Book Blog Entries

I know that some of you have questions about what is required in the weekly blog entry. I want you to be reading your books, not just to read, but also to see what makes good writing. To that end, your blog entries should reflect what you have found profound or skillful in the books you are reading.

I will be posting every week as well.

The book I am reading is called The Five Quarters of the Orange.

She talks about a boy that she has helping her on the farm. A boy from a nearby town, not one of “the Families.” The thing I noticed, was how the small thing—capitalizing the word “Families,” made such a difference in meaning. To say “the Families” is institutionalize them—as if they were the church. “The Families” are legend—purveyors of righteousness. She could have easily explained who they were—that this young man was not from the town that rejected her, not from one of the families that might know her secret. But, she didn’t have to. That is the beauty of words—she simply named them, the Families. (from Five Quarters of the Orange p. 15)