My bookbag runneth over. Carrying around 20-30 books everywhere is causing my shoulder is to ache; I'm beginning to list to one side like the Titanic. Must. start. alternating. shoulders.
My reading list has been exploding of late, partially due to Barnes & Noble gift certificates given for Christmas. I picked up John Henry Newman's "Sermons" in order to masochistically cement feelings of inadequacy (he reminds me how far I've got to go) and "The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor". Not that I wouldn't mind being reading these:
Anecdotes of Destiny and Ehrengard by Isak DinesenHmmm....now I'd like to read Jon Hassler, thanks to Terri of Summa Momma's fame. I see him for only a $1.15. I love cherry-picking cheap used books although the shipping charges are sometimes treble the price of the book. I recently got Chesterton's "The Man Who Was Thursday" for ridiculously cheap. The perfect antidote for deep material is "Politicians, Partisans, and Parasites: My Adventures in Cable News" by Tucker Carlson. Was I ever enjoying that on Saturday. Just hi-larious, a gossipy fun read. He and Bill Press basically had a PeeWee's Playhouse going on on their "Spin Room" show on CNN - just plain goofy.
St. Peter's Basilica: A Virtual Tour by Our Sunday Visitor Staff
Unmasking the Devil: Dramas of Sin and Grace in the World of Flannery O'Connor by Regis Martin
Lord of the World by Robert Hugh Benson
Spirits of America: A Social History of Alcohol by Eric Burns
So Many Books, So Little Time: A Year of Passionate Reading by Sara Nelson
I Believe in Love: A Personal Retreat Based on the Teaching of St. Therese of Lisieux by Jean C. J. d'Elbée
The Spirit of the Liturgy by Cardinal Ratzinger
Today's barge includes:
Keillor's "Good Poems", an anthology
Turmoil & Truth - Trower (yes, I should've already finished this)
Dark Star Safari - Paul Theroux
Sixpence House - Paul Collins
The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor (for my money, an incredible buy. 550 pages of her stories for $16, before discount)
What Faith Really Means - Henry Graham
The Human Stain - Philip Roth
Love, Peace and Joy - Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus According to St. Gerturde - Rev. Prevot
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