I don’t have a lot of entries in my Reading Notebook for the summer because I am still plowing (slowly) through Don Quixote for my continuing education project. I’m following the advice given in The Well-Educated Mind and writing a brief summary at the end of each chapter. Then I’m adding the summaries in my…
These books were from the first part of 2022 and I finally got them added to my reading notebook. I guess I was mostly reading fiction (and one memoir) earlier this year! All these reviews are pretty poor, but as I’m working through The Well Educated Mind, I’m learning how to read and review books…
I didn’t get much reading done in January, and one of these books I actually started in December, but since I finished it in January, I’m counting it toward my goal of reading 24 books this year! I enjoyed Ploductivity, a Practical Theology of Work and Wealth. But it was spendy. I think a used…
I only finished one book in September, but it was probably one of the best books I’ve ever read, Uncle Tom’s Cabin. It was infuriating and beautiful and it really made me think. Have you read it? If you’ve read it, what did you think?
I started a new reading notebook that I’m kind of figuring out while I go. I know it needs to do a few things for me. 1. I would like it to be a record of what I read and what I thought about what I read.2. I also want it to be a place…
UPDATE 6 YEARS LATER: This is the only short story I have ever printed off and kept. I try to re-read at least once a year (and will be pulling it out today to re-read in the hammock). I love everything about the story and how you and the main character go from feeling hopeless…
January was a good reading month for me…