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Top Ten Books of My Childhood
Ok… what follows is rather an eclectic list, and many of them are not classics! But I so enjoyed reading some of you guys’ lists for this week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic, it made me reflect on the books I read long ago and which influenced my childhood. 1. The Children’s Book of VirtuesAn interesting Continue reading
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The Four Loves – Weeks 3 & 4
Well, I missed last week, so once again playing catch up with the readalong. 🙂 Here are the last two parts – and thanks again to Cleo for hosting this! Week 3: Friendship In this chapter, Lewis talks about what he considers to be the “least natural” of the loves: Friendship. It is less “organic” Continue reading
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The Four Loves – Weeks 1 & 2
Cleo has been hosting a read-along of The Four Loves by C. S. Lewis, and happily I’ve been keeping up with it well, in spite of some reader’s block. These are the parts I’ve read so far: Week 1: “Introduction” and “Likings and Loves for the Sub-Human” Week 2: “Affection” First off, this book is Continue reading
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Battling Reader’s Block
Hope everyone is doing well this fine June… It feels like the month is FLYING by. Tomorrow is going to be about 90 degrees where I live, so I’d say summer is here. Since I finished 12 Rules for Life, I’ve been having pretty bad reader’s block. You wouldn’t necessarily be able to tell… Current Continue reading
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Hi, I’m Marian—I talk about classics, history, and other books on this blog, as well as on YouTube.
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