I have recently discovered this website books.google.com
It is a great place to search for all kinds of books. If the book is an older one you can actually read it right there on the site.
I've started reading one of George McDonald's books there. It is a scanned copy of Malcolm from 1896. The Scots dialect is a bit difficult but I like the challenge of it.
His books are hard to find so I snatch them up when I come across them.
What out-of-print books do you wish they would republish?
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Monday, February 22, 2010
If You Cannot Read All Your Books
If you cannot read all your books, at any rate handle, or as it were, fondle them, peer into them, let them fall open where they will, read from the first sentence that arrests the eye, set them back on the shelves with your own hands, arrange them on your own plan so you at least know where they are. Let them be your friends; let them be your acquaintances.Sir Winston Churchill
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Saturday, February 20, 2010
Book Club Titles
When I lived in Pipestone I belonged to two book clubs. Since moving I have not kept up - so here is a list of books that I need to read yet.
- The Shepherd's Prayer by Richard M. Barry
- The Uncommon Woman: Making an Ordinary Life Extraordinary by Susie Larson
- Summer of Light by W. Dale Cramer
- June Bug by Chris Fabry
Monday, December 7, 2009
Season of Change
So,
Here it is December already and I haven't posted anything since October. Not good! However, I have a pretty good excuse (I think). I've been packing, moving and unpacking again. It is amazing what a two-bedroom apartment can hold.
My brothers gave me a hard time about my ten boxes of books but hey I think it's in our family's DNA so they had better watch out!
At the end of October I moved back to my hometown after a ten-year sojourn in Minnesota. My youngest sister and I are trying out living together. So far it has been a positive experience- I hope she would agree! She borrows my books and I borrow her clothes. :) But there has not been much time leftover for reading. I"ll try to do better in the coming weeks.
The one book I have had time to read is "Fannie Farmer's Cookbook" as I search for new recipes for Swiss chard and also winter squash. It seems my mother planted a lot of it and it grew really well so she is giving it away.
Next week I hope to read "A Christmas Carol" again. Then it's time to read Luke chapter 2 for the Nativity story with Isaiah chapter 53 added as a epilogue.
If you have any other suggestions for Swiss chard, squash or a good holiday read let me know!
Merry Christmas!
Here it is December already and I haven't posted anything since October. Not good! However, I have a pretty good excuse (I think). I've been packing, moving and unpacking again. It is amazing what a two-bedroom apartment can hold.
My brothers gave me a hard time about my ten boxes of books but hey I think it's in our family's DNA so they had better watch out!
At the end of October I moved back to my hometown after a ten-year sojourn in Minnesota. My youngest sister and I are trying out living together. So far it has been a positive experience- I hope she would agree! She borrows my books and I borrow her clothes. :) But there has not been much time leftover for reading. I"ll try to do better in the coming weeks.
The one book I have had time to read is "Fannie Farmer's Cookbook" as I search for new recipes for Swiss chard and also winter squash. It seems my mother planted a lot of it and it grew really well so she is giving it away.
Next week I hope to read "A Christmas Carol" again. Then it's time to read Luke chapter 2 for the Nativity story with Isaiah chapter 53 added as a epilogue.
If you have any other suggestions for Swiss chard, squash or a good holiday read let me know!
Merry Christmas!
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Mercy?
What does mercy look like?
Is it forgiving when there hasn't been an apology?
Is it with-holding your first impression until you know more about a person?
Is it taking your own life to save another's?
Is it granting yourself mercy in spite of past mistakes?
The Shape of Mercy: A novel by Susan Meissner gives a reader a lot to think about. I was convicted many times about how I view/judge people too quickly while reading it.
But it also made me think about mercy and all the different ways that we give it/or withhold it.
The author grips you from the first chapter and doesn't let go until the end... And the end will surprise you.
Is it forgiving when there hasn't been an apology?
Is it with-holding your first impression until you know more about a person?
Is it taking your own life to save another's?
Is it granting yourself mercy in spite of past mistakes?
The Shape of Mercy: A novel by Susan Meissner gives a reader a lot to think about. I was convicted many times about how I view/judge people too quickly while reading it.
But it also made me think about mercy and all the different ways that we give it/or withhold it.
The author grips you from the first chapter and doesn't let go until the end... And the end will surprise you.
Friday, September 18, 2009
Summer, Where didst Thou Go?
Here it is mid-September and I haven't been very good about updating you on what I've been reading. I finally got another bookshelf so only a few books are left on my floor.
What "light" reading did you get done this summer?
I read Helen Keller's autobiography The Story of My Life in August. Her life is truly an amazing one and it inspired me to greater perseverance when faced with obstacles in life. She worked her whole life perfecting her writing, speech, and reaching out to those around her. How can I do any less?
Another inspiring novel is My Hands Came Away Red by Lisa McKay. Her first book is very well written, in fact I had to remind myself that it wasn't a true story! The research and background for it is based on stories from humanitarian relief workers and missionaries. I look forward to her future books.
Do you have any recommendations?
What "light" reading did you get done this summer?
I read Helen Keller's autobiography The Story of My Life in August. Her life is truly an amazing one and it inspired me to greater perseverance when faced with obstacles in life. She worked her whole life perfecting her writing, speech, and reaching out to those around her. How can I do any less?
Another inspiring novel is My Hands Came Away Red by Lisa McKay. Her first book is very well written, in fact I had to remind myself that it wasn't a true story! The research and background for it is based on stories from humanitarian relief workers and missionaries. I look forward to her future books.
Do you have any recommendations?
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Summer Reading
Where has this summer gone?
Here is a quick list of what I've been reading!
I'm trying to slowly read my way through all of Dickens' stuff. So far I've read A Christmas Carol, The Pickwick Papers, Nicholas Nickleby, A Tale of Two Cities and Oliver Twist. I think Oliver Twist is still my favorite so far.
Here is a quick list of what I've been reading!
- Don't Waste Your Life by John Piper
- Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
- A Thousand Shall Fall by Brodie & Brock Thoene
- Say To this Mountain by Brodie & Brock Thoene
- The Shack by Wm. Paul Young
I'm trying to slowly read my way through all of Dickens' stuff. So far I've read A Christmas Carol, The Pickwick Papers, Nicholas Nickleby, A Tale of Two Cities and Oliver Twist. I think Oliver Twist is still my favorite so far.
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