The Latin-Centered Curriculum

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Penny
Mom to J (9) & J (6)

Now I'm reading Evelyn Waugh's biography of Edmund Campion, as well as The World of the Yeshiva, which just came through inter-library loan (thanks for the recommendation, Drew). I haven't made a summer reading plan yet, but I plan to keep it light, as I should spend most of my extra time studying Latin.

I'm not exactly sure right now. I just got "Islam: A Short History" for myself because I was listening to it on tape and knew it to be a book worth reading over and over. I'm also thinking about "Peter pan" for myself and maybe a J.M.Barrie biography.

I think I'm on a fairy kick right now ; )

Elizabeth
Single Mama to Annabelle who is five and a half because "I chopped that year right in half HIYA!"

Do I get thrown out of here if I say a big stack of chick-lit?? *grin*

I generally don't make any type of summer reading "plan," but I did recently treat myself to the C. S. Lewis complete signature series, and there are several in there that I've never read before. I read The Abolition of Man the other night, and I imagine I'll be working my way through the others over the coming months. Well, assuming that the new baby allows time for reading. :} After he's born, I may really be resorting to chick-lit as the only thing my sleep-deprived mind can comprehend. :D

In addition to LCC (yet again) I am reading and enjoying Church History in Plain Language by Bruce Shelley.

" The pen is indeed mightier than the sword, for it it with the written word that we do most powerfully preserve that which is noble and expose that which is evil. And so in great part, the very future of society rests with those who can write, and write

But I like KathyJo's suggestion of the C.S. Lewis books... (BTW KathyJo I found that if I read while the baby was nursing it SEEMED to go much faster ;))
I have plans to read SOMETHING I just cant think what...

~Rachel~

SAHM to James (6) and Lenore (2)

I am reading aloud "Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography," "To Kill a Mocking Bird," and "Alice in Wonderland."
For myself, I am reading "Christian Mythmakers: C.S. Lewis, Madeleine L'Engle, J.R.R. Tolkien, George Madonald, G.K. Chesterton, and Others," "The Columbian Orator: Containing a Variety of Original and Selected Pieces Together With Rules, Which Are Calculated to Improve Youth and Others... (yada, yada, yada - yes the title goes on, and on)," "Lilith" by George MacDonald, and Lewis' Space Trilogy.

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and Lewis' Space Trilogy! I can't believe I haven't read it before now. I just finished the second book and am hunting through the house for the third.

I'm currently reading:
"Fall and Decline of the Roman Empire" by Edward Gibbon - I absolutely love this book, I've been slowly reading it for the past few months and have finally come to the end of the third volume!!!
"Gallic Conquest" by Caesar
"Iliad" by Homer - for the third time and also part of my Memory work
"Inferno" by Dante - reading this aloud with my husband
Krista - VA
Mom of Ariel 6yo and Aetheldred 1yo

Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis... what a fantastic book! I immediately ordered the other two from the library! I have been keeping a list of reviewed books on my blog for summer reading :)

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~Rachel~

SAHM to James (6) and Lenore (2)

although we're not at the beach. This week and next, I am taking a break from education reading.

I'm enjoying a Nero Wolfe mystery by Rex Stout, and just finished Thank You, Jeeves by PG Wodehouse (Wodehouse always has me laughing out loud.) Earlier in the week, I read two of E. Nesbitt's books. My daughter recently read The Phoenix and the Carpet and The Magic City. She loved them so much, I had to read them to see what the fuss was about. Can't believe I missed those when I was a kid!

I'll probably start back up with a re-read of LCC, then start DD on D'Aulaire's Greek myths. We also are reading Anne of Green Gables aloud.

Carolhs