Christine Eaton

@aella
You have my sword! Or rather, in this case, it would be a pencil and pen. I shall attempt this feat with blazing ink, but if I find that it is too hard an obstacle for myself, then I shall have to raise the white flag. The month of november tends to a hard winter every year, full of business and various chores.
In modern english, what the…[Read more]

@Daeus *goes and reads article* This is very well put. In the end, though, I think a lot of it comes down to an individual and their personal relationship with God. I feel that reading books like The Hidden Hand could hinder my relationship with Him because I’m thinking about things that I shouldn’t be instead of things that lead to Him. It might…[Read more]

@jess, @anna-brie, I’m sorry I missed you both, the internet has been down on my computer. I’m on my mum’s at the moment. I’ll let you know when I’m back on.

@Daeus flipping through old topics and I just thought I’d drop you a line and let you know your argument makes more sense than mine looking back. I agree. 🙂 Duty is ours, consequence is God’s, and better to follow what the Bible commands than what it possibly does not condemn. ‘Preciate you being patient and gracious through the intricacies of…[Read more]

@Aella I would love to do (or at least try) NaNo someday, ‘but today is not that day!’ (Since we’re going with battle speeches here. *wink*) Mainly, life is too busy for that at this point. I wish you all luck though. 😀

@winter-rose I love it, Gabrielle! So funny. I love the ending: “I want to eat it.” 😉 Great job!

@winter-rose I love it, Gabrielle! So funny. I love the ending: “I want to eat it.” 😉 <3

@winter-rose I love it, Gabrielle! So funny. I love the ending: “I want to eat it.”

Thank you for the warning!
It may seem strict, but I really feel that some things should be left out of the fiction world- or at least handled very carefully. I don’t want thoughts crossing the minds of my readers like the thoughts that crossed mine when reading The Hidden Hand. Violence doesn’t bother me very much; stealing, thievery, deceit and…[Read more]

Also @Daeus, this was more than where they started. Capitola excusing deceit with Scripture is at the very end of the book, and the prisoner she was releasing didn’t seem to have had a change of heart at all. While it’s true Capitola calmed Old Hurricane somewhat, he never really conquered his temper, and Capitola never felt that the way she…[Read more]

@Daeus I’m not sure I would go quite that far; I value them both. I understand that books can’t always be “squeaky clean” and realistic, but I felt that the Hidden Hand went too far into the realm of evil, especially in revealing the thoughts of the men and their lustful desires. Even though we should not be uninformed about the evils of the…[Read more]

Alright then; here it is. I wrote it a couple of years ago, so the grammar and such isn’t quite up to my current standard, but I think that it conveys the problems I had with it efficiently enough. Let me know if you have any questions!

In The Hidden Hand, Mrs. E.D.E.N. Southworth tells the story of a young girl named Capitola Black. We…[Read more]

@His-Instrument I’ll read through John with you! I’m not sure how often I’ll be on here, it might be regularly and it might not be. I have quite a busy schedule right now. 😛 😉 John is one of my favorite books though, and a literary study will be good for all of us I think!
I’ll be back later (probably tomorrow since I have class tonight) with…[Read more]

@Daeus The Prisoners of the Sea wasn’t so bad I guess, but I was a little younger and it is one of the gorier ones. I don’t mind sharing my critique on The Hidden Hand; did you want it here, or is there a subject specifically for that somewhere?

@christi-eaton Lamplighters are the best! 😀 Except for The Hidden Hand and Prisoners of the Sea; I had problems with both of those. I actually wrote a critical review for the Hidden Hand if you’re ever interested in it. But most of them are awesome! And the Mysterious Benedict Society is the best non-Christian fiction I have EVER read. And…[Read more]