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Si’s Reviews

Book Review: Same Kind of Different As Me

I have motives for always demanding requesting book reviews from Si. First and foremost, I like to know what the people I love are reading. Hence the interest in Si’s reading, since he is the person I love first and foremost. I think that learning together ties people together {a natural benefit of homeschooling, by the way}. But there is a secondary purpose, and that is the potential benefit to my readers. Si tends to read different books than I Continue Reading…
December 9, 2008
Si Reviews: Summer for the Gods

Si has been putting the finishing touches on his footnotes for The Book {which, by the way, should be coming out in the spring sometime if all goes as planned}. This in turn led to more research. I suppose a book is never really finished. It’s just that at some point the author has to decide to be done. What I think is the final book for the final bit of research is Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial Continue Reading…
January 11, 2008
Weekend Reviews

This weekend was a nice one for our little family. It was worth reviewing. Not every weekend is worth mentioning. But here it is. The Weekend Movie Miss Potter Beatrix Potter’s Complete Tales is part of our standard preschool experience in the Afterthoughts household, so naturally I had to check out the movie. It was lovely. I had heard there was a bit of animation mixed in, and I was unsure how that would affect the movie, but I think they Continue Reading…
October 22, 2007
Weekend Reviews

I have been meaning to add this little feature for a while. Every once in a while we watch a really good movie over the weekend. Or one of us finishes a good book. Or a not-so-good book. Either way, I’ve wanted to start posting a simple review of these things. Also, I wanted to post Si’s reviews of works he has been reading. So, for what it is worth, here it is. Si Reviews: Deliver Us from Evil:Defeating Terrorism, Continue Reading…
October 1, 2007