What have your minds been up to?
What have you guys been reading over break? (If anything. It IS break, after all. But I assumed that we're all Torrey students, and can't stay away from bound pages for a serious length of time...)
I thought it would be fun to see what's been on everyone's reading lists. :)
I'll be brave and go first:
Finished:
Emma, by Jane Austen (it's really fun when your whole family gets on an Austen "kick" together. We had a very Austenian Christmas. :)
For Women Only, by Shaunti Feldhahn
Captivating, by John and Stasi Eldredge
The Great Divorce, by C.S. Lewis
Rebecca, by Daphne du Maurier
The Women of Troy, Euripides
Surprised by Joy, by C.S. Lewis
The book of James
Working on:
The Bacchae, by Euripides
The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis (Volume 1), by C.S. Lewis
Wow. I feel as though I read more than that for some reason. :(
I thought it would be fun to see what's been on everyone's reading lists. :)
I'll be brave and go first:
Finished:
Emma, by Jane Austen (it's really fun when your whole family gets on an Austen "kick" together. We had a very Austenian Christmas. :)
For Women Only, by Shaunti Feldhahn
Captivating, by John and Stasi Eldredge
The Great Divorce, by C.S. Lewis
Rebecca, by Daphne du Maurier
The Women of Troy, Euripides
Surprised by Joy, by C.S. Lewis
The book of James
Working on:
The Bacchae, by Euripides
The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis (Volume 1), by C.S. Lewis
Wow. I feel as though I read more than that for some reason. :(
posted by Lauren | 4:12 PM
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Wow, well you're reading list still puts mine to shame but here's what I've be working on.
For Fun:
I finished Girl Meets God by Lauren F. Winner, a book my mom recommended to me, and Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis. Right now I'm re-reading The Singer Trilogy by Calvin Miller. I read them for school last year but it'd forgotten how absolutely phenomenal they are! If any of you have not read them you NEED too. I'll be bringing them back to school with me too if anyone wants to borrow them. ;) It's a very easy read but so packed full of beautiful goodness!
For School:
I'm on book four of Ovid's Metamorphoses. I'm hoping to finish by the end of the week so I can start on Euripides. Right now I'm just happy I actually have all my books now. Gotta start somewhere. :)
I read "Till We Have Faces" and "Women of Troy". After I finish "The Bacchae" I will read "That Hideous Strength" and then whatever Torrey reading I can get done before school.
(keeping up on bubbs and this blog too has got to count for something though, right? At least one book? oh yeah, and all the issues of "Country Living" and the comics and Annie's Mailbox everyday.)
I've read:
Miracles by C.S. Lewis
Wild at Heart by John Eldredge
The Problem of Pain by C.S. Lewis
Waking the Dead by John Eldredge (I liked it more than Wild at Heart)
Euripides (though I'm still taking some more notes)
"The Last Sin Eater", which dearest Carolyn gave me for secret santa...
"People of Darkness" by Tony Hillerman, THE best author ever.
"Nights of Rain and Stars" by Maeve Binchy, who at times gives Tony Hillerman a run for his money.
I've read Aristotle and hopefully will finish Ovid in Hawaii...but I'll probably still be scrambling to finish Euripedes : p
Oh, does the companion book for "Lost" count?
We should read the plays out loud when we return, or maybe in San Diego, that way it can be review for those who read it and a first time through for those who haven't. And if we do it we should have the characters follow the stage directions, so we see how it would visually be, and get more out of the real play. Thought I'd put that out there.
"We should read the plays out loud when we return, or maybe in San Diego. . ."
Karissa, I think that's a phenomenal idea! But it makes me want to not read them now in hopes of reading w/ ya'll later. :P It really is SO much more fun doing plays with other people. If we're really going to do it, I'd rather skip ahead to Aristotle until then, so could we maybe make an executive decision on this? And it would have to be in San Diego. Euripides needs to be finished before our first session (I assume), which is the Monday we return.
I'd love to read through the plays again. I think that this could be great for those who haven't already finished the plays and a good, fun way to refresh the minds of those who have tried to understand Aristotle and found there is only so much room in the brain. Anyway, I'm up for it.
Cool. I'm glad you guys also find it exciting, so Jason, can you save a spot in the San Diego schedule to do the plays? :D
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