Guest Virginia Dawn Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 I just checked out Crunchy Cons, because of all the board talk. I also have a Brother Cadfael mystery, and two Dorothy Sayers mysteries in the line up. I'm reading Little House in the Big Woods to the littles, and my 9yo ds says it is so good it's torture. Lol. I'm also reading Abe Lincoln: From Log Cabin to White House, but he isn't as enthusiastic about that one. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 I am reading Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry for ds and I in school. I am also reading the sequel Let the Circle be Unbroken. I had never read it and I thought we might continue with that as our next read-aloud. I'm not sure yet, the issues addressed in that book are a little more mature, so I might hold off on that until ds is a little older. I am also getting ready to start Common Sense by Thomas Paine. I just finished Case for the Creator - student edition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 The History of Danish Dreams by Pete Høeg & Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay (surprisingly not as good as the show... though much of the dialogue is straight out of the bk). I'm also reading The Garden of Eve by K.L. Going as a read aloud to Fi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diana in OR Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 I just checked out Crunchy Cons, because of all the board talk. . :D I just got Crunchy Cons too and have read the first 2 chapters. I'll be ready for a lively discussion of it when I'm done, so be prepared. :willy_nilly: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendy In KS Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Death by Supermarket, Not on Our Watch,Endangered Minds and listening to The Omnivore's Dilemma. So basically, I'm reading about actual death and atrocities in Africa and how I'm potentially killing my children's bodies and brains by factory food and television. Ya know- light reading :D Actually, I'm learning a lot, and I'm enjoying exercising my brain! I tried to get into Love in the Time of Cholera, but I just can't sink my teeth into it. And I've also tried reading A New Earth just to see what all the hubub is about it, but I just keep picking up other books instead. Crunchy Cons is on my "short" list. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freethinkermom Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Diamond Age by Neil Stephenson currently. I just finished The Dispossessed by Ursula K. LeGuin which now goes on my top 10 list of best books ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicksMama-Zack's Mama Too Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Infantilize Adults, and Swallow Citizens Whole" by Benjamin R. Barber. Once again, I find myself relieved that we don't have television advertising in our home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrairieAir Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 I'm reading Stinking Creek (The Portrait of a Small Mountain Community in Appalachia) by John Fetterman. I quit re-reading East of Eden for now because I don't have time to really get into it and it is quite a long book and worthy of more attention. On Friday, dd and I stopped at the library book sale in our tiny town and I bought three boxes of books. Most of them were a set of Britannica's Great Books and I am wondering why I bought them. I'm very interested in this book and in The Walk West (sequel to A Walk Across America) by Peter and Barbara Jenkins. I guess I find hillbillies, long walks, and cultural explorations more interesting than Plato or Freud or Whoevertheheckelseisdeemedgreat. Oldest ds was very excited to see The Walk West and immediately checked out A Walk Across America from the school library. He doesn't show it as much, but we're the same kind of nerd:D ___________ Oh, and 11yodd and I are reading Farmer Boy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs. Readsalot Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Struggle for the Continent. Yes my board name is fitting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1bassoon Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Parenting by the Book - John Rosemond About to read Geno! the biography of Geno Auriemma, UConn Women's basketball coach! I was walking through our local library - (B'ham, AL) - and it was sitting on the display shelf! Too funny - we loved and followed women's bball when we lived in CT- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clwcain Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 I just finished Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh. I'm currently working on the following: The Liturgical Year, Dom Gueranger (it's 15 volumes that span an entire year, so this is just an ongoing project) The Building of Christendom, by Warren Carroll A Natural History of Latin, by Tore Janson Faithful Unto Death, by Caroline Graham Handful of Dust, by Evelyn Waugh That's all for now...:blush: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yslek Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Everything I want to do is Illegal by Joel Salatin A whole bunch of books about chickens (skimming these) Parents and Children by Charlotte Mason The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde (dh reads this out loud to me in the car, "editing" the language as he goes) Listening to Pinocchio in the car with dc Kelsy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yslek Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 I recently finished Cruncy Cons as well. Kelsy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Florida Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Charlatan: American's Most Dangerous Hukster, the Man Who Pursued Him, and the Age of Flim-Flam, by Pope Brock Alex and the Ironic Gentleman, by Adrienne Kress (pre-reading for my son) This Perfect Day, Ira Levin (Haven't read it since high school. My daughter is on a kick for distopian books, and I thought of this one and decided to re-read it.) I just finished Making Time: Lillian Moller-Gilbreth - A Life Beyond Cheaper by the Dozen, which I very much enjoyed. It did make me feel like a bit of a wimp, though, seeing how much she accomplished with her life. I just keep chanting to myself, "Just remember, she had household help. Just remember, she had household help . . ." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pamjk Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Just finished Animal, Vegetable, Miracle and now I'm reading Omnivore's Dilemma. Yes, I love food. :) Also working thru Raising Lifelong Learners, wish I started it when the kids were younger! Oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelli in TN Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Sophie's World by Jostein Gaardner Slow Food Nation by Carlo Petrini A History of the Ancient World by you-know-who! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy in NY Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 "This Organic Life" by Joan Dye Gussow. About eating locally which I am very interested in and set in New York which makes very helpful to me. Just finished a re-read of "The Well-Trained Mind" by SWB Starting to work through "The Well-Educated Mind" by SWB "T.R.: The last Romantic" a biography of Theodore Roosevelt I believe by Brand, thoug it is upstairs by my bed and I'm not climbing! Today I am starting "The Year of Living Biblically" by A.J. Jacobs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alice Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Just finished Shakespeare by Bill Bryson. Reading A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini Reading aloud to ds: Little House on the Prairie and Pagoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweed Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Parenting by the Book - John Rosemond I started this book two nights ago. It is such a good book. I am learning so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oak Knoll Mom Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 To Kill a Mockingbird and The Zookeepers Wife Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amira Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 The Railway by Hamid Ismailov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 A 1950's book on family fun ideas called "Family Pleasure Chest" (Did you know they complained about too much t.v. too!) A book on honey (one of a whole pile of books I have on honey) - I take being in a hive very seriously!:D A rather silly teen mystery set in modern Japan called "Missing in Tokyo" (I'm pre-reading it for my ds10 and will not let him read it due to bad language). I have "Crunchy Cons" waiting it's turn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plaid Dad Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 I just finished The Brothers Karamazov and Euclid's Window and am now reading The Glass Wall: Why Mathematics Can Seem Difficult. I gave World Made By Hand a try last night, but I couldn't bring myself to care about the characters. Life is too short; after five chapters, I decided not to finish it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 I took these for my blog the other day: Recently finished: Next up: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizabeth Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Freethinkers by S. Jacoby, Silver Swan by Benjamin Black,An Irish Country Doctor by Patrick Taylor and Silence by Shusaku Endo. I plan on reading The Serpent's Tale by Ariana Franklin. I loved Mistress of the Art of Death as it was such interesting fiction-science, anti semitism, apostasy , forensics- cannot be beat for a great cuddle up novel. Silence is highly recommended for a reader that enjoys philosophical and ethical quandries. I am listening to ...I Am Legend by R. Matheson . Yeah, that one, the vampirism as viral contagion story. What can I say ? I enjoy everything from Hegel to Stephen King and all the writers in between. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncmomo3 Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Orthodoxy-GK Chesterton. --maybe that's why I have felt so dizzy lately.:001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaMere Academy Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Out of Africa A Year of Living Biblically The Miracle at Speedy Motors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam "SFSOM" in TN Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 I'm reading Freddy the Politician by Brooks (And may I just say -- Mrs. Wiggins for President!), Animal Vegetable Miracle by Kingsolver, Encore: Finding Work That Matters in the Second Half of Life by Freedman, and Crazy for God: How I Grew Up as One of the Elect, Helped Found the Religious Right, and Lived to Take All (or Almost All) of It Back by Frank Schaeffer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom2jnb Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 I am reading "The Year of Living Biblically" by A.J. Jacobs and I just found out I have celiac disease so anything I can get my hands on regarding that...... Alison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam "SFSOM" in TN Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 I just found out I have celiac disease so anything I can get my hands on regarding that...... Alison {{{Alison}}} Yikes. I'm sorry. That stinks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraceinMD Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 Just finished "These Is My Words" on the plane home. Cried and cried. Ds said, "Mom, why are you crying?" "Oh, it was just a sad book -- and I'm tired." "Was it fiction?" "Yes." "But Mom, you know that means it's not true! So stop crying!" (Hallelujah - the boy has learned something!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 I just finished Jane Eyre and am now reading Pillars of the Earth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiegirl Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 Peace Like a River by Leif Engers Math Power by Patricia Clark Kenshcraft Norms and Nobility by David Hicks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 Just finished Shakespeare by Bill Bryson. I enjoyed that one too! Bill Bryson wears his learning lightly. Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melinda in VT Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 Currently reading Murder on the Appian Way (murder mystery set in Ancient Rome) The Year of Living Biblically Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher (interesting, but not my definition of easy, so I'm taking forever to finish it) Recently finished Desert Solitaire Assassin's Apprentice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheBrink Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 I just started Amish Grace. I'm still working through Biblical Christianity by John Calvin. I just finished Angels and Demons and Da Vinci Code. How's that for a dichotomous mixture? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Peregrine Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 Just started Omnivore's Dilemma. I am only a few chapters in but who knew corn would be so fascinating? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 I just started Crunchy Cons 2 nights ago after finishing Deconstructing Penguins. For the family read aloud, we just finished The Castle in the Attic, and started Faded Love, Hank the Cowdog #5 last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robyn Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 I just picked up Crunchy Cons at the library. Gee, I feel so trendy.:lol: I'm also reading Sense and Sensibility. I have been on a Jane Austen kick lately. I just returned Pride and Prejudice, both the book and the movie(BBC). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iquilt Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 1. Re-reading Pride and Prejudice 2. Reviewing The Good Earth for my book group tomorrow 3. We just started reading The Wind in the Willows together 4. Just finished reading The Wizard of Oz together 5. Also at the ready for me to read is The Namesake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GailV Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 Still reading The History of the Ancient World by SWB. Just started Backyard Giants: The Passionate, Heartbreaking, and GLorious Quest to Grow the Biggest Pumpkin Ever by Susan Warren. Started re-reading Brain Longevity by Dharma Singh Khalsa, which is really pretty good (but some of his later books leave me wondering if he's actually a nutjob). And a couple of dozen books that I got about a chapter from finishing and decided, "Okay, that's enough of that," and tossed to one side. Do those count as "have read"? or "currently reading"? "not quite finished"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigitte Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 I just checked out Crunchy Cons, because of all the board talk. I also have a Brother Cadfael mystery, and two Dorothy Sayers mysteries in the line up. I'm reading Little House in the Big Woods to the littles, and my 9yo ds says it is so good it's torture. Lol. I'm also reading Abe Lincoln: From Log Cabin to White House, but he isn't as enthusiastic about that one. :D I am reading The Well Trained Minds Forums - Parents' Forum General Board. That is about all my mind is capable of reading these days. Seriously! :blink: I am reading The Bobbsey Twins - Baby May to the girls. There are several books on my night stand partially read, but I haven't been getting to bed early enough to read anything. This too shall pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nancypants Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 The Reason for God by Tim Keller Loving it. It's a really well written and thoughtful book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakblossoms Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 I'm not in school (again) and so I get to actually pick my own reading. SWB's Ancient History book. I borrowed this from the library. I'm wondering if I should buy it at this point. It seems like a keeper. Homeschooling our Children, Unschooling ourselves. Thanks to this thread I think I can get to 50 on my reading list at my blog. I really need a nice even number:tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiguirre Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 I'm reading Bart Ehrman's latest, God's Problem and the Three Trillion Dollar War by Joseph Stiglitz (this is just flat out depressing, but important). Next up, Miracle at Speedy Motors! I'm also listening to Religion in the Axial Age, a Teaching Company class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumping In Puddles Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 I'm reading a few non fiction books at the moment: WTM Age of American Unreason Parenting Inc. I just started a fiction book: Confederacy of Dunces Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhondaM. Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheBrink Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd. This book has been made into a movie. I saw it on the Lifetime network a while back. I had to giggle, though. During a Catholic funeral scene, they were singing, "A Mighty Fortress is Our God" which was written by Martin Luther. Well, it struck me as funny at the time. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 For the family read aloud, we just finished The Castle in the Attic, and started Faded Love, Hank the Cowdog #5 last night. Hank the Cowdog is such a fun series. Over the course of about five years, my husband read aloud -- with different voices for each character -- the first thirty or so that were then in the series. Enjoy! Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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