What Are You Reading Now?

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. Gothic novel that takes place in 1945 Barcelona with its fair share of spookiness ... but not a book I'd recommend.

The Book of Joby by Mark Ferrari. So far it's really good. It'll probably get a four star rating on my blog. It's taking forever to finish... close to 700 pages. The author has some real talent with words... too many books to read and not enough free time!

Religious Vocation: An Unnecessary Mystery by Fr. Richard Butler O.P. It's a book on vocations (duh) that my mom got me for Christmas two years ago and that I'm finally getting around to reading. Very insightful, and it nails on the head all of the supposed "problems" that one has with religious vocations. It also explains very clearly St. Thomas' teaching on the subject, which is quite helpful. I'd recommend it to all, even those who don't think they have a religious vocation.

Selected Poems - W.H. Auden; The Sovereignty of Good - Iris Murdoch

Lamentation (The Psalms of Isaak) by Ken Scholes

Just finished I am Charlotte Simmons, by Tom Wolfe and started A Man in Full, but Tom Wolfe.

Finsished Book of Joby (Finally!) and just started Hater by David Moody.

Finished Hater now starting Silence by Shusaku Endo which will be made into a movie starring Daniel Day Lewis and directed by Martin Scorsese.

Citadel of God: A Novel about Saint Benedict by Louis de Wohl

Masters of Deceit by J. Edgar Hoover. About the history and the foundations of Communism. Great book, but way too many similarities to things happening right now!

American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson, by Joseph Ellis

Mark Levin's Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto

Man and Woman, by Von Hildebrand

starting Nine Lessons by Kevin Alan Milne on Wednesday this week...

A gargantuan sized book called Drood by Dan Simmons.

After I read Nine Lessons I will read Flannery O'Connor's "Everything That Rises Must Converge" after seeing Jacob reading it in last night's LOST episode. Usually the books, etc. that the show features has something to do with the show itself.

Still working my way through Drood by Dan Simmons

It is 1865 and Charles Dickens is riding a train that crashes, killing nearly all aboard. As Dickens tries to help survivors, he notices a tall, thin, pale man with a 'skull like visage', wearing a heavy black cape, also among the survivors. But those the caped man is attending to seem to die despite or as a result of his attentions. This mysterious figure, who introduces himself as Drood, comes to haunt Dickens. Dickens insists that Collins accompany him into the underbelly of London, into the sewers where it is rumoured that Drood may live. It is also rumoured that Drood is responsible for many murders. But Collins begins to believe that Drood does not exist, that Dickens may himself may be Drood.

As I'm slowing plowing through Drood I'm also reading Joe Abercrobie's Best Served Cold.

The Ghost King by R.A. Salvatore

Just finished the new Dog Whisperer puppy book and now I'm reading New Moon..

The Missing Chums (Hardy Books #4)

The Christmas Jars Reunion by Jason Wright

just finished The Christmas List by Richard Paul Evans - another very solid book from him... I can't wait for The Walk...