A Year of Reading, Book 15
“When Matelda was young, she chased time to get what she wanted. Now she chased time to hold on to it..” ~The Good Left Undone, by Adriana Trigiani
A Year of Reading, Book 14
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines […]
A Year of Reading, Book 13
Current read: “…he said to the woman, ‘Your faith has saved you; go in peace.“ ~The Gospel of Luke (Luke 7:50)
A Year of Reading, Book 12
Current read: “At least four thousand years ago Bronze Age metalworkers in Britain were hoarding broken axes, swords and other scraps in order to reuse later… The use of scrap metal to make sculpture is a twentieth-century development.“ ~Making Sculpture from Scrap Metal by Peter Parkinson
A Year of Reading, Book 11
Current read: “Jesus said to them, ‘Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.’ Then they abandoned their nets and followed him.“ ~Mark 1:17-18
A Year of Reading, Book 10
Current read: “Behold, the virgin shall be with child and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel,” which means ‘God is with us.’” ~Matthew 1:23 I decided that during Lent I’ll reread all four Gospels.
A Year of Reading, Book 9
Current read: “My name is Odd Thomas, though in this age when fame is the altar at which most people worship, I am not sure why you should care who I am or that I exist.” ~Odd Thomas, by Dean Koontz
A Year of Reading, Book 8
“Page trusted in her unique gift and the ways it chose to manifest. An ‘inkling’ might appear like a willowy breeze against her physical body, alerting her… Page learned the intensity presented in direct proportion to the speed she needed to react.” ~Baubles to Die For By Tonya Penrose
A Year of Reading, Book 7
“The medicine administered to the unfortunate… was nothing less than a lethal dose of arsenic. Unluckily… there was a reliable test for the presence of this poison which had been developed by James Marsh… in the 1820s.” ~The Little Book of True Crime, by David Owen
A Year of Reading, Book 6
As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust by Alan Bradley “One of the things I dread about becoming an adult is that sooner or later you begin letting sentimentality get in the way of simple logic. False feelings are allowed to clog the works like raw honey poured into the tiny wheels of a fine timepiece.”