante Paradiso reading for a group. But I'm moving along with Charlotte Mason's Formation of Character (vol 5), Aristotle Poetics, and Matthew Barrett's None Greater (theology).
Yesterday, I *finally* received my Essex Cholmondeley republished copy of The Story of Charlotte Mason that I preordered in May of last year; it may jump some current reads ... I never thought I'd get a copy of that unicorn, I'm very excited.
Reading this thread, I'm feeling the need for a murder mystery though! Maybe The 39 Steps? I've got a copy around here ...
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This week I finished Far from the Madding Crowd and started Cranford.
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2 hours ago, Negin said:
I read this between 2020-2021 and it was challenging. Worth the read.
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Hi Friends - popping in to say Happy New Year!
I started Far from the Madding Crowd by Hardy (on Audio) this morning and finished Cook, Eat, Repeat by Nigella Lawson on the first ( and have a bunch of other books in the swing of things)
I hope to pop in more often in 2022 ... 14 years! Congratulations, Robin and all :)
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10 hours ago, Robin M said:
Waving hello! Great to see you Dawn! How is everything going with you? Everyone well and happy?
We're doing very well. Husband working from home which all of us love and just keep plugging away at AO. I'm busy working for Pam Barnhill and kids are now mostly high schoolers, so ... there's a lot going on. Nice to see you, too, Robin. Are things well in your world? I was happy to see the thread continues on 🙂 ❤️
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Hi Friends. Just popping in to say hello 🙂
I've been reading The Great Tradition (edited by Gamble), A Wrinkle in Time and Sold Into Egypt (both by L'Engle), I have read one chapter of Oliver Twist (and need to keep going). I listened to Steven Mitchell's version of Gilgamesh (excellent - not for young listeners, though) and started The Iliad (read by Jacobi)
I see some of you on GoodReads and was doing some internet cleanup so I thought I'd pop in here and say hello. Hope you're all well ❤️
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Hi friends. Reading Persuasion (again) and trying to keep up with my kids in AO Year 7 (and failing miserably) ... at least we're enjoying Beowulf and Ivanhoe as audiobooks. ... hope you're all well. @aggieamy ... I didn't know you were moderating the thread now. ❤️
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I think I missed Amy's birthday, Happy Birthday!Amy, happy belated birthday!
(Posting from my phone so I will do a better post later.)
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I received and finished Cindy Rollins's brand new book(let) The Handbook of Morning Time. It was lovely with some excellent reminders and Cindy always says something I need to hear -even on repeat -, but there wasn't really anything new that I hadn't read or heard from her before. It'll be helpful to have it in one place and reading it helped me refocus on what we're doing with Morning Time.
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Book a Week 2022 - BW12: Spring Fling or Autumn Optimism
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I finished My Man, Jeeves and began The Inimitable Jeeves. Both included on Audible and read by Jonathan Cecil.