The Adventures of Robin Hood

For as long as I can remember, Robin Hood has been my favorite hero. It all started with Disney's animated film, I think. After seeing that, I was a goner. I had entered the era of life where one discovers heroes, I made myself a bow and arrow from twigs and string and demanded to be Robin Hood while my poor friends had to be Maid Marian. (don't worry...I think they preferred it!)

Watching the BBC Robin Hood drama lately I felt like pulling out my old copy of The Adventures of Robin Hood by Roger Lancelyn Greene. I was given this beautifully bound and illustrated book one year for Christmas along with the First Knight soundtrack and a few other Medieval lovelies. (I've always loved this era, which I think I inherit from my dad)
I just love how Robin Hood was so willing to give up everything he had to fight for justice and help the poor. I find him a bit of an inspiration.

And how can you help but love his Merry Men?

I love reading this book, it's written as a collection of adventures so it doesn't flow like a novel. But I find that nice as one could just read one tale before bed. :)

The Old Man and the Sea

I just listened to this book on cassette and I loved it. It was so well done! It was read by Frank Muller. Has anyone read this book? It's a short novel; it only took about 3 hours to listen to.

After reading it I really want to see the movie again. I'm not sure if I've seen the whole thing or not. I only remember certain parts of it. There's the one with Spencer Tracy and then there was another one made in 1990 with Anthony Quinn. Has anyone seen either of these movies?


Next on my list of books I want to read: For Whom the Bell Tolls, also by Hemmingway


Love, Jane

Books I read...

......while recuperating from a car accident I was in last August. Broke my knee and such so I did a LOT of sitting around reading! Thanks for keeping me company my own Lizzie!

Keep reading!
Genevieve

Just keep reading, reading, reading.....

I have been very negligent in my attentions to this blog and I hope to rectify the situation presently!

Even though I haven't been posting, I have been reading! Lots and lots! Let's see, since I last wrote I have finished Little Women. I love that book more and more each time I read it. :)Other books I have started and finished since then:
The Fisherman's Lady and The Marquis' Secret. Both by George MacDonald. So very good! These books are edited by Michael Phillips so that they are easier to read (and find!). If you have never read any of MacDonald's books I highly recommend these. Beautiful sweeping stories set in Scotland in the early 19th century.


Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey
Lando by Louis L'Amour
and Mojave Crossing by Louis L'Amour (I guess I was on a western kick! Gotta have some good westerns!)


Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (for the second time)
We watched the old BBC version of it the other day and it made me want to read the book again. I LOVE this book. It is my favorite Austen book. Ah! Read it! I KNOW you'll love it! :)


I'm also listening to Mansfield Park by Jane Austen on audio cassette. I drive a lot for my job so I'm in the car a lot. My truck only has a tape deck so I've been getting books on tape from the library. This version is read by Margaret O'Brien. I am very impressed with her reading style. Lovely!

I am also listening to a book on CD called The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien. Very exciting!
Please share what you have been reading lately!
Have a lovely day!
Jane

Crochet Me

Alright, this isn't exactly a "reading" book...but it is a book all the same so I thought it had a right to be on our book blog. ;) I just wanted to tell you about this brilliant book, Crochet Me. It's full of the cutest crochet patterns I've ever seen! I was lucky enough to happen upon it at the library and have already started making a cardigan.
So far the directions are clear and the pictures are so beautiful and inspiring! I feel like I've been given the crochet instructions for Anthropologie clothes! :)
So, if your a crocheter, I thought you might like to know about it. ;) Just don't rush out to the library if you live in the same town as me as I will be needing it for awhile. ;)

~Lizzie

North and South

Jane and I have finally completed our first "Book Club Read", North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell. :) Jane finished it long ago...it's taken me awhile as I've been rather lazy. But just this last week I read several chapters every night...I couldn't put it down. Such an amazing book!
It's hard for me to write a "review" or "what I liked" about this book because I just want to gush about everything and then it would give the whole book away.
All I can say is...if you love Jane Austen, with a Dickens twist...read North and South. :) It's the perfect mix.
And that's really all I can say. Over to you Jane....:)

~Lizzie

Mr. Darcy's Diary

Ever wonder what was going on inside of Mr. Darcy's head during Pride and Prejudice? I know I have. Well, here's a treat, Mr. Darcy's Diary by Amanda Grange let's you know just what she thinks he was thinking about.
I really enjoyed this book, although I'm not sure it's 100% accurate to who I imagine Mr Darcy to be. ;) But then..we all have our own idea of him, don't we? So, fairly, this is Amanda's.
I found this book really entertaining and most of the time I forgot I wasn't actually reading his real diary.
There's also several pages of Darcy and Lizzie's life at Pemberley after they're married which was fun!
So pour yourself a cup of tea, fluff the cushions on your favorite wing back chair and enjoy the blazing fire while being...perhaps a bit intrusive? And read Mr. Darcy's Diary. I hope you shall enjoy it.
~Elizabeth