Howdy! I'm glad you're here.
This post probably contains run-on sentences, sentence fragments,
affiliate links, and unnecessary ellipses. If none of that bothers you, let's be friends.
I promised myself I would keep blogging even if I didn't have anything interesting enough to say, but then...I couldn't think of anything interesting enough to say.
Womp womp.
Two minutes I picked up my phone to instagram the book I'm reading and I was like "okay, I can just blog this! I can just do it as if it's my blog and I can just post whatever lame thing I want!"
A bit before Christmas I asked for book recommendations for my well-read 15 year old and In this House of Brede by Rumer Godden was one of the suggestions.
This book is basically 500 pages long and she read the entire thing in two days while still keeping up with all her other things. She. Loved. It. That. Much. So I knew I had to read it, too. I'm only about 90 pages in and gosh it's just so dang beautiful. Every other page is a sentence or passage I want to read out loud to you.
If you like books about people, books that help you understand the complicated mess that is humanity and relationship, I think you will love this book. Kind of like Chaim Potok's The Chosen, except about cloistered nuns instead of orthodox Jews....? Okay, Imma stop there since, like I said, I'm only 90 pages in and I probably shouldn't be posting about a book I haven't finished reading, but it's a new day friends, where I post random things on my blog without thinking too hard about them. Weeeeeeeeeeeee!
Lovely review - you just persuaded me to order this in from the library. Any book you could compare with The Chosen sounds promising! : )
ReplyDeleteThis is on so many recommended read lists...but I've been intimidated. Thanks for the encouragement. :)
ReplyDeleteI love this book. Read it 30+ years ago. Unfortunately, my copy disappeared and it is not available that i can find.
ReplyDeleteIf you click the name of the book, you can buy it on Amazon! That's where I got ours at least :)
DeleteI love this book. Read it 30+ years ago. Unfortunately, my copy disappeared and it is not available that i can find.
ReplyDeleteI love that book! I read it in a Catholic literature course (best class ever) in college and reread it a few years ago. Soooooo good!!
ReplyDeleteI haven't heard that title in a very long time. Was just looking for something for myself. Thank you for the suggestion!
ReplyDeleteHmmmmm....this has piqued my interest! I may just have to check this one out! But at 500 pages, I may have to save this for the summer.
ReplyDeleteI have been googled "good books" looking for recs...and have been disappointed. Your "post about nothing" saved the day! Thanks.
ReplyDeleteThis is on my list (and has been for awhile..you know..as book list go) but it just bumped up a few notches! I didn't see your request for recommendations but has she read All the Light we Cannot See? LOVE. THAT. BOOK.
ReplyDeleteYessss this book is wonderful!! And you will probably not put it down and be able to blog about finishing the whole thing tomorrow!
ReplyDeleteIs this the first book you've read by Rumer Godden?
ReplyDeleteIt is really great. My grandmother recommended it to me shortly after it was published. I've read it at least 3 times and we had a great discussion about it in our Catholic women's book club.
AMDG
I JUST read this last week and I feel like part of me is still wandering around in Brede. So different, so good!
ReplyDeleteIt really is a beautiful book. I'm very fond of Rumer Godden. Hope you enjoy the rest of it, Dwija!
ReplyDeleteYou had me at Chaim Potok, one of my favorite authors!
ReplyDeleteSee? Just keep blogging! It's all good stuff!
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm totally getting this book, because you've never led me wrong.
I loved the movie with Dianna Rigg.
ReplyDeleteSuch a good book! This was my first experience of her and I was just smitten!
ReplyDeleteI adore it, too! Although: without providing any spoilers, I will mention that there is a searing grief in it, so it is maybe not for a very sensitive time...
ReplyDeleteDixie! If you're the one in FroRo, I'm so glad to see you here and wish I saw more of you in person! If not, well, I like the way you write. :-)
DeleteSo glad you're reading this! I loved it too. It inspired me to pray the Divine Office more. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you for this. I'm going to get the book. :)
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to check out this book. Glad you're blogging again. I enjoy your posts! :)
ReplyDeleteLove this book! I read it for the 1st time when I was around 20. I can look back now (and that's a long way back) and say it was a life changing book for me. I think some part of me has never left Brede...
ReplyDeleteI love this book too! I did NOT expect to love it when I picked it up. She gets the human experience SO WELL. Also, a gentle recommendation to prepare your mama heart to read a description of a tragic event. ❤️
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