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.

Join us today as we chat with special guest, Karen Ullo, to discuss her 2024 novel To Crown With Liberty and historical fiction in general.

Karen’s Top 5 (of the Gothic/Horror genre)

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo

Dracula by Bram Stoker

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux

Books/Things Mentioned:

Jennifer the Damned by Karen Ullo

Cinder Allia by Karen Ullo

Dappled Things

Chrism Press

Strange True Stories of Louisiana by George Washington Cable

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy

The French Revolution by Hilaire Belloc

The Good Death of Kate Montclair by Daniel McInerny

Markmaker by Mary Jessica Woods

Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell

The City Mother by Maya Sinha

Brother Wolf by Eleanor Bourg Nicholson

Wake of Malice by Eleanor Bourg Nicholson

The Letters of Magdalen Montague by Eleanor Bourg Nicholson

In Pieces by Rhonda Ortiz

The Oyster Catcher of Southwark by Erica Colahan

Who Am I To Judge? by Emily Hanlon

Find Karen at her website

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

In Case You Missed It:

On the Podcast:

* ep. 31: Revisiting A Christmas Carol

* ep. 32: The House of Mirth (Book Swap #1)

* ep. 33: The Violent Bear It Away (Book Swap #1)

* ep. 34: 2024 Year in Reading

Read Along Guides for Othello (from the lovely @Jessica Risma):

* Othello Introduction & Reading Schedule

* ep. 30: Why Read Shakespeare w/ Fr. Tom Pressley

* Why Read Shakespeare (Othello Version)

* Othello Act I Revisited

* Othello Act II Revisited

* Othello Act III Revisited

What We’re Reading Next:

February

Out of the Silent Planet AND Perelandra by C.S. Lewis

March

That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis

April

The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

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