Summer of My German Soldier/Morning Is a Long Time Coming
For the last two years, my friend and I have been somewhat obsessively reading books to one another over the phone. It’s been a great way to share books with each other that the other person doesn’t have access to.…
The Monarch of the Glen
The Monarch of the Glen is absolutely **ridiculous**. It came to my attention courtesy of Elizabeth Wein, who saw a stage production involving a hot shirtless dude* somersaulting onto stage in a a kilt, so I acquired a used copy…
Audiobooks
I didn’t used to like audiobooks at all. But in the past couple of years, I have gotten really hooked on them. I have two children and I teach them and I cook a lot of food and am just…
Really Long Old Book Titles #2
MATTHEW HENRY’S COMMENTARY ON THE WHOLE BIBLE Wherein each chapter is summed up in its contents: the sacred text inserted at large in distinct paragraphs; each paragraph reduced to its proper heads: the sense given, and largely illustrated with PRACTICAL…
‘The Boys in the Boat’, in Which Eva Is a Sentimental Moron and Spams You With Lots of Pictures
I had an unusual upbringing. Sports were of so little importance to my family that I, at 34, still do not know even the most rudimentary rules to any sportsball games (and don’t bother trying to educate me, because I…
Really Long Old Book Titles #1
REFLECTIONS UPON LEARNING, wherein is shewn the INSUFFICIENCY Thereof, in its several Particulars: In order to evince the Usefulness and Necessity of REVELATION. The Fourth Edition. By a Gentleman. ——- From 1708. Photo credit Mike P.
Prisoner of Night and Fog / Conspiracy of Blood and Smoke
I wasn’t sure what book I should start with, but since my brain is a sieve I decided I really ought to do ones I just finished. So here goes: Prisoner of Night and Fog and Conspiracy of Blood and…