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Kristen is Currently Reading

Kristen is currently reading:

Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

by Anne Lamott

bookshelves: non-fiction, currently-reading

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May 11, 2012 01:23am

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Stuart Little

by E.B. White

bookshelves: childrens, classics, we-own, currently-reading, read-aloud-to-girls, re-reading

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Mar 17, 2009 06:16pm

Kristen is currently reading:

Rabbit, Run

by John Updike

bookshelves: currently-reading, classics

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Apr 18, 2012 11:54pm

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Kristen added a quote "If I had influence with the good fairy who is supposed to preside over the christening of all children I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life, as an unfailing antidote against the boredom and disenchantments of later years, the sterile preoccupation with things artificial, the alienation from the sources of our strength." — Rachel Carson
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Kristen is currently reading: Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott	My rating:
May 11, 2012 01:23am
Kristen gave to: The Meaning of Marriage: Finding Happiness in Your Most Profound Relationship by Timothy Keller read in May, 2012	My rating:
May 11, 2012 12:58am
Kristen made a comment on her review of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close "It's been almost two years, but I remember that I thought it was a good story, with good characters, but the gimmickyness got old. I thought his wife...more "
May 09, 2012 06:08pm · see review
Kristen gave to: Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl read in May, 2012	My rating:
A great read aloud for a busy spring. Short, with very short chapters. It's the third or fourth Roald Dahl book I've read the girls, but it should have been the first. Good introduction to his style.
May 04, 2012 07:27pm · see review
Kristen added a quote "Love the quick profit, the annual raise, vacation with pay. Want more of everything ready-made. Be afraid to know your neighbors and to die. And you will have a window in your head. Not even your future will be a mystery any more. Your mind will be punched in a card and shut away in a little drawer. When they want you to buy something they will call you. When they want you to die for profit they will let you know. So, friends, every day do something that won’t compute. Love the Lord. Love the world. Work for nothing. Take all that you have and be poor. Love someone who does not deserve it. Denounce the government and embrace the flag. Hope to live in that free republic for which it stands. Give your approval to all you cannot understand. Praise ignorance, for what man has not encountered he has not destroyed. Ask the questions that have no answers. Invest in the millenium. Plant sequoias. Say that your main crop is the forest that you did not plant, that you will not live to harvest. Say that the leaves are harvested when they have rotted into the mold. Call that profit. Prophesy such returns. Put your faith in the two inches of humus that will build under the trees every thousand years. Listen to carrion — put your ear close, and hear the faint chattering of the songs that are to come. Expect the end of the world. Laugh. Laughter is immeasurable. Be joyful though you have considered all the facts. So long as women do not go cheap for power, please women more than men. Ask yourself: Will this satisfy a woman satisfied to bear a child? Will this disturb the sleep of a woman near to giving birth? Go with your love to the fields. Lie down in the shade. Rest your head in her lap. Swear allegiance to what is nighest your thoughts. As soon as the generals and the politicos can predict the motions of your mind, lose it. Leave it as a sign to mark the false trail, the way you didn’t go. Be like the fox who makes more tracks than necessary, some in the wrong direction. Practice resurrection." — Wendell Berry
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Kristen gave to: A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh read in April, 2012	My rating:
I had forgotten how pleasurable reading Evelyn Waugh is, this is an enjoyable classic. A Handful of Dust is funny in a biting, satirical way (this is not Jeeves) but with surprising empathy and sinister twists, in turn.
Apr 21, 2012 02:58am · see review
Kristen gave to: Breath by Tim Winton read in April, 2012	My rating:
Apr 21, 2012 02:31am
Kristen gave to: The Seven Laws of Teaching by John Milton Gregory read in April, 2012	My rating:
The Seven Laws of Teaching wonderfully summarizes timeless basic principles of teaching and learning. There is a great deal of wisdom and food for thought in this slim volume and I’d commend it to any teacher. At first, the laws seemed simple, but Gr...more
Apr 16, 2012 11:28am · see review
Kristen made a comment on J.E. Jr.'s review of Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) "I'm not sure. I don't see a lot of good marketing for books in general, so yes, a series like the Hunger Games is going to make a splash because of sa...more "
Apr 13, 2012 10:59pm · see review

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“We read to know that we are not alone.”
― C.S. Lewis

tags: reading

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“Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault. Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope. They are the elect to whom beautiful things mean only Beauty. There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

tags: books , morality , reading , writing

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“It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.”
― E.B. White, Charlotte's Web

tags: friend , friendship , writers

508 people liked it

“If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.”
― E.B. White

tags: activism , humor , life , pleasure

5,415 people liked it

“Remember, if the time should come when you have to make a choice between what is right and what is easy, remember what happened to a boy who was good, and kind, and brave, because he strayed across the path of Lord Voldemort. Remember Cedric Diggory.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

tags: integrity

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