de Jong’s Along Came a Dog (also from the AmblesideOnline list)
Cole’s A Nest for Celeste (such a lovely book)
That new May Mallam brush drawing book reprinted by Riverbend Press at the bottom of that pile is gorgeous, by the way!
Edwin Way Teale’s A Walk Through the Year (planning to put this into our Morning Basket at some point!)
Rumer Godden’s In This House of Brede (a hardcover to add to my collection)
And then I got this reference book series from my friend Virginia Lee’s bookshop that I think will be useful: The Golden Book History of the United States.
And some special book mail: some borrowed Gouin books from a friend that came with a gift: Flowers of Coast and Sierra. If you are in California, check out this book! The writing is top notch and the illustrations are lovely.
What are you reading? I did a fair amount of reading over the summer but have slowed down on fiction now that school has begun. But the pre-reading I am doing weekly now DEFINITELY counts! 🙂
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I'm currently reading In this house of Brede and it isn't quite what I expected but I'm slowly getting into it. Almost finished with the biography by Margaret Coombs on Charlotte Mason and it has been very eye opening and thoroughly worthwhile! I had no idea that CM's mother was a Catholic! Also enjoying Gentian Hill, The Death of Christian Culture, The Biography of a Cathedral (which is going to take me the rest of the year to read!), The Planets by Dava Sobel, and Around the Year with the Trapp Family which is such a joy to read. Being a convert I feel like I need to play catch up and since we started going to the Latin Mass this one has been particularly helpful.
I didn't know you started going to the TLM! That's great! Being a convert myself, I certainly know that catch-up feeling. My husband grew up Catholic but with no celebration of the liturgical year outside of Mass each week, so we have had to consciously build what we do. The Von Trapps are such a great read in that vein!
I have heard such mixed reviews of the Coombs book! 🙂 Would love to hear your further thoughts. But I was certainly intrigued by Mason's Catholic connection when I heard about it.
Your stack sounds pretty fantastic. I saw The Biography of a Cathedral recommended somewhere but haven't read it yet. My reading-all-year book is the Brothers K. Actually I am still reading that one from last year! LOL
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I recently started a blog where I often cover books I'm reading. https://thisismycalcutta.blogspot.com/
Books I am reading are under "currently reading" https://thisismycalcutta.blogspot.com/search/label/Currently%20Reading
Feel free to give it all a read! Of course this doesn't cover even half of the reading I do, but some. 😉
I can definitely understand the mixed reviews on the Coombs biography. There are a couple of sentences where I have had to disagree with her plain and simple and the book is a little choppy as far as reading goes. That said, it goes deep into Charlotte Mason's ancestry which has been quite interesting and the later part of the book has given me better insight into CM's thinking as I work to implement the philosophy at home. I feel like I *know* CM better after reading it if that is possible.
And yes.. the TLM has been such a game changer for me. Nine months now. The prayers are truly transformative! One day when we have to move again I will miss our little community here.
Sigh. 🙂
Wow- what an incredible list and awesome source. Delightful reading!
The brush drawing book looks very interesting! (Esp. the fact that it's in colour!)
I just finished reading "Marguerite de la Roque" by Elizabeth Boyer. It tells the true story (it still boggles my mind that this actually happened!) of a 19-year old French noblewoman whose uncle left her on an island off the coast of Labrador, Canada, in the early 1500s. She was actually supposed to be part of one of the first colonies in New France, but her uncle was incensed that she'd fallen in love with a man on board the ship. Her nurse and that young man were left there with her, along with some basic supplies (a handful of guns, some powder, her trunk of clothes, etc). It was just them against the wilderness – polar bears, wolverines, etc. It's written by a historian, so the story-telling is rather clunky at times, but it's an incredible tale!
Yes, it is a beautiful oversized book! We are using the 20/20 Press brush drawing course and the Mallam book together.
That book sounds fascinating! I saw that you were recapping a bunch of Canadian history books recently. This sounds like a winner!
Will do! Thank you for sharing!
I get all of my best book recommendations from online friends! 🙂