Well, I’ve finished The Oath by Frank Peretti and I must say, it is a long read but very well worth the time. Not to mention, it’s so good that it doesn’t *seem* to take very long at all!

However, if you’re like me, reading over a thousand pages of the same writing style in a little over a week can get almost redundant and even loses the spellbinding thrill of an intense writer such as Peretti. So, I decided to give my eyeballs a break then switch up my pace before getting into the rest of Peretti’s work. (Note: In bookworm utopia this is never a sin unless, of course, you never go back to read what you intended! In short, those who do such things: le livre infidèle déteste le cochon)

I have a wide variety on my shelf so I randomly – (i.e., closed my eyes and grabbed) – picked up an Ernest Hemingway collection. (Thank you Barnes & Noble for honoring the classics and making them very available.) Some might find Hemingway harsh and confined (so I’ve heard) in his style but his stories are infatuating to me. The Sun Also Rises was a nice change with much more realism, offering mostly-uneventful thoughts for my head. It’s about love and life in the 1920s through France and Spain. How could a girl turn that down? Depending on who you are, this book might be a two-pages-in-then-no-more or a rather delicious escape into a reality that simply isn’t so Americanized, or wildly unbelievable in a case such as mine. Not to mention it fits perfectly into my own philosophy of reading old books first, unfinished books second . . . and the new books when you’ve read or heard all other stories in the world.

I also recommend these books by Hemingway to quench your ernest:

Two days ago I started reading Children of Hurin by J.R.R. Tolkien and Christopher Tolkien. I love Tolkien. Love. Before ever watching the movies, another must in bookworm utopia, I read The Hobbit, The Silmarillon, and The Lord of the Rings. (I refuse to link those three. Go to your library or bookstore and pick them up NOW. Do not watch the movies first. Do not read a wiki-summary. Do not pass go or collect 200 until reading, cherishing, kissing, and giving due space on your bookshelf to these treasures.) I was about fourteen at the time so it’s been a while since I’ve stuck my nose in some of his incredible stories. I’m on the third chapter and oh, oh, oh ’tis a beautiful thing. It makes me want to go back and re-read them all again but such vast worming will have to wait. Regardless, GO read them. If you’re a Tolkien fan and you’ve yet to check out The Children of Hurin, do so, especially those of you who are middle-earth history freaks.

So, that’s all for now. My current reading list (in order) is as follows and hopefully I’ll get through them by the end of August:

  • The Shack
  • The Circle Trilogy
  • Harry Potter Series

Harry Potter. That’s right. Put on your big girl/big boy undies and be patient.

Thanks for checking in! I’d love to hear your thoughts!

P.S. the ‘ernest’ pun was definitely intended

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