Wednesday, April 29, 2026

MARCH / APRIL RECAP


Each time I am inspired to try writing on this blog again, I am reminded that I do not have the time. I just don't. However, it only takes a few days to recap what I have finished reading and what I am currently reading and still reading. I completed my Renaissance/Reformation self-education study; and possibly by June, I will begin my Revolution I study. I am still rereading through TWEM novels. So here are two months' worth of reading progress:

MARCH READS: 4

Laura Ingalls Wilder: By the Shores of Silver Lake;  The Long Winter ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (rereads)

Dante: The Purgatorio ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (unread) This was challenging for me because it is medieval allegorical poetry -- a concoction of Catholicism and mythology. At times, difficult to decipher, and others, intolerable to swallow. But I get it: it's a notable work of its kind, and it has MEDIEVAL VIBES!!!

John Bunyan: The Pilgrim's Progress ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (reread) 


APRIL READS: 3

Christine Miller: The Story of the Renaissance and Reformation ⭐⭐⭐ (reread)

Genevieve Forster: The World of Columbus and Sons ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (unread)

Laura Ingalls Wilder: Little Town on the Prairie ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (reread)


NEW CURRENT READS, FOR NOW: 4

Bainton: The Reformation of the Sixteenth Century (unread)

Dante: The Paradiso (unread)

Lamb: Tales From Shakespeare (mostly unread)

Ingalls Wilder: These Happy Golden Years (reread)


AND ALSO STILL READING THESE: 13

McGee: Thru the Bible

Spurgeon: Morning and Evening

Suave: Wisdom on Her Tongue

Bridges: Respectable Sins

Kirk: Roots of the American Order

Schaeffer: How Should We Then Live?

Foxes' Book of Martyrs

Jackson: No Other Foundation

Langford: Fire Upon the Earth

Shelley: Church History in Plain Language

Janson: The Story of Painting

Coffin: The Story of Liberty

Miller: The Story of the Thirteen Colonies


NEW BOOK FINDS: +3

Alice Walker: The Color Purple

Vladimir Nabokov: Lolita

Ron Chernow: Alexander Hamilton


2 comments:

  1. George B. Edwards, Jr.May 4, 2026 at 8:15 AM

    You have put forth an interesting and wide-ranging array of reading prospects here. I am looking forward to The Group, by Mary McCarthy, which comes out on Audible tomorrow. Currently, I'm listening to Revealing Revelation which was on your February list of books read. In addition to the author's knowledge, he also comes across as a friendly and likable narrator of this work. I'm glad to have found out about it from you.

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  2. George B. Edwards, Jr.May 4, 2026 at 8:19 AM

    I think I transposed the author's title Revelation Revealed in my note to you. Not for the first time. Please bear with me.

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