Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Books I'm Currently Reading


A # indicates a book read for the first time
A * indicates a book started today
Books are listed by author (or series creator)

"My Daily Spiritual Companion"
by Marci Alborghetti
daily devotional reading for 2017
I liked the book I used last year better

"Pilgrim Kate" *
by Helen F. Daringer
[children's/YA fiction, historical, 1600s]

"The Gospel According To John" 
current Bible book

"The Practice of the Love of Jesus Christ" #
by St. Alphonsus Liguori
[Catholic spirituality]
(Kindle book]

"The Book of Catholic Jokes" 
by Fr. Gregory Sakowicz and Deacon Tom Sheridan
[nonfiction, humor (obviously!)]
one or two pages a night


"All Those In Favor,

Say Something!" *
by Runa Erwin Ware
[nonfiction, humor]


Also:
Daily readings in the Liturgy of the Hours
Nightly bedtime Gospel reading
I choose a favorite passage every night

Finished today:

"Kids Speak 9
Children Talk About Themselves" 
compiled by Chaim Walder
translated into English by Aviva Rappaport


"Eat Only When You're Hungry" 
by Lindsay Hunter
[fiction]
I'm analyzing my feelings about this book.
It was definitely outside of my comfort zone.
The characters were NOT LIKABLE, and
there was too much of what I felt was unnecessary 
vulgar language.
But somehow, I liked this book. Liked it, but
did not  love it.
Setting aside the use of vulgar words,  and the
fact that I did not care for the characters, the
writing itself  is amazing.
And how is it that a book with ingredients I
usually hate makes me feel that, in some ways,
I have grown, have stretched, as a reader?

1 comment:

Rochelle said...

I almost forgot. There was a sentence in "Eat Only When You're Hungry" that I found VERY offensive. It combined two well-known sayings: "Is the Pope Catholic?" and "Does a bear [bleep] in the woods?" I won't set down what'sin the book. Let's just say that it isn't "Is a bear Catholic?"

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