Books Read In The Past Week

Books read for the first time are marked with a #
Books are listed by author (or series creator),
 and not necessarily in the order read.

"Ramona's World"
by Beverly Cleary
[children's fiction]

(openlibrary.org loan)


"Percy Wynn

or Making a Boy Of Him" 

"Harry Dee

or Making it  Out"

by Fr. Francis J. Finn, S.J.
[children's fiction]

(free online books)

reserved for Sunday

"Bette Bao Lord: 
Novelist and Chinese Voice for Change" #
by Mary Virginia Fox
[children's biography]
(openlibrary.org loan)

"Betsy-Tacy"
"Winona's Pony Cart"

by Maud Hart Lovelace

[children's fiction] 

Upsetting Annie"

"Jazz Off-key"
(physical copies)
"Storm Warning"
(Kindle book)

by Dandi Daley Mackall 

[children's/YA fiction, Christian (Protestant, no denomination or denominations specified), Blog On series]

"Davita's Harp"

by Chaim Potok

[fiction, Judaica]

"Every Day Is A Gift

Minute Meditations for Every Day
Taken From the Holy Bible
and the Writings of the Saints"
Introduction by Rev. Frederick Schroeder 
 daily devotional reading for 2016   

Books Read In The Past Week

Books read for the first time are marked with a #
Books are listed by author (or series creator),
 and not necessarily in the order read.


"The Way of a Pilgrim
and The Pilgrim Continues His Way"
author unknown
Translated by Helen Bacovcin
Foreword by Walter J. Ciszek, S.J.
[Spirituality (Orthodox, Russian) Fiction? Non-fiction?]
this is a newer translation than the one Franny Glass reads in "Franny and Zooey"

"The Life of J. D. Salinger" #
by Charles River Editors
[biography]
(Kindle book)


"Ramona and Her Mother"
"Ramona Quimby, Age 8"
"Ramona Forever"
by Beverly Cleary
[children's fiction]
(openlibrary.org loans)

"Percy Wynn

or Making a Boy Of Him" 

by Fr. Francis J. Finn, S.J.
[children's fiction]

(free online book)

reserved for Sunday

"One Hundred And Eight Bells"
by Jane Flory
[children's fiction]

"Chaimkel the Dreamer"

by Meir Uri Gottesman

[children's fiction, Jewish]

"Grace Under Pressure"
"Upsetting Annie"

by Dandi Daley Mackall 

[children's/YA fiction, Christian (Protestant, no denomination or denominations specified), Blog On series]

"Junie B. Jones and

the Stupid, Smelly Bus" #

by Barbara Park
[children's fiction]
(openlbrary.org loan)

"Raise High The Roof Beam, Carpenters"
"Seymour: An  Introduction"

by J. D. Salinger

[fiction]

"Every Day Is A Gift

Minute Meditations for Every Day
Taken From the Holy Bible
and the Writings of the Saints"
Introduction by Rev. Frederick Schroeder 
 daily devotional reading for 2016   

Some Present!!!

I'm sure most of you, if not all of you, know the story of what happened to Mother Angelica years ago at a Christmas party, when she was Rita Rizzo.

The nuns presented each child with a brand-new gift.  And then, it was Rita's turn.   Did she get a nice, new toy or book?  NO!
What those nuns had reserved for her was an old, scratched yo-yo with a knotted string.

Why?  Because her parents were divorced.

It always infuriates me when CHILDREN are picked on for what their PARENTS do. 

I hope that those nuns felt ashamed, later on, for what they did, not because they did it to the little girl who grew up to be Mother Angelica.

I hope they were ashamed because they did it to a child!

Books Read In The Past Week

Books read for the first time are marked with a #
Books are listed by author (or series creator),
 and not necessarily in the order read.


"Summa Theologica"
by St. Thomas Aquinas
long-term Catholic studies
(Kindle book)

"The Way of a Pilgrim
and The Pilgrim Continues His Way"
author unknown
Translated by Helen Bacovcin
Foreword by Walter J. Ciszek, S.J.
[Spirituality (Orthodox, Russian) Fiction? Non-fiction?]
this is a newer translation than the one Franny Glass reads in "Franny and Zooey"

"Ramona the Pest"
"Ramona The Brave"
(physical copies)
"Ramona and Her Father"
(openlibrary.org loan)
by Beverly Cleary
[children's fiction]

"Tom Playfair

or Making a Start" 

by Fr. Francis J. Finn, S.J.
[children's fiction]

(free online book)

reserved for Sunday

"Storm Rising"

by Dandi Daley Mackall 

[children's/YA fiction, Christian (Protestant, no denomination

or denominations specified), Blog On series]

(Google book) 

"Andrea Carter and The Family Secret"
by Susan K. Marlow
[children's/YA fiction, Christian

"There's A Boy In The Girls' Bathroom" 
by Louis Sachar
[children's fiction] 

"Franny and Zooey"
by J. D. Salinger
[fiction]

"Every Day Is A Gift
Minute Meditations for Every Day
Taken From the Holy Bible
and the Writings of the Saints"
Introduction by Rev. Frederick Schroeder 
 daily devotional reading for 2016   

"Charles M. Schulz" #
cartoonist and creator of Peanuts
by Michael A. Schuman
[children's biography]
(openlibrary.org loan)
There are a couple of things I
don't like about this book:
1: The author refers to Charles Schulz
by his last name only.
2: I didn't like learning that Charles Schulz
hated cats.  
On a more positive note, I like the fact
that he was the first major cartoonist
whose characters quoted the Bible.

Books Read In The Past Week

Books read for the first time are marked with a #
Books are listed by author (or series creator),
 and not necessarily in the order read.


"Summa Theologica"
by St. Thomas Aquinas
long-term Catholic studies
(Kindle book)
 
"Papa's Daughter"
"Dear  Papa"

by Thyra Ferre Bjorn

[fiction, Christian (Protestant) themes]

"Kitty In High School" 
by Judy Delton
read on Sunday

"Tom Playfair

or Making a Start" 

by Fr. Francis J. Finn, S.J.
[children's fiction]

(free online book)

reserved for Sunday

"Andrea Carter and The Dangerous Decision"
"Circle C Adventures series"
by Susan K. Marlow
[children's/YA fiction,  Christian, historical]

"There's A Boy In The Girls' Bathroom" 
by Louis Sachar
[children's fiction] 

"Every Day Is A Gift
Minute Meditations for Every Day
Taken From the Holy Bible
and the Writings of the Saints"
Introduction by Rev. Frederick Schroeder 
 daily devotional reading for 2016   

"Dear Theo

The Autobiography of Vincent Van Gogh" #

edited by Irving Stone, with Jean Stone 

[autobiography]

 reading slowly

"Nonie:

The Autobiography and Biography of
Lenora Mattingly Weber"

by Lenora Mattingly Weber

and David Weber

[need I name the category?]
(Kindle book)

"Rosanna of the Amish" #
by Joseph W. Yoder
[biography]

Books Read In The Past Week

Books read for the first time are marked with a #
Books are listed by author (or series creator),
 and not necessarily in the order read.


"Summa Theologica"
by St. Thomas Aquinas
long-term Catholic studies
(Kindle book)

"Papa's Wife"
"Papa's Daughter"

by Thyra Ferre Bjorn

[fiction, Christian (Protestant) themes]

"Jenny Lind and Her Listening Cat" #
by Frances Cavanah
[children's biography]
(openlibrary.org loan)

"Tom Playfair

or Making a Start" 

by Fr. Francis J. Finn, S.J.
[children's fiction]

(free online book)

reserved for Sunday

"Every Day Is A Gift
Minute Meditations for Every Day
Taken From the Holy Bible
and the Writings of the Saints"
Introduction by Rev. Frederick Schroeder 
 daily devotional reading for 2016   

"Dear Theo

The Autobiography of Vincent Van Gogh" #

edited by Irving Stone, with Jean Stone 

[autobiography]

 reading slowly

"Nonie:

The Autobiography and Biography of
Lenora Mattingly Weber"

by Lenora Mattingly Weber

and David Weber

[need I name the category?]