"Love follows knowledge."
"Beauty above all beauty!"
– St. Catherine of Siena

Sunday, November 8, 2020

2020 Reads, Update #2

 This should have been my quarterly review at the end of September.  I’ll just post what I’ve read for the year and upcoming plans.  Currently reading the marvelous biography Catherine of Siena by Sigrid Undset, my second reading of this book.  I don’t know how many of the currently and planned reads I will make.  At a minimum I need to finish the St. Catherine biograohy and the first part of St. Augustine’s City of God.  I can see I’m also way down on reading short stories this year.

 

Completed First Quarter:

 

“Leaf by Niggle,” a short story by J.R.R. Tolkien. 

“The Turkey,” a short story by Flannery O’Connor.

“The Trouble,” a short story by J. F. Powers.

“Theft,” a short story by Katherine Ann Porter. 

Book of Baruch, a book of the Old Testament, RSV Translation.

 

Completed Second Quarter:

 

Gospel of John, a book of the New Testament, RSV Translation.

Introduction to the Devout Life, a non-fiction work by St. Frances de Sales.

“The Blue Hotel,” a short story by Stephan Crane.

“A Good Man is Hard to Find, a short story by Flannery O’Connor.

Oronooko or The Royal Slave, a novel by Aphra Behn.

“The Magic Paint,” a short story by Primo Levi.

Lord of the World, a novel by Robert Hugh Benson.

The Book Of Ezekiel, a book of the Old Testament, KJV translation.

The Book Of Ezekiel, a book of the Old Testament, RSV translation.

 

Completed Third Quarter:

 

“God Rest You Merry Gentleman,” a short story by Ernest Hemingway.

Educated, a non-fiction memoir by Tara Westover.

Brideshead Revisted, a novel by Evelyn Waugh.

Utopia, a novella by St. Thomas More.

Book of Daniel, a book of the Old Testament, KJV Translation.

Last Post, the 4th novel of the Parade’s End Tetralogy by Ford Madox Ford.

Book of Daniel, a book of the Old Testament, RSV Translation.

 

Currently Reading:

Catherine of Siena, a biography by Sigrid Undset.

Dominican Life: A Commentary on the Rule of St. Augustine, a non-fiction work by Walter Wagner, O.P.

Catholicism: A Journey to the Heart of the Faith, a non-fiction work by Robert Barron.

The City of God Books 1-10, by Augustine of Hippo, translated by William Babcock.

I Am Going: Reflections on the Last Words of Saints, a non-fiction devotional work by Mary Kathleen Glavich, SND.

Prince Caspian, a novel from the Chronicles of Narnia series by C. S. Lewis.

 

Upcoming Plans:

 “The Sea Change,” a short story by Ernest Hemingway.

“A Matter of Chance,” a short story by Vladimir Nabokov.

 “The Manager of ‘The Kremlin,’” a short story by Evelyn Waugh.

The Book of Revelation, a book of the New Testament, KJV and RSV translations.

Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years of Lockheed, a memoir on the development of stealth aviation technology by Ben Rich and Leo Janos.




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