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posticon If you like historical fiction... - Katie Von Bora - (1) - 10/17/09 04:18 PM
    Vivaldi? SCANDALS? - Merrily Spinning - 10/17/09 04:17 PM
3rd Quarter -- Worthwhile Reading Challenge - Merrily Spinning - (11) - 10/04/09 10:26 PM
    I can't believe summer is really, truly over - Merrily Spinning - 09/30/09 03:54 PM
    I'm involuntarily reading Spinoza's Ethics - lonely robot - 09/30/09 07:48 PM
       It sounds challenging to me - Merrily Spinning - 09/30/09 08:53 PM
          I watched the anime... - lonely robot - 09/30/09 09:01 PM
             Yes, yes you've got to read it - Merrily Spinning - 09/30/09 09:45 PM
    Ha! I made approximately a month LOL - ladydusk1 - 09/30/09 07:59 PM
       Dawn, if you're doing any serious reading at all at this point in your life.... - Goldberry of Withywindle - 10/01/09 10:20 AM
          I remember those days - Merrily Spinning - 10/01/09 03:43 PM
    Oh, Waugh is me. - Goldberry of Withywindle - 10/01/09 10:18 AM
       Empires of the Word sounds very interesting - Merrily Spinning - 10/01/09 03:53 PM
          Re: 3rd Quarter -- Worthwhile Reading Challenge - aragorn10027 - 10/04/09 10:26 PM
2nd quarter update -- Worthwhile Reading Challenge 2009 - Merrily Spinning - (19) - 10/03/09 01:44 PM
    More success this quarter - Merrily Spinning - 06/25/09 12:45 PM
       Our group finished Pride and Prejudice... - aragorn10027 - 07/22/09 12:09 AM
          I have never finished a Dickens novel - Merrily Spinning - 07/22/09 08:38 AM
             Oliver Twist was a serial - aragorn10027 - 07/22/09 01:57 PM
                Apparently the Zombies were popular... - aragorn10027 - 07/22/09 02:00 PM
                If you figure out Dickens' strengths, let me know. - Goldberry of Withywindle - 08/26/09 10:59 AM
                   Just yesterday I read Chesterton's appreciation... - aragorn10027 - 08/26/09 05:57 PM
                   Someone once refered to Austen as the female Dickens of our letters - AsinusSpinasMasticans - 09/24/09 07:37 PM
                      I'm no feminist, but.... - Goldberry of Withywindle - 09/25/09 08:15 AM
                      I was thinking of honor due, not correspondence - AsinusSpinasMasticans - 09/25/09 11:01 AM
                         Fair enough, then. Objection withdrawn. :-) - Goldberry of Withywindle - 09/25/09 11:11 AM
                   Would "P & P" be a good place to start?... - Kootenay Badger - 09/27/09 06:46 PM
                      P&P is definitely the place to start. - Goldberry of Withywindle - 09/29/09 10:43 AM
                         Our Library had a sale... - Kootenay Badger - 10/02/09 12:11 AM
                            The BBC one isn't bad at all. - Goldberry of Withywindle - 10/02/09 10:27 AM
                            You're in for a treat - Merrily Spinning - 10/02/09 12:59 PM
                               Check this out: - Kootenay Badger - 10/03/09 10:30 AM
                                  Drooooooool. ~nt~ - Goldberry of Withywindle - 10/03/09 01:44 PM
    Re: 2nd quarter update -- Worthwhile Reading Challenge 2009 - aragorn10027 - 09/26/09 08:29 PM
posticon Has anyone ever read this book? - docs1 - (9) - 09/29/09 09:27 PM
    Susan Wise Bauer quoted from it in a talk I was at ... - ladydusk1 - 09/24/09 08:37 PM
    There is a need for the teaching of logic. - Goldberry of Withywindle - 09/25/09 08:02 AM
       Good points about the relation of wisdom to logic - On the Road to Emmaus - 09/25/09 09:34 AM
          Good point back atcha. ~nt~ - Goldberry of Withywindle - 09/25/09 09:58 AM
       I've had my kids in an online logic class - Merrily Spinning - 09/25/09 12:40 PM
    I haven't read it - lonely robot - 09/25/09 09:39 PM
       Recommendations - docs1 - 09/27/09 09:35 AM
          It's hard to make recommendations - lonely robot - 09/27/09 06:19 PM
             Re: Has anyone ever read this book? - aragorn10027 - 09/29/09 09:26 PM
Surprised by the Power of the Spirit, by Jack Deere - On the Road to Emmaus - (1) - 09/25/09 02:16 PM
    I read it about five years ago - AsinusSpinasMasticans - 09/25/09 02:11 PM
posticon Amazing story - Dewydd - (0) - 08/25/09 02:36 PM
Jane, I've started reading Tuchman's _A Distant Mirror_ - Merrily Spinning - (0) - 07/12/09 04:54 PM
Praise for the Brothers Karamazov (spoilers safe for the other person here who hasn't read it) - Jephthahs Vow - (9) - 06/30/09 09:10 PM
    That'd be me - Merrily Spinning - 06/24/09 07:40 AM
       My bit of Philistine advice. - Goldberry of Withywindle - 06/24/09 10:38 AM
          Thanks for the tip - Merrily Spinning - 06/24/09 11:08 AM
          Everyone's tastes are different - Jephthahs Vow - 06/26/09 04:22 PM
             Jane and I have discussed that Perelandra scene - Merrily Spinning - 06/26/09 08:11 PM
             Well, I am not saying it is not good or worthwhile. - Goldberry of Withywindle - 06/29/09 08:59 AM
                I wasn't criticizing you - Jephthahs Vow - 06/29/09 08:33 PM
                   I didn't think you were.... - Goldberry of Withywindle - 06/30/09 03:26 PM
                      I'm almost done with it now - Jephthahs Vow - 06/30/09 09:10 PM
Hot Topic w/ No New Posts posticon Watcha reading? - Kootenay Badger - (29) - 05/22/09 01:33 PM
    LOL see the next thread down. ~nt~ - Goldberry of Withywindle - 03/27/09 12:51 PM
       Sorry ya'll - blame my week long headache! - Kootenay Badger - 03/30/09 08:21 PM
    What! - Vogon Poet - 03/27/09 02:38 PM
       It's Derek Thomas' fault. ~nt~ - Goldberry of Withywindle - 03/27/09 03:42 PM
       It gets worse, bro... - Kootenay Badger - 03/30/09 08:24 PM
       How heavy is it, Keith? - Katie Von Bora - 04/01/09 08:10 AM
          About three pounds - Vogon Poet - 04/01/09 11:25 AM
       Re: Watcha reading? - AsinusSpinasMasticans - 04/01/09 09:41 AM
          The new book - Vogon Poet - 04/01/09 11:27 AM
             From your description, it would be a good book to pick up - AsinusSpinasMasticans - 04/01/09 12:11 PM
    My mother, who was well versed in history... - Katie Von Bora - 04/01/09 08:07 AM
    Well, the opposite argument is... - Goldberry of Withywindle - 04/01/09 10:57 AM
       By the same token... - Katie Von Bora - 04/02/09 07:26 AM
          By trivial I meant.... - Goldberry of Withywindle - 04/02/09 08:21 AM
             Funny thing about Austria-Hungary... - Kootenay Badger - 04/02/09 08:27 AM
                But then that's the reality: - Katie Von Bora - 04/02/09 01:23 PM
             Re: Watcha reading? - Katie Von Bora - 04/02/09 01:20 PM
    recent Ferguson speech/ audio and transcript - Dewydd - 04/26/09 02:09 PM
    Tim Keller's "The Reason for God" - Perisseuo - 04/27/09 09:03 AM
    Current reads - Covenanter - 04/27/09 05:47 PM
    Re: Watcha reading? - Perisseuo - 04/29/09 04:12 PM
    Re: Watcha reading? - whitway1611 - 04/30/09 02:47 PM
       What did you think of Hart's book? - klabbott - 04/30/09 06:14 PM
    Several Books - Vogon Poet - 05/01/09 07:07 AM
    I'll Sleep When I'm Dead - earl40 - 05/05/09 11:37 AM
    We just started reading "Pride and Prejudice," - aragorn10027 - 05/17/09 07:26 PM
       P & P - earl40 - 05/20/09 09:20 AM
          That is so bizarre - Merrily Spinning - 05/20/09 12:50 PM
    Re: Watcha reading? - heartjoys - 05/22/09 01:33 PM
Norman Shepherd's New Book - whitway - (0) - 04/16/09 06:40 AM
posticon My new book...finally coming out. - Vogon Poet - (16) - 04/05/09 01:09 AM
    That was Moosebugs, of course - wormjacob - 02/02/09 01:01 PM
       Thanks - Vogon Poet - 02/02/09 01:32 PM
    You're ahead of the curve. - moosebugs - 02/02/09 01:02 PM
    And congratulations, of course! - moosebugs - 02/02/09 01:05 PM
       Thanks - Vogon Poet - 02/02/09 01:34 PM
       Thomas' plug is glowing, indeed. - Goldberry of Withywindle - 02/02/09 01:41 PM
          There was one five dollar word. - Vogon Poet - 02/02/09 02:29 PM
             Re: My new book...finally coming out. - James Horgan - 02/17/09 11:29 AM
                In that case, it's all good. - Goldberry of Withywindle - 02/17/09 07:59 PM
    I finally have it in hand! - Vogon Poet - 03/10/09 03:07 PM
       Who do you recommend - Perisseuo - 03/10/09 03:08 PM
          Re: My new book...finally coming out. - Vogon Poet - 03/10/09 03:14 PM
             Re: My new book...finally coming out. - Perisseuo - 03/12/09 07:19 AM
                Of course! - Vogon Poet - 03/13/09 06:19 AM
                Or you could try to win one - ladydusk1 - 03/13/09 02:39 PM
    I ordered a copy last week - Irenicum - 04/05/09 01:09 AM
The Pumpkin Giant by Wilkins - Vogon Poet - (1) - 04/04/09 05:06 PM
    Mercy Maud, I never heard of it. =8^o n/t - The Clinging Vine - 04/04/09 05:06 PM
Well, the first quarter of 2009 is almost over - Merrily Spinning - (16) - 04/01/09 04:55 PM
    I don't think I've read anything that was on my list - Merrily Spinning - 03/25/09 04:54 PM
    I'm doing better than expected. - Goldberry of Withywindle - 03/25/09 07:39 PM
       Barbara Kingsolver - Merrily Spinning - 03/25/09 09:44 PM
       Forgot about audiobooks. - Goldberry of Withywindle - 03/26/09 12:39 PM
       Kristin Lavransdatter - dormitantius - 03/26/09 01:51 PM
          You'll want to read KL first for sure. - Goldberry of Withywindle - 03/27/09 07:49 AM
             That was my understanding as well - dormitantius - 03/27/09 08:09 AM
                Yeah. - Goldberry of Withywindle - 03/27/09 09:11 AM
    It's difficult to believe that 2009 is 1/4 over! -nt- - dormitantius - 03/26/09 01:53 PM
    Slow and Steady - aragorn10027 - 03/26/09 08:25 PM
       The method? - Merrily Spinning - 03/26/09 09:03 PM
          Re: Well, the first quarter of 2009 is almost over - aragorn10027 - 03/26/09 10:17 PM
             Thanks - Merrily Spinning - 03/27/09 09:00 AM
                Re: Well, the first quarter of 2009 is almost over - aragorn10027 - 03/27/09 12:16 PM
                I dunno Kelly... - Missus TiggyWinkle - 03/31/09 05:38 PM
                I put marks inside the front cover. - dormitantius - 04/01/09 04:55 PM
Xenophon's Life of Cyrus (Cyropaedia), and Agnes Savill's _Alexander the Great and His Times_ - dormitantius - (4) - 02/22/09 02:36 PM
    When you say "original source" - the sad clown - 02/14/09 12:21 PM
       I think she means.... - Goldberry of Withywindle - 02/14/09 01:32 PM
          By "original sources" I do mean the ancient writers themselves as translated into English - dormitantius - 02/14/09 08:22 PM
             Not to toot my own horn... - klabbott - 02/22/09 02:36 PM
Recovering the Reformed Confession by R Scott Clark - Trinity Sunday - (12) - 02/18/09 05:02 AM
    Wait, isn't Iain Murray.... - Goldberry of Withywindle - 02/10/09 09:46 AM
       I wonder - Perisseuo - 02/10/09 04:11 PM
       Re: Recovering the Reformed Confession by R Scott Clark - Trinity Sunday - 02/10/09 04:29 PM
          Thanks that helps a lot, but.... - Goldberry of Withywindle - 02/10/09 04:44 PM
             you're so smart, sometimes I forget that you're an American ;) - Trinity Sunday - 02/10/09 07:34 PM
                The Doctor had a very interesting life. - klabbott - 02/10/09 08:27 PM
                Actually, he's pretty well known in the right circles. - Goldberry of Withywindle - 02/10/09 10:17 PM
          It sounds interesting, TS... - Kootenay Badger - 02/11/09 11:29 PM
             don't let her drag you down to her level, mate! - Trinity Sunday - 02/12/09 10:47 AM
    Some of our Dutch originating friends - James Horgan - 02/17/09 11:25 AM
       G'day James! - Trinity Sunday - 02/17/09 07:36 PM
          Re: Recovering the Reformed Confession by R Scott Clark - James Horgan - 02/18/09 05:02 AM
Hot Topic w/ No New Posts posticon Worthwhile Reading Challenge 2009 -- edited AGAIN to add another idea - Merrily Spinning - (28) - 01/23/09 10:13 PM
    Mine, in no particular order... - Merrily Spinning - 12/29/08 12:56 PM
    Re: Worthwhile Reading Challenge 2009 -- edited AGAIN to add another idea - aragorn10027 - 12/29/08 03:23 PM
    Conveniently, "The Screwtape Letters" has 31 chapters. - Goldberry of Withywindle - 12/29/08 03:46 PM
    10 - dormitantius - 12/29/08 06:19 PM
       Gadfly that I am... - klabbott - 12/29/08 06:48 PM
          It can be, and has been, argued.... - Goldberry of Withywindle - 12/29/08 07:51 PM
             Nevertheless, I'd still look askance... - klabbott - 12/29/08 09:33 PM
                Apologia for Shakespeare. :) - dormitantius - 12/29/08 11:24 PM
          It wasn't a comprehensive list. :p - dormitantius - 12/29/08 08:01 PM
             I'm reading "History of the Ancient World" (slowly) right now. - Goldberry of Withywindle - 12/29/08 08:13 PM
                In the course of homeschooling my own kids - Merrily Spinning - 12/29/08 08:32 PM
                I LOVED reading mythology in the middle grades! - Kootenay Badger - 12/29/08 09:27 PM
                Her Middle Ages book seemed a little racier than this one. - dormitantius - 12/29/08 10:59 PM
          Thumbs up on Huizinga's *Waning*. - Dewydd - 12/31/08 12:24 PM
    My reading goals for 2009 - bwv 1080 - 12/29/08 07:44 PM
       Hindustani classical music... - Merrily Spinning - 12/29/08 08:27 PM
          Its not that surprising - bwv 1080 - 12/30/08 12:56 PM
    I'm going to attempt to read - ladydusk1 - 12/29/08 09:43 PM
    Okay, here's my modest, somewhat larcenous, proposal. - Goldberry of Withywindle - 12/31/08 01:07 PM
       Thanks, I'd love that - Merrily Spinning - 01/03/09 07:04 AM
    Currently on the front right corner... - Dewydd - 12/31/08 02:18 PM
    Here's what I hope to get through in 2009. - klabbott - 01/04/09 03:37 PM
       I'm assuming certain things asking this, but I'm fairly confident.... - Goldberry of Withywindle - 01/04/09 03:43 PM
          It seems gazillions of years since I read "Truman." - klabbott - 01/04/09 03:49 PM
             I enjoyed 1776, but I listened to the CD - ladydusk1 - 01/04/09 07:02 PM
          Article on McCullough - moosebugs - 01/08/09 08:32 AM
          I've read 1776... - Kootenay Badger - 01/23/09 10:13 PM
    Reading plans - James Horgan - 01/20/09 12:17 PM
posticon Best footnote EVER in a history book. - Goldberry of Withywindle - (8) - 01/20/09 10:57 PM
    Wow, if true that is very interesting - the sad clown - 01/05/09 07:29 PM
       Not sure why it's sad. - Goldberry of Withywindle - 01/05/09 08:44 PM
          Some of them were creative and smart - the sad clown - 01/05/09 08:51 PM
             Well, if that were the sum total of the lexicography.... - Goldberry of Withywindle - 01/05/09 11:17 PM
                Not necessarily - the sad clown - 01/08/09 09:31 PM
    I had always wondered how the name Nimrod... - Katie Von Bora - 01/08/09 06:11 PM
       It got me to wondering.... - Goldberry of Withywindle - 01/08/09 06:26 PM
          LOL-nt- - dormitantius - 01/20/09 10:57 PM
Life of Pi -- not a middle schooler book. But Oedipus the King was fascinating. - dormitantius - (2) - 01/20/09 12:07 PM
    Life of Pi - SteveShack - 01/20/09 11:20 AM
       I have to disagree - James Horgan - 01/20/09 12:07 PM
Classical.net - aragorn10027 - (3) - 12/30/08 10:40 PM
    This is a good resource - bwv 1080 - 12/19/08 02:09 PM
    Re: Classical.net - aragorn10027 - 12/30/08 10:13 PM
       The caveat is that the Naxos online audio is low quality - bwv 1080 - 12/30/08 10:40 PM
Amusing Ourselves to Death, by Neil Postman - dormitantius - (10) - 12/27/08 11:06 PM
    There aren't many books today... - Katie Von Bora - 12/26/08 11:21 AM
       Huxley (and Orwell) - dormitantius - 12/26/08 09:33 PM
          I've felt the same uncomfortableness - On the Road to Emmaus - 12/27/08 11:06 PM
    A few ideas - Merrily Spinning - 12/26/08 01:06 PM
       I'm interested in these... thanks. - dormitantius - 12/26/08 09:38 PM
          Jacques Ellul is another another author I've been wanting to read - Merrily Spinning - 12/26/08 10:49 PM
    That is really out of date - bwv 1080 - 12/26/08 03:31 PM
       I've got to disagree that it's out of date. - dormitantius - 12/26/08 09:29 PM
          Its out of date because mass media - bwv 1080 - 12/26/08 11:14 PM
             Again... - dormitantius - 12/27/08 12:08 AM
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