Changes to my Sunday Reading

This post contains excerpts from an older post, slightly edited, with new material added.  
On Sundays, (and that means from Evening Prayer 1 to Evening Prayer 2), I put aside whatever non-Catholic book or books I may be reading. On Sunday, I read only Catholic books from Catholic publishers, (or the Catholic imprints of mainstream publishers.)
The book can be fiction or non-fiction, but it absolutely MUST be something I'll want to carry into the next week. Dull, dry books are not welcome!
This will not change. Sunday, especially, is not a day for reading dull, dry books!
This may seem like a restriction, but it is actually an enhancement of the most beautiful, precious day of the week. And, as a bonus, I find that I enjoy the non-Catholic books all the more for having put them aside for those 24 hours.
I've discovered, however, that by limiting my Sunday reading to books from Catholic publishers,
I was eliminating some very lovely Catholic books.  To give just one example, my copy of The Little Flowers of St. Francis is from a mainstream, not a Catholic, publisher.  However, the material is very much suited to my ideas of Sunday reading! 
So from now on, although my Sunday reading will still consist of Catholic books only, it will
no longer be restricted to books from Catholic publishers.
And, after all, the beginning of the year is a good time for changes! 

Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival

Join me and a growing group of Catholic bloggers at Sunday Snippets. Thanks to RAnn for hosting!

Semper Gaudete!: Joy To The World!!!

Semper Gaudete!: Christmas is Over

Semper Gaudete!: The Great Train Robbery

Semper Gaudete!: Holy Innocents

Semper Gaudete!: Jigsaw Puzzle Site

Semper Gaudete!: Great Homily by Fr. Anthony

Semper Gaudete!: Only ONE for 2012

Semper Gaudete!: Books Read in the Past Week

Books Read in the Past Week

Books read for the first time are marked with a #

"Make A Wish For Me"
"Happy Birthday, Dear Beany"
by Lenora Mattingly Weber
[teen fiction, mainstream, (Catholic family), 1950s]

"Johnny-up and Johnny-down"#
by Mabel Leigh Hunt
[children's fiction, Quakers]
{Open Library Loan}
(quick read)

"These Lonesome Hills"
by Letha Boyer
[fiction, teacher, Ozarks]

"Little Clearing In The Woods"
by Maria D. Wilkes
[children's fiction, historical, biographical, family]
Little House: The Caroline Years
{carrying over into next week}

Only ONE for 2012

I've decided to keep things simple by making one, yes, only one,
New Year's resolution.
I will spend at least one full hour a day, [90 minutes on Sundays] in online Adoration. I'll probably, almost definitely, have to divide the hour into several segments. The larger
portion will be in the morning.
Do you notice that I said "portion," as though speaking of food? Well, Adoration IS food; food
for the soul.

From RAnn's Blog: Review: Strawberry Girl

This That and the Other Thing: Review: Strawberry Girl: Strawberry Girl About the Book: How can Birdie’s family grow strawberries when the neighbors let their cows into the berry fields? ...

Great Homily by Fr. Anthony

God bless Fr. Anthony and his twin sister on their birthday
and every day of the year!

Jigsaw Puzzle Site

I came across an online jigsaw puzzle site.
I've always enjoyed doing jigsaw puzzles, even though my perceptual difficulties make
them hard for me. Or perhaps the truth is that I enjoy them all the more
because my perceptual difficulties make them more challenging.
I really hope it is the latter!