tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833359394611156317.post7750759428896893233..comments2024-03-22T23:54:34.302-04:00Comments on Ashes From Burnt Roses: My 2014 ReadsMannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15396201693030286919noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833359394611156317.post-79274906702399105252015-03-11T20:37:53.766-04:002015-03-11T20:37:53.766-04:00I'll certainly look for your posts on the Psal...I'll certainly look for your posts on the Psalms!! Right now my favorite Psalm goes between 59 and 84 :) Enjoy the Psalms! They really helped get me through some tough times last summer :)Mary Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13344042018650100101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833359394611156317.post-51664676150512571172015-03-11T12:05:24.262-04:002015-03-11T12:05:24.262-04:00Hi Mary Sue!!! It's great you stopped by here...Hi Mary Sue!!! It's great you stopped by here. Yes I'm on Goodreads but I don't update very often. The only reason I even go back is because I'm in a Catholic Book club there.<br /><br />I would love to see you PhD thesis at some point. If you want I would even like to see your 30 page paper. I've ben meaning to post my Master's thesis on my blog, but I haven't done it yet. <br /><br />I have to get a hold of the 84 Charing Cross movie. I think I there are excerpts on youtube. Perhaps the whole movie is on there. I'll have to look.<br /><br />I just finished Job and will be reading the Psalms as the next part of my biblical read. Since the psalms are so important, I am going to go through each one in some detail, and I anticipate posting on a few. So you might look forward to it.<br /><br />I know what you mean about Hopkins. I have a number of posts on him and I think I mentioned somewhere that he over does stretching the language, so much so that it can be a distortion of English. But still when you understand the poems, it does makes sense. I'm particularly proud of my analysis of his poem, "The Windhover." You can read it here. There are two parts and read Part 1 first. Let me know what you think.<br /><br />http://ashesfromburntroses.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Windhover<br /><br />It's great touching base with you. I left a comment on your blog. Funny we should both name our blogs after a quote from Eliot's The Four Quartets!Mannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15396201693030286919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833359394611156317.post-86248706471576030632015-03-09T22:48:42.957-04:002015-03-09T22:48:42.957-04:00Perhaps third time trying to post is the charm!!
...Perhaps third time trying to post is the charm!!<br /><br />Loved reading this, Virgil! Several points I want to make:<br /><br />I'm so glad you're enjoying the Paradiso! Isn't it beautiful? Reading it makes me breathless. I wrote a 30 page paper on Dante and his influence on T.S. Eliot (notice a theme? :P) and W.B. Yeats in college, I loved it so much. At a guess, much of the same will feature in my Ph.D. thesis :D Whose translation are you using/do you recommend? I really depended on my Sayers translation for her incredible commentary and glossaries, though I think for sheer content Musa and Ciardi typically win. <br /><br />84 Charing Cross Road and the Imitation of Christ have long been on my to-read list. The Charing Cross Road movie is charming - I highly recommend it! I found a charming excerpt of the book in a little book called, appropriately, "A Passion for Books" that my mom got me years ago and it's been on my mind since then :)<br /><br />I particularly agree with you about the KJV. It's worth reading, I think, because of its influence on our language, but it obscures the content too much. Language has changed too much. I was gifted an ESV upon graduation and I LOVE it. It doesn't sacrifice clarity, and as I read I constantly find myself marveling at how lovely and vital the Word is--particularly in the Psalms.<br /><br />Did you like Hopkins? I mean purely subjectively. Personally, just looking at the words on the page - with the tongue-twisty thing he does - makes me feel inferior and tongue-tied :s<br /><br />Are you on Goodreads? I'd love to follow you on there :)Mary Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13344042018650100101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833359394611156317.post-57098470416926325192015-01-30T01:14:45.554-05:002015-01-30T01:14:45.554-05:00Yes, I just checked and I read Ruth in 2011. It&#...Yes, I just checked and I read Ruth in 2011. It's handy keeping a reading log. ;) Your suggestion of O'Connor's story "Greanleaf" was an excellent choice. It came in second as to my best short story reads. I think you would like Paul Horgan's "The Peachstone," but unfortunately it's not on the internet. Mannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15396201693030286919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833359394611156317.post-30307265120733518362015-01-29T11:18:47.449-05:002015-01-29T11:18:47.449-05:00Ah, I See my previous comment didn't go,
Impr...Ah, I See my previous comment didn't go, <br />Impressive list as usual, Manny. I agree about Les Mis, but I seem to remember one section I had to skip through because I found it to difficult. Probably some history, lol.<br />Tobit is a favorite of mine. Have you read Ruth yet? Love that one. It really seems like the story of a convert. so I identify.<br />And, when I am looking for something to read, I know where to look!Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10847572866285311259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833359394611156317.post-5082716967254695022015-01-26T20:44:12.357-05:002015-01-26T20:44:12.357-05:00LOL, peace to you my friend. I am grateful for ou...LOL, peace to you my friend. I am grateful for our back and forth, both here and on other blogs. Mannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15396201693030286919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833359394611156317.post-47548974714300357712015-01-26T20:42:29.617-05:002015-01-26T20:42:29.617-05:00Oh I've said before, I don't read that muc...Oh I've said before, I don't read that much. I try to get one book in per month, and try to squeeze in the shorter stuff. There are people who read one or two books per week. They are truly amazing.<br /><br />Thank you for your kind words. I will definitely read this one as well.Mannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15396201693030286919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833359394611156317.post-32514017458567650472015-01-26T20:38:50.706-05:002015-01-26T20:38:50.706-05:00LOL, yes you did. I am always open to recommendat...LOL, yes you did. I am always open to recommendations, especially short stories or poems, since they can be read quickly.Mannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15396201693030286919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833359394611156317.post-17532694929242104022015-01-26T14:27:29.881-05:002015-01-26T14:27:29.881-05:00You certainly are blessed to be that well read Man...You certainly are blessed to be that well read Manny. As for myself, as far as reading books is concerned, Victor M. has probably written more books than I've read.<br /><br />I hear YA! Long story short, it would take too long for you to tell my readers of your many blessings Victor #2 and so we'll simply leave 'IT" at that...lol<br /><br />God BlessVictorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03500112959496831193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833359394611156317.post-87094210511071175962015-01-26T13:43:45.270-05:002015-01-26T13:43:45.270-05:00"My analysis of “The Ransom of Red Chief” has..."My analysis of “The Ransom of Red Chief” has skyrocket to third place of my blog’s most hit on post. Every week it keeps climbing and it will surely overpass the leaders. For the life of me, I can’t understand why that post."<br /><br />Because I recommended it, duh. :) Jannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2833359394611156317.post-4221103138912217042015-01-26T13:06:31.055-05:002015-01-26T13:06:31.055-05:00You really are an amazing man, Manny. I don't ...You really are an amazing man, Manny. I don't know how you do it. All that reading in just one year. It is more than I have read in a lifetime. Great respects to you my friend.<br /><br />I was also surprised and very grateful that you mentioned me amongst your readings. Hardly the same league as the rest of your reading list. Thank you so much for your encouragement and support.<br /><br />Yes, I have written another book featuring Father Ignatius. This one is entitled "To Love A Priest" and, as the title suggests, it deals with a very sensitive subject. Just posted about it here: http://timeforreflections.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/celibacy-of-priests.html<br /><br />Should you find time to read it - I'd love to know what you think.<br /><br />Thank you once again, Manny. God bless you and your family always.Victor S E Moubarakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04280638667651857296noreply@blogger.com