June was a good reading month for me. I read at least 3 excellent books, one frivolous book, a political treatise and a strange book of stories by Arthur Quiller-Couch best known as the best editor of the The New Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1918
and lovingly referred to by his fans as Q. I highly recommend his Cambridge Lectures Series' The Art of Reading and The Art of Writing. I don't highly recommend Noughts and Crosses unless you are a die-hard.The most thought provoking book of the month was, without a doubt, Suite Francaise, the easiest to read was The Welsh Girl, the most enjoyable: Katherine. The Maltese Falcon was surprisingly boring and almost seemed like a parody of itself. I guess I prefer British mysteries. Liberty and Tyranny was good but not nearly as compelling as Jonah Goldberg's Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Change
, which I think is a must-read as does Thomas Sowell, so there is no argument.
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From your last paragraph, I'm glad to see you were able to get through more than a chapter of SF and TWG! :-) I have K waiting for me and I'm reading *The Kitchen Boy* (about the murder of the Tsar and family) just now. Happy Reading!
Cindy,
I just got The Winter King from PPS. Looks like a fun, easy read. This is why I never have anything to say on our reading list. I only have time to read the books already recommended.
There is a chance the blog was backed up and if so I will repost some of the better things here. Also most of my MT posts are up on the Morning Time Moms blog which I just stored there. Not a real active blog.
I read Suite Francaise because you had started it. And Liberal Fascism is on my shelf, waiting, because of your recommendation (among others).
I'm doing pretty well at "cleaning up" my TBR pile.
In getting the "B List" books read and out, I'm acting like I have 40 more years to live. Perhaps I should concentrate only on the best ones (or my perception of such). I think I'm getting too philosophical.
I loved this post, Ms. Cindy. Is baseball over for your family?
Do you think Liberal Fascism deserves more attention? Like a month-long book club discussion in the Fall?
I have been out of town all week.
Dana, I would love to have a book discussion on LF because of the wonderful historical perspective of the book which dovetails nicely with those of us reading and watching WWI and WWII things but I am also a little bit concerned that it will open up a can of worms because much of what he says also applies to small groups who become fascist in order to control their members something that hits too close to the homeschool community.
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