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.

Today we are chatting Commonplacing, that oft thrown out word in literary and education circles. We have the lovely, Elise Boratenski, tell us a bit about the history, her experience with it, and some practical tips for those wanting to get started! Enjoy!

(Also I hope you enjoy funny stories about poultry ownership! If you don’t feel free to fast forward twenty minutes…)

Where to Find Elise

The Commonplace Catholic on Substack

Books and Things

Kelsie’s Bullet Journal

Mystery and Manners by Flannery O’Connor (RR 2021)

Kelsie’s Perfect Pencil (or Pen!)

Book Darts

Sticky Flags (very aesthetically pleasing)

Middlemarch by George Eliot (RR 2024)

Sticky Tab Dividers

Disc Notebooks

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (RR 2024)

The Rocket Book

The Wasteland by T.S. Eliot

Elise’s Substack Post on Elizabeth Gaskell

Hannah’s Post on Reading Against Her Ruins

Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling

Top 5

* Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather (RR 2025)

* Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell

* Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

* Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (RR 2024)

* Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien (or this paperback set)

Until next time, keep revisiting the good books that enrich your life and nourish your soul.

In Case You Missed It:

* Revisiting Lazy Murder

* Jane Eyre Volume 1 Revisited

* Reading Revisited ep. 16: Intro to Jane Eyre and Gothic Novels w/ Eleanor Bourg Nicholson

* A (very brief) Prelude to Jane Eyre

A Few Reminders:

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