After reading Carrie’s review, my interest in this book was definitely piqued. Janet’s review sent me clicking to Paperback Swap to order my own copy. I’m glad I did. Reading this book frustrated me, fascinated me, sent me on more than one journey of self-examination. First, the frustration. This book meanders. Boy, does it meander. Part [...]
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The 181st edition of the Carnival of Homeschooling has been published by Sherene Silverburg at the Norfolk Homeschool Examiner. I have a submission to this carnival. If you homeschool, won’t you consider participating in this wonderful community of homeschool bloggers?
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I’m starting my TOS Homeschool Crew career off right by reviewing a tremendous resource for the homeschooling family: The 2009 Schoolhouse Planner. When I first receieved this e-book file and opened it for what I thought would be a quick perusal, I was taken aback by the fact that it is 375 pages long. 375 [...]
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My dear mother-in-law gave this gem of a book to me when Steady Eddie and I were dating, and I’m embarrassed to say that it has fallen to the bottom of the TBR pile for over ten years. That’s bad. However, I choose to believe that God knew just when I would be most receptive to this book and [...]
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Well, we finally did it–we finished Little House on the Prairie as a read-aloud after the girls have what I figure must at least be the equivalent of a high school education in all things Laura Ingalls Wilder. (Seriously, we often refer to Lulu as the World’s Youngest Living Expert on LIW.) It has been entertaining [...]
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When I saw The Pirate’s Son by Geraldine McCaughrean on the shelf at the library during one of our weekly library runs, I snatched it right up. I read McCaughrean’s The White Darkness last year and loved it, so I knew that a book by McCaughrean would likely not disappoint. I have to say that this [...]
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June has been a good reading month for me because I’ve been in a good rhythm with my reading. I’ve been reading some sort of devotional writing during my quiet time, and then I’ve been reading my other book of choice during the other pockets of time during the day when I sneak in a [...]
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Steady Eddie and I returned home again last night much later than we expected to due to a little blip in our journey home. I wanted to share these pictures from Bellingrath Gardens, which we enjoyed Sunday morning before we began our long, long drive north. Be sure to click on the image to enlarge it, or [...]
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Steady Eddie and I are out and about enjoying our 10th anniversary today, and as a nod to our pre-children days, we brought along a few audiobooks to enjoy on our drive. We just finished listening to Richard Peck’s Here Lies the Librarian, and I wanted to post a quick review while it’s still fresh on my [...]
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Steady Eddie and I are out and about today celebrating our 10th anniversary (!!!!), but I wanted to pop on and link up with the Chronicles of Narnia Reading Challenge, hosted by one of my best bloggy buddies, Carrie. I absolutely adore Narnia. In fact, I once wrote a huge undergraduate research paper on all [...]
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