My Review of John Adams by David McCullough Faith&books 2024-10-20 | My Review of John Adams by David McCullough
Wrap Up of September Reading Events (link to Paul Discord Discussion) Faith&books 2024-10-10 | Here's the Discord Link: discord.com/invite/Uaagv6mQ
All (I think!) the Victorian Lit I have read from 1837 to 1901 Faith&books 2024-10-08 | Katie at Books and Things inspired this project. See her video here: youtube.com/watch?v=t_LDjw44-LYRemembered another one! Tale of Two Cities by Dickens, published in 1859.Alice Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll, published 1871Another one left off the list: Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy, published 1874Shoot! Another one I forgot! He Knew He Was Right by Anthony Trollope, 1869I 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 DickensWilliam Makepeace Thackery (Rebecca and Rowena)Edward Lear (The Book of Nonsense)Frederick Marryat Elizabeth GaskellJohn Henry Cardinal Newman (Callista)Wilke CollinsThomas Hughes (Tom Brown's School Days)George EliotCharles Kingsley (The Water Babies)George MacDonaldLewis CarrollMarie Louise de la Ramee (pen name Ouida) A Dog of FlandersThomas HardyAnna Sewell (Black Beauty)Robert Lewis StevensonH. Rider Haggard (KIng Solomon's Mines)Oscar WildeJerome K. JeromeSabine Baring-Gould (In the Roar of the Sea)J. M. BarrieSir Arthur Conan DoyleGeorge Grossmith and Weedon Grossmith (The Diary of a Nobody)Rudyard KiplingG. A. Henty (Through Russian Snows and No Surrender!)Arthur Morrison (A Child of the Jago)Bram StokerElizabeth von ArnimHenry JamesJoseph ConradEdith Nesbit
Theology Bookclub News! Faith&books 2024-10-03 | 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 TBR Faith&books 2024-09-21 | This year I am going for most of the prompts.The hosts:Kate Howe youtube.com/watch?v=qCRSmcSfpeE&t=7sMarissa at Blatantly Bookish youtube.com/watch?v=CXOcNjwVnhE&t=274sKate at Books and Things youtube.com/watch?v=ynyQHVDh190Ros at Scallydandling About the Books youtube.com/watch?v=tpQbiB4d4EE
Read Smart Tag #tagtuesday Faith&books 2024-09-17 | Thank you Tahlia! youtube.com/watch?v=q1H1xTPmgEM&t=632sThe tag was created by youtube.com/@UCjAMGPtwr-mUnM9AU7mkE0A and youtube.com/@UCEqQ2Z3s40ew6FAE4QwRpXA I tag Peg at The History Shelf youtube.com/@UC90shWXVdNwYDSPfDbc4OSw Mark at Book Time with Elvis youtube.com/@BookTimewithElvisShawn at Shawn D. Standfast youtube.com/@UCvWrtV9PSjbYvFohtKAmD5Q Read Smart Tag questions: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, Eli Faith&books 2024-09-15 | We chat about our buddy read of the Aeneid (with lots of children noises in the background!)
Phenomenal Women Author Tag Faith&books 2024-09-10 | 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 LearningI 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?I forgot to say who created this tag! youtube.com/@UCeZiDCe0n2FnHtoLdUUQgDA I tag Em at Emsbooksareeverywhere youtube.com/@UC2FAsVZ57TfGnQue4S2EsIA
Richard III #Shaketember2024 Faith&books 2024-09-07 | Why do the thumbnails I try to do myself, come out sideways?
Tag Tuesday! Poetry Pop-Up: Autumn Faith&books 2024-09-03 | Ryan's channel is called Ryanreadsgreek Thank you Ryan for tagging me! youtube.com/watch?v=ZHD0RHrS5K4In Search of Wonder is the originator: youtube.com/watch?v=bravplbbCYUI tag Linda: youtube.com/@UC5hBmBGTlEuzSaDNoyZKhdw and Deirdre: youtube.com/@Eden-Restored
September tbr; #Shaketember, #RedSeptember, #McCulloughReadalong, #FramedinSeptember Faith&books 2024-08-25 | Shaketember announcement youtube.com/watch?v=TeVhBpYUQhU&t=657sRedSeptember announcement (actually this is Peg's at The History Shelf's video) youtube.com/watch?v=cTxlw-x-1V4McCollough readalong announcement youtube.com/watch?v=aBYpDuMt7_0FramedinSeptember announcement youtube.com/watch?v=_3oJceCIpBQ&t=435sLinda's review of The Letters of Vincent van Gogh youtube.com/watch?v=mHgPdZINSzY&t=5sDierdre's review of The Letters of Vincent van Gogh youtube.com/watch?v=XilZsI3S46E
Tag Tuesday! Reader Profile Tag Faith&books 2024-08-20 | Two shout outs:Tahlia Nerds Out: youtube.com/@UCZUhfVZFBU7IaoG8JQA9-iA Genre Books: youtube.com/@UCQJF8NstQyMbUiWxz2MMmhA I was wrong! This tag was originally created by Hillary Green of the channel Book Bustle youtube.com/@UCMZpbjDPHrqUDyr2HWQrATg Please feel tagged ! The Prompts: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&books 2024-08-14 | Here's the link! youtube.com/live/CVHSOzRG8l0
Live Like Jane Austen; Vintage Children’s Books Haul, quick clips from our vacation. Faith&books 2024-08-02 | ...
July mid-month reading update with a decluttering update (cameo appearance of a certain someone) Faith&books 2024-07-16 | 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 lunch Faith&books 2024-07-11 | #Sustainability July
Sustainability July Challenge! Plastic free breakfast and lunch. Faith&books 2024-07-05 | 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 BerryZero Waste Living; The 80/20 Way by Stephanie J. Miller
Live Like Jane Austen for a Day Challenge for Sustainability July! Faith&books 2024-07-01 | Plastic Free July plasticfreejuly.org
June Wrap Up, English Creek, Garden Update Faith&books 2024-06-26 | Books read in June: The Moon Spinners by Mary Stewart and English Creek by Ivan DoigTo finish in June: The Gambler by Dostoevsky (novella), Asser's Life of Alfred the Great, The Green Grass of Wyoming by Mary O'HaraOngoing: 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. White
Summer of Paul begins tomorrow June 20th! Faith&books 2024-06-19 | 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&books 2024-06-04 | I can't believe I forgot The Grapes of Wrath!Creator of June on the Range is Michael K. Vaughn: youtube.com/watch?v=Bg1eoMiWHAw
The Lord by Romano Guardini - Discord server is up! Faith&books 2024-06-01 | discord.gg/yexHMPanRomano Guardini's wikipedia entry: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romano_GuardiniSee you over at Discord, if I did things right!
May Update, June tbr; Theology Bookclub is on the way! Faith&books 2024-05-27 | Books mentioned:Semper Fidelis by Ruth DownieThe Thursday the Rabbi Walked Out by Harry KemelmanIn This House of Brede by Rumer GoddenIntroduction to Christianity by Pope Benedict XVIThe Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning by Margareta MagnussonIn the Teeth of the Evidence by Dorothy L. SayersOrphans of Empire by Helen BerryThe Letters of Vincent van GoghJune TBREnglish Creek by Ivan Doig (June on the Range)Alfred the Great, Asser's Life of King Alfred and other Contemporary SourcesThe Gambler by Fyodor DostoevskyNina Balatka and Linda Tressel by Anthony TrollopePoetryEmily Dickinson (May)Edna St. Vincent Millay (June)Theology Book ClubThe Lord by Romano Guardini (Part 1)Beginning June 20th: Epistles of Paul - Romans
Theology Book Club on Discord! Faith&books 2024-05-11 | I am going to be starting a Discord Channel at the end of May ! Join me if you are interested!
Happy Founding of Rome! #TheresnoplacelikeRome Faith&books 2024-04-21 | Mostly thoughts on Rubicon. Don’t Forget the Livestream next week! Saturday, April 27th 2 p.m. Eastern.
Birthday Weekend Vlog Faith&books 2024-04-15 | Livestream for There’s No Place Rome April 27 at 2pm Eastern
Update and all kinds of readathons for April! Faith&books 2024-03-28 | 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. WhiteTo 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=55sClimathon:Triumphal Reads: youtube.com/watch?v=DdsYGfS987I&t=417sTasmin/The Wild Island Farm: youtube.com/channel/UCca0Ws42izLQNy88Zfu3dWAPeople April:Scallydandling About The Booksyoutube.com/watch?v=C281LsPsk_cPicture This: Shelly Swearingenyoutube.com/watch?v=uzCx-b1Mym4TBR Clear Out Readathon:Katie at Books and Thingsyoutube.com/watch?v=pElOO3PrFkU&t=67sHistorathon:youtube.com/watch?v=2wpSzoIXzBA
12 shoutouts to honor 700 subscribers! Faith&books 2024-03-25 | Check these channels out!Courtney Reads: youtube.com/@CourtneyReadsUrsula's Odds and Sods*: youtube.com/channel/UCDtog1meF0kcPm2u3npXpFAReading IDEAS: youtube.com/@ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xkBookless Pete: youtube.com/@BooklessPeteAmy of Hearth Ridge: youtube.com/@amyofhearthridgeLibro Paradiso: youtube.com/@LibroParadiso-ep4ztElder Talk: youtube.com/@EldertalkBook Zealots: youtube.com/@BookZealotsKnitting, books, etc: youtube.com/@knittingbooksetc.2810Bask in the Story: youtube.com/@baskinthestoryIn Search of Wonder: youtube.com/@insearchofwonderTriumphal Reads: youtube.com/@TriumphalReads*Until this very moment I thought the channel name was Odds and Ends! I stand corrected!
A Roman St. Patrick’s Dinner Faith&books 2024-03-18 | Check out Mike Duncan’s podcast The History of Rome
It Is the Ides of March! Let’s do a tag! #Theresnoplacelikerome Faith&books 2024-03-15 | 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 corner Faith&books 2024-03-10 | There's No Place Like Rome Discord: discord.gg/rdkW6e3HVideos on Horace:Catholic Culture: youtube.com/watch?v=zNspiEIW8poSteve Donoghue youtube.com/watch?v=9zyMKQC9ZaILow Fodmaps is an acronym for:FermentableOligosaccharidesDisaccharidesMonosaccharidesAndPolyolsJohns 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 Downie Faith&books 2024-03-03 | We have a discord group! Thank you Mark! discord.com/invite/BpeRu888z8
There’s No Place Like Rome Readathon TBR! Faith&books 2024-03-01 | Discord group! discord.com/invite/BpeRu888z8There'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 seriesMy plans for There's No Place Like RomeTo read in March:The Odes of Horace Rubicon by Tom HollandPaul by N.T. WrightMedicus series by Ruth DownieTo study:Henle's Latin, Second YearTo listen:Podcast Satura Lanx (I found it on Spotify)To read in April:CatullusAugustus Caesar's World by Genevieve FosterScripture Wars by Rod BennettPlautusTerenceSeneca
2 Eliots, Nancy, Laura, Arabella and Miriam. And a crazy guy! Reading update! Faith&books 2024-02-19 | I am looking forward to March and #Theresnoplacelikerome!
January Wrap Up and February TBR Faith&books 2024-02-04 | Tom Holland and NT Wright discuss St Paul. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nlf_ULB26cU&t=41s&pp=ygUbVG9tIGhvbGxhbmQgdG9tIHdyaWdodCBwYXVsMy review of Belinda from two springs ago: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4os3WSWWQPY&pp=ygUTRmFpdGgmYm9va3MgYmVsaW5kYQ%3D%3D
Join us reading The Long Loneliness by Dorothy Day Faith&books 2024-02-01 | Host: Christy Luis Dostoevsky in Space youtube.com/@ChristyLuisDostoevskyinSpace Cohost: Carla at Raised to Walk youtube.com/@RaisedtoWalkTVCohost: Victoria at A Musical Bookworm youtube.com/@amusicalbookwormCohost: Emma at Bookish Princess youtube.com/@UC23jxU1oTtz2URY5Es8iPTA The Long Loneliness by Dorothy Day is available in paperback (also used), audible, and kindleWrap up live stream will be at Christy Luis' channel on March 24th. Victoria’s Discord: discord.gg/XAJvtGgqm8
There’s No Place Like Rome Readathon Announcement! Faith&books 2024-01-28 | 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.Thank you Co-hosts!Mark at Book Time with Elvis youtube.com/@BookTimewithElvisMatt at Bask in the Story youtube.com/@baskinthestorySteve Donoghue youtube.com/@saintdonoghueHistorathon youtube.com/watch?v=bjRS9Btfg2YWe Love Jenny youtube.com/watch?v=EHgouz9iZ0k&t=536s
Response to Jenny’s Passing; Reading Update Faith&books 2024-01-21 | Link to Rolling Roads Baptist Church Youtube Channel: youtube.com/results?search_query=rolling+roads+baptist+churchStay 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 The Unhinged Woman Book Club youtube.com/@UC7sSZmUftiJDhMm1k0R8TPA Online bookstores I mention:New York Review BooksThriftbooks.com Books mentioned:The Pushcart War by Jean MerrillThe Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha ChristieThe Mystery at Lilac Inn (Nancy Drew)Frost in May by Antonia WhiteThe Librarian Spy by Madeline MillerRachel Ray by Anthony TrollopeDaniel Deronda by George EliotSPQR by Mary BeardThe Acts of the ApostlesRoberts Burns poetryNight by Elie Wiesel The Lord by Romano GuardiniThe Lost Island by Eilis Dillon
In Praise of Jennifer Brooks Faith&books 2024-01-13 | 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 Humphries
My thoughts on Little Dorrit Faith&books 2024-01-09 | 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.
Some reading plans for the 1st half of 2024, group reads and buddy reads. Faith&books 2024-01-01 | Happy new year!
Feeling camera shy but Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Faith&books 2023-12-30 | Quick look at the books I got for Christmas from my dear husband.
