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Aug. 17th, 2010 05:13 pm
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151. Start Now!: A book of soul and spiritual exercises by Rudolf Steiner, edited by Christopher Bamford
I started this book a year ago and put it down after about 100 pages, 'cause I wasn't absorbing anything. It was just too thick. Melisa said that I needed to continue as I quit just before it got really good. She was right. The title is "Start Now!" okay, fine. What its lacking is a "Start Here!" Its so thick with resources that I don't know where to begin! Thank goodness I have some people to ask, but seriously! A big red arrow showing where to start is something to think about!

152. Journeys with Elijah: Eight Tales of the Prophet by Barbara Diamond Goldin
When doing research about American Folklore this book came up. So I requested it. Good stories about the Prophet Elijah showing up in different places and times. It will be good reading for Ike next year when we cover the Old Testament.

153. Cut from the Same Cloth: American Women of Myth, legend, and Tall Tale by Robert D. San Souci and Brian Pinkney
Again, found while researching American Folklore. Most of these are characters I've never heard of. Some from Native American Sources, some Hawaiian, and some Southern sources. Good stories about the women of Tall Tales. This will come in handy when I teach Second Grade to the girls.

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Jun. 2nd, 2010 10:25 pm
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65. Praying Dangerously: Radical Reliance on God by Regina Sara Ryan
Wow. Just. Wow. This book was an impulse buy at the Waldorf in the Home Conference I went to back in April. I got it signed by the author (who was BTW the inspiration for the quote "When you get your socks knocked off...follow the socks!"). This book sucked me in on the first page and kept me going through the whole book. Awesome! Her inscription of the book sums up the message. "the most dangerous prayer is "Yes!""

66. A Mighty Fortress by David Weber
Book four of the Safehold series. Now I really, really enjoy David Weber. But its getting clear he really enjoys reading his own writing. Huge Fuckin book. With a good editor and a red pen about 1/3 could have been slashed out and not missed. Enough already! We do NOT need to know about every freaking cannon shot! When he gets around to telling the story, its something awesome, but its getting lugubrious. Tell the story! Not the tech details!

67. When the Beginning Began by Julius Lester
Ooo! Fun book. Julius Lester is known in our house as the modernizer of Brer Rabbit. If you get a chance to borrow the audio, read by him of course, do enjoy. My kids LOVE his Brer Rabbit. Anyway. This book. Think Brer Rabbit does the first three chapters of Genesis. Its a "midrash", or the story behind the story. Strict Bible intrepreters need not apply. Very fun and a quick read. He even re-used a Brer Rabbit story. Which is just a copy of a Jataka Tale in the first place.

68.Crown of Destiny by Bertrice Small
Smut! Quick read and best described as Popcorn. The author is one of my faves and this was the final installment of her fantasy world of Hetar. Silly, but I enjoyed the mindlessness of it.

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