no surprise what i was reading this week as based upon the title – two heavyweights – both over 700 pages long – my arms are weak from reading:)
jonathan edwards – a biography from a professor at yale – the book won a christian biography award in 2003 – edwards was a pastor during the great awakening – i’m a sucker for pre-revolutionary war history – i guess a puritan at heart – so i really, really enjoyed the book – expected to take a lot longer to finish it but got caught up in the book and read it in about four days (not bad for teeny-tiny print that was over 700 pages)
just as i am by billy graham – read this autobiography when it came out – in 1997 – it was long as well, over 700 pages – amazingly, the book didn’t come close to analyzing and relaying all the events that have happened in graham’s life – despite that, the book was a wonderful read – an ecouragement to keep the faith
now write by someone – actually, the someone was an editor – the book was a collection of writing exercises – 90 percent of them weren’t particularly great – but i found a couple – one that was really awesome – so it was worth the reading
other things – i started rereading the new testament in may – i’m nearly through romans now – sports illustrated is backing up on me at CMS, but i’ve managed to keep up with the world through the economist – and christianity today – and history channel magazine – and runner’s world
speaking of runner, i’m headed to peavine falls this weekend for a run up a mountain – and then back down – oh, and 1.2 miles of trail – all in all, 8.2 miles of fun – hope your reading is going well
sincerely,
mafeld
Tuesday-
Well today I’m going to compare my book to another book.(P.S. I’m almost done with mybook- then Iwill start on the Battle of the Books.) Anyway, I’m going to compare it to ‘Freak the Mighty’.
First ‘Freak the Mighty’, is in a town. It’s main charecters are 2 boys about 13 or 14, and their sizes are very different, and by this I mean one is very big one is very small.
In ‘The Island of the Blue Dolphines’, is on an island.It’s main charectersare a girl probably about 21, and a dog, she does not have a regular house or diet, like in ‘Freak the Mighty’.
in both ‘Freak the Mighty’ & ‘The Island of the Blue Dolphines’, a boy dies,one dies at the begining, and one dies at the end.
P.S. I’m sorry if I put this in the wrong place.
-Camie jay jay 🙂 😮 🙁 😉 ;(