Saturday, December 24, 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.

"Mother Angelica's Private
and Pithy Lessons from the Scriptures" #
introduced and edited by Raymond Arroyo
reserved for Sunday

"Once Upon a Christmas Time"
by Thyra Ferre Bjorn
[memoir, childhood, Sweden]


"A Christmas Carol"
by Charles Dickens
[fiction]
(Kindle book)
my annual December 24th reading.
This edition illustrated by Arthur Rackham

"The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Decked Out"
by Neta Jackson
[Religious fiction, series, Protestant, multi-denominational and non-denominational]
(I figured out why the Yada Yada books 
appeal to me. It's in this post.)
This time around, I'm also going
to read ALL of the spin-offs

"Lois Lenski: Storycatcher" #
by Bobbie Malone
[biography]
(Kindle book)

"Good If It Goes"
(Kindle book)
"Popcorn"
(physical copy)
by Gary Provost and
Gail Levine-Provost
[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
 


"Sadie Rose and The Double Secret"
(openlibrary.org loan)
"Sadie Rose and The Mad Fortune Hunters"
(physical copy)
by Hilda Stahl
[children's fiction, Christian, Protestant, historical, 1800s]

"All-Of-A-Kind Family"
by Sydney Taylor
[children's fiction]



"The Miraculous Medal"
 by Mary Fabyan Windeatt
[biography, age 10 and up]
reserved for Sunday

Encouraging news about EWTN's Fr. Anthony

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