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Yesterday, Jonny commented, “You sure are reading a lot of books!” Sometimes I’m good about sticking with just one, but more frequently, my bedside table is a mess of stacks. I do think there’s a method to my reading. I typically don’t have more than one fiction book going. Right now, I’m reading Middlemarch. My friend Grace is reading it, and I decided to join her because we thought it would be fun to read together. She suggested the audiobook, so I downloaded that on Audible. I had a hard time focusing on the audio so I borrowed a copy of the book from my friend Eve thinking that I needed to get into the story before attempting to listen to it. (A funny side note is that Grace and Eve knew each other in college and I became friends with both of them separately years later, years apart. Eve is an in-town friend and Grace is a long distance friend. It’s a very small world.) Talking about Middlemarch with Eve and her mom, Denise, recently, Denise suggested that I watch the movie before reading Middlemarch. That’s the opposite of the way that I usually do things, but I took her advice. Actually, the movie is a series of episodes, so I am doing a funny combination now of reading, listening, and watching. I’m laughing at myself for requiring a multimedia system to conquer this 800-page book! I’ve read the first 125 pages, and at the rate I’m reading, Middlemarch should last me through all of Lent.
My Bible study for Lent is Hosanna, and I started this morning. If you’re still looking for something, you might like this one. It’s an in-depth study of the Gospel of Matthew. I’m excited about it. I like having something structured for Lent. I’m also reading excerpts from Kendra Tierney’s Catholic All Year Compendium. I held out for a while before purchasing it, but now I’m so glad that I did. It’s a treasure. Kendra did a great job of writing about liturgical living in the home in a very accessible manner without diluting anything. I’m learning from her without getting overwhelmed.
As far as my knitting goes, I finished the Wild Rabbit I mentioned in last month’s Yarn Along and gave it to Larkspur for her birthday. She is very pleased with it. I haven’t photographed it yet, but I will. It’s cute and a little creepy at the same time. Something about those plastic safety eyes… I’m working on a hat now, also for Larkspur, and meant to be a birthday gift but I ran out of time. The pattern is called Quill, by Andrea Mowry.
As seems to be the custom for our family, some of us are sick or recovering on this Ash Wednesday. We won’t be attending Mass, but will contemplate our mortality at home, while hoping that the need for throw-up buckets (as we call them) is coming to an end. To those of you who observe Lent, I wish you a fruitful one from my spot on the bed, a cup of tea in hand. I’m curious to know what all of you are reading, and what you are knitting…
Paula says
I don’t know why I can’t link more than one week. If anyone wants, here’s the link to this week’s yarn along.
https://fletchingtonfarms.wordpress.com/2019/03/27/yarn-along-crafting-on-27-march-2019/
karen Awan says
Oh Ginny I hope the throw up buckets are a thing of the past when you read this! I babysit on Wednesdays and have a difficult time commenting on the day you post your yarn along. Just know I am reading and loving your daily life 🙂
Kris S says
I hope that you are able to put those ‘throw up buckets’ away very soon. It’s no fun when sickness makes the rounds of the house. I do have to say, your terminology for those necessary receptacles is much more genteel than the phrase in my house; we always (and still do) called them ‘puke buckets’.
Jaci says
I’m reading The Mystical City of God book 3 by Venerable Mary of Agreda. And I’m going through the New Testament by Ronald Knox. I’m loving this translation, it’s very readable. Have a Blessed Lent! Oh and I’m knitting a million things as usual fingerless gloves for my nephews, a scarf for my daughter, a sweater, and a shawl. Plus many socks at various stages of completion. I’m hoping to finish a few things this lent.
Sharon says
I hope you are all feeling better now. I went to put Middlemarch into my Audible wishlist, and when I logged in it was today’s Daily Deal. I’m looking forward to that challenge.
Marilyn says
Hi Ginny, Hope every one is feeling better. I am reading two books at a time. “Ireland”:”A Terrible Beauty” by Leon Uris and photos by his wife Jill Uris. I am also reading “Saint Katharine Drexel”. It is geared for children but I do like to read youth books from time to time. Have a Blessed Lent. Wishing Larkspur a year of happiness,joy and blessings.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LARKSPUR
Marilyn
Marion says
Hope everyone is feeling better soon. Ginny you sure do read many books at one time. Have a blessed Lent.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LARKSPUR Have a year of happiness and blessings.
Marion
Joan says
Ginny enjoy reading “MiddleMarch” HAPPY BIRTHDAY LARKSPUR
Blessings To You and Yours during Lent.
Joan
Dawn Harris says
I always love your book selections and have found some of my favorites through you. I am re-reading a book called The Betrayal: The Lost Life of Jesus by Kathleen and Michael Greer. I have read it a few times and it challenges me each time. It is a novel about early Christian times and gets into the banned books of the Bible and other fascinating things. I ind myself learning and thinking a lot whenever I read this book. Hope you and your tribe are all well soon. Peace and Blessings!
Eileen says
Hi Ginny, Thanks so much for Yarn Along, I look forward to it every month. Unfortunately due to blog trolls, I have closed my blog, for a while any ways (Little House Quilting.) I have participated in your Yarn Along for years and just wanted to let you know why I am not at present time.
Keep up your great blog and Yarn Along, I have learned so much from you!
i will be turning into Middlemarch today, thanks
Cathy says
I read Middlemarch last summer and found I truly enjoyed reading this classic, despite its length! I have yet to watch the entire movie though.
Thank you for the recommendation of Hosanna, I am always seeking for new Lent devotional reads.
Britta says
I’m currently reading ‘Racial Justice and the Catholic Church’ by Bryan Massingale and ‘Girl, Arise!: A Catholic Feminist’s Invitation to Live Boldly, Love your Faith, and Change the World’ by Claire Swinarski. I’m also doing the Hosanna study. After I finish the two above books, I plan to pick up ‘The Eight Doors of the Kingdom’ by Jacques Philippe to further meditate on the beatitudes for Lent. I also have ‘Death Comes for the Archbishop’ by Willa Cather (FAVORITE) on audio but I’m not sure I’ll get to it until after Lent.
Emily D. says
For Middlemarch, I found that I had to get through the first….I want to say 100….pages. And then I got into it and liked it. But I tried to read it several times before I actually got into it and liked it and was able to finish it!