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Benedictus; Day by Day with Pope Benedict XVI, edited by Rev. Peter J. Cameron, O.P., published by Magnificat and Ignatius Press (2006)

Daily readings, so hopefully I’ll be reading this one all year :).
 
Rereading Happy City, about urbanism and human flourishing. Also poking into Ask a Science Teacher.
 
*Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children - Book Two
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Didn’t realize when I bought the first one that it was a book for teens. I’m 63 but greatly enjoyed it so purchased the next two books to read before watching the movie.
 
Halfway through The Big Necessity, a book about why sanitation is important and how toilets and water reclamation are being improved across the globe.
 
I am apparently reading 3 books.
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Hail Holy Queen* by Scott Hahn
Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C Wrede (Book I am reading out loud to my kids)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling (this is my audio book at work)

I recently finished Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne, Spindle’s End by Robin McKinley, and Fairest by Gail Carson Levine. (I have been reading a lot of fairy tale retellings).
 
I just started reading The Pickwick Papers by Dickens. This will be the fifth Dickens book I have read, and probably the longest one so far. I’m not sure if I’ll make it through all 800 pages.
 
PaulGH said:
I just started reading The Pickwick Papers by Dickens. This will be the fifth Dickens book I have read, and probably the longest one so far. I’m not sure if I’ll make it through all 800 pages.
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It’s amazing to me that you’ve made it through four Dickens novels. I think I sort of quasi-read The Pickwick Papers in college but never made it through the whole thing.
 
JimG said:
It’s amazing to me that you’ve made it through four Dickens novels. I think I sort of quasi-read The Pickwick Papers in college but never made it through the whole thing.
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A Tale of Two Cities was a very tough read, and took me a long time. To me, reading the first two-thirds of the book was about as interesting as watching paint dry. I almost gave up on the book several times. But the ending was one of my favorite endings of any book I have read, and it made slogging through the beginning and middle of the book worth it.

Great Expectations and Oliver Twist held my interest pretty well all the way through, though they were both rather long, and took a while to finish. A Christmas Carol was short, and a pretty easy read.
 
1635: Music and Murder (Ring ofn Fire Anthologies Book 4) by David Carrico
 
History of the Catholic Church, From the Apostolic Age to the Third Millennium, by James Hitchcock.

A very orthodox and traditional telling of Church history. There are no footnotes, which I think makes for easier reading, and the author freely adds his own opinions and conclusions, seemingly intending to correct historical revisionists (so far without calling any of them by name).
 
The Way of Perfection, St Teresa of Avila

Teaching the Triviuum, Bluedorn

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J K Rowling
 
christofirst said:
History of the Catholic Church, From the Apostolic Age to the Third Millennium, by James Hitchcock.

A very orthodox and traditional telling of Church history. There are no footnotes, which I think makes for easier reading, and the author freely adds his own opinions and conclusions, seemingly intending to correct historical revisionists (so far without calling any of them by name).
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I am switching between that and “Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking: a Memoir of Food & Longing” by Anya Von Bremzen.

This is no a cook book. It is a rather interesting discussion of food that she or her mother remembered from living in Soviet Russia. She discusses the politics that affected what was available or was acceptable for people to eat.
 
I just finished Bret Baer’s book about General Eisenhower’s farewell address. Very good read!
 
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