Between The Lines Of Life

Description of Project: For my project this semester, I decided to write a series of blog posts. On these blog posts I'll do one of two things: either I'll write a short essay on a theme found in my reading or from another work we've read this semester, or I'll post a quote from one of them and talk about the theme and the relevance of the quote. Chosen Book for Final Unit: The book I chose to read for the final unit is  Lilith  from  The George MacDonald Treasury . Quote from Lilith:  (Page 505 in  The George MacDonald Treasury  second to last paragraph) ""You did me no wrong," he returned. "Calling me a raven, or thinking me one, allowed me existence, which is the sum of what one can demand of his fellow-beings. Therefore, in return, I will give you a lesson: -- No one can say he is himself, until first he knows that he IS, and then what HIMSELF is. In fact, nobody is himself, and himself is nobody. There is more in it than you can see...

This one is for a totally different class altogether. For my Major Authors class we've been reading works by JRR Tolkien and George MacDonald. For our end of semester project we get to choose what we will do. Someone asked about writing a series of blog posts, and my professor said that would be fine. Since I already have this blog, I figured I might as well. So, I will probably be writing a series of blog posts in the next 3 weeks. It'll be a series of 10-20 blog posts altogether. I hope you enjoy them! The main works we focused on this semester: The Silmarillion  by JRR Tolkien Thomas Wingfold, Curate  by George MacDonald Phantastes  by George MacDonald -and for the last unit, we chose something by one of them to read on our own- Lilith  by George MacDonald I've decided that for these blog posts I'll either write  mini essays  like what he has us write over different  subjects and themes  within each of these books, or I'll post...

For a class I'm taking up at school, I was supposed to give a presentation on something from a list of topics. One was Family Reading: Learning Through Books. I decided to slightly tweak the topic and go with: Teaching Children a Love of Reading. They aren't all that different but I really want to focus on children within the family especially. I found several articles (which I'll post links to below) that talk about teaching a love of reading. I'll talk about ten of my favorite tips found in these articles. Read aloud to your kids  from a young age. The sooner you get them hooked on books the better. My mom used to read aloud to me when I was younger. She'd even do different voices and practically act out the whole story to me. This got me interested in the books and eventually I decided to learn to read all on my own so that I wouldn't just be able to read when she was available to read to me. I still enjoy listening to her read aloud to me but not as o...

For the first time in months, I finished a book! I've actually read this one before, but I thought I'd read it again during my Thanksgiving Break. So, here goes another book review! Peeps by Scott Westerfeld This book was amazing! I loved it! I wouldn't recommend reading it if you have a queasy stomach though, since he describes parasites in detail. Good characters and definitely a good read when you are looking to get away from school books. I'd definitely recommend it for most of my friends and my sister! Sorry this review isn't very organized, I'm writing it up really quick before I pull out my greenbean casserole and heat up some thanksgiving leftovers. Happy late Thanksgiving! Enjoy! <3Claire

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