Saturday, July 13, 2013

Books Read in the Past Week

Books read for the first time are marked with a #

"The Little Flowers of St. Francis"
translated by Raphael Brown
[non-fiction, Catholic] 
{Sunday book}
"That Football Game
and What Came of It"  #
by Fr. Francis J. Finn, S.J.
[children's fiction, Catholic]
(online book)
{Sunday book}
My Sister, St. Therese"
by Sr. Genevieve of the Holy Face
(Celine Martin)
[biography/autobiography, Catholic]
{Sunday book}

"The Winthrop Woman"
by Anya Seton
[historical fiction]
{carried over from last week}

"Almost Ten and a Half"
"Going on Twelve"
"Thirteen"
{openlibrary.org loan (last book only)}
by Candice F. Ransom
[children's fiction]

"Love and Knishes
An Irrepressible Guide to Jewish Cooking
New Revised Edition"
by Sara Kasdan
[nonfiction, Jewish]
This book was a favorite of mine for years in the original
edition.  Even without the recipes, the anecdotes are worth
the price of the book.

"Carney's House Party"
"Emily of Deep Valley"
{carrying over into next week}
by Maud Hart Lovelace
[children's/YA fiction]

"Future in a Handbasket: The Life and Letters
Behind Carney's House Party" #
by Amy Dolnick
[nonfiction]

"The Betsy-Tacy Companion"
by Sharla Scannell  Whalen
[nonfiction]
(Chapters on "Carney's House Party and
"Emily of Deep Valley" only)

"How to Live on 24 Hours a Day" #
[nonfiction]
by Arnold Bennett
{carrying over into next week}
(free Google ebook)
Mentioned in "Emily of Deep Valley."

2 comments:

RAnn said...

The Winthrop Woman was a favorite of mine as a teen.

Rochelle said...

I missed that one in my teen years.

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