Oh Crap! – Musings of an Unperfect Mommy

Reading Past and Present

January 12, 2021

Let’s start with 2020 – I managed to read at least 26 books (that’s how many I logged), but it may have been higher. I have a tendency to take a bunch of books out of the library, partially read them that day during our tea party, and then forgetting what I took out. And if I do read something I forget to log it. Even so, that’s two books a month so it was not a bad reading year.

This year I thought about doing a reading challenge which was kind of fun last year, but the one I did last year is more complicated this year so I don’t think I’ll be doing that. Some years I’ve set a theme for the year for books to read, and I had an idea for that, but stuff happened and I don’t feel like it now. One thing I would like to do is read through some of the Sonlight cores that we got partially through when we were homeschooling but didn’t quite make it through. Most of those are at least a one year plan so I would need to start now to get through the year. The Core 5 – Eastern Hemisphere – is my personal favorite so I might start there. It would be a way to go back to learn some history that I didn’t learn when I was in school. Most schools focus almost entirely on American history but you need the whole world history picture to understand most of what is going on today. It’s one of the reasons I chose to homeschool – a more rounded education.

Now, for spiritual reading, I’m back in “Reading Your Way To Heaven” Year 3 after my Advent devotional in December. I’m in Psalms now, reading the Catechism about the liturgy and sacraments, and for spiritual reading it’s “The Lord” by Romano Guardini. That last book is going to be a long one and will take me through Easter if not slightly beyond so it will mesh with the church year. In fact it meshes so well that I read the chapter on Jesus’ baptism on the Sunday where we celebrate that! And, despite the length of the book, it’s not super deep.

And that’s where my reading is at right now. After my siblings and I get through the process of closing out Mom’s house, I’ll be able to have more time to read and maybe by then I’ll have an idea of what I want to read this year. I’ll keep you posted. Happy Reading!

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