by Leslie Sholly | Jun 7, 2022 | book review, books, Catholicism, English Literature, linkups, review
This month’s reads are primarily fiction, as befits the beginning of summer! I just made it to my goal, finishing book six while visiting my husband’s family in Baltimore. A couple of these books were provided to me for free in exchange for my honest...
by Leslie Sholly | Jul 9, 2014 | English Literature, Five Favorites, linkups
It’s that time of the week! I’m linking up again with Heather of Mama Knows, Honeychild to bring you five of my favorites. This week I’m sharing five of my favorite poems, which may be intensely boring to many (most?) of you, but I’m an...
by Leslie Sholly | Dec 13, 2013 | books, English Literature, rants, review
Beware! Herein lie spoilers! I’m not in the habit of writing movie reviews, but then I’m not in the habit of going to movies either. John loves them, and occasionally he insists on taking me, but usually I’d rather spend date nights talking. I go...
by Leslie Sholly | Nov 28, 2012 | books, Deep Thoughts, English Literature
I’m cheating a bit on this post because it’s so late and I don’t have much time to make the NaBloPoMo deadline, but I’m a sucker for this kind of thing anyway. Yesterday a Facebook friend invited me to do the following: The rules: Don’t...
by Leslie Sholly | Nov 3, 2012 | books, English Literature, Uncategorized
David Copperfield. Gone with the Wind. The Lord of the Rings. Dracula. The Lords of Discipline. The Hobbit. The Dark is Rising series. The Chronicles of Narnia. A Tale of Two Cities. Little House on the Prairie. What do the above books have in common (besides being...
by Leslie Sholly | Oct 25, 2011 | English Literature, Spring Hill, Vacations
. . . but not to watch the big game. 🙁 No, we were in Mobile, at Spring Hill College, to visit Emily, our oldest, for Family Weekend. Emily is a Junior, and some of us have attended the weekend each year, but this time it seemed especially important for us to be...