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 joined by short story enthusiast, Sarah Van Hecke, to chat about the short stories we read here at the Reading Revisited Book Club in September. We dive into each short story and draw out some things we couldn’t help but notice (a la George Saunders). We also talk about the short story form in general and why it is an important addition to any reading life. I hope you enjoy!

“In a short story there’s no escaping it, it’s right there. You will be forced to confront it.”- Sarah Van Hecke

Short Stories

The Hint of an Explanation by Graham Greene

The Father by Caryll Houselander

First Confession by Frank O’Connor

Books and Things

* How To Fight Book Gluttony w/ Autumn Kern

* Christendom College (Prof. Sharon Hickson)

* The Innocence of Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton

* A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders

* God Made Sunday by Walter Macken

* The Best American Short Stories (Yearly Anthologies)

* The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene

* The End of the Affair by Graham Greene

* The Diary of a Country Priest by Georges Bernanos

* Megamind Movie

* A Bloody Habit by Eleanor Bourg Nicholson (discount code: REVISITED15)

* Wake of Malice by Eleanor Bourg Nicholson (discount code: REVISITED15)

* Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith

* Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

* Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

* Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

* My Oedipus Complex by Frank O’Connor (free on the internet)

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

In Case You Missed It:

* October Commonplace

* Jane Eyre Volume 2 Revisited

* Reading Revisited ep. 17: Commonplacing w/ Elise Boratenski

* Revisiting Lazy Murder

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