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Right now I just finished The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. It really disappointed me, as it seems a very long and elaborate version of “Africa: therefore God is fake and/or evil.” The religious father is portrayed as a lunatic and the daughters and wife end up apostates. There’s probably a deeper meaning to this but for now I don’t see it.
 
Gigglin4God said:
I’ve not read any of Scott Hahn’s books yet. I have his book called, “A Father Who Keeps His Promise”. I wonder if it is as good as I’m hoping it is. Is “Rome Sweet Home”, any good? Please let me know. Thank you so much.
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Rome Sweet Home is excellent. He’s a good author.
 
LukeSr said:
@goforgoal…oopps…please accept apology. I see now that I misread the comment you made as it was for anthonyM2…but to answer your questions, No… The Demonologist’s is not “of” the occult seclusively. It’s about the life’s work of two Catholics, Ed & Loraine Warren, (Demonologists), who began investigating “haunted houses” and soon found themselves uncovering what Catholic Priest’s have known for centuries; demons exist and they hate God’s children…(big difference between ghosts and demons). I somehow ended up on this book after exploring the subject of demonology and our mother church which began with; “Exorcism and The Church Militant” by Fr. Euteneuer. I mentioned “The Rite” because it’s a true story, (the book, not the movie) about a Catholic Priest who trains to become an exorcist. The whole subject, demonology, is quite facinating as most of us didnt know there was a difference between a ghost and demon. Hope I answered your questions. Godspeed…LukeSr

ps…I try to steer clear of ouija boards and seances…
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I am finally able to read a copy which was loaned to me of “The Demonologist: The Extraordinary career of Ed and Lorraine Warren” by: Gerald Brittle.

LukeSr., Thank you and God bless you for mentioning this book back on page. 10, post #142, #147, and for forth.

Thank you for taking the time to explain what you could (at the time) about this book.

At one point, in this thread you stated that every Catholic should read this book and so far from what I’ve read I couldn’t agree with you more LukeSr.

Anyways, I am not reading this book because of the Movie “The Conjuring” although from the other thread it states that this movie is good and shows the importance of Baptism, Marriage, Priests, and Religious in a positive way.

However, I have to admit I’m a bit confused about Mrs. Lorraine Warren being and claiming she’s Clairvoyant.

There are other topics in this book that I do not agree with but from what I’ve read and why I agree with LukeSr it stresses that evil does exist, demons do exist, and so far from what I read it stressed the importance of going to Church and Praying — if anything this book should hopefully and Prayerfully get people to know who the real enemy is Satan and get people back into Holy Mother Church.
 
The White Princess (Historical Novel on Elizabeth of York) while a bit historically inacurate I thought is was a good read none the less. It’s the last of a book series on the War of the Roses or the Cousins Wars in Midevil England. Think Game of Thrones but the folks actually lived and the basic events actually happened.
 
Still reading, “Thirsting for God: A Yearbook of Prayers and Meditations Mother Teresa” by: Angelo D. Scolozzi

Still reading, “The Demonologist: The Extraordinary career of Ed and Lorraine Warren” by: Gerald Brittle.

Does anybody know if the author Gerald Brittle is still alive or not?

At one time or another on this particular thread I read that Gerald Brittle was a CAF Member’s Altar Server Instructor… Here it is:

forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=487896&page=22

I’m also reading “Men, Women, and Relationships” by: Dr. John Gray

An older book (published in 1990) I know but still interesting…🙂

Happy reading everyone and God bless,

goforgoal
 
I just finished “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot. True story that was fascinating.
 
I am finishing:
  1. Hidden Order by Brad Thor. It is a CIA thriller that has a lot to do with the Federal Reserve. It is funny, but reading novels with a certain theme is an interesting way to learn about certain aspects of history.
  2. The Slight Edge by Olson. It is a personal development (PD) book.
I think I will keep trying to do a PD / religious book and a fiction book together or alternating. Olson recommends reading 10 pages of a personal development book per day.

Spirituality and personal development also seem to go together and there are some interesting Catholic books on this thread.
 
Re-reading “Paladin of Souls”, by Lois Bujold (favorite book. If you like fantasy, read it. Starts out slow, but it’s amazingly good)

Re-reading “The Canterbury Tales” because I was trying to explain the Wife of Bath’s tale to someone the other day and just got sucked back into it.

Also, “The Great Human Diaspora” by the Cavalli-Sforzas, as I’m thinking about using it for a class next semester.
 
Recovering Faith by Lorene Hanley Duquin. It’s stories of Catholics who came home 🙂

And the Autobiography of St Ignatius of Loyota. by John Francis Xavier O’Connor
 
Just finished:

*The Retreat: Hitler’s First Defeat *

I knew the German army was pushed back from Moscow in November/December 1941 but I had no idea how close it came to be completely defeated.

Just started:
Don’t Mess with Travis
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I’m reading multiple books at the minute for college work. Too many. But the main one is ‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’ by John le Carre.
 
thejeopardyfan said:
And…? An (non-Catholic) acquaintance was telling me about it, and he found it repetitive. Too much so to continue. He’s lent it to me but I haven’t touched it yet.
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I’m not very far into it. It does seem repetitive but I think it’s because as he’s building his argument, he views something from every angle. I think he’s trying to answer all the “but what about” questions.
 
*The Enchantress: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel by Michael Scott *
 
J. Fuhrman “eat to live”

Andrius Navickas “letters for those who are swimming against the flow” ( I translated the title of book, because i think it is not translated to english)
 
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