Becky's Book Reviews: Share-a-Tea September Check-In

Thursday, September 28, 2017

Share-a-Tea September Check-In

What are you currently reading for the challenge?
Have you finished any books for this challenge this month?
Is there a book you're looking forward to starting next month?
Want to share any favorite quotes? It could be from your current read. It could be about reading. It could be about drinking tea.
What teas have you enjoyed this month?
Do you have a new favorite tea?

What I am currently reading for the challenge:

Holy Bible: Revised English Bible. 1989/1996. Cambridge. 1264 pages. [Source: Bought]
Adam Bede. George Eliot. 1859. 624 pages. [Source: Bought]

What I have finished for the challenge this past month:

The Wretched. Victor Hugo. Translated by Christine Donougher. 1862/2013. 1456 pages. [Source: Bought]
Catch-22. Joseph Heller. 1961. 453 pages. [Source: Library]
The Wife Between Us. Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen. 2018. St. Martin's Press. 352 pages. [Source: Review copy]
Verdict of Twelve. Raymond Postgate. 1940/2017. 208 pages. [Source: Review copy]
The Case of the Lucky Loser. Erle Stanley Gardner. 1957. 192 pages. [Source: Bought]
The Case of the Fiery Fingers. Erle Stanley Gardner. 1951. 192 pages. [Source: Bought]
The Case of the Daring Decoy. (Perry Mason #54) Erle Stanley Gardner. 1957. 198 pages. [Source: Bought]
The Case of the Gilded Lily. (Perry Mason #50) Erle Stanley Gardner. 1956. 188 pages. [Source: Bought]
The Circular Staircase. Mary Roberts Rinehart. 1908. 197 pages. [Source: Bought]
Godspeed: Voices of the Reformation. David Teems. 2017. Abingdon Press. 384 pages. [Source: Review copy]
Sing!: How Worship Transforms Your Life, Family, and Church. Keith and Kristyn Getty. 2017. B&H Books. 176 pages. [Source: Review copy]
Martin Luther: A Spiritual Biography. Herman Selderhuis. 2017. Crossway. 288 pages. [Source: Review copy]
ESV Reformation Study Bible. 2015. Edited by R.C. Sproul. Reformation Trust. 2560 pages. [Source: Gift/Bought]
The Living Bible. 1974. Tyndale. 1090 pages. [Source: Bought]

What I'm looking forward to starting:

I would love to read some Victorian literature for my challenge. These are the slots I need:

_ 10. A book published between 1861-1870
_ 13. A book published between 1891-1901
_ 19. A book by Elizabeth Gaskell
_ 20. A book by George Eliot
_ 22. A book by a new-to-you female author
_ 27. Biography, Autobiography, or NONFICTION book about the Victorian era
_ 31. A Christian book fiction or nonfiction
_ 32. A children's book

My favorite quotes:

Love each other always. That’s about the only thing in the world that matters: loving each other. ~ Victor Hugo
It’s God who determines the lot that falls to us. He’s up there, he sees us all, and he knows what he’s doing among his great stars. ~ Victor Hugo
When the heart is on the slippery slope, there is no stopping it. ~ Victor Hugo
It’s not enough to be happy, you have to be content. ~ Victor Hugo
The first step is nothing, it is the last step that is hard. ~ Victor Hugo
To love, or to have loved, is enough. Ask for nothing more. There is no other pearl to be found in life’s shadowy convolutions. To love is an achievement. ~ Victor Hugo
Everything can be parodied, even parody. ~ Victor Hugo
Love is the foolishness of men and the wit of God. ~ Victor Hugo
When grace is combined with wrinkles, it is enchanting. There is a sort of dawning in the full bloom of old age. ~ Victor Hugo
One of his anxieties was that he was being made to think. ~ Victor Hugo
Alas! to have climbed does not preclude falling. This can be seen in history more frequently than anyone would wish. ~ Victor Hugo
Peoples, like stars, have the right to go into eclipse. ~ Victor Hugo
The poetry of a people determines its progress. ~ Victor Hugo
‘What is the cat?’ he exclaimed. ‘It’s a correction. The good Lord, having made the mouse, said, “Oh dear, that was a mistake!” And he made the cat. The cat is the mouse’s erratum. Mouse plus cat are the revised and corrected proofs of creation.’ ~ Victor Hugo
Love is an ardent forgetfulness of everything else. ~ Victor Hugo