January 2024 Reading Wrap Up

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Books Mentioned:
84 Charing Cross Road - Helene Hanff
Winterbound - Margery Williams Bianco
Daughter of the Forest - Juliet Marillier
The King's General - Daphne DuMaurier
Gentle and Lowly - Dane Ortlunt
Flyte - Angie Sage
Lenten Lands - Douglas Gresham
The Two Princesses of Bamarre - Gail Carson Levine
Toliver's Secret - Esther Woods Brady
The Vicar of Bullhampton - Anthony Trollope
Little House in the Big Woods - Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader - C.S. Lewis
The Lark Shall Sing - Elizabeth Cadell

[miriamelizabethreads]

I adore Daughter of the Forest and The Two Princesses of Bamarre!!! And of course Little House in the Big Woods. I'm really looking forward to reading The King's General.

[LauraR]

Daughter of the Forest and Two Princesses of Bamarre are both sitting on my shelf unread. You've convinced me to bump them up 😂

[josmith]

I think lots of us on booktube know what it’s like having bookish friends we’ve never met 😉 . Lenten Lands sounds heartbreaking but I’m glad it was also a rewarding reading experience Kate.

[kelleyk]

I love Narnia! Voyage of the Dawn Treader is actually my favorite book of the series. It is so theologically rich that it just took my breath away.

Prince Caspian is the one that I think is my least favorite of the series but I can’t really tell you why. I need to read them again 😊

[jackiesliterarycorner]

My nephew, who is in second grade, just did a project for the American Revolution. He dressed up as Thomas Paine and did a presentation. He's going to be learning about Shakespeare. I'm surprised, but so proud and excited.

[elizabethbrink]

I cracked up when you said: "He chooses his second wife very poorly. An evil enchantress!" 😂 Love this! I definitely need to track down those Elizabeth Cadell books!

[elizabethaliteraryprincess]

I just filmed a video on rereading The Chronicles of Narnia! Such a joy to revisit! Don't feel too bad about reading it in publication order. I personally consider it better to read it that way. Just from the way the books are written, it is so clear The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe should be read first. Sometimes authors are wrong about their own books, I guess haha. 😆

[Thecatladybooknook_PennyD]

Re: the Puritans....i took an abbreviated church history class at my church taught by one of our associate pastors. The Puritans arose because they were against the Church of England and Catholic church. They felt they should be "purified" and wanted no state church. (Previous to this the Catholic church had issues with priests pocketing money without working and not living in their parish; lotsn of controlled income of the bishoprics and selling/auctioning them. ) Then after the English Reformation and some of the beliefs of the Church of England vs Catholic belief Puritanism began to rise.

They wanted a more pure state church and no external authority over the congregation.... so then they began to flee to America to escape persecution... which is different than religious freedom which we hear about all the time.

I'll see if i can find the book he used for reference

[insearchofwonder]

I just started reading Gentle and Lowly. One chapter in, and I've highlighted basically everything. Great book.

[annmcdonald]

A lovely read if you would like more on the English Civil War is The Rider of the White Horse by Rosemary Sutcliff. It's a novel about Sir Thomas Fairfax, a Parliamentary General. Of course, any of Rosemary Sutcliff's books are great but this is my favourite.

[gracetaylor]

I love the sound Lenten lands very interested in reading it. Love cs Lewis ❤enjoy this Kate

[melissarebecca]

A wonderful reading month. You have made me so interested in Lenten Lands!

[gerrid]

I didn’t realize there was a book after 84 Charing Cross Road. Thank you, I have got to read that! Maybe that will give me what I had hoped for in CCR (partially). I just started reading Cadell and was wondering which to read next. Thanks! I loved Iris in Winter. Family Gathering was my other one and I enjoyed it as well.

[areadersalmanacwithceleste]

Thanks for another great video! I'm definitely going to check out Elizabeth Cadell, based on your recommendation!

[msrichardsreads]

I'm glad you had such a great reading month!

[insidethefishbowl]

What a great reading month! I’ve added a few to my TBR list. If your homeschool journey ever leads you to House of Humane Letters classes and you take Angelina’s How To Read Literature classes (I did it when my daughter did it in high school) you might have a change of heart about The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. It’s part of that class, and when we read it I absolutely adored it!

[Angela-ittb]

Gentle and Lowly is one my all time favorite non fiction ❤❤❤

[amusicalbookworm]

You may have just convinced me to read Daughter of the Forest for we love Jenny readathon ❤ it’s actually on my list of books to get to this year, so it’s getting bumped up!!

[amyofhearthridge]

We haven’t read Toliver’s Secret! 😮Thanks for the heads up! ♥️ It feels soooo wonderful when rereads hit again just right. Oh my! Lenten Lands! 😮😢

[sandra]

Every time you talk about Daughter of the Forest, I think, "I want to read that. " But I haven't yet.

Is the Vicar of Bulstrode (?) a standalone.