Monthly Archives: June 2008

Thoughts on Prince Caspian
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Posted on June 27, 2008 by

My husband has been away this week. Here’s what this has meant for me: I miss him. The girls miss him. I get to read in the evening without the television being on. I’ve discovered that though I’m allegedly a grown-up, I’m still afraid of the dark. A little. It makes noises louder – especially when reading … Continue reading →

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The Red Castle Women
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Posted on June 26, 2008 by

As a matter of curiosity, I requested this book through interlibrary loan back in the fall. It was one that I’d read and reread as an eighth grader after the school librarian recommended it to me. Somewhere in the dim recesses of my mind, I remembered bits and pieces from the book, and I wanted … Continue reading →

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Mitchell’s Book of Job
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Posted on June 16, 2008 by

I bought this book on the strength of the excerpts in Bill McKibben’s Comforting Whirlwind: God, Job and the Scale of Creation. The translation was such a rich, vivid rendering of the poetry that I wanted an extended experience of it. Turns out that Mitchell’s interpretive introduction was equally rewarding. Mitchell considers the work on … Continue reading →

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Celebrate the Author: Chris Van Allsburg
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Posted on June 12, 2008 by

I’m not exactly an expert on Chris Van Allsburg. My first acquaintance with him was The Polar Express, long before it became Hollywood fare. I think it was my mother, then a kindergarten teacher, who introduced me to the book when I was in college, and I thought it was great. After my daughter experienced … Continue reading →

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Certain Women
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Posted on June 10, 2008 by

Sometimes I like books without any idea why. Madeleine L’Engle’s Certain Women is about an actress who returns to attend to her dying father, a stage actor who reviews his life through the lens of a role he longed to play, but never did — that of the biblical King David. If you ask me … Continue reading →

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