What book are you reading? #2

[aurora77]

I am starting Scott Hahn’s “A Father Who Keeps His promises”

Kathy

I loved that book! It definitely gave me a new perspective on Scripture.

I’m currently reading Ender’s Game. I’m loving it and have several others in the series on hold at the library. I can’t wait to pick them up tomorrow.

 

[KCtheMommy]

I am starting Scott Hahn’s “A Father Who Keeps His promises”

Kathy

Really? DH loves Scott Hahn! Is this new? Thanks!

I am reading Oryx and Crake by Atwood. Finished Stephen King’s new one "After Sunset…: yesterday.

I am very much on a apocalypto genre right now.

 

[mojob]

RE-READING “THE SHACK” by William P. Young.

 

[brigid12]

“Father Elijah” by Michael O’Brien and am fascinated! Already read “Eclipse of the Sun” of his and loved it. I know I’m not reading them in order but that’s been the order I’ve found them

 

[Dandelion_Wine]

The People of Sparks by Jeanne DuPrau

 

[Sam_Maloney]

Dostvesky’s ‘Notes from Underground’.

 

[mom4truth]

“A Father Who Keeps His Promises” is a really good book. Scott Hahn is awesome, though, in my opinion. His wife, Kimberly Hahn, has written some books also. Very good…

Blessings,

 

[cthulhubryan]

Reading the Ratzinger Report. Though reading may be too strong a word. It’s more like read 3-4 pages stop and think. Read 3-4 pages, stop and think.

 

[snowgarden]

The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens (since Dickens died while writing this, I’m reading the version with Leon Garfield’s conclusionary chapters.)

 

[Katie1723]

Really? DH loves Scott Hahn! Is this new? Thanks!

I am reading Oryx and Crake by Atwood. Finished Stephen King’s new one "After Sunset…: yesterday.

I am very much on a apocalypto genre right now.

It is not new…it is from '98. But it is truly a wonderful read.

Kathy

 

[a_priori]

The Civil War, A Narrative (Vol. 1, Fort Sumter to Perryville) by Shelby Foote

 

[almeras]

I may have missed it in an earlier post, but has anyone read or is currently reading thru Benedictus; Day by Day with Pope Benedict XVI? I put it on my Christmas list (actually it is the only item currently on my list),

 

[ConcernedApathy]

Reading “Gone With The Wind” a little bit everyday on my lunch break.

 

[Sam_Maloney]

I am currently reading A TALE OF TWO CITIES by Charles Dickens.
this is my first attempt at a Dickens Novel. So far so good.

I hope you have enjoyed it: it is one of his more challenging works for a Catholic. Just remember that he was a man of his times who had never heard anything good about the Church, and it shows. Even so, he mentions a few good, poor, humble priests.

I’m a Dickens fan-- have read all the novels and a lot of the short fiction-- and would not reccomend Tale of Two Cities as a starting point.

Dickens introduced more words into the English language than any other person save Shakespeare. GK Chesterton wrote some priceless commentaries on his work, and claimed that Dickens served as a bridge between the ‘Jolly Old’ England of Chaucer and Shakespere and the modern novelists like Henry James and Joseph Conrad.

 

[Sam_Maloney]

The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens (since Dickens died while writing this, I’m reading the version with Leon Garfield’s conclusionary chapters.)

Scanning through quickly, thrilled to find another Dickens reader, hope you are enjoying.

 

[RubyT]

A Gift He Meant For Us-
Visions of the Stigmatist and Mystic -
Therese Neumann of Konnersreuth (In conformity with the Vatican in the process of Beatification and Canonization as of Feb 2005) This book depicts 85 visions and sufferings of this Stigmatist.

By Wendell E. Rossman

Queenship Publishing $9.95

Wow, so glad I picked it up. A treasure for me.

 

[laariii2]

I am reading " Dearly Devoted Dexter" by Jeff Lindsay.

I found it in the bargain bin for $3.25. I am a fan of the T.V series. So far its pretty good.

 

[RubyT]

. If you have not already done so of course…Both books are much shorter than Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead but convey a lot of the same thought

Not all of objectivism is abhorrent. While some parts are in direct conflict with Catholic Faith and Practice, the idea that it is not selfish to be able to keep what belongs to one and use it as one sees fit is a very old idea. Rand distinguishes between choosing to give way what one has, as through charity, and having it taken through force by government.

I have read them all. One does not have to agree with a philosophy to understand and appreciate it. Sometimes Rands philosophy can be very thought provoking and there is nothing wrong with that. As a child reading her helped me develop my own ‘question authority’ attitudes which I hold today. I read Anthem first (a very long time ago), if I remember correct it is about Those that rule dictating life for those that don’t ie. Government taking away personal choices until there are none to take away. Good book since I read it in childhood and still remember it.

Do PM me.

 

[Roman_Catholic_1]

Just finished Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.

Moving onto We by Yevgeny Zamyatin.

I guess I am in a Russian phase

Maybe I should round it out with some Tolstoy?

God bless

 

[AmyS]

The Host, by Stephenie Meyer