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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

The Meaning of Marriage (Part 2 of 3)

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After yesterday’s brief review of The Meaning of Marriage , today I will go through the first half in more detail: In Chapter 1: The...
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Monday, January 30, 2012

The Meaning of Marriage (Part 1)

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The Meaning of Marriage , Timothy Keller with Kathy Keller Another book on marriage has entered the Christian world and it is a good ...
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Friday, January 27, 2012

The Help

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The Help , Kathryn Stockett This is Kathryn Stockett’s debut novel. And what a debut - this is a strong, intelligent book. It’s Jack...
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Monday, January 23, 2012

The Promise

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The Promise Do you have any understanding of the Arab/Israeli situation?  How it all started in the late 1940s and how it looks today...
Friday, January 20, 2012

Jane Austen in Scarsdale

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Jane Austen in Scarsdale, Paula Marantz Cohen Is it true there are very few original stories out there? Why is there an enduring l...
Friday, December 23, 2011

Merry Christmas

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Merry Christmas to my blog readers out there.  Thanks for reading this year. I hope each of you has a chance to celebrate Jesus' birth...
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Friday, December 16, 2011

Some pre-schooler books

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A number of recent trips to the library have turned up some treasures in the pre-school book department.   Firstly, a new offering fr...
Friday, December 9, 2011

At Home

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At Home , Bill Bryson Why are salt and pepper are the two spices on our dinner tables, rather than for example, chilli and cinnamon? Why are...
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Friday, December 2, 2011

The Warden

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The Warden , Anthony Trollope Another Trollope has made it onto my reading list! Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) wrote the Chronicles of Barse...
Thursday, December 1, 2011

'Tis the season

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A dear friend told me that my Christmas post sounded tired, or in her words "you are obviously so over it!".   She had a point. ...
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Monday, November 28, 2011

Radical Womanhood - Chapter 8

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Chapter 8: Feminine Faith As this chapter begins, McCulley openly acknowledges it is an overview chapter designed to present some issues of ...
Friday, November 25, 2011

More Joanna Trollope

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I have now read a few more Joanna Trollope novels and these ones I enjoyed as much as Daughters-in-Law and The Rector's Wife . First on...
Thursday, November 24, 2011

Christmas rolls around again

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When you have been blogging for a few years, the year develops a rhythm to it. For the fourth year in a row I find myself pondering a Chri...
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Monday, November 21, 2011

Radical Womanhood - Chapter 7

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Chapter 7: Raunch Culture Rip Off This chapter is the one that many of us will find the most distressing, and yet also the most relevant. Mc...
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Friday, November 18, 2011

Courageous

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Are you a dad? Go and see see this movie. Are you married to a dad? Take him to see this movie. Courageous is a rare thing in Austra...
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So Much For That

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I decided to try another Lionel Shriver book after The Post Birthday World. I was not disappointed. Shep, age 48, has always planned for his...
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Monday, November 14, 2011

Radical Womanhood - Chapter 6

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Chapter 6: The Mommy Wars McCulley addresses the devaluing of both women (as wives/child-raisers/homemakers) and children that has occurred ...
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Friday, November 11, 2011

Life of Pi

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Life of Pi , Yann Martin I remember hearing numerous accolades about this book when it first came out (2002), but for some reason I never re...
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Monday, November 7, 2011

Go Back To Where You Came From

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Go Back To Where You Came From This SBS show was shown in June, but it's taken us a while to get around to watching it. It's compel...

Radical Womanhood - Chapter 5

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Chapter 5: There’s no place like home This chapter paints a picture showing how our idea of home has changed over time. Beginning in the ...