Tuesday, December 20, 2011

More Wedding Pictures...

Bobby's cousin, Lori, emailed me some of the pictures her professional photographer took at the wedding reception back in May (can you remember that far back?)  Tracy Cavallari did an excellent job.  To bad she doesn't live around here or I'd get her to take some family photos.

Here are my three favorites:
That would be chocolate on Hannah's face.  There was a candy bar within easy reach of little fingers.


Do I not have the cutest son in the world?!







In other news, I've decided to start an A-Z Reading Challenge.  I've seen this on several blogs and it looks interesting... and challenging.  Basically you read a book for each letter of the alphabet.  With 'X' in can be a letter anywhere in the title instead of the first letter of the title.

Here's my list...
A - Atlas Shrugged
B - The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
C - The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
D -
E - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer (Thanks Claudia!)
F - Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
G -
H - The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
I - The Iliad by Homer
J -
K -
L - Lord of the Flies by William Golding
M - A Monk Swimming by Malachy McCourt (I loved his brother Frank McCourt so I'm giving him a try.)
N -
O - Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
P -
Q -
R -
S - Silas Marner by George Eliot
T - Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
U - Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
V -
X -
Y -
Z -

Italic books are books I've read forever ago and can't remember exactly how they end.  Clearly I have some gaps in my list...do you have any recommendations?  I don't like any self-help or Christian books (unless it's Corrie ten Boom, etc.)  And other than Of Mice and Men I don't like Steinbeck or Faulkner.  Otherwise I'm open for suggestions!

By the way, if you have a list I highly recommend Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte and Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi Heather,
for the "E" I would suggest you "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer, very very beautiful book :)
I know it's not time yet but i wish you, Bobby,and the kids (the three of them ;)) MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
Love,
Claudia

heather said...

Thank you very much Claudia! I hope that you have a wonderful Christmas and may the Lord bless you in the coming year. We miss you so much and think of you often!

Rachel said...

Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwarz
Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult

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