tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post8224553781360753277..comments2024-03-14T11:50:14.761-04:00Comments on DarwinCatholic: The Books We ReadDarwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08572976822786862149noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-39545902268322575512016-12-21T23:01:04.520-05:002016-12-21T23:01:04.520-05:00Some time ago, a Facebook friend in her early 20s ...Some time ago, a Facebook friend in her early 20s shared a meme that imagined the opposite scenario for her future: a granddaughter who would be nostalgic for the 2010s, but only for the things her grandmother despised. And I was surprised at the number of young women who chimed in, saying it would be <i>the worst thing ever</i> to have such a granddaughter. All I could think was: I'd be grateful to have a chance at having a granddaughter (or grandson) at all! <br /><br />One of my own grandmother's biggest disappointments was that none of her children and grandchildren really took to Spanish, the language of her heart. (She would have taught it to all of us as babies if my grandfather hadn't forbidden it.) Even those of us who studied languages for fun always chose something else. She had trouble understanding why Spanish wasn't everyone's first choice . . . or only choice! Now that she has passed away, I deeply regret not letting her be more influential over my choices. But at least we were able to enjoy her favorite American movies from the 1930s and 1940s together! Cristinahttp://linguavert.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-16183945388671272742016-12-14T12:23:39.554-05:002016-12-14T12:23:39.554-05:00I've been reading George MacDonald to my child...I've been reading George MacDonald to my children (and one even by myself). He was apparently the favorite children's author of C.S. Lewis, and his worlds are even more whimsical, and equally steeped in a Christian worldview. I think Lewis and Tolkien appealed strongly to a person raised closer to the mid-twentieth century, and as we get farther from that time we can see better they were a product of a broader culture and movement. Having started with Lewis and Tolkien, I find myself expanding out to Chesterton, Waugh, Knox, MacDonald, Nesbit, Graham, Andrew Lang, etc, and something in one of them may speak better to children of the twenty-first century. Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15706375351999428103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-20591473851994028672016-12-13T21:26:16.870-05:002016-12-13T21:26:16.870-05:00I didn't even meet Tolkien till college, thoug...I didn't even meet Tolkien till college, though I'd loved Narnia for years. There's still plenty of time and hope! My introduction was The Hobbit in the 16 hour car ride home from Steubie to IA as my trip-mates and I read it aloud. Then I devoured LOTR over the break and have never turned back.<br />Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02662245996388475522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-78827677601472286972016-12-13T21:22:49.720-05:002016-12-13T21:22:49.720-05:00In the words of the good Professor:
The Lord of t...In the words of the good Professor:<br /><br />The Lord of the Rings <br />Is one of those things. <br />If you like it you do; <br />If you don't, then you boo!<br /><br />I do think you could do a nice neurolinguistic/personality study on what kind of thinkers like reading Tolkien, as opposed to those who are violently allergic to him. Bansheehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12594214770417497135noreply@blogger.com