Skip to main content

August Wrap Up

Life has gotten pretty crazy yet again and August was jam-packed. Seminary has officially started up for my husband and I am auditing a class with him, which means traveling 4 hours roundtrip every Tuesday for class. I also got a job at a drugstore. It's nothing too glamorous and probably won't last too long either. But it's at least a start. I also spent a week with my daddy at a missions retreat/meeting, went to a family wedding, and spent some time in the city with my husband. It was a good, busy month. But unfortunately with being busy, I had very little desire to sit and read like I had been. So I only read 3 books (Netflix didn't help either). But it happens I suppose. I've decided that I can't force myself to read and write like I had been earlier in the year. Mostly because life is different now and I have more responsibilities as a wife and a homemaker. But at the same time, I also know that I need to read things that will challenge and teach me in ways that pertain specifically to where I am at this point in life. Where I am at as a wife, a homemaker, a missions graduate, a youth minister's wife and a Christian. And so I have started to once again focus my reading on ministry books. Taking a bit of a break from the classics and the fun, light reads in an effort to retain what I learned in college, learn more and grow in various ways. It's been good so far. I have already finished one book and just started another a few hours ago. I won't have as much time to read now with working, but I will still get to have the relaxing, quiet time to myself when I am intentional with my time. So... if I don't write much in the next few weeks or months that is why. I will check in every now and then and leave little updates. But I won't be reviewing or dialoging with myself in regards to what I am reading here. That will be done in my hand-written journals that only I see. So... until next time... See ya later!

The books I read in the month of August: 
Fatherless Generation: Redeeming the Story  by John Sowers
Not Afraid of Life: My Journey So Far by Bristol Palin
Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan 
The number of pages I read in the month of July: 
782

The number of pages read year-to-date (middle of December 2011 - end of August 2012): 
10,984
 
Number of Classics Club books read so far:  
  10 of 70

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The Classics Club: My Favorite Classic (August Meme)

At the age of 8, maybe 9, I was given a copy of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women. I honestly don't remember much about getting it or even who gave it to me. I think it probably was either a birthday or Christmas present since books are usually what I was/am given. But I remember being so excited to have it, yet being amazed by how big it was and unsure if I would be able to actually finish it. But I did finish it and I have finished it countless times since then. Little Women is by far my favorite classic. It's one of the first ones I read and it's one that I have cherished for at least 15 years (with many more to come). Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy, Marmee and Laurie were characters that became so incredibly real to me. The images of family, love, individuality, faith, hard-work and triumph were ones that mirrored (and still mirror) my family. I am from a home-schooled preacher's family with 4 sisters and 1 brother. I have parents who let us be ourselves in whatever ...
4 comments
Read more

Am I afraid of a certain Classic?

I haven't written here much at all. Mostly because I have been blogging over at my other site and just haven't had much to write in regards to books and reading here. But this month's discussion question for Classic Club members is one I just couldn't pass by:  What classic piece of literature most intimidates you, and why? Or, are you intimidated by the classics, and why? And has your view changed at all since you joined our club? I think the two major pieces of classic literature that I am most intimidated by are the works of William Shakespeare and Les Miserables by Victor Hugo. I am usually not intimidated by the Classics. In fact, I lov e reading C lassics and have begun quite the collection on my shelves. B ut those t wo men and their writings stare me in the face like a brick wall that I'll never be able to climb over.  I have read Victor Hugo's Th e Hunchback of Notre Dame and absolutely hated it . There were sections in the book where it ...
4 comments
Read more

Classic #10 of 70 -- Pilgrim's Progress

The Bible is the most-read book in the world. It is the the one book that has sold more copies than any other book. It is the one book that has been cherished for centuries by people all over the world. And John Bunyan's book The Pilgrim's Progress , published in February 1678, comes in second. Within the first ten years of its publication, it was translated into at least ten different languages and had been revised/edited numerous times. It was the most loved book next to the Bible for decades. And for some, it still is. But for me, not so much. The Pilgrim's Progress is categorized as speculative fiction. But it is most easily categorized as an allegory. It was written in old English and translated into over 200 languages and has never been out of print. So what is it that makes this such a loved, popular piece of literature? Is it the poetic writing style? Is it the allegory genre? Is it the strong connections to and use of Scripture? Is it the storyline? Is it the...
2 comments
Read more