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Relativity: the special and the general theory; a popular exposition by Einstein, Albert
 
TRIPLE, BY Ken Follett.
Ive never read anything by this author. This is the first book.
 
Just finished a lovely book: My Cousin the Saint by Justin Cantanoso.

Justin discovered throught researching his Italian family in Calabria that his grandfather’s cousin was to be beatified in 2000. Father Gaetano Cantanoso was then canonized in 2005 by Pope Benedict.

Justin blends his search for faith as a lapsed Catholic with his journey to discovery his extended family and how the saint effected or didn’t effect the lives of family members on both sides of the Atlantic.

Also explores, through interviews with the Vatican, how a person becomes a saint.
 
A couple of reviews with reading selections:

The Spirit of Early Christian Thought: Seeking the Face of God by Professor Robert Louis Wilken here

payingattentiontothesky.com/2009/08/19/the-spirit-of-early-christian-thought/

and a real classic, Peter Brown’s Augustine of Hippo, THE definitive bio of the Saint and to his times. LOONG but with short punchy chapters so you will forge through it. Review and reading selections here:

payingattentiontothesky.com/2009/08/12/in-celebration-of-peter-brown%e2%80%99s-augustine-of-hippo/

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The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury

I read *Fahrenheit 451 * by Bradbury a while ago and liked it so I thought I would give some more of his works a read.

God bless
 
“The Passion and The Death of Jesus Christ” by St. Alphonsus De Ligori

This book is teaching me by suffering willingly here on earth will lead me to heaven and to hopefully one day gurantees me a place and unity with my Mother (The Virgin Mary), all the Saints and Angels and with God.
 
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Phillip K. Dick

A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh
 
Roman_Catholic said:
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury

I read *Fahrenheit 451 * by Bradbury a while ago and liked it so I thought I would give some more of his works a read.

God bless
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Try reading “Something Wicked This Way Comes”. It’s probably his best (next to Fahrenheit 451) novel and it’s got a good meaning behind it. :cool:
 
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Try reading “Something Wicked This Way Comes”. It’s probably his best (next to Fahrenheit 451) novel and it’s got a good meaning behind it. :cool:
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Thank you for the recommendation. I have saved it to my Amazon wish list. 👍

God bless
 
The Complete Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton. Wonderful stories, but one word of caution: found one story so far (“The God of the Gongs”) that would today be considered extremely racially insensitive, to put it mildly. Seems very out of character for the author.
 
“Vampire Academy: Blood Promise” by Richelle Mead (set in a world where vampires are a separate race living alongside humans, and focusing on a dhampire – half human, half vampire – girl whose job is protecting a vampire princess from ghoul-like attackers)

“Watchmen and Philosophy” – Just watched the movie and am a huge fan of the graphic novel, and I am delighted to have found this book.
 
I am reading a series of delightful novels by the English writer Barbara Pym.
Pym was the daughter of an Anglican clergyman and the world of the High Anglican parish is the setting of her books. The time period is 1940s to 1960s; the pace is steady and calm, the language poetic and most importantly, inoffensive! Any church worker will relate to the amusing and ironic situations that develop, such as the cumpulsion of middle aged parish ladies to smother any new curate with food and attention, and how disappointing it can be if he has arrived perfectly fit and healthy! This is the amusing premise of Some Tame Gazelle.

There is nothing to offend in any of the books I have read so far; Some Tame Gazelle; Excellent Women; and An Unsuitable Attachment.
After a long period out of print, Pym was published again recently.
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However If your taste runs to complex plots, in-your-face dialog and car chases, this may not be for you…
 
Currently reading Sunshine, by Robin McKinley. For those that do like to read the fantasy/vampire genre this one takes the cake. It’s edgy, it’s funny, and written beautifully. (i.e. no purple prose)
 
Hi all,

This is interesting. My reading list is sure to grow.

I just finished the trilogy by prize-winning author Sigrid Undset, Kristin Lavrandsdatter. Undset is a convert to Catholicism, or I should say was, since she is no longer living. The story takes place in the 1300’s in Norway when all Christians in Norway were Catholic. She is such an engaging writer; I don’t usually read novels set in medieval times.

And I am in the last bit of Sacred and Profane by David Weiss, a fictionalized biography of Wolfgang A. Mozart. I got interested in this book after it was recommended by some fellow musicians, one of whom said they actually knew a prof who’d used it as a textbook in a college course it was so factual. Of course, not a lot of dates are given, but it’s not hard to figure out when certain events happen. That man just oozed music! He would be commissioned for one sonata, and then write 3 or 4, just because he wanted to.

I’m also reading a booklet called Roots of the Reformation which is not long, but gives a fairly good history of what the Church was like (a real mess) during the time of Luther’s rebellion and resulting schism.

I’m always on the lookout for a few opinions on Catholic books, since I’m helping build up our parish library. Going to go see Patrick Madrid on Friday who will speak on Moral Relativism. I already have a few of his books.

Peace and happy reading,
Mimi
 
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