What book are you reading? #2

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Also new to this thread, but I am always interested in what others are reading. Also, I would like to know what you liked about it, and what you disliked about the book. I especially would like any “heads-up” about books that should be avoided.

I just finished “The End of the Present World,” by Father Charles Arminjon. The main reason I ordered and read it was that St Therese of Lisieux said “Reading this book was one of the greatest graces of my life.”

I guess I would categorize the book as a personal revelation about purgatory, hell and some aspects of end times spoken about in Revelation. The way Father Arminjon expresses himself in his writing is really beautiful. It is not the traditional “Scare the heck out of you” book on the end of the world. It is rather a very thought provoking book.

Some of the most beautiful writing in the book is about the Eucharist.

I highly recommend it for individual or group study.

Stay blest!

bobg
 
A variety of glosses from the work of Nicolás Gomez Dávila

God Bless You !!!

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FickleFreckled said:
New to this thread, but it looks very interesting…

Right now I’m reading “Nearer, My God” by Wm. F. Buckley, Jr.
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Angels & Demons (Dan Brown) & “Catholicism for Idiots” Maybe I need the latter because I’m reading the former?..
 
“Be a Man” by Fr Richards - it’s an easy-flowing read, quite enjoyable read. Reading a bunch of other books as well but somehow I seem to put them aside while reading this one. It’s a quick-read if you’re into books.
 
Welcome, Book Lovers!

I am reading:

The Wine of Certitude: A Literary Biography of Ronald Knox

Chronicles of Wasted Time by Malcolm Muggeridge

The Medici Conspiracy by Peter Watson

Thunderstruck by Erik Larson

SuperFoods Rx by Steven Pratt

Psych: Mind over Magic by William Rabkin

My Antonia by Willa Cather

and,

Mysteries, Marvels and Miracles in the Lives of the Saints by Joan Carroll Cruz (wonderful author; I try to read everything she’s written).
 
moviefanatic said:
Welcome, Book Lovers!

I am reading:

The Wine of Certitude: A Literary Biography of Ronald Knox

Chronicles of Wasted Time by Malcolm Muggeridge

The Medici Conspiracy by Peter Watson

Thunderstruck by Erik Larson

SuperFoods Rx by Steven Pratt

Psych: Mind over Magic by William Rabkin

My Antonia by Willa Cather

and,

Mysteries, Marvels and Miracles in the Lives of the Saints by Joan Carroll Cruz (wonderful author; I try to read everything she’s written).
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Wow! That’s quite a few books you’re juggling there.

The most I’ve been able to handle are three at a time.

Anyways, in the NAB Official Catholic Ed., I finished the Gospel According to John this morning (fitting that I’m reading of the Crucifixion and Resurrection on Easter weekend), and have finished the foreword and first two chapters of* Acts of the Apostles*.

I’m also about half-way through Book 1 of Plato’s Republic

On another note, I had the Clementine Vulgate & Dhouay Rheims Bible from Baronius Press Ltd, and the Greek-English Septuagint from Breton delivered today.
 
Now reading Memoirs of a Geisha. I read it a few years ago, but it’s one of my favorite books so I felt like reading it again.
 
I like to read historical adventure novels and I’ve recently read two which feature… Biblical characters.
  • The Tribune by Patrick Larkin
The novel features a young Roman officer named Lucius who’s posted to Galilee after butting heads with corrupt fellow officers and officials in Syria. There he is tasked by King Herod to investigate the murders of a Roman senator and his escort near a village named Nazara. The locals are under threat of mass execution if the perpetrators of the massacre are not found. Eventually Lucius uncovers a dark conspiracy which has earth-shaking ramifications for the empire - for it is said a king who will rule over all has been born among the Jews, and the powers that be are trying to find this man. In his quest to discover the truth, Lucius is aided by a young boy, Saul of Tarsus; a young widow, Marah of Magdala; two young fishermen brothers, Simon and Andreas; and a young carpenter named Yeshua and his mother Miriam. The book ends in a battle to save the village, and Lucius is saved from death through divine intervention.

:ehh:
  • Child of the Eagle by Esther Friesner
Unlike the previous one which is a mystery, this is a fantasy/alternate history novel. Marcus Brutus is seduced by the Roman goddess of love, Venus, the night before he is supposed to participate in the assassination of Julius Caesar. Venus convinces him to save Caesar’s life in return for immortality. (This was the hook on the back cover. I didn’t expect the following…) But in the future, Brutus is also bound to take a life in the future, at the request of the goddess. So next day, Brutus turns against the other conspirators and Caesar survives to die of natural causes. Decades later, Venus demands he kill a Jewish girl who is pregnant with the one who will end the reign of the old gods. Brutus refuses. At this point he is fighting thugs with the help of the girl’s husband. Venus is foiled but Brutus gets his immortality revoked. He ages quickly, but lives to see a new star rise in the east.

:hmmm:

They’re not the best I’ve read, but they help pass the time. Given that it’s fiction, Biblical characters are treated with respect, and the books are around the PG-13 level. The only objectionable thing I’d note is that “Lucius” has an affair with “Marah” in the first novel.
 
Legends II: Dragon, Sword & King. It’s a collection of short stories by “the masters” of fantasy.

I rented it from the library so that I could read Indomitable by Terry Brooks. It was next in the Shannara timeline to read.

Well I’ve enjoyed Orson Scott Card’s Alvin-Maker series and The Yazoo Queen was in there so I read that as well.
I didn’t have anything to read the next night so I just read the first one, The Sworn Sword by George R. R. Martin and found that I really enjoyed it. I think I’ll pick up Legends I and read the first part of that story and put him on my ‘to read’ list. I forgot how much I liked the knights-type theme.
 
The book I will be reading, when it is released the last day of this month is:

An Ocean Full of Angels - Peter Kreeft ----can’t wait.
 
A Colossal Failure of Common Sense : The Inside Story of the Collapse of Lehman Brothers by Lawrence G. McDonald
 
I finally finished the Roman Catechism last week, after chipping away at it for months. I think it really helped me deepen my faith.

Right now I’m reading The Coming of the Third Reich, by the English historian Richard Evans.

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Now reading: Peter Seewald’s ‘Salt of the Earth’ (Interview with Pope Benedict XVI when he was Prefect of the CDF).

Don’t read it, it sucks. Among other journalistic stupidity and unkind disposition towards a prince of our Church, Seewald asks: ‘What is a missal?’ ‘Which is more important?–Truth, Wisdom, or Goodness’, and at least ten other banal queries.

Halfway through, and I am already thinking: what planet is this guy living on? It would be like me finally securing an interview with James Carville, and asking him: 'So how do you define ‘liberal’ or ‘What is a bill?’.

Ridiculousness!
 
JohnSanzone5 said:
Now reading: Peter Seewald’s ‘Salt of the Earth’ (Interview with Pope Benedict XVI when he was Prefect of the CDF).

Don’t read it, it sucks. Among other journalistic stupidity and unkind disposition towards a prince of our Church, Seewald asks: ‘What is a missal?’ ‘Which is more important?–Truth, Wisdom, or Goodness’, and at least ten other banal queries.

Halfway through, and I am already thinking: what planet is this guy living on? It would be like me finally securing an interview with James Carville, and asking him: 'So how do you define ‘liberal’ or ‘What is a bill?’.

Ridiculousness!
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I am so very glad that I am not the only one who felt that way.

Currently reading The Silent Man by Alex Berenson
 
I just finished reading The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory. Awesome read!! The author seamlessly weaves fact and fiction. If you like history (like me) AND fiction you’ll love this story based on one of the most facinating dynasty within the British Royal Family: 👍

Fair warning: the movie sucked. Just awful adaptation and poor transition from novel to screen. I was higly disappointed. :nope:

I am now going to get started onThe Secret by Rhonda Byrne. I’ll let’cha know how I like it. 👍
 
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