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"Speaking personally, you can have my gun, but you'll take my book when you pry my cold, dead fingers off of the binding."
~ Stephen King
What can I say about books and reading that you don't already feel and know deeply? We all want the same thing. We all want a story to wraps its fingers in ours and draw us close, whisper into our ears and promise a journey to somewhere we won't ever forget...My bad habit is not always remembering to share that journey with others so that they may delve into that story too. I will have to work on that :).
Having just finished The Red Tent by Anita Diamont and Hold Onto Your Kids by Gordon Neufeld Ph.D. and Gabor Mate, M.D, I will say that I liked Hold Onto Your Kids far far better than The Red Tent. The Red Tent just didn't capture or hold my attention, not in the way I would want a story to. I know some loved this book, but for me....'eh, it made little impact save one thing, that womanhood is a gift, and that we must always cherish and honor that gift. So with that said, I gave it 3 stars.
On the other hand, if you are searching for a parenting book that reinforces the importance of the parent-child relationship above all else, as well as a straightforward and thorough look into how attachment is built and destroyed, you must read Hold Onto Your Kids. The threat of losing our children to peers is stronger than ever now due to our technologic advances, as well as the progressive loss of solid, cultural foundations in families. While we push our kids to become independent and autonomous, could we be unconsciously pushing them away from us far sooner than they are ready? This book opened my eyes to the little ways that I may have been inadvertently sending these messages to my children. I have to thank Stacy and her post here for recommending this book. By the way, are you on Good Reads? Wanna be friends?
I've started two new books. Anne of Greene Gables by L.M. Montgomery is one that has been on my list for years. After putting it off for so long, I figured it to be too juvenile for me anymore. Thanks to a little push from this lovely blogger, I was wrong. I have only finished the first 6 chapters, but I adore Anne Shirley--this spritely and fantastic young girl with the most wondrous imagination. A true love affair has begun.
And there is Tree Spirits: Tales and Encounters, written and illustrated beautifully by Heather Preston.
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This book is Preston's personal account on her search for the spirit of trees. Through folklore and stories of several cultures, from the mouths of shamans, through research, and through her own intuitive sense that something exists beyond bark and root, this book is about the connection that we know exists between ourselves and the mighty tree. Her illustrations are delightful, reverent, and beautiful. When I wrote the last post about the old oak not too far from our home, I hadn't even cracked this book open yet. And now, as I walk arm and arm with this book, one word comes to mind, serendipity...
Cheers to you on this Thursday!!
xoxo
"Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one’s hand."
~Ezra Pound
. In two words -- big sigh. I wouldn't say I wasted my time as it did have elements that I enjoyed-- like the bonds between women and, of course, the knitting. But I do believe it could have ended much better :).
by Ann Lamott. She grasped my attention from the start. Her style and her brutally honest truths about writing spoke to me with revealing clarity. If you love to write and want to get better, I definitely recommend this book :). I am also reading the