tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post6939240575512308974..comments2024-02-11T10:58:23.271-08:00Comments on Reading to Know: Lit!: Why You Should Read It (Or, Ramblings of a Reading Mother)Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772667430500306088noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-37389748585300395622013-01-06T18:25:26.265-08:002013-01-06T18:25:26.265-08:00www.blogger.com should be 1st in google search res...www.blogger.com should be 1st in google search results, i can help you <br /> <br />[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfFaXhdfhaA]pay per download program[/url]<br />[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0Stq4HjtiY]pay per download site[/url]<br />[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXGkoP3YiwM]best pay per download sites[/url]<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-91349276124236257772012-01-10T09:01:48.238-08:002012-01-10T09:01:48.238-08:00GREAT review, Carrie, and I am tracking right with...GREAT review, Carrie, and I am tracking right with you. Lit impacted me in similar ways. Just the other day, I was a bit irritated with myself because I was having a hard time just sitting still and reading. My mind was racing all over the place and I couldn't just settle and concentrate. And I do think that those "quick bits" have affected how I read and my ability to "go deep."<br /><br />And I so hear you on trying to deal with "computer time" and how much it affects everything else I'm trying to do. Sigh...Katrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00358457475010534626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-69506672127951570272012-01-07T00:09:22.868-08:002012-01-07T00:09:22.868-08:00Lit! sounds like a wonderful book--your post is th...Lit! sounds like a wonderful book--your post is the first I've heard of it, but it sounds like something I'd love. I'm feeling the need to be more disciplined and purposeful in my reading, too. I've read books 1, 2, 4 and the last two chapters of book 7 from the Harry Potter series. You can glean from those weird numbers that I wasn't reading them for fun. :-)Karen G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00680320370181357559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-44583260081634728542012-01-06T05:12:28.866-08:002012-01-06T05:12:28.866-08:00You can listen to a wonderful interview with the a...You can listen to a wonderful interview with the author of this book and with Dr. Rosalie deRosset, professor of communications at Moody Bible Institute on the December 14 edition of Chris Fabry Live.<br /><br />http://www.moodyradio.org/brd_ProgramDetail.aspx?id=80355<br /><br />Choose Hour 2Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-19939808913202672102012-01-01T13:04:25.843-08:002012-01-01T13:04:25.843-08:00Well, I'm considering using a gift card for Li...Well, I'm considering using a gift card for Lit! this very moment. What a great post, Carrie. <br /><br />I haven't read any Potter either, and am interested to see what you think. They're on my "long-term" list, but more clamors for my attention.<br /><br />Of course, this English teacher says hurray to reading more classics! This was a fascinating post -- even reading the comments is interesting.<br /><br />About technology -- have you read Hamlet's Blackberry? I'm reading it now. Thanks for the brain fodder today.Laura@OutnumberedMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10764574855540659528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-44140256920316991452012-01-01T09:40:03.376-08:002012-01-01T09:40:03.376-08:00GREAT post!! I have Lit! sitting on my Kindle, I&#...GREAT post!! I have Lit! sitting on my Kindle, I'm planning to read it *very* soon! I'm working on a "reading plan" for the new year too. I'm trying a new Bible reading plan, which I actually started last week, and I have the Harry Potter books on my list too. I actually read the first one waaayyy back when it was fairly new and my oldest daughter was a toddler, to see what all the controversy was about. We recently went ahead and watched the movies with our kids, so now my oldest daughter (13) and I plan to read them and discuss them. I'll look forward to your thoughts on them!Karahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02959806709973196975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-37923163260525368792011-12-31T12:57:22.577-08:002011-12-31T12:57:22.577-08:00hooray for reading more classics! i can't wait...hooray for reading more classics! i can't wait to see more of your reviews. i also look forward to your thoughts on the HP series. i am on book 5 myself, and i am enjoying them so far. i still haven't read all of the narnia series, though. i always get stuck on the voyage of the dawn treader. for some reason i just don't like that story. but i feel that i can't skip it and go to the next one, so i guess i need to discipline myself and just get through it.wxrozhttp://wxroz.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-64925896220559130072011-12-31T10:16:05.738-08:002011-12-31T10:16:05.738-08:00@Stephanie's Mommy Brain - Yes. ;D
@Tim - Re:...@Stephanie's Mommy Brain - Yes. ;D<br /><br />@Tim - Re: Magic. Well, I have to think it through for *myself.* That's sort of the point. Because whatever I think through and decide upon is how I'll approach every single book I read. *insert argument which is essentially preaching to the choir* I can't guest post on stuff I'm not sure about.<br /><br />@Amy at Faithful Journey - WAAAAAAAAA HOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08772667430500306088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-42720054967019450602011-12-31T05:59:35.036-08:002011-12-31T05:59:35.036-08:00Love the honesty in this post! I found myself nodd...Love the honesty in this post! I found myself nodding my head in agreement many times! I, too, need more discipline in my life when it comes to spending time reading...especially reading HIS Word! I too will soon be the mother of 3 (still have to announce it on my blog! :) ) so I would really like to set some practices into motion...now! I also want to spend more time at the library with my children. We started the year off strong and ended it poorly! <br /><br />All this rambling to say "thank you" for this post, your honesty, and most importantly, this blog! <br /><br />Happy New Year! <br /><br />oh...and now I MUST read LIT! :)A Faithful Journeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13705189767324423844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-16797204797849025142011-12-31T05:37:39.639-08:002011-12-31T05:37:39.639-08:00I love this post and need to come back and read it...I love this post and need to come back and read it again. I find I am so distracted reading anymore that it is HARD to sit and read for an extended period of time, and especially if it's a thinkerly nonfiction! (Book club for January? Hello?) : )<br /><br />I need to sever / disconnect / drastically cut back my ties with the computer as well and up my time in the Word. Accountability anyone? : )Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660852009014295034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-65701555604394534172011-12-30T22:22:02.884-08:002011-12-30T22:22:02.884-08:001. I cannot imagine having the time to read even 4...1. I cannot imagine having the time to read even 40 books a year. Two hours a day? If only! I aim to replace a TV episode with reading, which is more like a half an hour to an hour after I get the kids in bed. My goal had been to read at least one book a month, but I am averaging more like three, which makes me feel like an overachiever. <br /><br />2. I think you ought to have Darren and Sara Jones write a guest post on the good and bad use of magic - they have really thought this through. <br /><br />3. Facebook is useful for those of us who have friends and relatives scattered throughout the country (and the world for that matter), who do not blog. There is no way I could keep up via phone, but can through Facebook. I know it is not as in-depth as I would use for my few closest friends, but it is far better than talking once a year or less. <br /><br />4. I would modify the 100-your age rule to take into account the length and type of book. Sir Walter Scott requires 50 pages regardless of the reader's age. Some light books are clearly worthless after 5% of their length - which is probably 10 pages. <br /><br />5. Good for you on the classics. I feel I have less and less time to read obvious fluff these days, and want something that will stick with me. <br /><br />6. Keep on blogging!Diary of an Autodidacthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11849157548643091986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-8781043727561728472011-12-30T14:29:49.765-08:002011-12-30T14:29:49.765-08:00Is this going to be one of those books that you ta...Is this going to be one of those books that you talk about repeatedly until we all finally break down and read it? ;) {smile}Stephanie Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02976709475515458563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-36240366046961785622011-12-30T11:24:01.649-08:002011-12-30T11:24:01.649-08:00I definitely need to re-evaluate my reading priori...I definitely need to re-evaluate my reading priorities. Too many times I choose the novel over the Word. To my shame. I think this might be a year of taking a good hard look at where my spare time really goes but like you I HAVE to read.Susannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02757963698816530787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-6979380410421623662011-12-30T10:10:30.066-08:002011-12-30T10:10:30.066-08:00Great post, Carrie! I'm surprised with your th...Great post, Carrie! I'm surprised with your three bookworms you can even read 86. I need to step up my game, I'm not that far ahead of you. ;-)<br /><br />I feel like blogging is different from Facebook. (She smugly says since she's long ago canceled Facebook) I think it's because you have to put a lot more care and time into a long post than you do with the mini flashes of conversation in Facebook. I don't know though. I have seen it used well, so I'm by no means dogmatic. But I AM glad you won't be cutting back too much on blogging.<br /><br />I am SO thrilled you will be reading The Harry Potter series. I'd love to hear your thoughts. I have vague sort of shadowy thoughts about them. I tend to like them (should I say that in public haha) but I'm always open to examining what I read.<br /><br />I also really like the 100, minus your age rule. I do a 50 page rule, but only because that just means if I can't get into it by 50 pages. I close it, but revisit it in a year. If I did the 100, minus age rule, that might mean I would be able to tell that I don't necessarily have to revisit it.BerlinerinPoethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853762912371387793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-17246080264870402282011-12-30T09:43:39.646-08:002011-12-30T09:43:39.646-08:00Great post! I think I may have to add Lit! to the ...Great post! I think I may have to add Lit! to the every growing TBR list. <br /><br />I don't remember how old your kids are but a great resource for Bible Study with kids is Finding Jesus in Genesis...it might go well with your own Genesis studies. We went through it last year with a 4 yr old and 7 yr old. It was a little much for the 4 yr old but such a great resource I'm sure we'll do it again some day.Alice@Supratentorialhttp://www.supratentorial.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-13106001590800613692011-12-30T08:35:57.526-08:002011-12-30T08:35:57.526-08:00Mary Bailey- I'm so with you there! When I am ...Mary Bailey- I'm so with you there! When I am not reading, I'm generally antsy and unhappy. Must feast on words or else I almost feel like I'm starving to death. I totally get what you are saying!<br /><br />@Amy and Annette - Good questions. I'll answer them in a separate blog post because I could stand to more closely examine where my free time is and how I spend it. Thanks for asking!Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08772667430500306088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-77287930577758353722011-12-30T08:31:40.646-08:002011-12-30T08:31:40.646-08:00Harry Potter huh? ;oD I have read them and I great...Harry Potter huh? ;oD I have read them and I greatly anticipate your reviews!<br />I am going to try and blog more often about what I am reading, as a self discipline and to get my mind out of mama-mode!<br />I am looking forward to this next year.Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01446914963118461073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-13555375619027162692011-12-30T08:10:35.220-08:002011-12-30T08:10:35.220-08:00OK, OK, I must make Lit the first book I read (oth...OK, OK, I must make Lit the first book I read (other than the Bible) in 2012! I, too, desperately want to change the way I read. <br /><br />In 2010, I read well over 100 books. In 2011, I read less than 30. A lot of it has to do with health problems that make it difficult for me to concentrate. But I am woefully unhappy when I can't or don't read. I am a much more satisfied, fulfilled person when I am reading on a regular basis.<br /><br />Thanks for the inspiration to be more self-disciplined, Carrie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-43318823001004910512011-12-30T07:56:48.761-08:002011-12-30T07:56:48.761-08:00I've seen Lit! mentioned a lot of places, and ...I've seen Lit! mentioned a lot of places, and mentioned favorably. so I probably ought to give it a look. Wherever I have seen it discussed or quoted, I tend to think, "Yeah, I agree with that, or have already thought through that, or already do that..." so I haven't been quite as quick to get it when I have so many other books I want to get to. But it would probably be a good one.<br /><br />I had a post on Narnian magic during the Narnia challenge where I wrestled through some of that aspect of things.Barbara H.http://barbarah.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-88561155568363912092011-12-30T07:28:35.133-08:002011-12-30T07:28:35.133-08:00I really need to read Lit! It seems like we have b...I really need to read Lit! It seems like we have been pondering some of the same things for the new year. During my break I learned to spend more and more time away from the computer, and I really enjoyed getting to read so much! It made me realize just how much time I do spend on there. I'm getting myself a timer! (I bought a cheap one and it doesn't work, so I've got to get another one). :)Bluerosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00680170638396181756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-63200572842377339982011-12-30T06:34:40.366-08:002011-12-30T06:34:40.366-08:00Oh, I like Amy's question. As I have been try...Oh, I like Amy's question. As I have been trying to write real thoughtful reviews of books...they often take over an hour!<br /><br />In addition to Amy's questions, if you choose to answer...does your blogging time include reading others' blogs?Annette W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02498639468291720406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-72636256457828045612011-12-30T06:32:50.978-08:002011-12-30T06:32:50.978-08:00WOW! Loved this post. Want to read Lit! even mor...WOW! Loved this post. Want to read Lit! even more now.<br /><br />I totally get all that you said. I look forward to your thoughts on HP. I only read the first book.Annette W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02498639468291720406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-22332808103789459862011-12-30T06:31:39.452-08:002011-12-30T06:31:39.452-08:00I need to make some changes in my reading life, to...I need to make some changes in my reading life, too, Carrie. Like you, reading the Bible has not been my top priority, and I have suffered for it. I plan to change that in the new year. I like your plan of reading and re-reading Genesis until you "get" it. ;-). I have a practical question about your blogging practices, which you don't have to answer: does the 2 hours a day include your blogging time? If not, how much time (and more importantly, when?) do you blog? To write a thoughtful review takes me quite a while!Amy @ Hope Is the Wordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07949836482747469686noreply@blogger.com