Christie's Manifest

I'm up way too late, but I wanted to fit a quick post in as I'm hoping my dedication will revive this lovely bloggy.

I'm still reading The Sun Also Rises. I have a feeling it will take me awhile as I've been keeping busy with other things and staying up too late, which equals being too tired to read when I finally do get in bed.

I hope you all are reading something lovely in between all your other bits of life!

Christie's Top 100

Well hello!

I'm actually reading one of the Top 100 books. #18 to be exact: The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway.

To be honest, I've kind of had a hard time following it. It's like the sentences are all chopped together and the story is rushed along in short chapters.

Maybe I need to drink in order to really get it.

Ha, we all know that's not going to happen, so I'll just keep enjoying it and trying to understand it as best I can... I hope you all are doing the same with some book or another!

Christie's Top 100 Thursday

Wow, I'm actually going to be reading a book from the Top 100 list!

I haven't started yet, but plan to start tonight or this weekend. Grama gave me a book of four Ernest Hemingway books for Christmas and I'm finally diving in. All four books are on our Top 100 list and I'm going to start at the front with The Sun Also Rises, which is #18 on our list.

I hope everyone else is fitting plenty of reading in, even if you aren't able to share here!

Christie's Finished

I finished Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. I got a lot more out of it than I anticipated. I don't want to share too much in case someone else decides to read it, but definitely read the last part (Dr. Jekyll's explanation of the happenings) carefully to get the most from the story and the examination of good verses evil.

I'm reading the last few stories that are included in the same book, but they're short so I'll move on quickly. I'm not sure what I'm going to read next, but a trip to the library is likely in the next week or so.

Happy Reading!

Karen's BACK!

It's been a million years since I posted, but here it goes again! I'm not prepared for a Tuesday post, but I will say that I am re-reading the Lord of the Rings trilogy. I've been working on it for a while and haven't gotten far, but now that I've settled in I will be better at reading and posting and all that.

Christie's Treasure

From the August 30 devotional in Hope for Each Day: Words of Wisdom and Faith, by Billy Graham:

"We Christians should stand out like sparkling diamonds against a dark velvet background" (p. 265).