Wednesday, September 27, 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
"The Happiness of Heaven" 
by Fr. J. Boudreau, S.J.
[Catholic spirituality]

"Raising Consumers
Children and the American Mass Market
in the Early Twentieth Century" 
by Lisa Jacobson
[nonfiction]

"Hank Ketcham's Complete Dennis The Menace 1951-1952" #  *
[comic strips]
(openlibrary.org loan)

"Betsy and Joe" 
by Maud Hart Lovelace
[YA fiction]

"The Book of Sirach"  
[Bible book]

"Kids Speak 1
Children Talk About Themselves" 
compiled by Chaim Walder and translated into English by Shifra Slater
[children's/YA, true stories, Judaica]
originally published without the number 1
in the title


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


Read In One Sitting:

"Johnny Headstrong's Trip To Coney Island"
[picture book, rhyming, author unknown]
(free online book)


"Bea and Mr. Jones"
by Amy Schwartz
[picture book]
(openlibrary.org loan)

Encouraging news about EWTN's Fr. Anthony

Fr. Anthony hopes to be back on the air in the near future.  Oh, HOW I'm praying for that to happen! https://franciscanmissionaries.c...