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Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Star by Star

As the Yuuzhan Vong continues its advance on Coruscant, Han and Leia’s children must lead a group of Jedi to destroy a deadly Jedi-hunting monster that has been unleashed on the galaxy. The outcome of the mission will prove to have traumatic and tragic results and sets the tone for the Dark Nest Trilogy and the Legacy of the Force storyline (the loose inspiration for a certain character in The Force Awakens).
 
Old Testament - goal is to finish by Pentecost, though that is highly unlikely

La Chartreuse de Parme, Stendhal
 
“The Uninteded Reformation” by Brad S. Gregory. As a way of “commemorating” the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. It argues that the Reformation unintentionally gave birth to our modern, secular world today. I’m aiming to finish the book by Halloween.
 
What works best for me is having two or three books going at once. I’ve found that you stay fresh and focused longer when you can move around between three titles. So typically I’ll have a book or two that’s in permanent rotation going, spiritual stuff, and then I’ll have a third book, which can be just whatever. I would recommend trying this, because I think one does get a lot more reading accomplished this way. And plus, too, there’s always strange and fortuitous juxtapositions you notice when you do this; completely unrelated books will shine light on each other in strange and miraculous ways. Of course, the human mind does have a tendency to find connections between ideas and images that are located next to each other, as it were, but I’ve found that it’s impossible not to develop a network of profound insights and ideas in this way. Anyway, I’m reading a book that’s about ten years old called What We Believe But Cannot Prove, edited by John Brockman.
 
Vatican Council Notebooks (Vol 1): Henri de Lubac

At times, it’s a bit of a dry read - which makes sense given it is notes from a personal journal. The different tidbits of information from Fr. Henri de Lubac’s perspective are interesting. It contains some frank opinion of different personalities involved in the Council. It is a unique read. I picked up Volume II as well.
 
Exiled_Child said:
What works best for me is having two or three books going at once. I’ve found that you stay fresh and focused longer when you can move around between three titles. .
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I do the same and am currently back-and-forthing between Another Sort of Learning by James V. Schall and The Story of Rolph and the Viking Bow by Allen French. Both are available through Ignatius Press. 🙂
 
Raggedy Ann Stories by Gruelle
Juni B Jones stories
Rose Red & Snow White - Sanderson
The Holy Twins: Benedict & Scolastica - DePalo
The Courage of Sarah Noble - Dolgliesh
 
Just finished The Gunslinger Stephen King’s first book in his The Dark Tower series. Will start The Drawing of the Three soon.
 
Positive Magic by Marion Weinstein
Jem and the Holograms #1
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Avalon High by Meg Cabot
On Basilisk Station by David Weber
 
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Just finished The Gunslinger Stephen King’s first book in his The Dark Tower series. Will start The Drawing of the Three soon.
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You might want to stop. There’s a chance that, once you get to the end of book 7, you’ll throw the book across the room and bang your head against the wall repeatedly, because (spoilers, highlight to read) Roland reaches the top floor of the Dark Tower, opens the door, realizes he’s made the journey hundreds of times before, and gets thrown back in time to the beginning of book 1 to start all over. Final line: The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.
 
Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Dark Journey

After the events of Star by Star, Jaina finds herself treading on the edge of the dark side as she struggles with her grief over Anakin’s death and leaving Jacen behind. Now, she has to avoid getting caught in two plots: one by the Yuuzhan Vong to capture her, and the other by the former queen mother of a planetary alliance to have her become queen.
 
Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Traitor

Jacen Solo finds himself in the hands of the enemy and learns some brutally harsh lessons from the mysterious Vergere.

This sets the stage for what will eventually happen to Jacen in the Legacy of the Force storyline.
 
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