Welcome to Reading Revisited, a place for friends to enjoy some good old-fashioned book chat while revisiting the truth, beauty, and goodness we’ve found in our favorite books.

On today’s episode we are joined by a very special guest, Rachel Woodham. In her essay, Harry Potter, Read of Requirement, Rachel looks at the ways in which Rowling’s series speaks in a unique way to the current moment and offers our children (and us) heroes and heroines that pursue the good despite the cost.

Books/Things Mentioned

* Check out more of Rachel Woodham’s work at the Circe Institute

* Harry Potter Adult Set (British edition)

* Kristen Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset

* Middlemarch by George Eliot

* Heidi by Johanna Spyri

* Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

* Everything Sad is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri

* A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

* Jane Austen

* East of Eden by John Steinbeck

* Literary Life Podcast Episode 232: Harry Potter Series

In Case You Missed It:

* Walking on Water and Short Stories Reading Schedule

* Pride and Prejudice Discussion Questions and Reading Guide PDF

* Reading Revisited ep. 10: What We’re Reading (August)

* Monthly Commonplace - August

A Few Reminders:

* If you are wanting to get in on the in person or virtual community please contact us!

* Here is the whole list of this years book selections

* Book lists from previous years can be found here.

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