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
Before Austen Comes Aesop by Cheri Blomquist
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
This Side of Paradise F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis
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:
Read Along Guides for the the Space Trilogy:
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:
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