Books Read In The Past Week

A # indicates a book read for the first time
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


"Just Do It, Mel"
"Watch Out, Sky"  
by Kate Andrews
[children's fiction, "Making Friends" series]

"Johnny Headstrong's Trip To Coney Island" #
by Anonymous
[picture book]
(free online book)

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

"The Bad Times Of Irma Baumlein"
by Carol Ryrie Brink

"The Story About Ping"
by Marjorie Flack
[picture book]
(openlibrary.org loan)

"The Peddler's Clock"
by Mabel Leigh Hunt
[picture book, fiction, historical, 1820s]
(openlibrary.org loan)

"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 panels]
(openlibrary.org loan)

"The Burglar and Other Stories"
by Libby Lazewnik
[YA, short stories, Jewish]

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

"The Only One Club"
by Jane Naliboff
[picture book]
(Kindle book)

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

"The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins" 
by Dr. Seuss
[picture book]
(openlibrary.org loan)
I won't buy his books due to his and
his widow's support of Planned Parenthood

"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]
the original edition was unnumbered

"Zig Ziglar's Life Lifters" 
[nonfiction]
(Kindle book)

Slight Change To My Prayer Schedule

I used to pray the Office of Readings and Morning Prayer at about the same time every day, but lately I've been starting these Hours at first light. 


I get up early enough to have a good, strong cup of coffee first.  This means going to bed a bit earlier than I used to, but it is worth it.

As I read the Psalms, Canticles, Readings and prayers, I look out the window at the sky.    I love watching the day begin while I pray;  I love praying while I watch the day begin.   And using the Breviary instead of my own words helps me to focus more on the Creator and less on creation.