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Books Read in 2023

Books Read in 2023

It was a very good reading year – 95 books finished! I could not reach that number without audiobooks as I am not a fast reader (although I am faster – when I focus – than I used to be). I don’t think I’ll try for 100 in 2024, especially since I’m tackling several pretty… Continue Reading

Book Notes: Step by Step

Book Notes: Step by Step

I just finished The Didascalicon of Hugh of St. Victor, reading along with a book discussion led by my friend Dawn and hosted on the Scholé Sisters discussion forum. I did question a few of Hugh’s ideas and found some places a bit tedious (but necessary information for the beginning students he was writing to),… Continue Reading

Book Notes: Resurrection and Remembrance

Book Notes: Resurrection and Remembrance

On Friday, I finished Jesus of Nazareth: From the Baptism in the Jordan to the Transfiguration by Pope Benedict XVI. Like his Infancy Narratives, which I read during Advent and Christmas, I found it very insightful, even if I didn’t always agree with him (not being Catholic). His knowledge of Scripture and the connections he… Continue Reading

Books Read in 2022

Books Read in 2022

It has been a very good year of reading and as of yesterday, I have finished 80 books. Here is the list in the approximate order I read them with the star rating I gave them on Goodreads: The Reformation 500 Years Later by Benjamin Wiker (audiobook) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Devil’s Novice by Ellis Peters (audiobook)… Continue Reading

Book Review: Evangelical Is Not Enough

Book Review: Evangelical Is Not Enough

I picked up Evangelical Is Not Enough for the intriguing, if also somewhat off-putting, title and my interest in the subject – I have a category dedicated to books about the Church this year. So far, I have learned about the Reformation from a Catholic perspective, Eastern Orthodoxy from a Reformed perspective, and listened to… Continue Reading

Book Notes: The Mighty Dead

Book Notes: The Mighty Dead

It’s been an interesting week. Restful in some ways: three of the boys were away at church camp, I spent a hot and sunny morning downtown with my daughter and found a full set of the 1964 Childcraft books at the antique store, and hubby and I enjoyed dinner out with her fiancé’s parents one… Continue Reading

Book Notes: The Faerie Queene

Book Notes: The Faerie Queene

Thanks to David Timson’s excellent narration of the audiobook and Kelly Cumbee’s class at the House of Humane Letters, I finished Edmund Spenser’s long, beautiful, and sometimes confusing poem today. I still don’t pretend to understand everything or get all the allusions to myths and such, but it is not one to read or listen… Continue Reading

Book Notes: The Shores of the True Love

Book Notes: The Shores of the True Love

Tomorrow, I will finish reading Dante’s Divine Comedy along with 100daysofdante.com! I have found Paradise to be the most challenging part to comprehend, but the video lectures and the incentive to finish by Easter have helped me to keep going. 🙂 I haven’t saved many quotes from the Divine Comedy for my commonplace journal, but… Continue Reading

Book Notes: Decisions and Dialogue

Book Notes: Decisions and Dialogue

“Comrades,” he said, “I trust that every animal here appreciates the sacrifice that Comrade Napoleon has made in taking this extra labour upon himself. Do not imagine, comrades, that leadership is a pleasure! On the contrary, it is a deep and heavy responsibility. No one believes more firmly than Comrade Napoleon that all animals are… Continue Reading