A Good Birthday!

by | Dec 3, 2010 | Reading

I enjoyed a delightfully book-filled birthday. I got the latest Jan Karon book, two by Francine Rivers, the full Chronicles of Narnia (which I’ve read, but didn’t own) and a Guide to the Biblical Truths in Narnia. Jackpot! There were other, lovely gifts,...

Changing the story

by | Nov 17, 2010 | Reading

I recently read “Off Season” by Anne Rivers Siddons whom I typically enjoy a great deal. As usual, this book kept me turning pages (although the start was a little slow). But I didn’t much like the ending. Not because of how things turned out for the...

Subjectivity

by | Nov 10, 2010 | Reading

I just tried to read a novel by a very successful Christian author and failed. This is a well-respected writer who has published dozens of novels and has an MA in English. She’s well-respected and apparently beloved of her readers. I could NOT make myself read...

Kindling a New Affection

by | Oct 31, 2010 | Reading, Uncategorized

I still don’t have an e-reader, but I did get my mother a Kindle for her birthday (today–Happy Birthday, mom!). I have, like many book lovers, hesitated over this mechanized take on reading. But I will now confess, after loading books on mom’s and...

The Importance of Reading

by | Oct 9, 2010 | Reading

Jim and I attended a fundraiser for Carolina Day School and the Literacy Council of Buncombe County this week. It was a reception for and talk by Elizabeth Kostova, author of The Historian (2005) and The Swan Thieves (2010). The Historian was the first debut novel to...

Just Try It

by | Sep 23, 2010 | Reading

I finished the second of two books I didn’t think I’d like yesterday. And I liked them both. “North River” by Pete Hamill is about a doctor in Depression-era New York who comes home one day to find his daughter has abandoned her child on his...