Raising Little Shoots Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 I am hoping to read The Little Oratory: A Beginner's Guide to Praying in the Home Plus a 'classic' - no idea what I will choose though. Thinking perhaps a re-read of Wuthering Heights. What is on your reading list? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplelily Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 The Giver by Lois Lowry Saving Leonardo by Nancy Pearcey Finding George Orwell in Burma by Emma Larken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MysteryJen Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain and finish the Deptford Trilogy by Robertson Davies. If I can keep away from my summer fare of Nero Wolfe and P.G. Wodehouse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawthorne44 Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 I am on a mission to read every Robot/Foundation/Empire book and story. It is taking a surprisingly long amount of time. I am thankful that DH had most of the older Asimov ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloridaLisa Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 For me: Just finished Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis by Robert F. Kennedy. Reading now: Mornings on Horseback, David McCullough Waiting to get from the library: Unbroken, by Hildebrandt and Guns of August, Barbara Tuchman, recommended on this board. Read aloud with the youngers: Swallows and Amazons. Actually listening to it on tape which is good b/c I realized for the second time that I'm not much for this book though ds loves it! Next up: the Narnia series in the order they were written. I need to find a good real aloud for the olders. Lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 Finishing the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Series with ds. How to Read Literature Like a Professor The Martian Chronicles A Mindful Nation I'm also reading up on some early modern history in preparation for my university class this fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HS Mom in NC Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 For myself: http://www.amazon.com/Beowulf-Translation-Commentary-J-R-R-Tolkien/dp/0544442784/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1402097752&sr=8-1&keywords=jrr+tolkien+beowulf http://www.amazon.com/Gilgamesh-English-Version-Stephen-Mitchell/dp/0743261690/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1402098375&sr=1-1&keywords=gilgamesh+mitchell For my youngest, we're rereading: http://www.amazon.com/Black-Ships-Before-Troy-Story/dp/1845073592/ref=pd_sim_b_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=0500NK2WS74Q4HJ8WTH5 http://www.amazon.com/Wanderings-Odysseus-Odyssey-WANDERINGS-ODYSSEUS/dp/B00824X43G/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1402097904&sr=1-6&keywords=wanderings+of+odysseus http://www.amazon.com/In-Search-Homeland-Story-Aeneid/dp/0385729375/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1402098073&sr=8-1&keywords=in+search+of+a+homeland+the+story+of+the+aeneid We just finished the Middle Ages using SOTW2 and the Activity Gide recommendations, so I want to review some of the best of the literature from The Ancients this summer. We've just finished: http://www.amazon.com/Gilgamesh-King-The-Trilogy/dp/0887764371/ref=sr_1_sc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1402098222&sr=8-1-spell&keywords=Ludmilla+Zemann http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0887764363/ref=s9_simh_gw_p14_d0_i5?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=15YTQGX1QGCCGN1NA331&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1688200382&pf_rd_i=507846 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0887763804/ref=s9_simh_gw_p14_d0_i4?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1KFMMDZ7W6YEKNYDNF2B&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1688200382&pf_rd_i=507846 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Togo Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 Rich Kid, Smart Kid & the New Testament w/dd Saving Baby Cathedral of the Wild You are Not Special The Big Tiny Dancing Through It Clive Cussler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raising Little Shoots Posted June 7, 2014 Author Share Posted June 7, 2014 Wow, perhaps this was not the best thread to start! It is extremely distracting! I may re-read Mere Christianity & The problem of Pain. Also, I had forgotten that I have recently purchased Reading in the Wild as a summer read for myself... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanvan Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 Planning on re-reading All Creatures Great and Small since Dd will be reading it to round out her literature course for the year. Not sure what else. I'm considering also re-reading Agatha Christie: An Autobiography. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanetC Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 I checked out Intuition Pumps by Daniel Dennett as a random library find, but it's really hooked me. Never really considered myself interested in philosophical argument techniques, but this is both meaty and often funny at the same time, and despite the thickness of the book, the chapters are nice manageable chunks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dewdropfairy Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 I make it a point to not think during the summer. Beach reads only. I just finished The Sugar Queen and am now starting on the Outlander series at the recommendation of a friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 I just started Les Miserables. In a way, it was an impulse purchase that I made because I was in Paris. But I also chose it because I have been feeling like I have lost my attention span for thick books, and that has been bugging me. The 1432 pages should rectify or cement the feeling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 I finished Enrique's Journey not long ago: http://www.enriquesjourney.com/about.html It's a book about teens coming to the US illegally in search of their mothers and was a worthy read IMO. I "selected" it since it's the summer reading book for youngest's college. At the moment I'm catching up on magazines (Nutrition Action, Reader's Digest, World, and Reminisce) as they make "shorter" reads during the season where I spend a bit of time outdoors doing other things. I also have another 50 pages or so to go to finish Oracle Bones: http://www.amazon.com/Oracle-Bones-Journey-Through-China/dp/0060826592 It's a book about China that I started a year ago and has taken me this long to finish. It's not that it isn't interesting... for some reason, I'm just slower with that one. Peter's first book, River Town: http://www.amazon.com/River-Town-Years-Yangtze-P-S/dp/0060855029 I finished much more quickly and also enjoyed. Due to the other thread about it, I might pick up Glass Castles next... but I do want to catch up on the stack of magazines I have first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleowl Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 I'm in the middle of Paradise Lost. I'm enjoying it, but I can't read it very quickly, I think because my brain takes longer to process poetry than prose. I'm also in the middle of D. E. Smith's History of Mathematics, Volume II. It's very readable and interesting. The next thing on my list is Andrew Peterson's The Warden and the Wolf King. (We already have a copy because we were backers of the Kickstarter for it.) I'm really looking forward to it, but I'm making myself finish Paradise Lost before I'm allowed to read it. ;) After that, I don't know. I have all my to-read books in Goodreads and use a random number generator to pick what comes next (one paper book and one ebook going at a time). I am behind on my goal for the year, so I hope it picks something short next! :laugh: Oh, I do have a couple of books that were mentioned around here requested through interlibrary loan, so whenever those show up I'll read them - Climbing Parnassus and The Latin-Centered Curriculum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbeym Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 I make it a point to not think during the summer. Beach reads only. I just finished The Sugar Queen and am now starting on the Outlander series at the recommendation of a friend. I hope you enjoy Outlander!! It's my all time favorite series ever! After that, I don't know. I have all my to-read books in Goodreads and use a random number generator to pick what comes next (one paper book and one ebook going at a time). I am behind on my goal for the year, so I hope it picks something short next! What a great idea! I've been trying to figure out how to pick what's next on my Kindle and this worked great now that Goodreads pulls in your Amazon purchases. :) For me The Bride Wore Chocolate by Shirley Jump (random Kindle read) Northanger Abbey by Val McDermid Written In My Own Heart's Blood (Outlander book #8) by Diana Gabaldon The Scottish Prisoner by Diana Gabaldon For schooling Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac Travels with Charley by Steinbeck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 I re-read several of my favorite Jane Austen books while we were in transit. It gave me a craving for more literature set in that period. So I've been reading a number of Georgette Heyer books. They were written mostly in the 1950s, but retain a sweet quality that is missing from a lot of modern historical fiction. I've also picked up 1491 again as I'm thinking through what history to do with my older kids next year. I'm still waffling between US History and European History. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diviya Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 I re-read several of my favorite Jane Austen books while we were in transit. It gave me a craving for more literature set in that period. So I've been reading a number of Georgette Heyer books. They were written mostly in the 1950s, but retain a sweet quality that is missing from a lot of modern historical fiction. I've also picked up 1491 again as I'm thinking through what history to do with my older kids next year. I'm still waffling between US History and European History. Huge Georgette Heyer fan here! Which one is your favorite? I have way too many books. Who knows what I will actually end up reading. I'm currently reading Why Don't Students Like School, recommended here. Just finished Robinson Crusoe and How to Fail at Nearly Everything (really enjoyed both). Also working on How to Read a Book, and Teaching as a Subversive Activity. On deck is Angry Conversations with God; The Liberal Arts Tradition; The Up Side of Down; Food and Western Disease, and whatever my dd11 picks out to read next. So many books, so little time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 I'm about half-way through One Hundred Years of Solitude, and am not sure what I will read next. I've had a bit of a hankering for Jane Eyre lately. Ds and Dh are recommending "Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality" so I may go with that. With the kids we are just finishing up Five Run Away Together by Enid Blyton (our third in a row of the Famous Five series and I think I'm ready to be done with them for a while, though the kids beg and beg for more!). I think we will read a Shakespeare play or two next. After that maybe Pilgrim's Progress and round off the summer with A Child's History of the World. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 I finished Anna Karenina a couple weeks ago, and Til We Have Faces a couple days ago. I'm hoping to listen to Kreeft's lecture on Faces sometime this week. Not sure what's next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly1730 Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Anna Karenina was on LAST summer's list, never made it. Ugh. Oh well, guess it's not going anywhere. I'll get there. Might not be til my boys read it in high school, but I'll get there :001_rolleyes: . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raising Little Shoots Posted June 9, 2014 Author Share Posted June 9, 2014 Anna Karenina was on LAST summer's list, never made it. Ugh. Oh well, guess it's not going anywhere. I'll get there. Might not be til my boys read it in high school, but I'll get there :001_rolleyes: . Was on my list too.... :huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Anna Karenina was on LAST summer's list, never made it. Ugh. Oh well, guess it's not going anywhere. I'll get there. Might not be til my boys read it in high school, but I'll get there :001_rolleyes: . Several years ago I made it 2/3 of the way through and haven't been able to give it another try, maybe some day... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Not much of anything just for myself, but I am thoroughly enjoying the books I'm working through as I'm making plans for next year. :) For DS/rising 10th: The Road to Middle Earth (Shippey), The Monsters and the Critics (Tolkien), Of Other Worlds (Lewis), Mere Christianity, and such. For DD/rising 9th: the classic American literature I haven't already read or can't remember clearly enough :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Oh, I've also been enjoying the essays I'm collecting to use with AP English Language and Composition. This is a mostly non-fiction course with a lot of focus on essays. I've (re)discovered how much I love essays by E.B. White. I was going through a couple of Reagan's speeches (by Peggy Noonan) on D-Day (Boys of Pointe du Hoc and the Challenger Disaster speech - I'd forgotten that he postponed the State of the Union because of the loss of the shuttle). I also picked up a cool older book called Comparative Essays Present and Past (part of Noble's Comparative Classics, edited by Warren W. Read. My copy was copyright 1948). This has collections of essays on various themes like War, Companionship, Nationalism, Books, ect. My favorite pairing are "A Dissertation Upon Roast Pig" by Charles Lamb and "On Pigs as Pets" by G. K. Chesterton. Oddly enough I was at a little party back in February with a bunch of friends of my in-laws. Somehow we got on the topic of writing (or pigs) and several of them started talking about the Charles Lamb essay. I'd never heard of it before, but it is worth looking up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 I am currently finishing Ceremony (Silko). Lovely writing, and astoundingly, her first novel! Such a mature, sure hand, I would never have guessed that. If time permits soon, I want to finally get around to Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell (Clarke). Also hoping to get to The Aeneid (Sarah Ruden translation) that DH is working thru for his MFA classes that start in August; I thought I'd try to do some reading alongside him. ;) After reading and thoroughly enjoying Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go, I am eager to try his Artist of the Floating World, or Remains of the Day. Some of the titles in this recent thread piqued my interest: "Lesser Known Classics That Should Be Known" -- a lot of 19th century works, along the lines of Austen or Bronte in there… :) A friend also gave me The Scar (Mieville), but is now backtracking and saying maybe I shouldn't read it as it may be too scary for me… So, any reviews/comments there would be appreciated. :) Just for fun, "fluff" summer reads: - finish up the Mr. and Mrs. Darcy mysteries (Bebris) - finish up Chet & Bernie mysteries (Quinn) - Austenland (Hale) - try Her Royal Spyness mysteries (Bowen) And, of course, I'll probably not have time for ANY of that :tongue_smilie: , because I'll be reading and preparing for the 2 Lit classes I'm teaching for co-op this coming year, one for gr. 6-8, one for gr. 9-12. Each focuses on classic sci-fi and fantasy works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 After reading and thoroughly enjoying Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go, I am eager to try his Artist of the Floating World, or Remains of the Day. The Remains of the Day is one of my favorites! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Huge Georgette Heyer fan here! Which one is your favorite? I'm not Sebastian, and it's been so many years since I read Georgette Heyer that I no longer can speak to my own favorites. Here though are a few articles/reviews that might be of interest: My ranking of Heyer by Jo Walton REVIEW: Regency Buck by Georgette Heyer -- there are 'Related posts' at the end of the review that might be of interest as well as many comments Jennifer Kloester's Biography of Georgette Heyer -- many of the comments deal with favorite Heyer characters and books Here's a link to the articles/reviews that have been tagged Georgette Heyer on the Heroes and Heartbreakers site. (Hmm, that site is down as I write this. Hopefully it will be up again soon.) Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie in Ma Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Let's see now.. Re-read of The Mortal Instruments because the new one just came out The new Iron Druid is almost out so I may re-read those too. Looking at Stacia Kane's Downside Ghosts series Just finished Sig Hansen's North by Northwest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth in Mint Hill Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Reading now: Mornings on Horseback, David McCullough Oooohh, Lisa! Mornings on Horseback is wonderful. Read that many, many years ago--fascinating! I'm reveling in some very light summer reading: The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister. Its pretty fun. I also look forward to indulging in a mystery or two. Probably by Donna Leon---or I might tackle The Woman in White. The heaviest thing I'm reading this month is a great novel of the 20th century Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh. My goal this summer is to start catching up on a few 20th century classics. I've been immersed in ancient and medieval lit for sooo many years!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Hands down my favorite was Unknown Ajax. But so far I've enjoyed all I've read except These Old Shades. I couldn't get past the first couple chapters of that one. I read another book a few months ago that I've been recommending Major Pettigrew's Last Stand. Really good. Hard to describe because it was so much richer than the simple plot would suggest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth in Mint Hill Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 I'm not Sebastian, and it's been so many years since I read Georgette Heyer that I no longer can speak to my own favorites. Here though are a few articles/reviews that might be of interest: My ranking of Heyer by Jo Walton REVIEW: Regency Buck by Georgette Heyer -- there are 'Related posts' at the end of the review that might be of interest as well as many comments Jennifer Kloester's Biography of Georgette Heyer -- many of the comments deal with favorite Heyer characters and books Here's a link to the articles/reviews that have been tagged Georgette Heyer on the Heroes and Heartbreakers site. (Hmm, that site is down as I write this. Hopefully it will be up again soon.) Regards, Kareni Oh yes! I have been so glad to see Heyer's books back in print. I read some of these novels WAAAY, way back in my college days. It would be so fun to re-read one of them. Thanks for the interesting links!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloridaLisa Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 The heaviest thing I'm reading this month is a great novel of the 20th century Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh. My goal this summer is to start catching up on a few 20th century classics. I've been immersed in ancient and medieval lit for sooo many years!! My older 4 have read this book as part of an English lit tutorial they have all been part of. They keep recommending it and I even picked it up once, but put it back down for .... life? or other books I was reading at the time? Several have gone on to read some other works by Waugh. Happy reading! Lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth in Mint Hill Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 My older 4 have read this book as part of an English lit tutorial they have all been part of. They keep recommending it and I even picked it up once, but put it back down for .... life? or other books I was reading at the time? Several have gone on to read some other works by Waugh. Happy reading! Lisa Thanks, Lisa! My oldest son and his wife also highly recommended it. I've only gotten about a third of the way through it; I'm enjoying it, but reserving judgement until the end. Did you know that 3 of Waugh's novels made Modern Library's List: 100 best Novels of the 20th century!! Its funny that most people have never heard of him. The 3 that made it were: A Handful of Dust Scoop Brideshead Revisited Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gooblink Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 I've read upwards of 20 mystery and thriller books in the past couple months, because I'm writing a mystery and it helps me with pacing and structure to emulate successful authors - Agatha Christie (classic!), Gillian Flynn (dark, disturbing, beautifully written), Mary Higgins Clark (commercial boiler plate fiction, but best selling), Janet Evanovich (same), Martha Grimes (Richard Jury series), several "themed" cozies, and many more... Also, The Abolition of Man, 4-Hour Work Week, How an Economy Grows and How It Fails. Those are on my nightstand or in audible form. I just loaded a fresh stack of literature to read over the summer in prep for next school year - late renaissance to modern. I sit too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugs Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 :glare: I shouldn't read these types of threads; I was just planning to read a couple of Lee Child- Jack Reacher books :D . Nah, I was actually going to try and read a few biographies (I have only read one or two in my life): Julia Child, Ronald Regan, and Richard Feynman. Additionally, I hope to read The Prince and sprinkle in some Jack Reacher books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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