This Newbery winner tells the legend of how the Huns and Magyars migrated westward into Hungary. Descended from Nimrod (yes, the one from the Bible), Attila and his ancestors follow a white stag that shows them the way. If you like myths and legends as I do, you will appreciate this book.
My only caution is that Christian parents should read this first to see if it appropriate for their family. Although I love folklore, legends, and mythology, I was a little uncomfortable with the setting up of Nimrod as a hero. Usually I treat mythology solely as fiction with entertainment value. In this case, however, because this book does use passages and references in the Bible, I am a little more cautious.
Read at least 6 unread authors. September 2007 through February 2008
1. Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset 2. Buying a Fishing Rod for my Grandfather by Gao Xingjian FINISHED 3. Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini 4. History of Love by Nicole Krauss 5. Ishmael by Daniel Quinn 6. Mr. Ives’ Christmas by Oscar Hijuelos FINISHED
Read at least 3 books that have been made into movies. September 1 through December 1, 2007
Three of the following:
The Hours by Michael Cunningham FINISHED Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini The Quiet American by Graham Greene The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells FINISHED Mad Shadows by Marie-Claire Blais (movie was La Belle Bête) FINISHED A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith FINISHED Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren FINISHED
Read 3-5 books from the list below from July 1 through November 30, 2007
O Pioneers! by Willa Cather FINISHED Cricket on the Hearth by Charles Dickens A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith FINISHED Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren FINISHED The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells FINISHED The Yearling by Marjorie Rawlings Dracula by Bram Stoker Turn of the Screw by Henry James A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Okay, love him or loathe him, you’d have to live under a rock not to know that J.K. Rowling’s final Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, comes out on Saturday… Are you going to read it?
If so, right away? Or just, you know, eventually, when you get around to it? Are you attending any of the midnight parties?
If you’re not going to read it, why not?
And, for the record… what do you think? Will Harry survive the series? What are you most looking forward to?
Answers: Believe it or not, I haven’t read ANY Harry Potter books, nor seen the movies. I do plan to someday; I just don’t know when.
For the record, I tend to think that Harry WILL die.
But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life. (Jude 1:20-21, ESV)
