Reading Revisited

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.

Zack’s Top 5:

The Heart of the Matter (The End of the Affair) by Graham Greene

The Code of the Woosters by P.G. Wodehouse

Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

East of Eden by John Steinbeck

Where To Find Zack Online

King Jester

Human Factor Media

Zack Slingsby on Instagram

Jessica’s Reads

Macbeth by William Shakespeare

Skipping School by Dixie Dillon Lane

The Art of the Commonplace by Wendell Berry

This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Zack’s Reads

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

The End of the Affair by Graham Greene

A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams

Kelsie’s Reads

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë

The Sisters by Mary S. Lovell

Hannah’s Reads

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

Old Filth by Jane Gardam

A Few Green Leaves by Barbara Pym

Other Books/Things Mentioned:

The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

A Bloody Habit, Brother Wolf, and Wake of Malice by Eleanor Bourg Nicholson

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Grendel by John Gardner

The Ballad of the White Horse by G.K. Chesterton

Leaving Cheyenne by Larry McMurtry

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

What We’re Reading Next:

October

The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

Paid Subscriber Read-Along

Paradise Lost by John Milton

A Few Reminders:

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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.

Lane’s Top 5:

Augustine’s Confessions

Persuasion by Jane Austen

The Great Influenza by John Berry

Far From The Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

Books/Things Mentioned:

Range by David Epstein

The Noonday Devil: Acedia, the Unnamed Evil of Our Times by Dom Jean-Charles Nault

Leisure: The Basis of Culture by Josef Pieper

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

The Farmer’s Wife by Helen Rebanks

The Place of Tides by James Rebanks

English Pastoral by James Rebanks

The Federalist

Spirit of Laws by Charles Louis Montesquieu

Rosemary Verey’s Making of a Garden by Rosemary Verey

The Gardens of Bunny Mellon

A Benedictine Education by John Henry Newman

Ballad of the Gangster’s Daughter by Zachary Slingsby

Far From The Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

“The Mom Olympics” by Lane Scott

“Cowboys and Carpetbaggers: Lonesome Dove, Yellowstone, and the closing of the frontier.” by Lane Scott

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

What We’re Reading Next:

October

The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

Paid Subscriber Read-Along

Paradise Lost by John Milton

A Few Reminders:

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

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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.

Beauty and Imitation by DANIEL McINERNY

“Are The National Book Awards Predictive of Anything?” by David Kern

Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

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

What We’re Reading Next:

October

The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

Paid Subscriber Read-Along

Paradise Lost by John Milton

A Few Reminders:

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

We have turned on paid subscriptions which will allow you to support the work we are doing here.

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Hello Readers!

Today’s episode is part of our Reading Revisited Society Paradise Lost book club. If you are interested in joining the RR Society and reading along with us, consider becoming a paid subscriber to gain access to these and other exclusive episodes! Thanks for your support!

We will have our next Society Only Paradise Lost Virtual Book Club sometime in November - stay tuned for details!

Paradise Lost by John Milton

Other Books/Things Mentioned:

Areopagitica by John Milton

Perelandra by C.S. Lewis

Purgatorio by Dante

Middlemarch by George Eliot

The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis

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

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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.

Jessica’s Reads:

Cymbeline, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare

Emma M. Lion vol. 1 by Beth Brower

The Garden of Perfect Clarity by Roy Peachey

Kelsie’s Reads:

Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare

Anne of the Island by L.M. Montgomery

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling

Hannah’s Reads:

Hamlet by William Shakespeare

Tea on Sunday by Lettice Cooper

The Fortnight in September by R.C. Sherriff

Other Books/Things Mentioned:

Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransom

Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar

D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths by Ingri and Edgar Parin D’Aulaire

Mythology: The Mega Collection

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Redwall by Brian Jacques

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Emma M. Lion, vol 8 by Beth Brower

A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

The Ballad of the Gangster’s Daughter by Zachary Slingsby

Laurus by Eugene Vodalozkin

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

What We’re Reading Next:

September

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

October

The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

Paid Subscriber Read-Along

Paradise Lost by John Milton

A Few Reminders:

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

We have turned on paid subscriptions which will allow you to support the work we are doing here.

If you would like to make a small contribution to the work we’re doing here at Reading Revisited, we invite you to do so with the Buy (Us) a Coffee button below. We so appreciate your support!

*As always, some of the links are affiliate links. If you don’t have the books yet and are planning to buy them, we appreciate you using the links. The few cents earned with each purchase you make after clicking links (at no extra cost to you) goes toward the time and effort it takes to keep Reading Revisited running, and we appreciate it!

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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.

Holes by Louis Sachar

Read Aloud Revival #172: Helping Our Developing Readers Fall in Love With Books

A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

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

What We’re Reading Next:

September

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

October

The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

Paid Subscriber Read-Along

Paradise Lost by John Milton

A Few Reminders:

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

We have turned on paid subscriptions which will allow you to support the work we are doing here.

If you would like to make a small contribution to the work we’re doing here at Reading Revisited, we invite you to do so with the Buy (Us) a Coffee button below. We so appreciate your support!

*As always, some of the links are affiliate links. If you don’t have the books yet and are planning to buy them, we appreciate you using the links. The few cents earned with each purchase you make after clicking links (at no extra cost to you) goes toward the time and effort it takes to keep Reading Revisited running, and we appreciate it!

Song: Into The Light Music composed and recorded by Oak Studios. Link:

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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.

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

Good Country People by Flannery O’Connor

The Feast Audiobook

Ballad of the Gangster’s Daughter by Zachary Slingsby

“Ballad of the Gangster’s Daughter”

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

What We’re Reading Next:

September

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

Paid Subscriber Read-Along

Paradise Lost by John Milton

A Few Reminders:

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

We have turned on paid subscriptions which will allow you to support the work we are doing here.

If you would like to make a small contribution to the work we’re doing here at Reading Revisited, we invite you to do so with the Buy (Us) a Coffee button below. We so appreciate your support!

*As always, some of the links are affiliate links. If you don’t have the books yet and are planning to buy them, we appreciate you using the links. The few cents earned with each purchase you make after clicking links (at no extra cost to you) goes toward the time and effort it takes to keep Reading Revisited running, and we appreciate it!

Song: Into The Light Music composed and recorded by Oak Studios. Link:

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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.

Nate’s Top 5:

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

The Odyssey by Homer

The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius

The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

Jake’s Top 5:

Once an Eagle by Anton Myrer

Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare by Damien Lewis

Killer Angels by Michael Shaara

The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy

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

What We’re Reading Next:

September

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

Paid Subscriber Read-Along

Paradise Lost by John Milton

A Few Reminders:

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

We have turned on paid subscriptions which will allow you to support the work we are doing here.

If you would like to make a small contribution to the work we’re doing here at Reading Revisited, we invite you to do so with the Buy (Us) a Coffee button below. We so appreciate your support!

*As always, some of the links are affiliate links. If you don’t have the books yet and are planning to buy them, we appreciate you using the links. The few cents earned with each purchase you make after clicking links (at no extra cost to you) goes toward the time and effort it takes to keep Reading Revisited running, and we appreciate it!

Song: Into The Light Music composed and recorded by Oak Studios. Link:

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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.

Other Books/Things Mentioned:

ep. 120: Mansfield Park Chat w/ Eleanor Bourg Nicholson

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

What We’re Reading Next:

August

Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

Paid Subscriber Read-Along

Paradise Lost by John Milton

A Few Reminders:

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

We have turned on paid subscriptions which will allow you to support the work we are doing here.

If you would like to make a small contribution to the work we’re doing here at Reading Revisited, we invite you to do so with the Buy (Us) a Coffee button below. We so appreciate your support!

*As always, some of the links are affiliate links. If you don’t have the books yet and are planning to buy them, we appreciate you using the links. The few cents earned with each purchase you make after clicking links (at no extra cost to you) goes toward the time and effort it takes to keep Reading Revisited running, and we appreciate it!

Song: Into The Light Music composed and recorded by Oak Studios. Link:

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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.

find Eleanor online here

check out Homeschool Connections

Eleanor’s Books:

A Bloody Habit

Brother Wolf

Wake of Malice

The Hound of the Lord

Other Books/Things Mentioned:

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

The Odyssey by Homer

Epic by Jorge Rivera-Herrans

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

Mansfield Park Audiobook

St. Austin Review (see Eleanor’s Article below)

A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

Georgette Heyer’s Regency World by Jennifer Kloester

One Poor Scruple by Josephine Ward

Women of the Catholic Imagination by Haley Stewart

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

What We’re Reading Next:

August

Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

Paid Subscriber Read-Along

Paradise Lost by John Milton

A Few Reminders:

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

We have turned on paid subscriptions which will allow you to support the work we are doing here.

If you would like to make a small contribution to the work we’re doing here at Reading Revisited, we invite you to do so with the Buy (Us) a Coffee button below. We so appreciate your support!

*As always, some of the links are affiliate links. If you don’t have the books yet and are planning to buy them, we appreciate you using the links. The few cents earned with each purchase you make after clicking links (at no extra cost to you) goes toward the time and effort it takes to keep Reading Revisited running, and we appreciate it!

Song: Into The Light Music composed and recorded by Oak Studios. Link:

• [Background Music] Into The Light - C... | Creative Commons - Attribution ND 4.0

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit readingrevisited.substack.com/subscribe