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November 2015

November 18, 2015

Additions, corrections to Greg Popcak’s book Holy Sex?

Gregory Popcak and I were chatting the other day. He's thinking of writing a second,...

November 02, 2015

Reading, watching, listening to …

I'm reading ... When You Are Engulfed In Flames by David Sedaris Sedaris is the...

October 2015

October 21, 2015

I’m reading, I’m watching, I’m listening to . . .

I'm reading . . . Havana Bay by Martin Cruz Smith. Fourth in the Arkady...

October 14, 2015

I’m reading, I’m watching, I’m listening to …

I'm reading . . . A Case of Conscience by James Blish (1958). It turns...

October 01, 2015

Can American writers write happy endings?

The British get Tom Jones and Dickens and Shakespeare's comedies, but what do we Americans...

September 2015

September 30, 2015

Adult American novels with happy endings?

My teenage daughter is looking for good novels or short stories for a school project....

September 30, 2015

I’m reading, I’m watching, I’m listening to . . .

I'm reading . . . Zorro by Isabel Allende. Allende is definitely a guilty pleasure....

September 14, 2015

Roald Dahl > John Steinbeck (up to a point)

Today was Roald Dahl Day. You've probably read all the famous books by him -- James...

July 2015

July 20, 2015

The Sinner’s Guide to NFP is on sale for NFP Awareness Week!

In honor of nobody's favorite week of the year, my book's on sale all week! The...

July 09, 2015

Is Your Facebook Feed the Sea of Galilee or the Dead Sea?

I don't have non-Catholic and secular Facebook friends merely because I want to proselytize them...

February 2015

February 16, 2015

What book gets your region right?

It's hard to say which is more satisfying: a book that introduces you to a...

January 2015

January 28, 2015

Autographed books about marriage for Valentine’s Day

I'm not going to tell you to get your wife a book or two for...

December 2014

December 18, 2014

That time you were so busy, you forgot you wrote that book

Well, one chapter of it, anyway. This is so dang stupid. Right before supper, FedEx...

December 17, 2014

First Things likes The Sinner’s Guide to NFP!

Reviewer Christine Emba says in First Things: What especially recommends The Sinner’s Guide to a broader audience is...

December 12, 2014

Seven books that fell behind my bed

Seven quick takes! I hope you can see the pictures - WordPress is being a...

November 2014

November 03, 2014

My book sale phinds and phooeys

I used to try to make extra money selling used books online. I would go...

October 2014

October 25, 2014

It’s our 17th anniversary SALE-abration!

I can't even believe I just said that. Anyway, tomorrow is my and Damien's 17th...

October 24, 2014

Seven Quick takes: Seven Really Good Books for Young Adults

Wow, I haven't done a 7QT in forever! And I'm not actually doing one now. This...

October 10, 2014

The American Catholic Almanac is meaty and fascinating

If you're like me and most of my American Catholic friends, any combination of the words...

September 2014

September 16, 2014

What are you doing for catechism this year?

For the older kids, in 7th, 8th, 10th, and 11th grades, I give up. Wait,...

July 2014

July 10, 2014

At the Register: Maite Roche is a treasure

As a writer with children, I receive lots and lots of Catholic children's...

May 2014

May 19, 2014

I don’t always do obnoxious fist pumps

. . . but when I do, it's because I got a good book review...

May 19, 2014

Life is too short for bad sex with a good husband.

This is the greatest letter I’ve gotten in a million years. It’s from MightyMighty at...

May 11, 2014

Lard Will Keep Us Together; or Proof that Autism is Caused by Vatican II

We all know that marriage rates are dropping, even here in New Hampshire. But do...

May 08, 2014

The Church asks us to become expert lovers

at least according to Simcha Fisher, whoever that is, who has a new Tumblr account and...

April 2014

April 30, 2014

32 authors and one banana

. . . read excerpts from Jen Fulwiler's new book. I fought through my horrible...

April 29, 2014

At the Register: Something Other than God: Jennifer Fulwiler’s New Memoir

. . . is great! Of course it is. But it's even better than I...

April 03, 2014

At the Register: Great New Children’s Book about the Papacy (updated with link this time!)

Our Holy Father, the Pope: The Papacy from Saint Peter to the Present would make...

March 2014

March 19, 2014

Help me load my iPad with freebies!

The other day, I was amazed and delighted to hear that I had won second...

March 18, 2014

Cisgendered Bears and Other Horrible Things That Have Happened to My Mommy Brain

A few weeks ago, a mom of my acquaintance got The Three Little Bears from...