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.

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What We’re Reading Next:

November

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

December

Ballad of the White Horse by G.K. Chesterton

AND

A Poetry Handbook by Mary Oliver

January

Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare

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.

Rhea’s Top 5:

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

The Feast by Margaret Kennedy

Lincoln In The Bardo by George Saunders

Fahrenheight 451 by Ray Bradbury

Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

Other Books/Things Mentioned:

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

Close Reads Podcast HQ episodes on Wuthering Heights

Why Literature Still Matters by Jason M Baxter

Books For Everyday Carry by David Kern

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

What We’re Reading Next:

November

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

December

Ballad of the White Horse by G.K. Chesterton

AND

A Poetry Handbook by Mary Oliver

January

Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare

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!

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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.

Letter of the Holy Father on the Role of Literature in Formation

Where to Find Emily and Books by Emily

Emily's Website (order all of her books from there!)

Visitation Sessions Podcast

Emily’s Top 5

Fiction

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling

The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis

Jayber Crow or Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry

The Habit of Being by Flannery O’Connor

Non-Fiction

Everything by C.S. Lewis

Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of the Body by Saint Pope John Paul II

Essays on Women by Edith Stein

The Concept of Women by Prudence AllenVolume IVolume IIVolume III

The Art of the Commonplace by Wendell Berry

Other Books and Things

Why Literature Still Matters by Jason Baxter

ep. 71: Intro to Why Literature Still Matters with/ Jason M Baxter

Epic Musical

The Odyssey by Homer

That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis

Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis

The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis

The Problem of Pain by C.S. Lewis

Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

Gilead by Marilynne Robinson

Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson

Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset

Master of Hestiviken/Olav Audunsson by Sigrid Undset

Father Gabriel Series

Agatha Christie’s Poirot Series

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

What We’re Reading Next:

October

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

November

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

December

Ballad of the White Horse by G.K. Chesterton

AND

A Poetry Handbook by Mary Oliver

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.

Why Literature Still Matters by Jason M Baxter

Books and Other Things Mentioned

Beauty Matters by Jason M Baxter

Motherhood in Art by Bethany Kern

Lumen by Bethany Kern

St. Martin’s Academy

Something They Will Not Forget by Joshua Gibbs

Why You Need More Poetry In Your Life - Visitation Sessions

Trust by Hernan Diaz

Searching For and Maintaining Peace by Fr. Jacques Philippe

Interior Freedom by Fr. Jacques Philippe

Tin Can Phone

The Places In Between by Rory Stewart

The Feeling of Things, The Contemplation of Beauty by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger

Perelandra by C.S. Lewis

The Diary of a Country Priest by Georges Bernanos

The Feast by Margaret Kennedy

Kristen Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

What We’re Reading Next:

October

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

November

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

December

Ballad of the White Horse by G.K. Chesterton

AND

A Poetry Handbook by Mary Oliver

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 and voice recordings of the Read Along Guides.

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.

Hannah’s Reads:

The Feast by Margaret Kennedy (and The Bridge of San Luis Rey)

Brother Wolf by Eleanor Bourg Nicholson

A Glass of Blessings by Barbara Pym

Jessica’s Reads:

Island of the World by Michael O’Brien

The Genesis of Gender: A Christian Theory by Abigail Favale

O Pioneers! by Willa Cather

Kelsie’s Reads:

A Visit From The Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan (recommended by Caitie Groth & Griffin Gooch)

Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery

The Odyssey translated by Emily Wilson

Other Books and Things Mentioned:

Harney & Sons Vanilla Comoro Tea

Letter to Subscribers

Shoutout to Dominika at Gathering Light

“The Writers Who Ruin All Other Writers For You”

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

Less Than Angels by Barbara Pym

Excellent Women by Barbara Pym

In This House of Brede by Rumor Godden

Phantastes by George MacDonald

Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

Poetic Meter and Poetic Form by Paul Fussel

The Divided Soul: Duty and Desire in Literature and Life by Heidi White

The Teacher of Nomad Land by Khosrou Daniel Nayeri

What We’re Reading Next:

October

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

November

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

December

Ballad of the White Horse by G.K. Chesterton

AND

A Poetry Handbook by Mary Oliver

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 and voice recordings of the Read Along Guides.

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

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.

Josh’s Top 5:

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

Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie

The Once And Future King by T.H. White

Gilead by Marilynne Robinson

Pride and Prejudice by Austen

Jayber Crow By Wendell Berry

The End of the Affair by Graham Greene

Books and Things Mentioned

Letters from Father Christmas

The Great Tales of Middle Earth

Find Josh on:

Instagram

X

Facebook

What We’re Reading Next:

October

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

November

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

December

Ballad of the White Horse by G.K. Chesterton

AND

A Poetry Handbook by Mary Oliver

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 and voice recordings of the Read Along Guides.

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.

Where to Find Karen Swallow Prior

You Have a Calling

On Reading Well

Booked: Literature in the Soul of Me

Top 5

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

Honorable Mentions

Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman

Other Books and Things

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

Close Read’s Search for the Great American Novel

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Moby Dick by Herman Melville

East of Eden by John Steinbeck

Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders

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

What We’re Reading Next:

October

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

November

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

December

Ballad of the White Horse by G.K. Chesterton

AND

A Poetry Handbook by Mary Oliver

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 and voice recordings of the Read Along Guides.

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

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 and Things Mentioned

The Supper of the Lamb by Robert Farrar Capon

Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

Emma by Jane Austen

Reading Revisited ep. 11: The Harry Potter Series w/ Rachel Woodham

Jane Austen Society of North America

The Divided Soul: Duty and Desire in Literature and Life by Heidi White

Reading Revisited ep. 16: Intro to Jane Eyre and Gothic Novels 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:

October

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

November

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

December

Ballad of the White Horse by G.K. Chesterton

AND

A Poetry Handbook by Mary Oliver

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 and voice recordings of the Read Along Guides.

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

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.

Dr. Baxter’s Top 5:

The Divine Comedy

Plato’s Phaedrus (also Plato’s Republic and Symposium)

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Laurus by Eugene Vodalazkin

The Weight of Glory by C.S. Lewis

Books by Dr. Jason Baxter:

Why Literature Still Matters

A Beginner’s Guide to Dante’s Divine Comedy

The Medieval Mind of C.S. Lewis: How Great Books Shaped a Great Mind

Why Literature Still Matters on Audible

Dr. Baxter’s Website - https://www.jasonmbaxter.com

Books and Things Mentioned

Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger

“Two Secrets for Reading Poetry Like C.S. Lewis”

Mini-Class: How to Read a Poem like C.S. Lewis (And Fall in Love with Poetry)

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

Middlemarch by George Eliot

Far From The Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

The Aviator by Eugene Vodolazkin

“Advice To A Prophet”

“Ithika”

“Prayer”

“Prayer At Winter Solstice”

“Insomnia”

“A Vision of Hell and a Taste of Paradise”

Appletopia by Brett T. Robinson

A Story of Anti-Christ by Vladimir Sergaevitch Soloviev

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

What We’re Reading Now/Next:

September

Why Literature Still Matters by Jason Baxter

October

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

November

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

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 and voice recordings of the Read Along Guides.

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

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.

(Some) Books by Daniel

The Teacher of Nomad Land (Pre-order this now!)

Everything Sad is Untrue (a true story)

The Many Assassinations of Samir, The Seller of Dreams

How to Tell a Story

Daniel’s Top 5(ish)

Glowrushes by Roberto Piumini

Italian Folktales edited by Italo Calvino

Baron in the Trees by Italo Calvino

Moby Dick by Herman Melville

Short Stories by Shirley Jackson

St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves: Stories by Karen Russell

Impossible Histories by Hal Johnson

Other Books and Things

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee (comes with a warning)

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster

The Dot and the Line by Norton Juster

Half Magic by Edward Eager

The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander

The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner

Five Children and It by E. Nesbit

Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie

Anne of Green Gables Series

Little House Books

The Journeyman by Elizabeth Yates

Holes by Louis Sachar

The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett

Brothers K by James Duncan

The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli

The Princess Bride by W. Goldman

Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling

Daniel’s Favorite Comics

The Advantures of Tin Tin

Asterix Omnibus

Calvin and Hobbes

Carl Barx Donald Duck

Bone

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

What We’re Reading Now/Next:

August

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

September

Why Literature Still Matters by Jason Baxter

October

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

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 and voice recordings of the Read Along Guides.

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