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Wednesday, August 14, 2019

2019 Reads, Update #2

I’m just going to post this without any fanfare.  This was supposed to be my second quarter update, and technically the second quarter ended June 30th.  I forgot.  I have continued to read since then and I’ve completed some works.  I’ll list those read in the second quarter as such.  Those that will be listed in the third quarter are separated by the dashed line. 

Completed First Quarter:
“The Background,” a short story by Saki (H. H. Munro).
“How to Mark a Book,” an essay by Mortimer J. Adler.
“In the Snow,” a short story by Stefan Zweig, translated by Anathea Bell.
“Poldi,” a short story by Carson McCullers.
Book of Jeremiah, a book of the Old Testament, NIV Translation.
"Why Bugsy Siegel Was a Friend of Mine," a short story by James Lee Burke.
Paradisio, 3rd part of the epic poem, The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, translated and annotated by Robert and Jean Hollander.
Paradisio, 3rd part of the epic poem, The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, translated and annotated by Anthony Esolen.


Completed Second Quarter:
The Life of Saint Dominic, a biography by Augusta Theodosia Drane.
The Fathers of the Church: An Introduction to the First Christian Teachers, 3rd Edition, a non-fiction work by Mike Aquilina.
"Thunder and Roses" a short story by Theodore Sturgeon.
"A House on the Plains" a short story by E.L. Doctorow.
Book of Jeremiah, a book of the Old Testament, KJV Translation.
Book of Lamentations, a book of the Old Testament, KJV Translation.
Book of Lamentations, a book of the Old Testament, NIV Translation.
The First Letter of John, an epistle from the New Testament, NIV Translation.
The First Letter of John, an epistle from the New Testament, KJV Translation.
The Imitation of Christ, a non-fiction devotional by Thomas à Kempis.
The Second Letter of John, an epistle from the New Testament, NIV Translation.
The Second Letter of John, an epistle from the New Testament, KJV Translation.
The Third Letter of John, an epistle from the New Testament, NIV Translation.
The Third Letter of John, an epistle from the New Testament, KJV Translation.

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Death Comes for the Archbishop, a novel by Willa Cather.
“Social Error,” a short story Damon Runyan.
In the Image of St. Dominic: Nine Portraits of Dominican Life, a collection of short biographies by Guy Bedouelle, O.P.
Mariette in Ecstasy, a novel by Ron Hansen.

Currently Reading:
The Horse and His Boy, a novel from the The Chronicles of Narnia series by C. S. Lewis.

How Dante Can Save Your Life: The Life-Changing Wisdom of History's Greatest Poem, a confessional memoir by Rod Dreher.

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