Reading Revisited ep 9: Jessica's Bookish Bio

On today’s episode, Jessica Risma tells us all about her reading life and her favorite books!

Below are links to the many books mentioned in this episode!

Top 5:

Honorable Mentions

• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

• Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

• East of Eden by John Steinbeck

• G.K. Chesterton

• Wendell Berry

• Peter Kreeft

• Alexander Solzhenitsyn

• Joseph Pearce

Other Books and Things Mentioned

• D’Aulaire’s Book of Greek Mythology

• Mother of Divine Grace Curriculum

• Little House on the Prairie

• A Girl of the Limberlost

• Fabiola

• The Chronicles of Narnia

• Tom Playfair

• Mara Daughter of the Nile

• Lord of the Rings

• The Hardy Boys

• Nancy Drew

• Harry Potter Series

• The Literary Life Podcast Harry Potter Series (thanks Angelina Stanford!)

• Othello (RR 2025)

• A Tale of Two Cities (RR)

• Man’s Search for Meaning

• Brave New World

• Fareinheit 451

• A Severe Mercy

• Manalive (RR)

• Pastures of Heaven

• Les Miserables

• The Faerie Queen

• Paradise Lost

• Revelations of Divine Love by Julian of Norwich

• Canterbury Tales

• Mansfield Park

• Sense and Sensibility (RR)

• Kristin Lavransdatter (RR)

• C.S. Lewis’ Experiment in Criticism (RR)

• The Play’s the Thing (by Close Reads/The Circe Institute)

• Everything Sad is Untrue (RR 2025)

• Horton Hatches the Egg

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*Hannah’s aforementioned attempt at “the Weasley sweaters” feat. the Suire boys

In Case You Missed It:

• Pride and Prejudice Part 3

• Reading Revisited ep. 8: East of Eden

• Persuasion Movie Review

• Pride and Prejudice Part 2

A Few Reminders:

• If you are wanting to join an in person or virtual community please contact us!

• Here is the whole list of this years book selections

• Book lists from previous years can be found here.

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