We share the books we’re currently reading, from Dungeon Crawler Carl and Dog Stars to Rosary Meditations from Ven. Mary Agreda and St. Thérèse.
Greg has always loved books, while Jennifer came to reading later, once trying to make herself literary with Voltaire and Macbeth before pretty much reading only Anne Rice and John Grisham. They talk about high school books, why old titles follow us into adulthood, and how reading changes over a lifetime.
Greg shares his current mix of serious, spiritual, and simple reading, including Oliver Burkeman, Arthur C. Brooks, Dungeon Crawler Carl, I Believe in Love, and more. Jennifer talks about going deeper into mental prayer with the rosary, using meditations from The Mystical City of God, and why Christy has become her slow nighttime read.
Books Mentioned:
Macbeth — William Shakespeare Interview with the Vampire — Anne Rice Swiss Family Robinson — Johann David Wyss Walden — Henry David Thoreau The Glass Menagerie — Tennessee Williams The Scarlet Letter — Nathaniel Hawthorne The Red Badge of Courage — Stephen Crane A Tale of Two Cities — Charles Dickens Romeo and Juliet — William Shakespeare Hamlet — William Shakespeare Flowers for Algernon — Daniel Keyes Alas, Babylon — Pat Frank Frankenstein — Mary Shelley The Dog Stars — Peter Heller Dungeon Crawler Carl — Matt Dinniman Get Fuzzy — Darby Conley Pearls Before Swine — Stephan Pastis Calvin and Hobbes — Bill Watterson 4000 Weeks — Oliver Burkeman Meditations for Mortals — Oliver Burkeman The Antidote — Oliver Burkeman From Strength to Strength — Arthur C. Brooks The Mystical City of God — Venerable Mary of Ágreda The Holy Rosary with Meditations through the Visions of Venerable Mary of Ágreda — Fr. Mark Higgins True Devotion to Mary — St. Louis de Montfort The Love of Eternal Wisdom — St. Louis de Montfort The Imitation of Christ — Thomas à Kempis Letter to the Friends of the Cross — St. Louis de Montfort Confessions — St. Augustine Genesis — traditionally attributed to Moses I Believe in Love — Fr. Jean C. J. d’Elbée Story of a Soul — St. Thérèse of Lisieux Christy — Catherine Marshall
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Timestamps
00:00 Jennifer’s late start with books 03:13 What Greg and Jennifer are reading now 04:06 Giving yourself permission not to finish books 05:34 High school books that follow you around 08:32 Why books keep calling us back 10:02 Greg’s “serious, spiritual, and simple” reading 17:20 Jennifer’s rosary meditation project 23:17 Greg’s pocket Catholic readers 26:33 I Believe in Love and St. Thérèse 28:43 Jennifer’s nighttime read, Christy
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