Mama T has her 2007 list of books for her reading club. The only one on her list that I have read is Mother Angelica by Raymond Arroyo. I highly recommend it. I may have to read along with Mama T this year. She has a very interesting list.
I did get Spirit of the Liturgy by then Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger for Christmas. I am saving it for a couple of weeks when I think I will have recovered from the Christmas frenzy sufficiently to reflect on his words. I also received Finding Noel by Richard Paul Evans. I started and finished Finding Noel on the plane returning from Ft. Lauderdale. Richard Paul Evans writes those blissfully optimistic feel-good stories that reassure us goodness really exists in our world. I think I have read all of his books. It has practically become a Christmas tradition for me to receive one as a gift. Reading one of his books every year is about right. Any more than that and they feel syrupy. Just one and it is a delicate dessert.
I have a birthday coming up and have asked for a few of the Katherine Valentine novels. These have been called the Catholic Mitford series. I loved Jan Karon’s books. I am anxious to engage a new community of characters.
This year I want to add a couple of the classics to my reading list. Tony at Catholic Pillow fight has a few words about literary snobbery. And I am very wary of anything that has the English teacher’s stamp of approval. How anyone could declare Ulysses by James Joyce to be the best book of the twentieth century is beyond me. Still, there are some titles that intrigue me. I think I might enjoy Wuthering Heights if I don’t have to dissect it for symbolism and style.
What is on your reading list for 2007?
3 comments:
LOLOL on Joyce. Had to read it for class in school. Do you know, there's a black and white photo of Marilyn Monroe reading Ulysses. She's close to the end of the book when the photo was taken.
Spirit of Liturgy is to be savored. I had to read it slowly. My husband got sick of me practically reading him the whole book out loud.
Right now, I'm reading Thomas Howard's On Being Catholic. Thanks for the tip on the Catholic Mitford. I, too, love Jan Karon's works.
I enjoyed Wuthering Heights. I read it on my own free will with no pressure to anaylize it. I plan to read The Interior Castle right after I finish The Bad Catholic's Guide to Good Living.
I keep meaning to read Odyssey, and maybe this will be the year. More for curiosity than anything else.
I listened to Wuthering Heights last year, and really enjoyed it (as much as you can enjoy dark tales like that, I guess).
Hmm, a 2007 reading list. This is like the reading challenge thing gone MUCH bigger. I've been trying not to go all beserko about planning my reading (aside from Mama T's reading challenges), but now the seed is planted and watered a little...hmmm...
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