'Beauty Queen' by Ben's Brother * - Aria at the Bar & Grill when she meets Ezra.

'I Won't' by Colbie Caillat * - Aria and her family unpacking.

Verses from Psalm 119 that I Pray while Preparing to Read Scripture.

Tolkien, page 56 Search for: Recent Posts The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, by J. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.' 'So do I,' said Gandalf, 'and so do all who live to see such times. 'I wish it need not have happened in my time,' said Frodo. _ So: do my reviews bore you, or do you like them? Who’s game for April? Book Reviews Great Expectations My favorite kind of book is the ones that make you laugh one moment, and cry the next! This book was really funny, but parts of it were very seriously or sad. “You are growing tall, Pip!” I thought it best to hint, through the medium of a meditative look, that this might be occasioned by circumstances over which I had no control. No matter how small a part they play, start looking for their second appearance. It was amazing! So when a person comes in, expect to see them again. Dickens did seriously tie up all the ends. But realistic was never a priority for me, so that did not bother me at all! 🙂 But Mr.

Technically it was realistic, but there were way too many coincidences, and too many eccentric people–which makes for a good story, but is unrealistic. So long, that I started feeling like I was almost done when I still had something like forty pages to read! 🙂 It was written in the 1800s and the writing-style was a little difficult to read, but I did alright. She seemed much older than I, of course, being a girl, and beautiful and self-possessed and she was as scornful of me as if she had been one-and-twenty, and a queen. I was mad at most of the characters through most of the book, but I was at peace with most of them at the end–all of them but two, I think. It has a very good ending–not the one I was expecting, but a good one.

I do not really feel qualified to write a review about this book, in all honesty. “You are one of those, Biddy,” said I, “who makes the most of every chance.” (98) Pip moves into his new life, making his guesses at who adopted him pursuing his passion for the pretty girl he loved from the moment he met her, pushing aside his regret for leaving his brother-in-law and the girl he grew up with, haunted by the guilty-ridden memory of helping an escaped convict when he was a boy. It is about a little boy called Pip who grew up with his strong-handed sister and her husband the blacksmith, and was later adopted by a rich person to be their heir–without being told who his benefactor is. It was not because I was faithful, but because Joe was faithful, that I never ran away and went for a soldier or a sailor. I had my doubts in the middle of it, but I got through it and loved it. And I am sooo glad I did! It is a wonderful book. Spencer prompted me to finish it, and I told him I would after I read The Sign of the Beaver. I was going to pick it back up again when we got home, but I just got busy and did not. I read the first couple chapters and then… stopped. I started reading Great Expectations by Charles Dickens on Mom’s Kindle on the plane, on the way home from China. See ya, guys! 🙂 Beowulf Counted Worthy Great Expectations The Princess and the Goblin I mean, I can’t say what my favorite part of each book is, because… I like happy endings. Unless this stuff bores you… do you want more? Maybe it’s just me. I think I’m going to do this at the end of every month, so I’m going to wait and do all the April ones together. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens – Joe Gargery Waltz into the Waves by Sarah Holman – I can’t tell you, because it would give away the ending 🙂

The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare – Maybe Matt’s little sister or Attean’s, but I don’t remember either of their names. The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald – Curdie or his mother All of her characters are very human, and very relatable… and I like all almost all of them! I think Miss Lucy is my all-time favorite.īeowulf translated by J.R.R. (I went ahead and added the first two reviews I did, even though they were not for my monthly review thing.)Ĭounted Worthy by Leah E. So, when I decided to do book reviews the second month, I thought I would go through the ones I had already done and give you a list of all my favorite characters from them.

Waltz into the waves by sarah holman