Annie12 Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 (edited) [font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Hi everyone! I thought it would be amesome to start a thread where we could share titles of our favorite books or ones we are currently reading. ( Sorry if there has already been one like this [/font][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif] )[/font] [font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][size=4]So, Right now I am reading [u][i]How to Find your Soul-mate Without losing Your Soul [/i][/u]By Jason and Crystalina Everet. I really like this book so far. I got it at the camp I just came back from and I was not indenting to read it but I for some reason picked it up and just couldn't put it down. Its has some really good advice for single women on finding your soul-mate. I'm still discerning religious life but I still find this to be an amesome book![/size][/font] [font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][size=4]I also started reading the Lord of the Rings![/size][/font] amesome! Edited August 23, 2012 by Lil Red corrected misspelling of topic title Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmenchristi Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 I was just thinking of starting a thread like this! Seriously, like a minute before I saw yours.... I just looked up the book you mentioned. That is soooo next on my list!! I got my new book in the mail today: [u]Three to get married[/u] by Archbishop Sheen. Has anyone else read it? It is quite deep, but so intriguing... I'm finding a lot of insight and also confirmation of many of my own thoughts. I'd love to hear what married people have to say about this book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhuturePriest Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Any book by Jason Evert is worth all the gold in the world. Don't laugh, but one of my favorites is [i]Theology of Her Body. [/i]I know it is meant for women, but it is still a wonderful read and it helps to realize the dignity of women, something all men should be taught from the cradle. The Lord of the Rings is also a great book trilogy. I have never finished the first one, but I got really close when I quit. I have a problem committing to books these days. I have to finish twenty books at least right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysophylax Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 I'm reading Authenticity by Fr. Dubay at the moment for spiritual books, and for fiction (which I love) I am reading books by Dee Henderson- mysteries with very light romance. Is this only for books we are currently reading, or can I post all the books I love?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byzantine Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 [i]Garlands of Grace[/i] by Dr. Regis Martin. It's a course book. And I'm thoroughly enjoying it. Poems. Christian poems. That seem to at least mostly rhyme. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amppax Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 This thread already exists. LOCK IT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissyP89 Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 [i]Soulmate [/i]is the BEST. Good for dating folks, too. It's also a good book for a guy looking to understand his lady better. Presently reading [i]The Land Between [/i]by Jeff Mannion. It's about going through difficult periods of transition and keeping your spiritual life together. He uses the story of the Exile throughout, so it's got a lot of Scripture in it, too. A Protestant book, but perfect in hard times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ContemporaryCaflicCrusader Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 The ABCs of choosing a good Wife/Husband. That's a good Catholic read. The C.S. Lewis Space Triology (Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, That Hideous Strength.) is a lot of fun. We're on a Mission from God the Generation X Guide to John Paul II the Catholic Church and the Real Meaning of Life by Mary Beth Bonacci was a terrific book for me at a key time. I read the Baltimore Catechism and the Bible: New Revised Standard Version: Catholic Edition. The tranlation was a bit more liberal than I wanted/expected, if I was to do it again I would go with the Douay Rheims I own, but it's funny the current book I'm reading is the Action Bible which is a comic book bible over 750 pages made by this guy who used to work for Marvel and DC comics. It's abridged and protestant, so I use the term Bible very loosely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 I have a big pile of books to get to. Probably will take me two years at this current pace. [list] [*]The Heresy of Formlessness [*]Man and Woman: A Divine Invention [*]Ghosts and Poltergeists [*]Music in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries [*]Magisterium: Teacher and Guardian of the Faith [*]The Eternal Woman [*]The Organic Development of the Liturgy [*]The Mass: A Study of the Roman Liturgy [*]The Glories of Mary [*]The Development of the Liturgical Reform [*]The Lamb's Supper [*]The Diaries of Evelyn Waugh [*]Rollback [*]Complete Stories of Franz Kafka [*]Transformation in Christ [*]The Sources of Catholic Dogma [*]Nicomachean Ethics [*]The Basic Works of Aristotle [/list] I'm also reading a couple series of Japanese light novels, obviously translated into English. Not really 'intellectual reading', but a pleasant distraction. However, the two best books I've read in the last several years have been:[list] [*][b]The Bugnini Liturgy and the Reform of the Reform, and;[/b] [*][b]Restoration and Organic Development of the Roman Rite[/b] [/list] Both by [b]Laszlo Dobszay[/b]. They are by far the very best analyses of the Novus Ordo from the perspective of organic development and continuity that I have every read. Plus Dr. Dobszay offers concrete and innovative, but remarkably traditional solutions in terms of a reform of the reform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missionseeker Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 I'm rereading the princess bride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Red Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 [quote name='Amppax' timestamp='1345684445' post='2472267'] This thread already exists. LOCK IT! [/quote] yup, it sure does. http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/topic/51467-what-are-you-reading/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmenchristi Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 [quote name='Lil Red' timestamp='1345748196' post='2472803'] yup, it sure does. [url="http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/topic/51467-what-are-you-reading/"]http://www.phatmass....re-you-reading/[/url] [/quote] Yeah, I noticed that after posting here... but it's in Transmundane Lane and not everyone is reading spiritual books OK so most of us are... but ya know... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not The Philosopher Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 NTPs list of favourite (fiction) books looks something like this: - The Father Brown stories by G.K Chesterton (even though I've yet to read them all!) - The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe - The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald - The Jungle Books by Rudyard Kipling - The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens - At The Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 [quote name='Not The Philosopher' timestamp='1345755592' post='2472941'] - The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald [/quote] That is a good book! I have it sitting on my shelf right now. It is also available free online, along with its sequel, if you use an ereader. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not The Philosopher Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 I still need to read the sequel, actually. Alas, I do not have an ereader, and it's a bit hard to find in print (well, I could just use Gutenberg, but I don't like to be tethered to my laptop [i]that [/i]much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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