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Called to Be the Children of God - Multiple Authors Listening to the Al Kresta...

April 2016

April 05, 2016

Review: Thomas More: A Portrait of Courage by Gerard B. Wegemer

Thomas More: A Portrait of Courage by Gerard B. Wegemer This birth-to-death biography of Saint Thomas...

September 2015

September 02, 2015

Book Love: Dragons and the Napoleonic War — Naomi Novik

I've begun reading a series that I'd avoided until I saw Scott Sigler talk about...

August 2015

August 28, 2015

The City by Dean Koontz

The City by Dean Koontz That’s life. Always something, more good than bad, but always...

August 19, 2015

Saint Peter: Flawed, Forgiven and Faithful by Stephen J. Binz

One of this book's subtitles is "Walking with Peter from Galilee to Rome." It's the...

August 12, 2015

Dickens and the Sandwich

Sandwiches and Dickens I was reading Barnaby Rudge and was startled by seeing a sandwich...

July 2015

July 15, 2015

Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus by Nabeel Qureshi

Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity by Nabeel Qureshi This is the...

July 09, 2015

Reading Slump Solution: Hard-Boiled Detectives

It took Sherry at Semicolon to put a name to my recent reading problem. She...

July 01, 2015

The 10 Books That Have Influenced Me Most

The Christian Century magazine asked a lot of famous people "What books did most to...

June 2015

June 26, 2015

Scott and Julie argue about the meaning of …

... "Only the mockingbird sings at the edge of the woods." Neighbors tell them to...

June 16, 2015

Encountering Truth by Pope Francis

Encountering Truth: Meeting God in the Everyday by Pope Francis My rating: 5 of 5...

June 08, 2015

Rising Strong by Brené Brown

Rising Strong by Brené Brown My rating: 3 of 5 stars The physics of vulnerability...

June 04, 2015

The Great Divorce by C. S. Lewis

The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis My rating: 5 of 5 stars I read this...

May 2015

May 26, 2015

Heaven and Hell: Visions of the Afterlife in the Western Poetic Tradition by Louis Markos

Heaven and Hell: Visions of the Afterlife in the Western Poetic Tradition by Louis Markos...

May 11, 2015

The Lord by Romano Guardini

The Lord by Romano Guardini That Jesus’ task “is consummated” must be true, because he...

May 05, 2015

Dante’s 750th Birthday, Pope Francis and Some Good Reading

On the eve of the extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy, the Holy Father expresses his hope...

May 04, 2015

The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne This was a great book. It...

April 2015

April 23, 2015

The Power of Vulnerability by Brené Brown

The Power of Vulnerability: Teachings of Authenticity, Connections and Courage by Brené Brown “In my...

April 21, 2015

Review – Art: A New History by Paul Johnson

Art: A New History by Paul Johnson In Art: A New History, Paul Johnson turns...

April 16, 2015

My Continuing Dickens Exploration: Dombey and Son

Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens (Writing this without spoilers probably will lead to misdirection,...

April 15, 2015

Review: The Book of Feasts & Seasons by John C. Wright

The Book of Feasts & Seasons by John C. Wright THE BOOK OF FEASTS &...

April 14, 2015

Well Done Basics: Tweeting With God by Michel Remery

Tweeting with God: # Big Bang, Prayer, Bible, Sex, Crusades, Sin, Career . . ....

April 13, 2015

A Magnificent Book: Mockingbird by Walter Tevis

Mockingbird by Walter Tevis Only the mockingbird sings at the edge of the woods. Why...

April 09, 2015

Books Just In: Tweets, Seeds, Encounters, A Way Forward, and a Giveaway

Ah spring book season, when the new growth of authors and publishers sprout at the...

April 08, 2015

Congratulations to John C. Wright and Michael Flynn for Their Hugo Nominations!

Imagine my delight in seeing two of my favorite science fiction/fantasy authors among the 2015...

March 2015

March 26, 2015

A Catholic Gardener’s Spiritual Almanac by Margaret Rose Realy

A Catholic Gardener's Spiritual Almanac: Cultivating Your Faith Throughout the Year by Margaret Rose Realy...

March 16, 2015

Book Review: Crimson Bound by Rosamund Hodge

"Do you think that doing the right thing will always be pretty?" I really loved...

February 2015

February 13, 2015

Lenten Reading: The Big List of Nonfiction

I thought about rereading something this year but feel that I want something new. Something...

February 12, 2015

Lenten Reading: The Big List of Fiction

One giant list of fiction to inspire them all and in the light to find...

February 06, 2015

Book Review: Everything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O’Connor

Everything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'Connor Everything That Rises Must Converge is a...

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