Saturday, July 29, 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

"Why Did They Name It?" *
by Hannah Campbell
[nonfiction]

"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]

"Apples Every Day" *
by Grace Richardson
[YA fiction]

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

"Proverbs"
by Solomon
[current Bible book]

"Superman From The 30s to the 80s" # 
by Various
[comic book, compilation]
(openlibrary.org loan)
Superman character created by
Jerome Siegel and Joe Shuster

"People Speak 6
People Talk About Themselves" # 
compiled by Chaim Walder
translated into English and edited by Aviva Rappaport
[true stories, Judaica]
(Kindle Unlimited loan)

"Leaves of Grass" 
by Walt Whitman
[poetry]
(free Kindle book)

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

Finished today:


"Sounds In The Air
The Golden Age Of Radio" 

by Norman H. Finkelstein

This Week's Fan Fiction

A new chapter was added to

an AU Bonanza fic
To go directly to the latest chapter, click here.

My "New" Sunday Hat

Why do I have the word "New" in quotation marks? Well, it's
not really a new hat.  It's the royal blue bowler I've been wearing for almost two years now, transformed into a cloche,
and with a ribbon tied near the bottom.
It will still be a bowler, without a ribbon, during the week.

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...