2013 In Review

For a full list of all we've ever read see What We Have Read

This list doubles as a blog index for the posts of 2013, just click on the title or author to see the blog entry for that book.

February 2013

The Hobbit 

by J.R.R. Tolkien

(320 pages)

Hostess: Heather

March 2013

Unbroken 

by Laura Hillenbrand 

(496 pages)

Hostess: Brooke

April 2013

The Dirty Life: On Farming, Food, and Love

by Kristin Kimball

(275 pages)

Hostess: Michelle

May 2013

Pope Joan

by Donna Woolfolk Cross

(432 pages)

Hostess: Amanda

June 2013

The Vicar of Wakefield

by Oliver Goldsmith

(224 pages)

Hostess: Eva

July 2013 
(July proved too complicated so we skipped it and met in August instead, pushing everything back a month)

August 2013
Anne of Green Gables
by Lucy Maud Montgomery
474 pages
Hostess:  Julie

September 2013
The Beekeeper's Apprentice #1
by Laurie R. King
Hostess: Amanda

October 2013
The Cross and the Switchblade
by David Wilkerson
Hostess:  Brenda

November 2013
Gone With the Wind
by Margaret Mitchell
Hostess: Michelle

December 2013
The Mansion
by Van Dyke
Hostess:  Lisa F

  

The Mansion by Henry Van Dyke

Sorry, not a real post, more a sticky note that we've read The Mansion by Henry Van Dyke. Plus, I really like to make sure people have a place to comment if they weren't able to come to the discussion. I may come back and beef this up, but the story is short enough to speak for itself.  It's available to read on-line here.

The message is a good one.  Thought provoking. Decently written.  I much prefer the humor and writing style of A Christmas Carol, but this is well worth your time.