Book em'
Confessions of a Crazy Schoolmarm tagged me with the book Meme. I think I did this once before a year ago, but I do love books.
How many books do you own? I went to public school and so don't do higher math.
Book(s) I am reading now: Well since I just finished the Pope's book - the following books are back on track.
- The Catholic Priesthood and Women: A Guide to the Teaching of the Church by Sr. Sara Butler, MSBT
- The Bad Catholic's Guide To Wine, Whiskey, And Song: A Spirited Look at Catholic Life and Lore from the Apocalypse to Zinfandel by John Zmirak and Denise Matychowiak
- Mysterious Island (via my iPod) by Jules Verne
- Shadow & Claw: The First Half of 'The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe
Books I've read recently: I wrote a program that I use to track my book reading and books to get that is still under development, but it does make it easy for me to answer this question for the last two months from then to now.
- Dorothy L. Sayers - Whose Body?
- John C. Wright - Mists of Everness
- John C. Wright - Orphans of Chaos
- Raymond Arroyo -Mother Angelica's Little Book of Life Lessons and Everyday Spirituality
- John C. Wright - Fugitives of Chaos
- Stephen Coonts - Deep Black: Jihad
- Larry Niven - The Draco Tavern
- Gene Wolfe -The Knight
- Jules Verne - Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
- Gene Wolfe - The Wizard
- Baroness Emmuska Orczy -The Scarlet Pimpernel
- Rafael Sabatini -Captain Blood
- "E.E. ""DOC" Smith -The Skylark of Space
- Michael Flynn - Eifelheim
- John C. Wright - Titans of Chaos
- Scott Hahn - Hail, Holy Queen
- Neil Gaiman - Stardust
- J.R.R. Tolkien - The Children of Hurin
- Anthony Destefano - Ten Prayers God Always Says Yes To: Divine Answers to Life's Most Difficult Problems
- Scott Hahn - Reasons to believe
- Tad Williams - Shadowplay
- Jonathan Swift - Gulliver's Travels
Five Books That Mean a Lot to Me: (Bible and Catechism are given) To make it easy for myself I will make two lists for this question. Though the answer to this question can easily change daily based on mood.
Non fiction:
- Handbook of Christian Apologetics - Peter Kreeft with Ronald K. Tacelli
- Theology and Sanity - Frank Sheed
- The Confessions - St. Augustine
- The Life of St. Teresa of Avila by St. Teresa of Avila
- Orthodoxy - G.K. Chesterton
- Adventures in Orthodoxy by (now Fr.) Dwight Longenecker
- A Father Who Keeps His Promises: God's Covenant Love in Scripture by Scott Hahn
- Transformation in Christ: On the Christian Attitude by Dietrich Von Hildebrand
- The Cure D'Ars Today: St John Vianney by George William Rutler
- Jesus of Nazareth by Pope Benedict XVI
Fiction:
- Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tokien
- The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
- The Icewind Dale Trilogy by R. A. Salvatore
- A Canticle for Liebowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.
- Most ot the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett
- The Dune Series by Frank Herbert
- Asimov's Robot novels.
- Power and the Glory by Graham Greene
- Golden Age trilogy by John C. Wright
- Declare by Tim Powers
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+JMJ+
There is a sequel to Scarlet Pimpernel, though I haven't read it . . .yet.
When will your booktracking program be done? Have you checked out Bookmooch?
Great list!
Jeff,
It's a good thing you're far away and married. I've thought for quite a while that the only man I'd even consider marrying was one who shared my enthusiasm for God and my Church. Here you are, and your favorite books are my favorite books! Declare and A Cantle for Liebowitz, for Pete's sake. A killer sense of humor too. Do you have a clone somewhere?
I always enjoy when someone does one of these book memes and tells the truth. Some folk will only admit to being in the middle of reading the Summa. (Never mind that they seem to have been in the middle of it for the past decade.) I've long suspected that a long and varied book list is the sign of a well-rounded personality.
May I ask what is so engaging about the books of Scott Hahn? Personally, I find him rather superficial.
The Scarlet Pimpernel has more than one sequel. They're all good, too, but hard to find except through used and "antique" booksellers.
I don't think Scott Hahn is at all superficial, but he's uncomfortably enthusiastic (which means filled with God...). I think it's a Protestant leftover/gift that Catholics are unused to, still. A little more enthusiasm wouldn't hurt us, but even today i have difficulty LISTENING to it. Reading is less disturbing.
Jeff, Asimov, yes!! But no Bradbury?