I didn’t read as many books or blog as much this year because life is busier. Kids take a lot of time. Work takes a lot of time. It’s that season. In addition, a lot of time I would have spent reading was spent practicing Amharic! We’ll see what next year holds – it may be even shorter.<\/p>\n
The Sword in the Stone, T.H. White (read aloud to the kids)
\nA Celtic Miscellany, Tran. Kenneth Hurlstone Jackson
\nBorn Standing Up, Steve Martin (audio book)
\nTreasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson (read aloud to the kids)
\nThe Christian Future or the Modern Mind Outrun, Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy
\nThe Design of Everyday Things, Donald A. Norman
\nSuper Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America, Jeff Ryan (read aloud with my oldest son)
\nThe Door in the Wall, Marguerite de Angeli (read aloud to the kids, 2nd time)
\nThe Juniper Tree: and Other Tales from Grimm, Lore Segal and Maurice Sendak version (read some aloud do the kids)
\nThe Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling (read aloud to the kids)
\n20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Jules Verne (read aloud to the kids, partial)
\nSolomon Among the Postmoderns, Peter Leithart
\nSeveral small (and difficult to find) books on the history of Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, some of them edited by Kessis Kefyalew Merahi.<\/p>\n
Lonely Planet Ethiopian Amharic Phrasebook (very well worn!)
\nThe Essential Guide to Amharic, Andrew Tadross and Abraham Teklu (used this to death)
\nConcise Amharic Dictionary, Wolf Leslau (referred to at least a thousand times)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I didn’t read as many books or blog as much this year because life is busier. Kids take a lot of time. Work takes a lot of time. It’s that season. In addition, a lot of time I would have spent reading was spent practicing Amharic! We’ll see what next year holds – it may … <\/p>\n