Books Read In The Past Week

Books read for the first time are marked with a #
Books are listed by author (or series creator),
 and not necessarily in the order read.


"Summa Theologica"
by St. Thomas Aquinas
long-term Catholic studies
(Kindle book)
 
"Papa's Daughter"
"Dear  Papa"

by Thyra Ferre Bjorn

[fiction, Christian (Protestant) themes]

"Kitty In High School" 
by Judy Delton
read on Sunday

"Tom Playfair

or Making a Start" 

by Fr. Francis J. Finn, S.J.
[children's fiction]

(free online book)

reserved for Sunday

"Andrea Carter and The Dangerous Decision"
"Circle C Adventures series"
by Susan K. Marlow
[children's/YA fiction,  Christian, historical]

"There's A Boy In The Girls' Bathroom" 
by Louis Sachar
[children's fiction] 

"Every Day Is A Gift
Minute Meditations for Every Day
Taken From the Holy Bible
and the Writings of the Saints"
Introduction by Rev. Frederick Schroeder 
 daily devotional reading for 2016   

"Dear Theo

The Autobiography of Vincent Van Gogh" #

edited by Irving Stone, with Jean Stone 

[autobiography]

 reading slowly

"Nonie:

The Autobiography and Biography of
Lenora Mattingly Weber"

by Lenora Mattingly Weber

and David Weber

[need I name the category?]
(Kindle book)

"Rosanna of the Amish" #
by Joseph W. Yoder
[biography]

Books Read In The Past Week

Books read for the first time are marked with a #
Books are listed by author (or series creator),
 and not necessarily in the order read.


"Summa Theologica"
by St. Thomas Aquinas
long-term Catholic studies
(Kindle book)

"Papa's Wife"
"Papa's Daughter"

by Thyra Ferre Bjorn

[fiction, Christian (Protestant) themes]

"Jenny Lind and Her Listening Cat" #
by Frances Cavanah
[children's biography]
(openlibrary.org loan)

"Tom Playfair

or Making a Start" 

by Fr. Francis J. Finn, S.J.
[children's fiction]

(free online book)

reserved for Sunday

"Every Day Is A Gift
Minute Meditations for Every Day
Taken From the Holy Bible
and the Writings of the Saints"
Introduction by Rev. Frederick Schroeder 
 daily devotional reading for 2016   

"Dear Theo

The Autobiography of Vincent Van Gogh" #

edited by Irving Stone, with Jean Stone 

[autobiography]

 reading slowly

"Nonie:

The Autobiography and Biography of
Lenora Mattingly Weber"

by Lenora Mattingly Weber

and David Weber

[need I name the category?]

Mother Angelica Passes Away

Mother Angelica has passed away.  I can't say anything, write anything, yet.   My heart aches for everyone at EWTN.

Books Read In The Past Week

Books read for the first time are marked with a #
Books are listed by author (or series creator),
 and not necessarily in the order read.


"Summa Theologica"
by St. Thomas Aquinas
long-term Catholic studies
(Kindle book) 

"Papa's Wife"
"Papa's Daughter"

by Thyra Ferre Bjorn

[fiction, Christian (Protestant) themes]

"Dance Around The Fire"
by Molly Cone
[children's/YA fiction, Jewish themes]

"Kitty in the Summer"
by Judy Delton
[children's fiction]
(openlibrary.org loan)
reserved for Sunday

"Andi's Pony Trouble"
"Andi's Indian Summer"
(Kindle books)
"Andi's Fair Surprise"
"Andi's Scary School Days"
(Google books)
"Andi's Lonely Little Foal"#
(physical copy)
"Circle C Beginnings" series
"Andrea Carter and The Long Ride Home"
(physical copy)
"Circle C Adventures series"
by Susan K. Marlow
[children's and YA fiction, Christian, historical]


"My Life With Mother Angelica" #
by Sister M. Raphael, PCPA
[biography]
reserved for Sunday
(read in one day.  Lovely book.)

"Every Day Is A Gift
Minute Meditations for Every Day
Taken From the Holy Bible
and the Writings of the Saints"
Introduction by Rev. Frederick Schroeder 
 daily devotional reading for 2016   

"Dear Theo
The Autobiography of Vincent Van Gogh" #
edited by Irving Stone, with Jean Stone 
[autobiography]
  
"Magnificent Obsessions:
Twenty Remarkable Collectors In Pursuit Of Their Dreams"
by Mitch Tuchman
[nonfiction]

"Search Party Sunday"
by Shifra Weinberg
[children's fiction, Jewish, "Regards From Camp!" series] 

This Week's Fan Fiction

 New chapters have been added to the following fics

23rd Precinct
an ongoing Another World fic.

Unsuited to Each Other
an AU Katie Rose and Stacy Belford series fic. 

Waiting [Old Post]

Waiting

This started out as a meditation, but turned into a story.

Books Read In The Past Week

Books read for the first time are marked with a #
Books are listed by author (or series creator),
 and not necessarily in the order read.


"Summa Theologica"
by St. Thomas Aquinas
long-term Catholic studies
(Kindle book) 

Maud
The Life of L. M. Montgomery #
by Harry Bruce
[YA biography]
(openlibrary.org loan)

"Kitty In The Middle" 
(physical copy)
"Kitty In The Summer"
(openlibrary.org loan)
reserved for Sunday


"Owen's Marshmallow Chick" #
by Kevin Henkes
[picture book]
(openlibrary.org loan)

"Sarah, Plain and Tall"
by Patricia MacLachlan
[children's fiction]
(openlibrary.org loan) 

"Secrets of Successful Fiction"
by Robert Newton Peck
[nonfiction]
(openlibrary.org loan)
why do I, from time to time,
read books about writing?
To relearn techniques I've forgotten
To discover a technique I've
overlooked in the past .
Why do dancers, musicians,
artists keep studying their art,
their craft? 


 "Every Day Is A Gift
Minute Meditations for Every Day
Taken From the Holy Bible
and the Writings of the Saints"
Introduction by Rev. Frederick Schroeder 
 daily devotional reading for 2016   

"The Atlantic Ocean" #
by Peter J. Sharp
[nonfiction]
(openlibrary.org loan)

"the teen-ager's guide to
collecting practically anything"
(title is in lower-case)
by Norah Smaridge and Hilda Hunter
[nonfiction]
(I blogged  about this book several years ago,
and I still feel the way I did then.) 

"Dear Theo
The Autobiography of Vincent Van Gogh" #
edited by Irving Stone, with Jean Stone
[autobiography]
 
"Magnificent Obsessions:
Twenty Remarkable Collectors In Pursuit Of Their Dreams"
by Mitch Tuchman
[nonfiction]

"Getting Acquainted" 
"Deepwater Dilemma"
"Torrents of Trouble"
"Search Party Sunday"
by Shifra Weinberg
[children's fiction, Jewish, "Regards From Camp!" series]