December 30, 2011

• Reading Alliteration for 2012

  Betsy, shown here, modeling a new scarf I made her for Christmas -
  
                                           
  
  Betsy and I have, for the past 7 years, although it is usually in the summer, chosen a topic of books to read, and then we make an alliteration out of the subject.  Our first one, for instance, was the Mad Mystery Month of May.  As the years have gone by, we have expanded our literary achievements and have enjoyed making an alliteration, which, according to the dictionary is: 
  
  

  the commencement of two or more words of a word group with the same letter, as in apt alliteration's artful aid.
  
  A month or so ago, Betsy told me that she wanted to start our alliteration at the beginning of 2012 and read as many of Charles Dickens' works that we can find.  She works in a library, and has a Nook, and so that will be easy enough, and I of course have access to a library, and bookstores, and Amazon, etc.  So, we started making a list of all the Dickens works that we could, some of which we have already read.  I was very into having the girls read classics in our homeschool!  And Tale of Two Cities is my all-time favorite book!
  
  Now, one cannot spend a year (at least I am not going to) reading Dickens exclusively.  One must intersperse it with mindless mysteries, lots of spiritual reading, and some non-fiction as well!  So, after much thought and consideration, here is our reading alliteration for 2012:
  
  Donna and Daughter are Dedicated to Delving into the Delightful, Dreary, and Dark Documents from the Desk of Dickens, BUT,  Destined to be Dragged by Dickens' Demanding Dictation, we are Free to Filter with Fiction, Fantasy, Facts, or Further Features that Find our Fancy.
  
  There ya go!  And Betsy and Andrew gave me some lovely books on Quilting and on Knitting from around the world that I can't wait to read, as well as some mindless mysteries in my stocking!  So, I have some Dickens to start the year with, and other fanciful features to intersperse with!
  
  Next time - a sewing alliteration!
  
  
  

  
  

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