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.

Books/Things Mentioned:

EPIC

Hamilton

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

ep. 3: Crossing to Safety Revisited

The Man Born To Be King by Dorothy Sayers

Elise Boratenski

That’s all we have for now! 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. 36: Introducing The Space Trilogy w/ David Bates

* ep. 37: Our Favorite Winter Reads

* ep. 38: My Cousin Rachel (Book Swap #2)

* ep. 39: Bookish Bio of Mary Tappe

Read Along Guides for the the Space Trilogy:

* Space Trilogy Introduction & Reading Schedule

* Out of the Silent Planet Ch 1-11 Revisited

* Out of the Silent Planet Ch 12-22 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

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 as well as receive Read Along Guide PDFs each month, voice recordings of the Read Along Guides and Essays, and we are working on (printable) bookmarks for each book.

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! Reading Revisited is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

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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.

Mary’s Top 5

Mara Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carol

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner

Honorable Mentions

King Lear by William Shakespeare

Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand

Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling

Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Other Books and Things

The Violent Bear it Away by Flannery O’Connor

Close Reads Brackets (First lines of books)

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice BBC Miniseries

Persuasion by Jane Austen

Tan Books Saint Biographies

Narnia Series

Before Austen Comes Aesop by Cheri Blomquist

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

This Side of Paradise F. Scott Fitzgerald

Benedictine College

The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis

John Mulaney’s Kid Gorgeous

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Theology of the Body by John Paul II

Emma by Jane Austen

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction by Alan Jacobs

How the Church Changed the World by Anthony Esolen

When Books Went to War by Molly Guptill Manning

Looking for Alaska by John Green

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

East of Eden by John Steinbeck

The Summer Book by Tove Jansson

That’s all we have for now! 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. 35: Living Author Spotlight: Karen Ullo

* ep. 36: Introducing The Space Trilogy w/ David Bates

* ep. 37: Our Favorite Winter Reads

* ep. 38: My Cousin Rachel (Book Swap #2)

Read Along Guides for the the Space Trilogy:

* Space Trilogy Introduction & Reading Schedule

* Out of the Silent Planet Ch 1-11 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

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 as well as receive Read Along Guide PDFs each month, voice recordings of the Read Along Guides and Essays, and we are working on (printable) bookmarks for each book.

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! Reading Revisited is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

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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.

This episode is spoiler free until 36 minutes in! So please feel free to listen even if you didn’t read the book. We might just add another fun book to your TBR! We announce during the podcast when we are going to start spoiling so you won’t be taken by surprise. Enjoy!

Book Swap #2 Assignments

Hannah to Kelsie: My Cousin Rachel by Daphne Du Maurier

Kelsie to Jess: The Secret History by Donna Tartt

Jess to Hannah: Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott

More from Daphne Du Maurier

Rebecca (RR 2023)

Jamaica Inn

Scapegoat

Frenchman’s Creek

House on the Strand

My Cousin Rachel Movie

Hitchcock Rebecca

Hitchcock The Birds

New Rebecca Movie

Other Books and Things

Hamlet by William Shakespeare

Mel Gibson Hamlet Movie

Othello (RR 2025)

Othello Reading Guides by Jessica Risma

Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare

The Play’s the Thing Podcast (Othello episodes)

Ian McKellan Othello

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

An Experiment in Criticism by C.S. Lewis (RR 2020)

The Lord of the Rings Movies

Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter Movies

The Odyssey (Fitzgerald translation) by Homer…Dan Stevens audio recording

The Odyssey (Emily Wilson translation) by Homer

The Odyssey (Fagles translation) by Homer

The Inferno (Esolen translation) by Dante

Purgatory (Esolen translation) by Dante

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (RR 2024)

The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion by Beth Brower

The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins (RR 2025)

Middlemarch by George Eliot (RR 2024)

Lydgate vs. Ludgate confusion comes from having watched Parks and Rec recently…April Ludgate. We’re not literary all the time!

Elizabeth Taylor (Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont)

That’s all we have for now! 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. 34: 2024 Year in Reading

* ep. 35: Living Author Spotlight: Karen Ullo

* ep. 36: Introducing The Space Trilogy w/ David Bates

* ep. 37: Our Favorite Winter Reads

Read Along Guides for the the Space Trilogy:

* Space Trilogy Introduction & Reading Schedule

* Out of the Silent Planet Ch 1-11 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

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 as well as receive Read Along Guide PDFs each month, voice recordings of the Read Along Guides and Essays, and we are working on (printable) bookmarks for each book.

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! Reading Revisited is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

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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.

Hannah’s Favorite Winter Books:

Silas Marner by George Eliot

Villette by Charlotte Bronte

Murder On The Orient Express by Agatha Christie

Jessica’s Favorite Winter Books:

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

Murder in the Cathedral by T.S. Eliot

A Gentleman In Moscow by Amor Towles

Kelsie’s Favorite Winter Books:

What Falls From the Sky by Esther Emery

Peace Like A River by Leif Enger

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Honorable Mentions:

Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens

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

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

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Cancer Ward by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Laurus by Eugene Vodolazkin

Kristen Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset

Little Book of Hygge by Meik Wiking

Cosy by Laura Weir

There’s No Such Thing As Bad Weather by Linda Åkeson McGurk

Other Books/Things Mentioned:

Barebarics Zing Chunky Sneaker

Ember Mug

Literary Life Podcast Silas Marner Episodes

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

Virgil Wander by Leif Enger

Murder On The Orient Express (2017 Film)

Agatha Christie’s Poirot Season 12 Episode 3

Rules of Civility by Amor Towles

That’s all we have for now! 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. 33: The Violent Bear It Away (Book Swap #1)

* ep. 34: 2024 Year in Reading

* ep. 35: Living Author Spotlight: Karen Ullo

* ep. 36: Introducing The Space Trilogy w/ David Bates

Read Along Guides for Othello:

* 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

* Othello Act IV 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

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 as well as receive Read Along Guide PDFs each month, voice recordings of the Read Along Guides and Essays, and we are working on (printable) bookmarks for each book.

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!Reading Revisited is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

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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.

Where to Find David

Pints with Jack Website

Pints with Jack Podcast

C.S. Lewis reading day on November 29th (so you can celebrate next year)!

David’s Top 5

* Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

* Leaf by Niggle by J.R.R. Tolkien

* The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy

* A Severe Mercy by Sheldon Vanauken

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

Honorable Mentions

Anne of Green Gables by L.M Montgomery

Manalive by G.K. Chesterton

Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling

Red Dwarf by Grant Naylor (and the TV show)

C.S. Lewis Books

The Chronicles of Narnia

Till We Have Faces

Mere Christianity

The Great Divorce

The Screwtape Letters

The Four Loves

Latin Letters

Letters to an American Lady

Letters to Children

Other Books and Things

Why Literature Still Matters by Jason Baxter

The Medieval Mind of C.S. Lewis by Jason Baxter

A Beginner's Guide to the Divine Comedy by Jason Baxter

The Narnia Code by Michael Ward

Planet Narnia by Michael Ward

Literary Life Podcast series on Harry Potter

House of Humane Letters class on Harry Potter 2 and 3

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

That’s all we have for now! 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. 32: The House of Mirth (Book Swap #1)

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

* ep. 34: 2024 Year in Reading

* ep. 35: Living Author Spotlight: Karen Ullo

Read Along Guides for Othello:

* 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

* Othello Act IV 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

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 as well as receive Read Along Guide PDFs each month, voice recordings of the Read Along Guides and Essays, and we are working on (printable) bookmarks for each book.

Subscribed

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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.

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

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 as well as receive Read Along Guide PDFs each month, voice recordings of the Read Along Guides and Essays, and we are working on (printable) bookmarks for each book.

Subscribed

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*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!Reading Revisited is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

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Top 5 for 2024

Jessica

The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare

Murder in the Cathedral by T.S. Eliot

East of Eden by John Steinbeck (RR 2024)

The Hint of An Explanation by Graham Greene (RR 2024)

The Divine Comedy by Dante ( Anthony Esolen’s translation) Specifically Inferno and Purgatorio

Hannah

Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Endless Night by Agatha Christie

The Letters of Magdalene Montague by Eleanor Bourg Nicholson

Our Town by Thornton Wilder (RR 2022)

The Good Death of Kate Montclair by Daniel McInerny

Kelsie

Aiding and Abetting by Muriel Spark

The Aviator by Eugene Vodolazkin

Howard’s End by E.M. Forester

Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor

The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion Vol. 1 by Beth Brower

Honorable Mentions

Most Surprised by

Jess

The Letters of Magdalene Montague by Eleanor Bourg Nicholson(almost The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (RR 2024))

Hannah

The Warden by Anthony Trollope(almost The Violent Bear it Away by Flannery O’Connor)

Kelsie

To Crown with Liberty by Karen Ullo

Most Proud of

Jess

The Divine Comedy

Hannah

East of Eden by John Steinbeck (RR 2024)

Kelsie

The Illiad by Homer (Fitzgerald translation)

Book Club Pick

Jess

Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry (RR 2024)

Hannah

East of Eden by John Steinbeck (RR 2024)Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (RR 2024)

Kelsie

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (RR 2024)

Reread

Jess

East of Eden by John Steinbeck (RR 2024)

Hannah

The House of Mirth by Edith WhartonThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (RR 2024)Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry (RR 2021)

Kelsie

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (RR 2023)

Non-Fiction

Jess

A Beginners Guide to Dante’s Divine Comedy by Jason M Baxter Hannah’s Children by Catherine PakalukAtomic Habits by James ClearThe Power of the Cross by Father Raniero Cantalamessa

Hannah

A Philosophy of Education by Charlotte Mason

Kelsie

The Educated Imagination by Northrop FryeThe Supper of the Lamb by Richard Farrar Capon

Children’s Book

Jess

The Golden Key by George MacDonaldThe Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonaldThe Princess and Curdie by George MacDonald

Hannah

The Chronicles of Narnia (The Silver Chair and The Last Battle) by C.S. Lewis

Kelsie

Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milneor Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling

Updated Top 5s

Jess (no changes)

* Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery (RR 2021)

* Emma by Jane Austen (RR 2021)

* Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis (RR 2021)

* The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis (RR 2022)

* The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare

Hannah

* Bleak House by Charles Dickens

* Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (RR 2024)

* Middlemarch by George Eliot (RR 2024)

* The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

* The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry (RR 2021)

Kelsie

* Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh (RR 2020)

* Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset (RR 2020)

* Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry (RR 2021)

* Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (RR 2024)

* Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (RR 2024)

Other Books and Things

The Odyssey by Homer

Olav Audensson Series by Sigrid Undset (translated by Tina Nunnelly

Be friends with Hannah and Kelsie on Goodreads! (Warning: Kelsie cheats…)

Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare (RR 2024)

A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Sign of Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Sherlock (BBC Show)

The Cocktail Party by T.S. Eliot

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

Laurus by Eugene Vodolazkin

Close Reads Podcast HQ series on Laurus

Reading Revisited ep. 30: Why Read Shakespeare and Scripture w/ Fr. Tom Pressley

Close Reads Podcast HQ series on Howards End

Literary Life Podcast series on Howards End

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (RR 2024)

Reading Revisited ep. 31: Revisiting A Christmas Carol

About Time (movie)

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

Perelandra by C.S. Lewis (RR 2025)

Reading Revisited ep. 14: How to Fight Book Gluttony w/ Autumn Kern

The Awakening of Miss Prim by Natalia Sanmartin Fenollera

Elise Boratenski of The Commonplace Catholic loves Trollope, so ask her to sell you (and us) on him!

Reading Revisited ep. 15: Revisiting Our Summer Book Stacks (when Kelsie mentions Hannah’s Children)

A Book of Strife in the Form of a Diary of an Old Soul by George MacDonald

Reading Revisited ep. 28: Jayber Crow with Michael Lilienthal

The Betrothed by Alessandro Manzoni

The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder

Don Quixote by Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra

The Pilgrim’s Regress by C.S. Lewis

The Diary of a Country Priest by Georges Bernanos

The Major Documents of Vatican II

Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton (and Literary Life Podcast is doing it this year)

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

In Case You Missed It:

* Othello Act II Revisited

* Reading Revisited ep. 33: The Violent Bear it Away (Book Swap #1)

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

* Reading Revisited ep. 31: Revisiting A Christmas Carol

What We’re Reading:

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

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 as well as receive Read Along Guide PDFs each month, voice recordings of the Read Along Guides and Essays, and we are working on (printable) bookmarks for each book.

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!Reading Revisited is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

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

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.

We have a Christmas Discount on Paid Subscriptions. This gets you $2-3 off each month(depending if you do a monthly or yearly subscription). That price will last as long as you keep subscribing (it will never randomly go up, I promise)! So if you've been on the fence, between now and January 6th might be the best time to subscribe!

This episode is SPOILER FREE until midway through. I promise we give a very clear warning before the spoilers start!

The Violent Bear It Away by Flannery O’Connor

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (RR 2024)

Reading Revisited ep. 14: Fighting Against Book Gluttony with Autumn Kern

Pints w/ Aquinas with Joseph Pearce w/ Matt Fradd

Elise Boratenski from The Commonplace Catholic likes spoilers (I’m sure it was more nuanced than that…)

The Illiad by Homer

The Odyssey by Homer

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy Sayers (RR 2022?)

The Literary Life Podcast on Murder Must Advertise

Revisiting Lazy Murder essay by Jessica Risma

Trust by Hernan Diaz (RR 2025)…do not look it up!

The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis

You Are What You Love by James K.A. Smith

The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe

The Habit of Being (Flannery’s Letters)

Mystery and Manners by Flannery O’Connor (essays/talks)

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

In Case You Missed It:

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

* Reading Revisited ep. 31: Revisiting A Christmas Carol

* Othello Act I Revisited

* Why Read Shakespeare (Othello Version)

What We’re Reading:

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

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 as well as receive Read Along Guide PDFs each month, voice recordings of the Read Along Guides and Essays, and we are working on (printable) bookmarks for each book.

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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.

We have a Christmas Discount on Paid Subscriptions. This gets you $2-3 off each month(depending if you do a monthly or yearly subscription). That price will last as long as you keep subscribing (it will never randomly go up, I promise)! So if you've been on the fence, between now and January 6th might be the best time to subscribe!

Hello, Readers!

Today we are dropping a special “bonus” episode for you all - this is one of two bonus episodes coming out this week for our first Reading Revisited Book Swap. Today we’re sharing the conversation Kelsie and I had about The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton. As a long-time fan of Wharton, it was fun to share this delightful book with Kelsie Hartley for the first time and chat through her first impressions.

This episode is SPOILER FREE until midway through. I promise we give a very clear warning before the spoilers start!

Books and Things Mentioned:

MonkeyKat Books

The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton (Scribner edition pictured, though not available on Amazon)

On Reading Well by Karen Swallow Prior

Tess of the D’urbervilles by Thomas Hardy

Summer by Edith Wharton

Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton

The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

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

In Case You Missed It:

* Reading Revisited ep. 31: Revisiting A Christmas Carol

* Othello Act I Revisited by Jessica Risma

* Why Read Shakespeare by

Jessica Risma

* Othello Introduction and Reading Schedule

What We’re Reading Now:

January

Othello by William Shakespeare

February

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

March

That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis

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 as well as receive Read Along Guide PDFs each month, voice recordings of the Read Along Guides and Essays, and we are working on (printable) bookmarks for each book.

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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!Reading Revisited is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

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

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.

We have turned on paid subscriptions which will allow you to support the work we are doing here as well as receive Read Along Guide PDFs each month, voice recordings of the Read Along Guides and Essays, and we are working on (printable) bookmarks for each book.

We have a Christmas Discount on Paid Subscriptions. This gets you $2-3 off each month(depending if you do a monthly or yearly subscription). That price will last as long as you keep subscribing (it will never randomly go up, I promise)! So if you've been on the fence, between now and January 6th might be the best time to subscribe!

Books/Things Mentioned:

“Scrooge” by The Longest Johns

A Christmas Carol by The Merry Beggars

Leisure: Antidote to the Busy Murder of Christmas by Jessica Risma and Elise Boratenski

The Saints by The Merry Beggars

Christmas Everywhere by Phillips Brooks

The Catholic Table by Emily Stimpson Chapman

House of Humane Letters Course: Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol Mini-Class

Dynamic Catholic: The Meaning Behind the 12 Days of Christmas

The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain by Charles Dickens

The Literary Life Podcast Episode 60: Why Read Pagan Myths

Seeds of the Word by Bishop Robert Barron

The Mindful Catholic by Dr. Gregory Bottaro

Literature: What Every Catholic Should Know by Joseph Pearce

The Chimes by Charles Dickens

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

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