Little Thoughts About Books and Stuff

So my plan is each Monday to update anyone who reads this on what I'm currently reading and what I may have finished in the last week. Currently Reading: Title : The Catholic Youth Bible Date Started : January 1 Note : Roof Beam Reader - Read the Bible as Literature Event Currently Listening: Title :  Atlas Shrugged Author : Ayn Rand Narrator:  Christopher Hurt Date Started : August 23, 2017 Note:  On part 5 of 7 Finished Reading: Title : The Little Prince Author : Antoine de Saint-Exupery Date Finished : February 24 Stars : 5 Title : The Immortalists Author : Chloe Benjamin Date Finished : February 21 Stars : 4.75 Note : February Book Club selection Title : Furry Night Author : Joan Aiken Narrator : LeVar Burton Date Finished : February 20 Stars : 4 Note : Episode 18 of LeVar Burton Reads Title : Black Hills Author : Nora Roberts Date Finished : February 17 Stars : 4 Note : Reread Title : So I Married a Sorcerer ...

RoofBeamReader I  got really behind in my reading and my posting. So I'm going to do a quick rundown of Exodus today.   Two weeks ago I adopted a dog and he sort of took over my life. I got out of my morning routine of reading my daily passages. I'll have to get into a new routine. Here's Pippin: The Book of Exodus is broken down into four parts: 1. The Israelites in Egypt (1-12, 36) 2. The Exodus from Egypt and the Journey to Sinai (12, 37-18) 3. The Covenant at Mount Sinai (19-24) 4. The Dwellings and Its Furnishings (25-38) The Israelites in Egypt: We start out by getting another brief recap of the linage so show how much time has passed since Joseph has brought his people to Egypt.  As with many historical stories as time passes and power changes hand, those who thought they were safe are no longer so and find themselves enslaved or greatly mistreated. The new Pharaoh, demands that all males born to them are killed at birth.  The midwiv...

Linking up to both Book Beginnings on Friday from  Rose City Reader  and The Friday 56 with  Freda's Voice . This week the book Black Hills   by Nora Roberts  caught my eye. It Begins:   1 South Dakota June 1989 Cooper Sullivan's Life, as he'd know it, was over. Judge and jury -- in the form of his parents -- had not been swayed by please, reason, temper, threats, but instead had sentenced him and shipped him off, away from everything he knew and cared about to a world without video parlors or Big Macs. On Page 56 (56%): Lil's first look at the cat took her breath away. Sleek, muscular, her eyes tawny glints, Cleo sat in her travel cage like royalty on a throne. She eyed the humans, with what struck Lil as a gaze of pure superiority, and let out her coughing roar in case they didn't fully understand who was boss. Verdict: This is a reread for me. I originally read it sometime before 2011, possibly when it was first rel...

So my plan is, each Monday to update anyone who reads this on what I'm currently reading and what I may have finished in the last week. Currently Reading: Title : So I Married a Sorcerer (The Embraced, #2) Author : Kerrelyn Sparks Date Started : February 10 Currently Listening: Title : Atlas Shrugged Author : Ayn Rand Narrator: Christopher Hurt Date Started : August 23, 2017 Note: On part 4 of 7 Finished Reading: Title : How to Tame a Beast in Seven Days (The Embraced, #1) Author : Kerrelyn Sparks Date Finished : February 9 Stars : 4 Title : Eight Simple Rules for Dating a Dragon (The Embraced, #3) Author : Kerrelyn Sparks Date Finished : February 7 Stars : 4 Comments : eBook ARC from Netgalley, book is due out in late March. Title : I Am the Cheese Author : Robert Cormier Date Finished : February 6 Stars : 2 Comments : Read Harder Challenge - An assigned book you hated (or never finished) Title : Mrs. Perez Author : Oscar Casares Narrato...

When I was deciding to come back to the blog I was looking through all the blogging memes that the blogs I read follow. I had done Book Beginnings and The Friday 56 a handful of times, but over at  Mixed Book Bag , JC merged them together and I really like that idea.  So borrowing from her I'm going to start linking up to both Book Beginnings on Friday from  Rose City Reader  and The Friday 56 with  Freda's Voice . This week the book How to Tame a Beast in Seven Days  by Kerrelyn Sparks  caught my eye. It Begins:   Prologue In another time on another world called Aerthlan, there are five kingdoms. Four of the kingdoms extend across a continent. There, the four kings thirst for war.  On Page 56: Luciana spun around to find Tatiana smirking at her. She glanced around quickly to make sure they were alone, then whispered, "What are you doing here?" With a shrug. Tatiana glided up to the railing. "Did you expect me ...

RoofBeamReader I'm doing this chronologically my posts will be grouped a little differently than weekly check-in posts that Adam is doing on  RBR .  I started off with  Genesis 1-11  and then chronologically the story moves to  Job .  We are now back in Genesis and this post will cover everything up until the story of Joseph. As I mentioned in the first Genesis post this book of the bible is broken down into four parts: The Book of Gensis is divided as follows: 1. The Primeval History (1-11)2. The Patriarch Abraham (12-25:18) 3. The Patriarchs Isaac and Jacob (25:19 - 36) 4. Joseph and His Brothers (37-50) This is the final section of Genesis.  This is the story of Joseph who is much beloved by his father and hated by his older brothers. You may know this story because of the Broadway show Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat .  I, however, have never seen it, and only kinda like a song or two from the show. There are a...

When I was deciding to come back to the blog I was looking through all the blogging memes that the blogs I read follow. I had done Book Beginnings and The Friday 56 a handful of times, but over at  Mixed Book Bag , JC merged them together and I really like that idea.  So borrowing from her I'm going to start linking up to both Book Beginnings on Friday from  Rose City Reader  and The Friday 56 with  Freda's Voice . This week I'm reading  Red Clocks   by Leni Zumas  It Begins:   Born in 1841 on a Faroese sheep farm; The polar explorer was raised on a farm near In the North Atlantic Ocean, between Scotland and Iceland, on an island with more sheep than people, a shepherd's wife gave birth to a child who would grow up to study ice.  On Page 56: Those days  at the Perfects' are probably a little different from those days  on the hill. On top of making dresses, Jessica knits sweaters out of ...