Books Finished in February

1. Afterwhiles by James Whitcomb Riley **
(Read from October 13, 2010 to February 02, 201)
Some odd poems, some pretty good poems. He mostly uses hick-style dialogue, which is interesting.

2. Through the Fire / Inspirational Poems by Frank Sieber **1/2
The poems are very short and quite simple, but they are pretty good.

 3. Daphne Deane by Grace Livingston Hill **1/2
 (Read from February 22 to 24, 2013)
I decided to weed out the not-as-good GLH books in my personal library, but having never read this one, I wanted to give it a chance. Overall it is decent, but not one of my favorite GLH books. Still, there is something endearing about it, and it kept me reading. There is the quite usual range of characters--the handsome man with principles yet some confusion and waywardness, the sweet, lovely girl with strong faith, the gung-ho, supportive brothers, the nosy and gossiping neighbor, the haughty, selfish, and conniving girl. The contrasts in the "good" and "bad" young ladies are a little too polar, sometimes, so that the selfish one is almost a caricature, one who hates to give up and then wants her revenge. The story-line is not as questionable as the write-up makes it sound, and there were some good lessons, though I didn't agree with every little thing, and the young man in some ways doesn't really seem to be a Christian. In other ways he does. The story also includes a small mystery--odd lights in the old house. :)

The book of Luke - Started last year.
The book of Acts - We read this (starting last year) in family devotions.