Oh, How Pinteresting (7)
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
This is truly the most wonderful time of the year. I love everything about the Holiday season- the snow (in some places), sweaters, scarves, boots, lights, trees, decor, giving gifts, finding ways to serve and seeing other people serving, but most of all I love that we get to celebrate JESUS CHRIST. He is, after all, the reason for the season! 🙂 So it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in the Cantrell house, and (ba da ba ba ba) I’m lovin’ it!
Our “fun” tree |
Candy jar |
The wreath I made last year. |
It’s Monday! What are you reading? (7)
“It’s Monday! What are you reading?” is a weekly meme hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Post the books you finished reading last week, the books you are currently reading, and the books you plan to read this week.
Book(s) Read: Burning Bright by Tracy Cevalier
Currently Reading: Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani
What I plan to read next: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
What are you reading this week?
*I am putting together my Holiday Giveaway. If you are interested in participating, please let me know by emailing me at loganab8(at)gmail(dot)com. Also “like” my new Facebook page!
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(Mini) Bookworm Review: “Burning Bright” by Tracy Chevalier
Burning Bright by Tracy Chevalier
Dutton
March, 2007
Format: Hardback, 308 pages
First Line: There was something humiliating about waiting in a cart on a busy London street with all your possessions stacked around you, on show to the curious public.
From the inside cover: No. 13 Hercules Buildings, Lambeth, 1792. Poet, artist, and printer William Blake – local eccentric and political radical – works anonymously amidst the raucous din of a teeming, jittery London. Across the Channel, revolution is imploding in France. Nearby, the renowned Astley’s Circus is rehearsing its upcoming show, and next door the Kellaway family, recently arrived from the countryside, is moving in. Maggie Butterfield, the streetwise daughter of a local rogue, is looking for trouble – or at least a friend. When she and young Jem Kellaway are drawn into Blake’s spell, the chance meeting of three unusual souls sets the stage for an impassioned journey. Jem and Maggie spark the imagination of the poet, influencing one of the greatest and most mystical works in English literature, Songs of the Innocence and of Experience.
Burning Bright evokes the full pageantry of Georgian London: its circus spectacles mustard factories, pubs and bawdy songs, the grandeur of Westminster Abbey and the secrets of Cut-Throat Lane. Behind these lie the greater movements of an era: the influence of a nearby revolution, the mustering of forces loyal to the Crown, and the agonies of being an independent thinker in an age suspicious of dissent.
As she did in the bestselling Girl Wit a Pearl Earring, Chevalier brilliantly captures an era and a sense of place, at the same time deftly evoking an artist’s vision. Overflowing with energy, enterprise, and the power of creation, Burning Bright brings us a vivid story of the unpredictable, exhilarating passage toward adulthood.
My Thoughts: I found this book in the clearance section, and bought it because it sounded interesting. I typically like historical fiction and I’m a sucker for a book that takes place in London, but I was really disappointed in this one.
It was my first time to read Chevalier, and I’m not sure if I’ll read anything by her again. It wasn’t that it was a bad book, it was just boring. I couldn’t get into it and because of this, it took me a long time to get through it. I give this book 2 stars. If you’ve read Burning Bright, let me know what you thought of it.
Sunday Social (3)
It’s Sunday, which means I’m linking up with Neely at A Complete Waste of Makeup for the Sunday Social!
This week the theme is 4’s:
2. Name 4 movies you would watch over and over.
3. Name 4 places you have lived.
4. Name 4 of your favorite foods.
5. Name 4 things you always carry with you.
6. Name 4 places you have been on vacation.
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2) I’m a big movie buff so I’m going to narrow it down to top 4 Christmas movies:
1) Elf
2) Christmas Vacation
3) Grinch
4) A Christmas Story
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3) I’ve only lived two places: Montgomery, Alabama and Auburn, Alabama.
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A Post of Thanksgiving and Football
Hello ladies! I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and were as blessed as I was to share it with family and friends. Here is my Thanksgiving in pictures:
Our little family. |
Some of the girls! |
My cousins- Carrie-Grace and Lilly. |
My sweet nephew Tanner. |
God blessed us with this beautiful view of the sunset. |
As for today, it is officially “Rival Saturday.” I will be avoiding Facebook because I have been known to delete annoying (Alabama) fans so it is easier to stay away. I am a Florida fan and Ryan is a big Auburn fan, so we will be yelling “Go Gators” and “War Eagle” all day.
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Oh, How Pinteresting! (6)
It’s time to link up again for “Oh, How Pinteresting” hosted by Michelle over at The Vintage Apple!
Literary Junkies (1)
I’m linking up for the first Literary Junkies Link-up hosted by Taylor at Goings on in Texas and Lesley at By the Porchlight. They have also started an online book club! If you are interested, get in touch with Taylor and she will hook you up!
This week’s questions:
1) What book are you currently reading? Give us a little synopsis and your review.
2) What are your 3 favourite books of all time?
3) What is your “approach” upon entering a bookstore? Where do you immediately head after entering through the front door?
I’m also linking up with my girls from Tell me about it Tuesday!
Happy Tuesday, y’all!
It’s Monday! What are you reading?
Giveaway
Hey girls! My friend Tarole is having an awesome giveaway over at Island Livin’ with One Haole Girl! Go check out her blog and enter to win a ton of free ad space!
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