LNC Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 (edited) I finished my "author binge" of Ellen Emerson White books. This week I read her earliest works: Friends for Life, Life without Friends, & Romance is a Wonderful Thing. They were not as good as her President's Daughter series and The Road Home (which I loved). I cracked up at her use of italics in every book she's written along with the word "stiff" over and over. She's a great YA author find though and I can't wait to read anything she comes out with next. One of the Friends books was published while she was a student at Tufts, pretty neat! I also read Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Lawson. I pre read it before I gave it to my 11yod. I've noticed on the boards a lack of US perspective WW1 finds, and this is a good one. It addresses anti German immigrant sentiment and the Spanish influenza. Great book! http://www.hattiebigsky.com/ http://www.amazon.com/Hattie-Big-Sky-Kirby-Larson/dp/0385733135 I received Ann Voscamp's 1000 Gifts in the mail from my Amazon order today. http://www.amazon.com/One-Thousand-Gifts-Fully-Right/dp/0310321913/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1296951812&sr=1-1 I can't wait to read this. She's a gifted writer. Edited February 6, 2011 by LNC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladydusk Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Well, I actually finished another one (under the wire) [phew] Cinderella Ate My Daughter. I liked it pretty well and appreciated many of her concerns despite our disparate worldviews. My 2011 Reviews: 1. Her Daughter's Dream - Francine Rivers 2. Island of the World - Michael O'Brien (AMAZING!) 3. Mennonite in a Little Black Dress - Rhoda Janzen 4. Cinderella Ate My Daughter - Peggy Orenstein Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breffe Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 I finished Mockingjay to round out the Hunger Games Trilogy. Then I took part in the Dekker Challenge and read Adam. Very good book! Couldn't put it down! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanceXToo Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Robin, you've made me want to check out some of Dekker's books! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Bay Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Read Nazareth's Song also for this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyfaithe Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 I finished #4, Home Education by Charlotte Mason. Wow! I'm so glad I read this book! Are where did people get the idea Charlotte Mason didn't teach grammar to young children? Her examples of lessons for the under 9 crowd are pretty much exactly what we're doing in R&S English :lol: (Nor are they "light" in writing. "Write 20 sentences, which use..." ) So, so, SO glad I read this book. It dispelled so many CM *myths* for me. This *is* classical education! I'm very busy this week, mostly pre-viewing other books for our homeschool, so I'll tackle a shorter, less dense book for #5: The Children of Green Knowe, by L. M. Boston. :) I better get going! MM I have been saying this about CM for years. She was not a warm, fuzzy educator. I am not really sure where people get their ideas that CM was education lite....or that narration is an easy way out.... Faithe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin M Posted February 6, 2011 Author Share Posted February 6, 2011 Then I took part in the Dekker Challenge and read Adam. Very good book! Couldn't put it down! Yeah! - Glad you enjoyed it. Robin, you've made me want to check out some of Dekker's books! Sweet! Link to week 6 Continue the conversation in the new thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela in ohio Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 I finished #4, Home Education by Charlotte Mason. Wow! I'm so glad I read this book! Are where did people get the idea Charlotte Mason didn't teach grammar to young children? Her examples of lessons for the under 9 crowd are pretty much exactly what we're doing in R&S English :lol: (Nor are they "light" in writing. "Write 20 sentences, which use..." ) So, so, SO glad I read this book. It dispelled so many CM *myths* for me. This *is* classical education! Yes! I always tell people to read the original before they read the other books/curriculum that give their own ideas and label it CM (or start telling people they are CM homeschoolers. :D) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laundrycrisis Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 I am not sure I ever got around to posting this week. I am reading The Ascent of Man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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