I'm a librarian-in-training who loves history and literature.
I would have never read this ordinarily, but I ran out of audiobooks and joined the SYNC free audiobook program and this was the first one they sent me.![Explore the Bible (ETB) - Matthew: Sermon on the Mount [Vol 7] (Member Book) - Greg Matte](http://booklikes.com/photo/max/200/300/upload/books/0/6/06415671100e36eb013281c091dae088.jpg)
Read this July 9-September 8, 2016, but I actually put it down for about month in there.
An absolutely charming book! I'm so glad I listened to this. Amelia is no-nonsense and I love it! She and Emerson definitely get OTP status.
From a historian perspective, this book is amazing because diaries about the everyday life of an average person are hard to find. From a reader perspective, this book dragged considerably and it took me a solid 3 weeks to finish its 166 pages. It's not exciting in any way--it details Emily's moves around Colorado to new jobs, her time at those jobs (mostly housekeeping positions), and her issues with her children and ex-husband. She's also extremely religious, starting each entry with a Bible verse. 
It was weird and I didn't really like any of the characters. I felt sorry at the ending--wasn't worth 500 pages really.
My third time to read this book and I absolutely adored it of course. I've been listening to the podcast In Want of a Wife along with it and it's great to have good commentary. I particularly love the last chapter!!
Y'all I was lying awake 2 nights ago and this book popped into my head because I remembered that the kidnapping in this book took place when Connie was chilling in Rudolph's mind while he was asleep. And I made it my quest to find out the name of it, and Google helped me out. I probably read this book in like 1997. Holllla for weird late-night thoughts.
This is an incredibly sad book and I found myself having to stop after small chunks just because it was too depressing to continue. But it's also extremely well-written and I see why Mary Karr is seen as the master of memoir. Her ability to remember details draws you into the story, almost like you are present while the scene is actually happening.
The last time I read this was in 9th grade Pre-AP English back in Fall 2005. I had to do an oral report about it where I dressed up in an Elizabethan outfit. I enjoyed my re-read and listening to it while reading helped a lot. I also used No Fear Shakespeare too because I'm not in school anymore and 1500s English is hard sometimes. Nice way to pass an evening!
Read for work March-April 2016
I read this on March 30, 2016. It had an interesting premise. Won't count it in my Reading Challenge since it's not a book.
I read this on March 30, 2016. It was a cute short story with a surprise at the end! I won't count it in my Reading Challenge since it's not a book.
I read this on March 29, 2016 in like 5 minutes. I'm not going to count it in my reading challenge because it's not a book. It was a nice way to kill a few minutes though!
I felt like there was too much scientific description in this book and a lot of it I just skimmed.
An interesting biography of C. S. Lewis that focuses on his intellectual shifts throughout life and the intellectual issues that influenced his work. I found the beginning and ending engrossing, but the middle 4 or 5 chapters dragged significantly for me.
 - Matthew: Sermon on the Mount [Vol 7] (Member Book) - Greg Matte)
 - Emily Hutchinson, William Shakespeare)
