Animal Farm by George Orwell - link to my post (own copy, probably received from my mom)
Know and Tell by Karen Glass - link to my post (purchased copy)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Over the Moon by Frank Cottrell Boyce - This is the third of a recent trilogy about the original Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. It was fun, and delightfully read by David Tennant, but I think Kansas Dad and I were happy when it was over. The very best part of the audiobook was the censored bit. (purchased Audible book)
Middlemarch by George Eliot - link to my post (library copy)
The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge - The children loved this book which is kind of like a fairy tale. It bothered me how often they criticized the main character for being curious and talked about how it was a common fault of girls and women. There are also a couple of adults in the town who ask Maria to keep secrets from her guardian and her governess; that sort of thing always makes me feel uncomfortable, even when the secrets are innocuous. Also, the heroine is thirteen years old but marries her cousin at the end of the book (maybe a year older?), which was weird. The book we owned also ruined the surprise of the white horse by putting a unicorn on the cover. I would say it's an acceptable book, but I wouldn't read it aloud again. (purchased used)
Litany of the Long Sun by Gene Wolfe - I took this book on vacation with us and was dismayed to realized I'd already read it. However, I had nothing else to read and, once I started, was entertained enough to finish it. (Kansas Dad's copy)
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman - link to my post (library copy)
Books in Progress (and date started)
- Norton Anthology of English Literature Vol. 2 (sixth edition) (August 2014)
- A Century of Sonnets edited by Feldman and Robinson (May 2017)
- The Power of Silence by Robert Cardinal Sarah (December 2017)
- In the Steps of the Master by H.V. Morton (February 2018)
- History's Great Military Blunders and the Lessons they Teach from The Great Courses (February 2018, listening with the older two or three)
- Ember Rising by S.D. Smith (March 2018, listening with the kids)
- Mission: Jimmy Stewart and the Fight for Europe by Robert Matzen (May 2018)
- Beauty for Truth's Sake: On the Re-enchantment of Education by Stratford Caldecott (May 2018)
- Echoes: Poems Left Behind by John Ciardi (June 2018)
These reports are my honest opinions.
