Read Aloud Books

[cat3gs]

Hey all,

My teen daughters 19 and 16 want to add more family time as part of their Lent ( would that be considered a sacrifice for them ). They have decided that we should read aloud together. We have been trying to find a good book but we all have read so many books and have such different tastes. Later today we will be going to the library where we will each pick a few books and then see if we can find one we all would like to read.

I will say that we have read most of the classics, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, CS Lewis etc. We are not opposed to juvenile fiction…but there again we have read most of the very popular ones already.

I thought I would come here to see what you guys could throw at us. I know its going to be tough but I need some help!!! So thank you all in advance and I really appreciate it!!!

 

[Della]

Have you read Lewis’ adult fiction? There’s the space trilogy (Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, and That Hideous Strength), The Great Divorce, and Til We Have Faces.

How about G. K. Chesterton’s Father Brown series? Or Sherlock Holmes?

Then there are the secular classics, American and English. Mark Twain or Dickens?

 

[UbiCaritas]

Hey all,

My teen daughters 19 and 16 want to add more family time as part of their Lent ( would that be considered a sacrifice for them ). They have decided that we should read aloud together. We have been trying to find a good book but we all have read so many books and have such different tastes. Later today we will be going to the library where we will each pick a few books and then see if we can find one we all would like to read.

I will say that we have read most of the classics, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, CS Lewis etc. We are not opposed to juvenile fiction…but there again we have read most of the very popular ones already.

I thought I would come here to see what you guys could throw at us. I know its going to be tough but I need some help!!! So thank you all in advance and I really appreciate it!!!

Have you read the CS Lewis space trilogy? Those might be a good place to start.

What about a classic life of a saint, that sort of thing, especially given that it’s Lent? Or even portions of the Bible, if they’ve never read it cover-to-cover? The Psalms are really beautiful works, not-unimpressive liturgical, spiritual, and theological value aside.

George MacDonald’s The Princess and the Goblin? Or At The Back of the North Wind?

 

[UbiCaritas]

Have you read Lewis’ adult fiction? There’s the space trilogy (Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, and That Hideous Strength), The Great Divorce, and Til We Have Faces.

How about G. K. Chesterton’s Father Brown series? Or Sherlock Holmes?

Then there are the secular classics, American and English. Mark Twain or Dickens?

LOL, crossposted! And ditto the recommendations for all of the above, especially Father Brown and Sherlock Holmes.

Have they ever read The Wind in the Willows? It’s a children’s book, granted, but one I find most adults of good taste to love as well.

 

[Della]

LOL, crossposted! And ditto the recommendations for all of the above, especially Father Brown and Sherlock Holmes.

Great minds think alike.

Have they ever read The Wind in the Willows? It’s a children’s book, granted, but one I find most adults of good taste to love as well.

Indeed, especially read aloud. It’s sublime, wise, and yet funny, too. Poop-Poop!
I’ve never read his other books–I confess I didn’t know he’d written any others. I’ll have to check them out, as well.

 

[cat3gs]

Thank you guys…thats some quick posting

Love the Father Brown idea…that might work. We’ve all read Holmes, and I even suggested The Wind in the Willows. For some reason the oldest didn’t want it.I’m also liking the George McDonald idea, that will go in my suggestion pile We’ve homeschooled and did Catholic school so we have pretty much covered the saints. BUT, I may just have to add one to what we do read. I do have St Therese’ and her parents.

Again, thank you all so much for taking the time to respond.

 

[Della]

Thank you guys…thats some quick posting

Love the Father Brown idea…that might work. We’ve all read Holmes, and I even suggested The Wind in the Willows. For some reason the oldest didn’t want it.I’m also liking the George McDonald idea, that will go in my suggestion pile We’ve homeschooled and did Catholic school so we have pretty much covered the saints. BUT, I may just have to add one to what we do read. I do have St Therese’ and her parents.

Again, thank you all so much for taking the time to respond.

G. K. Chesterton’s bios of St. Francis of Assisi and St. Thomas Aquinas are must reads!

 

[Sunbreak]

I would recommend The Shadow of His Wings by Gereon Goldmann. It is the true story of the harrowing experiences of a young German seminarian drafted into Hitler’s dreaded SS at the onset of World War II. Without betraying his Christian ideals, against all odds, and in the face of Evil, Gereon Goldmann was able to complete his priestly training, be ordained, and secretly minister to German Catholic soldiers and innocent civilian victims caught up in the horrors of war.
It is available as a book or as a book on tape, also for kindle.
amazon.com/Shadow-His-Wings-Gereon-Goldmann/dp/0898707749/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1424305541&sr=8-1&keywords=the+shadow+of+his+wings

 

[Catholic1954]

Try “Little Women”.

 

[Lookingforjoy]

Mark Twain has some really funny essays that your kids might enjoy. You’ll definitely have to pre-read, though, some of them are objectionable for kids.

The nine-year-old would probably like the Laura Ingalls Wilder books (Little House on the Prairie, Little House in the Big Woods, etc). The teenager might like them too.

James Herriot wrote some really wonderful, funny books about being a veterinarian in rural England in the 1930s. I loved them when I was younger.

 

[bluerose]

Laura Pearl’s two books–“Finding Grace” and “Erin’s Ring” (YA and historical fiction)

Amanda Lauer’s “A World Such as Heaven Intended” (historical fiction)

John M. Wills’s “Healer” and “The Year Without Christmas”

And so many more!

You can always check here for other suggestions, both classic and contemporary: catholicfiction.net/

And if I may… check out my link below. I write mysteries with a Catholic “flavor”, clean language, no gore, light romance and a little humor. One of them is up for the Catholic Writers Guild Seal of Approval.