Welcome to Reading Revisited, a place for friends to enjoy some good old-fashioned book chat while revisiting the truth, beauty, and goodness we’ve found in our favorite books.
1. Walter Scott is wonderful. I’ve been reading through his works ever since we honeymooned in Scotland and I’ve enjoyed them all immensely.
2. LOTR is a fall read for me usually
3. I read All the Light We Cannot See and because of it I read 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea as a result. I would love to discuss it with other people-I vote it in!
4. If you want another parenting memoir set in Europe I recommend Paris to the Moon
5. Summer reads: Emma (key scene of the picnic, lots of outdoor time in general) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (adventure story, wonder of childhood as well as the coming of age-both very summer things), Charlotte’s Web (outdoorsy, climactic scenes at a fair), Delta Wedding (summer setting, focus on a wedding and family tensions when they get together-a very summer thing), Manalive (adventurous, a hopefulness to it, romance), Love Among the Ruins (Summer setting, southern gothic Catholic novel in the tradition of Flannery)
2. I concur...Hannah says you have to start on Hobbit day....but I think I missed it this year!
3. This could be a super fun modern read!
4. Added to a list!
5. I had not read any Eudora Welty yet! And I really want to love Walker Percy...tell me more! I read The Last Gentleman and was left not knowing what to do with it. I have a copy of Love Among the Ruins but haven't feel like I wanted to pick it up yet!
1. He’s fantastic, and also a great fall read author-The Bride of Lammermoor in particular has gothic elements to it, though Waverly remains my favorite.
3. It would be!
4. I just found his NYC “sequel” at a used book fair too so I’m pumped.
5. I started with Love Among the Ruins and got more out of it with rereads-first time reading of any of his books I think the shock value/plotting is overwhelming. That being said it’s one of those rare books that is way outside my normal reading wheelhouse I unexpectedly loved. He’s an author (as I mentioned last night) that needs to bed read with reading guides etc to help.
1. Walter Scott is wonderful. I’ve been reading through his works ever since we honeymooned in Scotland and I’ve enjoyed them all immensely.
2. LOTR is a fall read for me usually
3. I read All the Light We Cannot See and because of it I read 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea as a result. I would love to discuss it with other people-I vote it in!
4. If you want another parenting memoir set in Europe I recommend Paris to the Moon
5. Summer reads: Emma (key scene of the picnic, lots of outdoor time in general) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (adventure story, wonder of childhood as well as the coming of age-both very summer things), Charlotte’s Web (outdoorsy, climactic scenes at a fair), Delta Wedding (summer setting, focus on a wedding and family tensions when they get together-a very summer thing), Manalive (adventurous, a hopefulness to it, romance), Love Among the Ruins (Summer setting, southern gothic Catholic novel in the tradition of Flannery)
1. I really need to read Walter Scott!
2. I concur...Hannah says you have to start on Hobbit day....but I think I missed it this year!
3. This could be a super fun modern read!
4. Added to a list!
5. I had not read any Eudora Welty yet! And I really want to love Walker Percy...tell me more! I read The Last Gentleman and was left not knowing what to do with it. I have a copy of Love Among the Ruins but haven't feel like I wanted to pick it up yet!
1. He’s fantastic, and also a great fall read author-The Bride of Lammermoor in particular has gothic elements to it, though Waverly remains my favorite.
3. It would be!
4. I just found his NYC “sequel” at a used book fair too so I’m pumped.
5. I started with Love Among the Ruins and got more out of it with rereads-first time reading of any of his books I think the shock value/plotting is overwhelming. That being said it’s one of those rare books that is way outside my normal reading wheelhouse I unexpectedly loved. He’s an author (as I mentioned last night) that needs to bed read with reading guides etc to help.