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WaPo Top Ten

WaPo has released its list of Top Ten books of 2005: The History of Love, by Nicole Krauss (fiction) March, by Geraldine Brooks (f) The March, by E.L. Doctorow (f) On Beauty, by Zadie Smith (f) Shalimar the Clown, by Salman Rushdie (f) The Assassins' Gate, by George

Booknotes

I've watched it occasionally, but my well-read parents are big fans of CNN's Booknotes. Now, the entire Booknotes archives through November 2004 is available on-line [http://www.booknotes.org/home/index.asp] in manuscript. If you want to watch stream video, 500 of the 800 shows

Catholic Top Ten

Catholic Book Publishers Association's Current Top Ten Lists [http://peopleofthebook.us/2005/12/01/december-catholic-bestsellers/]: Hardcover 1. Mother Angelica Raymond Arroyo. Doubleday 2. The Seven Levels of Intimacy Matthew Kelly. Beacon Publishing/Fireside 3. The Rhythm of Life Matthew Kelly. Beacon Publishing/Fireside 4. Catechism of the Catholic

More C.S.L.

Mark Brumley at Ignatius Insight Scoop also offers insight about Lewis' views about translating Narnia onto the screen [http://insightscoop.typepad.com/2004/2005/11/did_lewis_oppos.html]. Excerpt: > Now, is it correct to say that Lewis opposed a screen adaptation of the Chronicles of Narnia? Yes

100 Books

NYT has released its 100 Notable Books of 2005 [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/04/books/review/notable-books2005.html?pagewanted=1] . The most notable thing about it is that the list isn't very notable, though there are a few exceptions. Each book in the list is a

Book Notice

Get Religion recommends Rednecks & Bluenecks: The Politics of Country Music [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1595580174/thedailyeudem-20]. Link [http://www.getreligion.org/]. Sounds good. I'm gonna ask Marie to get it for me for Christmas.

Historical Miniature: Johnson's Dictionary

It's not often you get Samuel Johnson in the MSM. This was great to see [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/10/AR2005111001663.html] : > Except on those rare occasions when new editions of existing dictionaries are issued -- the Oxford English Dictionary , Webster'

WaPo Attacks St. Paul

I like reading the Washington Post. It contains some of the finest writing in the land. But it's relentlessly secularist. Though it tries to cover it up, once in awhile, you come across something like this review of a novel based on the life of St. Paul [http:

Lots of Chaucer

Lots of medieval stuff. Pretty cool: > Although Chaucer's Canterbury Tales pilgrims are fictional characters, the pilgrimage to the Shrine of Thomas Ã¡ Becket was an actual experience for many Medieval folk. This article explores the lives of Chaucer's pilgrims had they been truly alive and

Another Endorsement of Zmirak

The Curt Jester agrees with my strong endorsement of the Bad Catholic's Guide to Good Living. > [A]t times I learned some interesting facts about the lives of the saints mostly I laughed out loud while reading it. For example "Some skeptics have asked 'If