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…
For 2023 I’m going to alternate between weekly updates (goal check-ins, garden progress, notebook updates) and weekly “things shared” posts. These will be things I’ve shared with my friends that week (or things they’ve share with me) that impressed me, made me think, or made me laugh. So let’s give it a try. Here are…
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…
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…
Here’s a list of the books I read in 2022. I have lists for non-fiction, fiction, poetry, post-apocalyptic fiction, and how-to books. Non-fiction Studies in the Sermon on the Mount . This, by far, has been the most influential book of the last three years (it took that long to go through it, chapter by…
January was a good reading month for me…
This is awesome and informative. It’s as though you connected through your writing. Nice work
I read this many years ago. You made me want to read it again! Thank you for sharing!
I’m am soooo excited that you read this book and commented on it! I read it at the beginning of the year because as an African American, I wanted to know why being called an ‘Uncle Tom’ was so negative. I had a love hate relationship with the book for the same reason I wanted to read it in the first place. It made me take a hard look at myself and the world I live in. BUT I think this book should be mandatory high school reading. I don’t want to give anything away, so I’ll just say, if anyone who READ the book called me an Uncle Tom, it’d be an honor. Read the book folks.
Glad to hear from someone else who’s read the book, and thought Uncle Tom was an honorable man, and I was impressed by how he persevered when we read it last year.
Totally with you in thinking everyone should be required to read it.
I do not know if I read it as a kid but didn’t absorb anything. I am ordering the book to read because of this post. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
Great book!
Jared Brock has written the story of Josiah Hansen (the inspiration for Uncle Tim’s cabin) in “The Road to Dawn.” Also a great read.
I was debating between having my kids read that and Roots, and decided to have them read Uncle Tom’s Cabin, since it was one of the contributing factors to the Civil War.
We all agreed it was an amazing book and well worth reading.