Spring Reading Update | Your Morning Basket

Reading has been going well the past month. I am really enjoying digging into a good book.

What I finished this month

The Lonesome Gods — Oh my goodness I enjoyed this Louis L’Amour book so much more than I thought I would. I think all Californians should read it for the interesting history alone. I fell in love with Johannes Verne. Favorite passage:

“How young is too young to begin to discover the power and beauty of words? Perhaps he will not understand, but there is a clash of shields and a call of trumpets in those lines. One cannot begin too young nor linger too long with learning.

Who know how much he will remember? Who knows how deep the intellect? In some year yet unborn he may hear those words again, or read them, and find in them something hauntingly familiar, as of something long ago heard and only half-remembered.”

Consider This — This was such a game-changer for me. I loved every minute of it and am now exploring Charlotte more.

A Charlotte Mason Education — I don’t recommend this one for Charlotte’s principles (I recommend you go to Brandy for that!) but for a quick look at her practices it was fine. Not my favorite CM resource.

The Tempest — Read this one for my local mom’s book club. It is not my favorite Shakespeare. I find it hard to find someone to really root for in this one. I highly recommend reading it while listening to the Arkangel Audio Production. Which is totally what I did and not considered cheating at all.

The Lonesome Gods: An Epic Novel of the California DesertPin Consider This: Charlotte Mason and the Classical TraditionPin A Charlotte Mason Education: A Home Schooling How-To ManualPin The Tempest (No Fear Shakespeare)Pin

What I am reading

Plugging away and I only added one to the list!

More Charlotte Mason Education — Deeper and better than the first one so far.

Raising Kids Who Read — I am a Willingham fan from Why Students Don’t Like School. He throws a ton of data at you, but in a completely readable way and with action items. My kind of read.

Steal the Show — Public speaking is going to be a major goal of mine in my business next year. This is how I am getting ready.

Rediscover Jesus — A good Catholic would have finished this during Lent. I guess we know what that means. Ahem.

Norms and Nobility — So after reading the Plato book I think I could go back to the first couple of chapters of this one and it would make so much more sense. I am going to pick it up again.

A Morbid Taste for Bones — Cadfael is a favorite of Jessica’s. I really do want to finish this one.

Poldark — Started this one a couple of months ago because I enjoyed the miniseries so much. I just need to buy my own copy. I was perfectly content to read it before it had to go back to the library.

Hannah Coulter — Listening to this one on Audible. It’s good.

Raising Kids Who Read: What Parents and Teachers Can DoPin Steal the Show: From Speeches to Job Interviews to Deal-Closing Pitches, How to Guarantee a Standing Ovation for All the Performances in Your LifePin Rediscover JesusPin Norms and Nobility: A Treatise on EducationPin A Morbid Taste for Bones (Brother Cadfael Chronicles)Pin Ross Poldark: A Novel of Cornwall, 1783-1787Pin Hannah CoulterPin More Charlotte Mason Education: A Home Schooling How-To ManualPin

Current read aloud

PinAlmost done with Begin, the first book in the Growly Adventures.

We are enjoying this delightful tale of a bear on a journey, and I have no doubt that the sequels, including the soon-to-be-released Haven will be added to our read aloud pile.

My to-read list

Seriously, I have a major list to work through. But when those are done, these are the next ones on my list.

New Seeds of ContemplationPin Till We Have Faces: A Myth RetoldPin Kristin Lavransdatter I: The Wreath (Penguin Classics)Pin The Ignatian Adventure: Experiencing the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius in Daily LifePin Understood BetsyPin Hornblower: Beat to Quarters (Hornblower Saga)Pin The Living Page: Keeping Notebooks with Charlotte MasonPin Notes from a Small IslandPin

We had some great reading suggestions in last month’s comments. What are you reading?

Linking up with Wednesdays with Words over a Ladydusk. Now you can see what everyone is reading.

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Pam is the author of The Your Morning Basket Guide and Plan Your Year: Homeschool Planning for Purpose and Peace. She also is the host of three popular podcasts -- The Homeschool Snapshots Podcast, Your Morning Basket, and The Homeschool Solutions Show. She lives in the Deep South with her husband and three kids, where she is the go-to lady for great curriculum recommendations or a just a pep talk on a rough day.