See you over at Discord, if I did things right!Wrap Up of September Reading Events (link to Paul Discord Discussion)Faith&books2024-10-10 | Here's the Discord Link: discord.com/invite/Uaagv6mQAll (I think!) the Victorian Lit I have read from 1837 to 1901Faith&books2024-10-08 | Katie at Books and Things inspired this project. See her video here: youtube.com/watch?v=t_LDjw44-LY
Remembered another one! Tale of Two Cities by Dickens, published in 1859.
Alice Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll, published 1871
Another one left off the list: Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy, published 1874
Shoot! Another one I forgot! He Knew He Was Right by Anthony Trollope, 1869
I am listing the authors since I either misnamed or mispronounced a couple of them and forgot at least one's name and forgot to mention others. Charles Dickens William Makepeace Thackery (Rebecca and Rowena) Edward Lear (The Book of Nonsense) Frederick Marryat Elizabeth Gaskell John Henry Cardinal Newman (Callista) Wilke Collins Thomas Hughes (Tom Brown's School Days) George Eliot Charles Kingsley (The Water Babies) George MacDonald Lewis Carroll Marie Louise de la Ramee (pen name Ouida) A Dog of Flanders Thomas Hardy Anna Sewell (Black Beauty) Robert Lewis Stevenson H. Rider Haggard (KIng Solomon's Mines) Oscar Wilde Jerome K. Jerome Sabine Baring-Gould (In the Roar of the Sea) J. M. Barrie Sir Arthur Conan Doyle George Grossmith and Weedon Grossmith (The Diary of a Nobody) Rudyard Kipling G. A. Henty (Through Russian Snows and No Surrender!) Arthur Morrison (A Child of the Jago) Bram Stoker Elizabeth von Arnim Henry James Joseph Conrad Edith NesbitTheology Bookclub News!Faith&books2024-10-03 | So much I meant to say and forgot! Anyway, The Epistles of Paul discussion will be Saturday, Oct 12th 5 p.m. US Eastern time, 2pm California time, 9 a.m. October 13th New Zealand time. I hope I got that right! I forgot to say where to get Compassion & Conviction. It is free on audible, though to me it is the type of book you want to physically read. You can get it used or Christian Books has it for $14.99 I believe.
My Discord is Faith&Books Theology Book Club. If you need a link, let me know. I can't remember if I opened it up to the public or not! My brain isn't functioning so well at the moment. Apologies!#Victober2024 TBRFaith&books2024-09-21 | This year I am going for most of the prompts.
1. What is your strategy to stay focused and engaged while reading?
2. How does your environment influence your focus and what can you do to optimize it?
3. What methods do you use to retain and recall information from what you've read?
4. How do you approach difficult or challenging material?
5. What role do note-taking and annotation play in your reading process?
6. How do you balance reading for pleasure with reading for personal or professional development?
7. What is the importance of setting reading goals?
8. What are some strategies for overcoming reading slumps or lack of motivation?Review of The Aeneid with my son, EliFaith&books2024-09-15 | We chat about our buddy read of the Aeneid (with lots of children noises in the background!)Phenomenal Women Author TagFaith&books2024-09-10 | I was looking for my phone while recording on my phone! Hahahahaha!!!
Savronarola! That's the guy I couldn't think of from Renaissance Florence!
The influential essay by Sayers was The Lost Tools of Learning
I was a bit of a mess in this video. LOL. Lots of senior moments.
Here are the prompts:
Prompts:
1.Who is your favorite phenomenal woman author?
2. What book features your favorite phenomenal woman character?
3. If you were creating a book prize, which book by a phenomenal woman author would you choose?
1. What for you makes a good book? 2. What are you currently reading? 3. What's the last book you didn't finish and why? 4. What obscure book do you wish other people would read? 5. What's the longest book you've ever read? 6. If you could have a dinner party with five fictional characters, who would they be? 7. Five books you'd want if stranded on a desert island. 8. One book you could not put down. 9. Five books or authors you will never read. 10. If you were to write a book, what would it be about? 11. Tag some people.Announcement video! Red September tbr live!Faith&books2024-08-14 | Here's the link! youtube.com/live/CVHSOzRG8l0I vlogged yesterday!Faith&books2024-08-07 | ...Live Like Jane Austen; Vintage Children’s Books Haul, quick clips from our vacation.Faith&books2024-08-02 | ...The Outermost House, A Poem, August PlansFaith&books2024-07-29 | ...July mid-month reading update with a decluttering update (cameo appearance of a certain someone)Faith&books2024-07-16 | I have read 47 books so far this year! That’s amazing to me!Zero Waste Living and Decluttering at the Speed of Life, vlogging plastic free lunchFaith&books2024-07-11 | #Sustainability JulySustainability July Challenge! Plastic free breakfast and lunch.Faith&books2024-07-05 | One thing I am doing for Sustainability July is to try to come up with three meals that I can make that are (relatively) plastic free. This is something that will take brainstorming and refining as I go along. It just occurred to me that I could make the toppings for the bruschetta without having to buy jars (but in my world, where I am not much of a cook, buying in jars is probably more realistic anyway).
Visit the plasticfreejuly.com site to find out more about trying to reduce our consumption of plastic.
Two books I am reading for Sustainability July are: Essays from The Gift of Good Land by Wendell Berry Zero Waste Living; The 80/20 Way by Stephanie J. MillerLive Like Jane Austen for a Day Challenge for Sustainability July!Faith&books2024-07-01 | Plastic Free July plasticfreejuly.orgJune Wrap Up, English Creek, Garden UpdateFaith&books2024-06-26 | Books read in June: The Moon Spinners by Mary Stewart and English Creek by Ivan Doig
To finish in June: The Gambler by Dostoevsky (novella), Asser's Life of Alfred the Great, The Green Grass of Wyoming by Mary O'Hara
Ongoing: The Letters of Vincent van Gogh, The Lord by Romano Guardini and the Epistles of Paul (right now focusing on Romans).
Decluttering at the Speed of Life by Dana K. WhiteSummer of Paul begins tomorrow June 20th!Faith&books2024-06-19 | This reading event goes from June 20th to September 22. That's about 32 weeks and we have 14 Epistles to read. If you are interested in joining in, please go to my Discord at this link discord.gg/6tVpfApz I have to know you or you have to introduce yourself in order to be included in the reading group.Westerns I Have Known and Loved (from an ignorant Easterner)Faith&books2024-06-04 | I can't believe I forgot The Grapes of Wrath!
Creator of June on the Range is Michael K. Vaughn: youtube.com/watch?v=Bg1eoMiWHAwMay Update, June tbr; Theology Bookclub is on the way!Faith&books2024-05-27 | Books mentioned: Semper Fidelis by Ruth Downie The Thursday the Rabbi Walked Out by Harry Kemelman In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden Introduction to Christianity by Pope Benedict XVI The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning by Margareta Magnusson In the Teeth of the Evidence by Dorothy L. Sayers Orphans of Empire by Helen Berry The Letters of Vincent van Gogh
June TBR English Creek by Ivan Doig (June on the Range) Alfred the Great, Asser's Life of King Alfred and other Contemporary Sources The Gambler by Fyodor Dostoevsky Nina Balatka and Linda Tressel by Anthony Trollope
Poetry Emily Dickinson (May) Edna St. Vincent Millay (June)
Theology Book Club The Lord by Romano Guardini (Part 1) Beginning June 20th: Epistles of Paul - RomansTheology Book Club on Discord!Faith&books2024-05-11 | I am going to be starting a Discord Channel at the end of May ! Join me if you are interested!May Plans, Garden Update, Chickens and E.B. White’s One Man’s MeatFaith&books2024-05-01 | ...Theres No Place Like Rome | LivestreamFaith&books2024-04-28 | ...Happy Founding of Rome! #TheresnoplacelikeRomeFaith&books2024-04-21 | Mostly thoughts on Rubicon. Don’t Forget the Livestream next week! Saturday, April 27th 2 p.m. Eastern.Birthday Weekend VlogFaith&books2024-04-15 | Livestream for There’s No Place Rome April 27 at 2pm EasternA little vlog. From belief to wall paper!Faith&books2024-04-06 | ...Update and all kinds of readathons for April!Faith&books2024-03-28 | I forgot to mention three more books for April: The Mandelbaum Gate by Muriel Spark for the Faded Pages Book Club and my theology read for the 50 days of the Easter Season, a reread of The Introduction to Christianity by Pope Benedict XVI and a book I have on my kindle for People April, One Man's Meat by E. B. White
To view the Stations of the Cross set against the backdrop of the Colosseum, check out either EWTN or Vatican News here on youtube. It takes place at 9:15 p.m. Rome time but at 4:15 a.m. East Coast time (which is my time zone).
Readathons mentioned: There's No Place Like Rome Readathon (March and April). If you are new here, I will just link to my own announcement video: youtube.com/watch?v=qcnq-iKEEkU&t=55s
*Until this very moment I thought the channel name was Odds and Ends! I stand corrected!A Roman St. Patrick’s DinnerFaith&books2024-03-18 | Check out Mike Duncan’s podcast The History of RomeIt Is the Ides of March! Let’s do a tag! #TheresnoplacelikeromeFaith&books2024-03-15 | You are tagged!
There’s No Place Like Rome Tag! 1. Palatine Hill – where Rome started and where all roads would eventually lead! If you have been to Rome, tell us some of the highlights. If you haven’t been, what would you most like to see? 2. Esquiline Hill – Home of Nero’s golden palace. It is said that Nero fiddled while Rome burned. The only trouble is the fiddle wasn’t invented until the early 1500s! What surprising thing have you learned (or unlearned) about the Ancient Romans? 3. Capitoline Hill – Et tu, Brute? What work have you read that portrays a terrible betrayal? Bonus points if it has to do with the Ancient World! 4. Aventine Hill – where the Plebeians lived. From their great struggle came some noble ideas. What is your favorite work of literature from Ancient Rome? 5. Caelian Hill – where the rich lived. What is your richest (or favorite) resource about Ancient Rome? 6. Quirinal Hill – the highest hill with the best views. What is your favorite novel or work set in Rome? 7. Viminal Hill – the smallest of the hills, so we’ll just go with a motto or slogan! What is your favorite Latin saying?
Check out The Great Courses for lectures on the Romans (and lots of other things besides!Reading Update! St Patrick-Roman style, vlogging about low fodmaps cooking, a new reading cornerFaith&books2024-03-10 | There's No Place Like Rome Discord: discord.gg/rdkW6e3H
Low Fodmaps is an acronym for: Fermentable Oligosaccharides Disaccharides Monosaccharides And Polyols
Johns Hopkins is a good resource on the low fodmaps diet as is Monash University in Australia.
I vlogged a lot more about low fodmaps cooking but I just decided to arbitrarily pick a couple of shorts to add in to this video.#Theresnoplacelikerome My thoughts on SPQR by Mary Beard and Medicus by Ruth DownieFaith&books2024-03-03 | We have a discord group! Thank you Mark! discord.com/invite/BpeRu888z8There’s No Place Like Rome Readathon TBR!Faith&books2024-03-01 | Discord group! discord.com/invite/BpeRu888z8
There's No Place Like Rome Readathon takes place in March and April and it focuses on reading about, from, or set in Ancient Rome (753 BC - 476 AD). Read something about Rome and you're in!
ruthdownie.com This is the site for the Medicus mystery series
My plans for There's No Place Like Rome
To read in March: The Odes of Horace Rubicon by Tom Holland Paul by N.T. Wright Medicus series by Ruth Downie
To study: Henle's Latin, Second Year
To listen: Podcast Satura Lanx (I found it on Spotify)
To read in April: Catullus Augustus Caesar's World by Genevieve Foster Scripture Wars by Rod Bennett Plautus Terence Seneca2 Eliots, Nancy, Laura, Arabella and Miriam. And a crazy guy! Reading update!Faith&books2024-02-19 | I am looking forward to March and #Theresnoplacelikerome!January Wrap Up and February TBRFaith&books2024-02-04 | Tom Holland and NT Wright discuss St Paul. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nlf_ULB26cU&t=41s&pp=ygUbVG9tIGhvbGxhbmQgdG9tIHdyaWdodCBwYXVs
The Long Loneliness by Dorothy Day is available in paperback (also used), audible, and kindle
Wrap up live stream will be at Christy Luis' channel on March 24th.
Victoria’s Discord: discord.gg/XAJvtGgqm8There’s No Place Like Rome Readathon Announcement!Faith&books2024-01-28 | Details! A readathon in March and April when you read something about, from, or set in Ancient Rome (753 BC to 476 AD). We'll be celebrating the Ides of March and the founding of the City of Rome on April 21st. Livestream the last weekend of April, date and time TBA.
Conveniently overlaps with Historathon, March of the Mammoths, March Mystery Madness and Middle Grade March! Also with the We Love Jenny readathon as well. I don't know if anyone has announced the March events but I will link to the announcement videos for Historathon and We Love Jenny.
Stay tuned for Christy Luis' We Love Jenny readathon. Announcement shortly.
I could not find the video I saw last night at Mariana Mas Books about Jennifer Brooks but let me link to Mariana's channel anyway. youtube.com/@UC3jnM2d7-qxf8YjV2QwmYNA
Online bookstores I mention: New York Review Books Thriftbooks.com
Books mentioned: The Pushcart War by Jean Merrill The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie The Mystery at Lilac Inn (Nancy Drew) Frost in May by Antonia White The Librarian Spy by Madeline Miller Rachel Ray by Anthony Trollope Daniel Deronda by George Eliot SPQR by Mary Beard The Acts of the Apostles Roberts Burns poetry Night by Elie Wiesel The Lord by Romano Guardini The Lost Island by Eilis DillonIn Praise of Jennifer BrooksFaith&books2024-01-13 | Upon the sudden and tragic passing of a wonderful young booktuber, I wanted to remember her and publicly appreciate her. Requiescat in pace, Jennifer. You are missed.
Ovid's Metamorphoses translated by Rolfe HumphriesMy thoughts on Little DorritFaith&books2024-01-09 | I just found out that Jennifer Brooks passed away. I am so saddened by this. The last time I mentioned Little Dorrit to anyone on booktube was on a livestream where we were discussing Dickens and Jennifer was there talking about how she hadn't read Little Dorrit yet. She had been putting out so many videos lately and I was really enjoying her content. She was so smart and so insightful. And she had a great sense of humor too. I really feel her loss and pray for her family.Poetry Plans for 2024Faith&books2024-01-07 | Check out Nicole at A Day of Small ThingsA quick retrospective of 2023Faith&books2024-01-03 | ...Some reading plans for the 1st half of 2024, group reads and buddy reads.Faith&books2024-01-01 | Happy new year!Feeling camera shy but Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!Faith&books2023-12-30 | Quick look at the books I got for Christmas from my dear husband.Finished 2 books! Update, vlog about Advent and 1940s costume partyFaith&books2023-12-11 | ...