Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Still Reading Chapters 4-5
Posted in The Hedge of Thorns by John Hatchard
When I said, "
I guess with all of the Thanksgiving celebrations, we didn't get much discussion done here last week," I totally was being understanding and including myself in that. I still want to comment on Amanda's post as well as Jeannie's and Stephanie's. This has been an extraordinarily busy week, which is weird for us. That said, I will answer your question Stephanie. I was going to leave this all in a comment, but it got too long ( as I tend to do... lol), so I am posting it for everyone.
Stephanie - We did set it up so that we are doing a Discussion every week, and I chose Wednesdays. Of course, I chose that 3 weeks before Thanksgiving, and then we didn't start until last week, so it fell in a bad week for Wednesday. Have you read the next 2-3 chapters yet?
Amanda and I posted each our own post last week because we were in two different locations, and that worked out best. We weren't sure we would continue to do that, but
we will just plan to post our discussion, and then everyone can join in as you can, ok? Do not feel you must discuss it on the exact day. We will just "open it up for discussion" with our post. Take this as far as you like on your individual blogs. Post it or not. You can discuss any of these chapters as you can, your comments will just be more read if you do it in the week we are reading it - but your discussion is welcome as you read it.
If anyone has an objection to doing just 2 chapters a week, please comment so we can include your input. I know many discussion groups read an entire book and then discuss it. We are just looking for some input on the subject! If it works with your present schedule, let us know that too. We know we can't please everyone. We are the moderators, but this is everyone's Literary Club. Stephanie and Jeannie seemed to think that reading 2 chapters may fit this season better for them.
Right now, I know Sylvia will be joining us when she gets her book and also Becca. I know Christina has read the first three chapters... did you go on, Christina?? You told me you were in tears... I am sure everyone would love to hear about it. :) Those of you who already had the book, have you gotten a chance to read over it or was last week just too busy? Marshie - How you doing? Did you get to read over the chapters?
We would love to hear from you all!
Blessings!
Jacque
Seeking Rest in the Ancient Paths Homeschool
Amanda
DISCUSSION: NOTE: Please feel free to post your discussion here in the comments section. Post it on your blog too, by all means, but it will be easier to discuss it right here on this blog. The discussion will be great in the comments section! We are not sure if we will continue to do 2 different posts, it just worked out better this way this time, but please post your discussion on either. Thanks!
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Friday, November 30, 2007 - Hedge of Thorns: Chapters 1-3
Posted by quietcajun
When this little book arrived in the mail I was surprised by the small size of it, but was thrilled at the vintage look and feel of it and to top it off I had a brand new ribbon bookmark that I was dying to use!
I snuggled down to read it while I was with my children at our weekly trip to the public library. I was actually a few minutes late picking my oldest daughter up from choir practice because I could not put the book down. From the very first pages I was mesmerized by the beautiful scene the author was painting in my mind both the physical scene and the emotional scene.
I could just picture John¡¦s father presenting his new baby sister to him! What a sweet image! John¡¦s love for Bell is beautiful and is much like the relationship that my children share (for the most part, at least!) I loved how John was anxiously awaiting the time when Bell would be old enough to play with him! How precious!
As I read on I was amazed by the powerful intensity packed into this tiny, little book! I started to weep as I read. Now remember, I was at the public library, with tears running down my cheeks. I glanced around. Nobody saw, I think! ļ
I couldn¡¦t wait to read it to my children. I read it to my three oldest and wept as I read. They sat listening with eyes wide. Two of them even began to tear up with me. They are used to my being moved to tears while reading and usually do not cry along, but this one gripped them the same way it had gripped me.
We read through the study questions and all three children admitted to identifying with John. One child didn¡¦t feel comfortable enough to share an area of temptation, but did speak slowly and purposefully as we continued our discussion.
I found myself thinking about this little book over the next few days. I have not yet found time to read chapters 4 and 5 (maybe tonight). I am very anxious to read on. I fear that John has not yet fully learned his lesson. ( Its too early in the book!)
Edited by quietcajun on Nov. 30, 2007 at 9:21 PM
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Saturday, December 1, 2007 - Untitled Comment
Posted by JEANNIE78
Ok are we to just discuss chapters 4-5 now on our own or will I need to wait for questions to be posted or are we waiting until a majority of the folks get their books and catch up to the questions posted for chapters 1-3?
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Monday, December 3, 2007 - Jeannie
Posted by JacqueDixonSoulRestES
I am in a bit of a quandry about others who have signed up to join in. I hope those who were waiting on their books have them soon, if not already. We are going to put everyone's email addresses into the Manager and send post updates for each new post.
Amanda and I are just going to go ahead and post our reviews each Wednesday. I think we will go ahead and stick with the next chapters as 4-7, since they are not long at all. I am going to get the questions posted, but they are not necessarily the discussion questions. I mainly made those up for any family discussion anyone wanted to have. I made them up for myself personally, but wanted to share them.
So, let's plan on one post this Wednesday on chapters 4-7, and everyone can comment on what they think. If you want to post on your blog, that's great... let's start leaving our links in the Discussion comments section. Include anything in the comment you want to add to the discussion as well as your link to your review.
I am still loving this little Treasure. Exactly what I thought was on the other side of one of the hedges *was* on the other side of one. Scary.
blessings~
J
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Wednesday, December 5, 2007 - My Review...
Posted by srostollan
I did not realize until just now that I was suppose to read to chapter 7. Here is a link to my review of chapters 4 and 5.
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/inspired/439410/
These were very full chapters! I will read chapters 6 and 7 and get a post put up about those!
Stephanie@inspired
Was I suppose to give you the link to my post or copy it into here?? I will get this yet!!
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Wednesday, December 5, 2007 - Untitled Comment
Posted by JEANNIE78
I am really loving this book and so are my kids, in fact they want to read it instead of their normal literature books(MaryPoppins series).lol Who would have thought!
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Thursday, December 6, 2007 - Yes -
Posted by hsbliteraryclub
There are so many facets to this wonderful little book! Thank you for your faithfulness in reading and discussion!
I had so much to say about chapters 4,5,and 6 that I stopped and did not do chapter 7. So, you are off the hook! You can save chapter 7 for next Wednesday!
I would like some of your post on the HSB LitClub site though. You can put the whole post in your comment or you can read what we had to say on our discussion and discuss what we talked about. It is up to you! I do want everyone else to be able to read what you thought here on the LitClub site though.
If your daughter has anything to say, you can include that too. I love Amanda's different perspective. She brought up some things that I had not looked at the way she did. Isn't is fun to do this and include our children?
blessings~
Jacque
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