Books
Gosh, what have I been reading? It’s all kind of a blur with Christmas.
Let’s see. I read a slightly cheesy Christian fiction novel, The Trouble with Cowboys.
And then I skim-read Coming Home, a finale book for the Baxter Family, by Karen Kingsbury. I can’t stand her writing anymore, but I love her characters, so I just skimmed for the main points. And OMG! What is with people and killing off characters??? I’m seriously fed up with so many imaginative worlds right now.
I read through a lot of WinterSong for advent, and it was chock full of beauty. I want to buy it for next year. Also,we read The Story of Holly and Ivy by Rumer Godden. She is an incredible writer. What a beautiful story. If you’ve never read The Diddakoi by Godden, run and get it now!
I’m halfway through Selling Water by the River. I got this for Christmas. It’s really good. The best thing about reading books by pastors is that you can read the whole book in their voice.
I also got Cry Like A Bell, which I haven’t started yet, but it looks really good.
I just started The Crowd, The Critic, and The Muse, and I can see why everyone is raving about it.
Music
Sufjan Stevens – Seven Swans
Iron and Wine – Around the Well
Posts I liked enough to share on my personal FB wall
The Bible is a Smelly, Gross, Pile of Rotting Garbage.
Rev. Richard Land: Greatest Commandment Justifies Deadly Force
Jessica Valenti responds to National Review
Modesty, Body Policing and Rape Culture: Connecting the Dots
EVERYTHING I NEED TO KNOW, I LEARNED FROM THE N’SYNC CHRISTMAS ALBUM
Miscellaneous Neat Things
Michigan Awesome – cool shirts
Only look at this if you watched the Downton Abbey ‘Christmas’ special.
Cool blog – 101 Books
Love this tumblr – Word Painting
And this awesome tumblr – When in Comments
Top 5 Blog Posts
I’ve been posting for almost a year, although this blog was up for a couple of months before I really started writing. But these are the top posts of the year.
How 3 Books Turned Me Into a Feminist
Women, Submission, Slavery, and Esther
Katy Perry and the Exclusive Christian Bubble
I’m linking up with HopefulLeigh who always has such a fun month in review post. Go check out all of the other posts for this month!!
Loved your Katy Perry post, Caris. Off to check out some more of these great links and recommendations now. 🙂
My “Smitten with the Mitten” t-shirt from Michigan Awesome is one of my favorite t-shirts in the whole world. 🙂
I know, I wish I had found this site before Christmas!!
Thanks!!
I’m about halfway through The Crowd, The Critic, and The Muse and I’ve decided it’s one to savor. Such good stuff there. Thanks for linking up with What I’m Into!