Lonesome Gods- louis lamour

hey devoted book readers/ silent followers:
 i have been a horrid book club host, but i am carrying on!
This month we are reading Lonesome Gods by louis lamour.  It is a western but promises to be a awesome read!  See you in June to review it and announce the last book before summer break!  

Lonesome Gods- louis lamour

hey devoted book readers/ silent followers:
 i have been a horrid book club host, but i am carrying on!
This month we are reading Lonesome Gods by louis lamour.  It is a western but promises to be a awesome read!  See you in June to review it and announce the last book before summer break!  

march: The Chosen by Chaim Potok

Try to get this read, but at least start it and tell me what you think! I will be reading it to be done by the 17th, but i can wait to chat about it till the end of the month!

Laddie- february

i am listening to Laddie on audio and will let you know when im done! happy reading!

I totally bombed on getting through the whole book, but i did love the family values and the emphasis on the family bonds and the community. what did you like about this book?

Book club: Swiss Family Robinson

We will be reading Swiss Family Robinson for January!
Happy reading!

Please reply and let me know that you are going to read it. thanks, chanel.

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Jane Eyre is a book that i have never really read, but heard so much about. I have watched the movie and loved it so the book should be even better.

Here are some questions each person can answer to get our brains moving and start conversation:

What do you think of Jane Eyre?
Who is your favorite character and why?
Who do you relate to in the book and how?
What life lessons do you think this book teaches?
How do you like the language/style of the book?
What is your favorite part of the story?
What is your opinion of this book?

Reply to this post with your answers/comments about this book. Happy reading!

chanel

The Book Club Introduction

This is the start of the book club for my sisters and friends who want to take part!

We will be reading the classics that im reading for my Abigail Adams Academy class. I think it will help me to get more out of each book and to allow me to share it with more of my sistas!

We will plan to finish the 1st book, "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte, by the 18th of November. We can blog about the book till the deadline and the weekend following the 18th of November we can finish any reviews of the book and move to the next. I will start a new post for each book we do so that we can all see where to post our comments and answers to the questions for that book. I would like to try to have each of us who are participating to introduce ourselves and tell why we are participating in the book club in this Introduction post.

I will go first!
I am doing the Abigail Adams class that these classic books are for because i want to improve my education of the classic and great works of our world. I home school my boys and feel that broadening my knowledge of classic works will only increase my ability to share their treasures with my kids and encourage them to read more. We can never know too much and should never stop trying to increase our knowledge and skills. I hope we can all have fun while we read these books together!

halloween 2010 contd.

candy corn witch!


the trick or treatin gang


Bill and Obama!

halloween 2010

Glenn Beck Program

 

Glenn Beck Program

Back in the middle of the country!

So we had a 3 year stint in WA state and are now back in the middle of the country!
Long story short...God confirmed to us through prayer and fasting that we were done in WA (for now) and needed to come back to this area...so we are here.
We are as busy as I ever imagined we could be and I see that life is not done testing our abilities and sanity. We are busy with newly starting Homeschool with our 3 school age boys, church responsibilities, scouting duties, work changes and life in general.
We love being back in our big house that we rehabed and has so much of our blood, sweat and tears in it. We are doing our best to help our family grow and improve in our current location, but it has been a challenge to balance everything we are taking on.
We are working together to improve our family's spiritual and social talents through church and community opportunities. Darin is constantly looking to improve our financial stability which brings an added stress to our schedule, but must be done. I am working to teach our kids the way we know they need to be in the world we live in today, according to our family's religious beliefs and practices and to continue to learn and improve myself as well. Our older boys are working to make friends and learn new things in our lessons. My 2 youngest children are learning to be big boys and to express themselves through the English language skills they are learning at a rapid pace and through exploring their boundaries in the family and in social settings.
I know that this is short and generic, but at least you get an idea of where we are in life right now. I will post more later about us, but hope this catches you up to speed.