Rules for a Knight | 
so-soEthan Hawks wrote this brief book of rules for living for his kids in the form of a found manuscript from a Welsh ancestor.
It can be eye-rollingly trite, like when a medieval knight tells his grandson Billy Graham‘s “Two Wolves” story pretty much verbatim.
But there are times when it is just so earnest that it punched through my cynicism and ended up being exactly the cheer-leading message I needed to hear.
#SummerOfShort2 book 5
pickSo ein schönes kleines Buch über die Regeln über den Umgang mit anderen oder auch mit sich selbst. Ein schöneres #hygge Buch könnte es kaum geben. Auch die Verweise und die Beispiele sind sehr anschaulich gewählt.
Such a tiny little book about rules how to behave towards others and to yourself. Such a nice #hygge book. The references and the examples are very demonstrative.
To all Littens who love Thich Nhat Hanh. @Faibka @Yellowpigeon
Another trip by train. Hopefully I works better today.
Quite excited to learn some new rules, even though I am not a not knight. 😉
so-soThough Ethan Hawke describes values that he thinks a knight or lady should have, and most of them are in fact to be desired, the thought that people can survive in a society while following all the rules, is highly unlikely. And the tale of a mighty stag is rather biased. It's more like he wants to force his own values on children as they are the ones addressed with this book.
Did you guys know Ethan Hawke is a writer?! I stumbled across this book on Amazon today. I fell in love with Ethan Hawke when I saw him in Reality Bites (pictured as his character, Troy). Now that I know my man is a writer too....well, that's just too much! Although, I'm a little afraid of reading it because my dreams may be crushed. What if it's awful? What if he's one of those actors who thinks he can do anything just because of who he is?!
Going the way of @merelybookish for the tricky #LyricalApril #UmaThurman prompt.
Uma Thurman was married to Ethan Hawke > Ethan Hawke wrote Rules for a Knight which is on my shelf, still TBR.
Fun Fact: Ethan and Uma met on the set of Gattaca.
Bonus Fun Fact: I really cussin' love Gattaca. Like a lot.
#Umathurman and Ethan Hawke were married. Hawke has written four novels, none of which I've read. (Ive always kind of assumed Hawke is a lot like the guy he played in Reality Bites:hot, smart, "sensitive," douchey. ?)
I did have a massive crush on him after Dead Poets Society, though.
#lyricalapril @Cinfhen
Was going to try a close-up collage-y shot of my #greencovers but then Cosmo showed up and I didn't want to deprive anyone of that.
I've said this before but Charles de Lint = so many green covers.
#dogsoflitsy #marchintoreading
Some very good #ShortStories or just shorter stories that I have read this year! #Booktober
pickThanks @JaimitaPR for posting about this book! Found it available on Overdrive, love it, and am now trying to figure out how to integrate it into my curriculum this year. Parables are awesome for flexing my readers' analytical skills.
Picked this up at @TheBookmarkPR 's sister store, The Bookmark Boutique.
Never knew pink and green were so under represented on my bookshelves. #augustofpages #bookphotochallenge
...the simple joys are the great ones. Pleasure is not complicated."
