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Wards of Faerie: The Dark Legacy of Shannara by Terry Brooks
 
detoutcoeur said:
*The Eremetic Life *by Fr. Cornelius Wencel, Er. Cam.

amazon.com/Eremitic-Life-Father-Cornelius-Wencel/dp/0972813233/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1360005551&sr=1-1-spell&keywords=eremetic+life+wencel

The Way of the Heart: The Spirituality of the Desert Fathers and Mothers by Henri Nouwen

amazon.com/Way-Heart-Spirituality-Fathers-Mothers/dp/0060663308

Excellent–I can’t recommend them highly enough.
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Yes! Henri Nouwen. Love him.
Return of the prodigal son is also excellent.
There is an online sermon of Henri on youtube. 8 parts. Great stuff.

henri nouwen being the beloved sermon 1 of 8
youtube.com/watch?v=SFWfYpd0F18
 
Presently, the Catechism of the Orthodox Church as well as selected writings of St. Isaac the Syrian.
 
Three Philosophies of Life: Ecclesiastes–Life as Vanity, Job–Life as Suffering, Song of Songs–Life as Love by Peter Kreeft
 
A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin

Killing Lincoln by Bill O’Reilly
 
child_of_God85 said:
Just finished reading ‘Water for Elephants’by Sara Gruin. Awsome, awsome book. It quickly became one of my all time favorites.
Now reading ‘The Three Musketeers’ by Dumas. Lovin’ it so far.
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I wanted to read that one but I was afraid, is there a lot about animal abuse? I even passed on the movie because I can’t handle that sort of thing.
 
In February I try to read a book by an African American author so I just finished
A Long Way From Home by Connie Briscoe …a fascinating book about slavery and American history.

Also, because of Valentine’s Day I like a good romance, so I re read Welcome to the World Baby Girl by Fannie Flagg

Finally, in honor of President’s Day I got Mrs Lincoln’s Dressmaker by Jennifer Chiaverini

I’ll check out something spirtual for March, but also, I’ll be reading Maeve Binchy’s new and last book A Week In Winter, because it’s a month to celebrate the Irish and because it a spiritual time being Lent. For a spiritual boost I’m thinking T D Jakes or Bishop Sheen.
Or maybe both.
 
Sometimes I just want to relax with a novel. And I find that many times now, (even at my advanced age!)
I find that I enjoy youth oriented novels more than others. I just finished a quite enjoyable book by a Kansas author, Clare Vanderpool.

The book is “Navigating Early.” I started reading it because I had previously read her first book “Moon Over Manifest,” about a young girl growing up in the depression. That book won the Newbery Award, an engaging book with a variety of characters.

I thought that the second book might have a similar storyline or characters as the first, but it didn’t. They are completely different. “Navigating Early” is about a Kansas boy placed in a Maine boarding school after his mother’s death. There is a strange schoolmate, a great black bear, and in a separate related narrative, pi. After finishing the book, I thought it might have been subtitled “Life of Pi,” but that was already taken.
 
I just finished The Catholic Briefcase by Randy Hain, which I got from the library. I highly recommend it. I don’t know what I’ll start next.
 
The Gardener by S.A. Bodeen

It’s something that the librarian at our school recommended to my oldest who doesn’t like to read and he couldn’t put it down.
 
I just finished 'Jubal Sackett by Louis l’Amour. It is situated in the mountains of Colorado and has me dreaming of road trips through the Rockies. That country is beautiful.
 
I’m reading a biography of Stonewall Jackson by James Robertson at the moment. Fascinating book, but it’s long. Jackson was a great man.
 
Margy1948 said:
Finally, in honor of President’s Day I got Mrs Lincoln’s Dressmaker by Jennifer Chiaverini
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I’m currently waiting impatiently for my turn to checkout this book from our public library. Can’t wait till it comes in! I recently finished The Lost Quilter by the same author 🙂

While waiting, I am reading The Messie Manual by Sandra Felton and One Thing at a Time: 100 Simple Ways to Live Clutter Free by Cindy Glovinsky.
 
Inescapable Ecologies, something I have to read for school. I tell ya my daily Lent reflections are a major breath of fresh air after reading this. The author is Linda Nash, by the way I have read much worse but I wouldn’t go out of my way to read this. She is an intellectual giant but this just isn’t the type of historical analysis I am into.
 
Greg Lukianoff is an ardent liberal and an atheist. And I am reading his book. The book is “Unlearning Liberty: Campus Censorship and the End of American Debate”

It’s about the loss of free speech on American University campuses, along with orientation programs which amount to enforced propaganda. Despite the fact that Mr. Lukianoff agrees with the views of many on the left behind such programs, he values free speech more. What’s amazing and troubling is that so many students seem untroubled by their loss of free speech and their forced indoctrination.

Today’s campuses are apparently a long way from the campuses of the 1960’s when the whole campus was a free speech zone. Now, free speech is often restricted to tiny areas, and non-offensive speech is valued more than free speech and open debate.

The book came to my attention through this review on the CWR blog, and it’s worth reading.
 
VivienneJ said:
Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives - Pope Benedict XVI
Centurion’s Daughter - Justin Swanton
Killing for Profit: Exposing the Illegal Rhino Horn Trade - Julian Rademeyer (the style of this makes for difficult reading, the issue is serious - Lawrence Anthony’s “The Last Rhinos” was much more readable)
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^That was a month back. Finished all three. Of course Jesus of Nazareth was superb; thoroughly enjoyed Centurion’s Daughter; and suddenly found I had finished the third book at last (I say suddenly because I hadn’t factored in the Glossary, Acknowledgements and References when working out how much more there was to read)

Currently in my “What I’m reading” folder:
Lent with Pope Benedict (I started using this last year and didn’t even get to the 3rd Sunday in Lent - so far doing better than last year)
Reservations for Two - Anne Patrick
A Year with Aslan: Daily Reflections from The Chronicles of Narnia

The last two are in response to a need for some very light, gentle reading owing to a personal loss and a very stressful time at work. I can see very light reading being a necessity for this whole month.
 
I just finished The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens. This was a pleasant surprise- since it was his first novel, I didn’t expect it to be as good as some of his later stuff, but it was great! Very funny!
 
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