Books I'm Currently Reading

Books read for the first time are marked with a #
Book(s) started today are marked with a *
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

"Casebook of Successful Ideas for Advertising and Selling"
by Samm Sinclair Baker
[nonfiction]
this has been a favorite book of
mine for years.  I love the anecdotes

"Of Irish Ways" # 
by Mary Murray Delaney
[nonfiction]

"Essays,
First and Second Series" # 
by Ralph Waldo Emerson
[nonfiction, classic]
I agree with some things he writes,
but strongly disagree with others.

"A Circle Of Quiet
The Crosswicks Journals, Volume 1" 
by Madeleine L'Engle
[autobiography]
(Kindle book, Complete 4-Volume Set]

"The Practice of the Love of Jesus Christ" #

by St. Alphonsus Liguori

[Catholic spirituality]

(Kindle book]

"Amy Moves In" *
by Marilyn Sachs
[children's fiction]
original hardcover, without
certain unnecessary changes

"The Book of Catholic Jokes" 

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

"A Midsummer Night's Dream" 
by William Shakespeare
[play, comedy, classic]

"Proverbs"

by Solomon

[current Bible book]

Also:

Daily readings in the Liturgy of the Hours
Nightly bedtime Gospel reading

 I choose a favorite passage every night

Finished today:

"Anne of Ingleside"

by L. M. Montgomery

A Long-Promised Post

I said a long time ago that someday I would blog about what I feel to be unnecessary changes in the paperback edition of Amy Moves In, by Marilyn Sachs.  

That day has come, at long, long last!

In the original, Amy is trying to remember whether she has a nickel or a penny left over from her allowance; she is almost sure that it is a nickel.  The original version has, "Well, after all,

a penny is better than nothing!"  The paperback: "It was a nickel!"

I never understood why it was changed; the original was more
humorous.

Another unnecessary change is the incorporation of a letter from the first chapter of Laura's Luck, also by Marilyn Sachs, into the last chapter of Amy Moves In.

In spite of these minor changes, however,  even the paperback version of Amy Moves In is well worth reading.  And yet it took ten years for this book to be accepted by a publisher.

Writing Every Day

Lately,  I've been working on my fan fiction every day, and I intend (hope!) to keep it up.

There are days when I get a great deal written, and can publish several stories and/or chapters in one week.  Then again, there are times when one scene, just one scene, takes days to get right.  Sometimes I'll have to scrap a scene altogether!

This classic Peanuts strip says it all!