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Saturday, 31 December 2022

Top Ten Fiction Books 2022

Top Ten Fiction Books 2022

This year I read about a book and a quarter a day. This was my best year since I started keeping track, with a grand total of 438 books completed during the calendar year. Since reading and reviewing books is my hobby, I am grateful to have been able to read so many books this year. And have reviews written for all the books read. This year I read a close split between non-fiction over fiction.

The year by the numbers:

438 Books

357 First Time Reads

302 5/5 Stars

Here are my top ten fiction books of 2022.

Top Ten Fiction Books:

1. unSPARKed books - Corinna Turner

1.0a Please Don't Feed the Dinosaurs

6.0 A Right Rex Rodeo

7.0 FEAR

8.0 A Different Kind of Camouflage

9.0 A Different Kind of Freedom

2. Saint Tommy NYPS - Declan Finn

I read the whole series 1-12 plus the 4 published short stories.

3. Death of a Scholar - Fiorella De Maria - Father Gabriel Book 4

4. Dragon Eye PI Series by Karina Fabian

3.0 Nun of My Business

4.0 Christmas Spirits

5. DCI Logan Books by J.D. Kirk

I read books 1-15 and Books 1-4 of Robert Hoon

DCI Logan Series:

The Big Man Upstairs

A Death Most Monumental

A Snowball's Chance in Hell

Ahead of the Game

An Isolated Incident

Colder than the Grave

Come Hell or High Water

City of Scars

Here Lie the Dead

Robert Hoon Thrillers:

Southpaw

Westward

Eastgate

6. Short Stories by Karina Fabian

7. The Fort - Gordon Korman

8. Poetry by Jan Twardowski

Kiedy mówisz When You Say

Serious Angel

9. Perdition's Heirs - Jane Lebak - Seven Archangels Book 6

10. Operation Do-Over - Gordon Korman

Bonus Books:

Shambling in a Winter Wonderland - Karina Fabian - Neeta Lyffe, Zombie Exterminator Book 3

Our Daily Bread - Karina Fabian - A Rescue Sisters Story

Leaps of Faith - edited by Karina and Robert Fabian

My reading has been up over each of the last few years. But I doubt I will ever have a year as high as this again. Which I attribute in part to Brandon Vogt’s course Read More Books Now, removing all games but 1 brain game from my devices. And I was commuting to work on a bus and read on the bus every day. But being 2022 everything is still topsy-turvy. And 2021 I worked from home all year. Reading took a little more discipline. I read more books this year. I managed to write reviews for all books read for the first time.

Note: I do not include books that have been read in previous years and were reread this year in my top ten lists, they are sometimes in the bonus section. But if you want more options check out my favourite books year by year list. Or this year not to flood the list with one specific author.

Top Ten Books Third Quarter 2020
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Top Ten Non-Fiction Books 2020

Top Ten Fiction Books 2020

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Statistics Books Read By Year:
438 - 2022

365 - 2021

317 - 2020
392 - 2019
359 - 2018
380 - 2017
272 - 2016
177 - 2015
130 - 2014
88 - 2013
176 - 2012
163 - 2011
302 - 2010
142 - 2009
98 - 2008
83 - 2007
191 - 2006
151 - 2005
60 - 2004
52 - 2003
97 - 2002
50 - 2001
41 - 2000
71 - 1999
73 - 1998
131 - 1997
101 - 1996

Tuesday, 28 June 2022

The World of Marian Apparitions - Wincenty Laszewski - Mary's Appearances and Messages from Fatima to Today

The World of Marian Apparitions:

Mary's Appearances and Messages from Fatima to Today

Wincenty Laszewski

Sophia Institute Press

ISBN 9781644132029

ASIN 9781644132036

First this was an amazing read. A stunning book, full of photo’s, information boxes and well researched text. Wincenty Łaszewski, has written an incredible volume. And for the most part I thought it was excellent. I have a few concerns but will share them later.

This is an English edition of, Świat Maryjnych Objawień, originally published in Polish and a fourth edition is releasing in 2022. This edition is based on the third edition published in 2020. Lately I have found several wonderful authors who publish in their native Polish, for example Father Jan Twardowski and Father Andrzej Muszala, and find that too few of their works are available in English.

The chapters are:

Introduction

Legend

Map

ROME 1884 - A Vision of the Church’s Future

SAN GIOVANNI ROTONDO 1911 - Padre Pio’s Laughing Madonna

ALJUSTREL 1913 - Little Lúcia’s Madonna

FATIMA 1917 - The Message of Fatima

BASEL 1917 - A Mystical Wound

RADZYMIN 1920 - The Anti-Bolshevik Mother of God

FATIMA 1921 - Mother of Obedience

FATIMA 1921 - The Seventh Fatima Apparition

PONTEVEDRA 1925 - The Contemplative Mother of God

TUI, SPAIN 1929 - Patroness of Russia’s Conversion

ŁAGIEWNIKI, VILNIUS, AND PŁOCK 1930s - Intercessor for Mercy

BEAURAING 1932 - Madonna with the Golden Heart

BANNEUX 1933 - Our Lady of the Poor

HEEDE 1937 - Queen of the Poor Souls in Purgatory

SIEKIERKI 1943 - Holy Mother, Teacher of Youth

BALAZAR 1944–1955 - Mother of Light

GHIAIE DI BONATE 1944 - Queen of Families

TURZA ŚLĄSKA 1945 - Sorrowful Mother of the Battlefield

L’ÎLE-BOUCHARD 1947 - The Mother at the Annunciation

TRE FONTANE 1947 - Virgin of Revelation

MONTICHIARI 1947 - Mystical Rose

LIPA 1948 - Mediatrix of All Graces

WARSAW 1948 - Dispenser of Divine Omnipotence

NGOME 1955 - Mary, Tabernacle of the Most High

ROME CITY 1956–1959 - Our Lady of America

ERD 1961–1981 - Flame of the Immaculate Heart

ZEITOUN 1968 - Silent Lady

FATIMA 1972 - The Apocalyptic Heart of Mary

AKITA 1973 - Apocalyptic Madonna

BETANIA 1976 - Mother of Peace and Unity

DEIR EL-AHMAR 1976 - Our Lady of Lebanon

CUAPA 1980 - Mother of Sinners

MEDJUGORJE 1981 - Queen of Peace

KIBEHO 1981 - Mother of the Word

SAN NICOLÁS 1983–1990 - Our Lady of the Rosary

ASDEE, IRELAND 1985 - Madonnas in Motion

MANILA 1986 - The Lady Who Commands Soldiers

BELPASSO 1986 - The Immaculate Heart of the Queen of Peace

YAGMA AND LOUDA 1986 - Lady of Assumption, Mother of Peace

HRUSHIV 1987 - Madonna of Kiev

UNITED STATES 1987 - Harbinger of Change

KUREŠČEK 1989–1999 - Queen of Peace

LITMANOVA 1990–1995 - The Immaculate Purity

AOKPE 1992 - Mediatrix of All Graces

IRELAND 2003 - A Beacon for Our Times

MEXICO CITY 2007 - A Strange Light

WARRAQ 2009 - Royal Virgin of Giza

TREVIGNANO ROMANO 2014 - Apocalyptic Protector

The book is stunning, each of the apparitions cover span from 2 pages to 14 pages, and a number of them are either 10 or 12. They begin with a spanned two page image of the location and contain Name, Dates, and symbols as code for status of the apparition. Those symbols are one of 9 they are:

An apparition recognized by the Vatican

A visionary recognized as a saint, blessed, venerable, or servant of God

The pope visited the apparition site and/or gave it special privileges

An apparition recognized by the local bishop

An imprimatur or nihil obstat granted to the texts of the revelation

Devotion recognized at the apparition site

Unusual miracles at the apparition site

An apparition recognized by the Coptic Church

An apparition accepted by belief of pilgrims

The world map has the following Symbols:

Recognized by the Vatican after bishop approval

Approved by local bishop

Unconfirmed as supernatural

Marian apparitions to future saints

It is almost information overload. I read the volume over a couple of weeks. Sometimes stopping after one apparition and sometimes reading a few. I cannot help but wonder what some of the updates in the new 2022, 4th Polish Edition will include, and if anything is being dropped. My first concern is related to two sites, one omitted in this volume, Knock Ireland, and Medjugorje. When it comes to Marian apparitions most of us have a few favourites. Knock is one of mine, and the first thing I did was check the table of contents, and honestly was a little disappointed when it was omitted. Second the author hints at controversy around Medjugorje, which started when I was still in high school and hit a peak of popularity when I was in University. I have read much about this site, and my personal feelings have changed a lot over the years, I am currently working Medjugorje Complete: The Definitive Account of the Visions and Visionaries by Donal Anthony Foley. The author of this work does not go into some of the controversies around this site and the visionaries and seems to gloss over it. It seems very unbiased, especially considering I understand that both Saint John Paul II and Emiratis Pope Benedict XVI have had serious concerns about the site and messages.

My second concern is the eBook edition. I have a dual form of dyslexia and usually prefer eBooks. I did purchase the eBook for this direct from the publisher, as there is no Kindle edition, the formatting was horrendous. The file is almost 90 MB in size, I tried reading it through a few eBook readers on my PC (FB Reader, Calibre, Kobo for PC), and even Google Play on the Web and it was terribly painful. And it was even worse on a tablet. I gave up on the digital edition and purchased a physical copy. In this case the eBook was more of a hindrance than a help.

That being said this is a wonderful volume. I believe it is the only one by Wincenty Laszewski available in English currently. We are informed on the Sophia Institute site that:

“Polish theologian, doctor of dogmatic theology, writer and translator. Author of many books devoted to Our Lady , especially Marian apparitions. Member of the World Apostolate of Fatima. In his publications, he deals mainly with the history of Marian devotion in Europe and with apparitions taking place in various places around the world. He looks for connections between revelations and contemporary history.”

Part of the description of this volume is:

“The world-changing appearance of Our Lady at Fatima ushered in a continuing series of remarkable apparitions worldwide that the Church has either officially approved or marked as likely-authentic. Author and Mariologist Wincenty Laszewski summarizes the powerful and urgent messages of these apparitions in this unparalleled, encyclopedic work-instantly the new standard on the subject. Most of these riveting chapters include portentous warnings - some are ominous, others more hopeful. This stunning book serves as a wake-up call to the faithful and is a worldwide clarion call to deeper prayer and conversion. It includes:

• Over 400 pages describing the fully documented miracles and visions

• Fascinating accounts by eyewitnesses, including non-believers

• 50+ maps of locations and pilgrimage sites

• Photos and illustrations: documents, events, and faces of the visionaries

• The finest works of art and reproductions of Our Lady

Each message and appearance is analyzed and quoted precisely. Their sheer abundance is enough to absorb believing Catholics-and many a skeptic-from all walks of life and reading habits.”

And I agree. This is a magnificent volume, great for any home, school or church library. With how many books I read a year I tend not to keep many physical books, this is one that will stay on my shelf, at least until the next edition comes out in English. A great read for all Catholics!

Note: This book is part of a series of reviews: 2022 Catholic Reading Plan!

Read as part of Father Mark Gorings School or Reading click here.

For a list of all books that are part of Father Mark Goring's Saint Mark’s School of Reading click here.

Books by Wincenty Laszewski:

In English:

The World of Marian Apparitions

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In Polish:

Apokalipsa wedlug Fatimy

Boży szaleńcy

Cuda Maryi w życiu Jana Pawła II

Cudowny medalik. Klucz do skarbnicy Ĺ ask

Czwarty wizjoner z Fatimy

Duchowa misja Polski

Ewangelia Zwycięstwa wedĹ‚ug Jana PawĹ‚a II

Fatima Stuletnia tajemnica

Ilustrowany przewodnik po Fatimie

Miłosierdzie Boże Droga krzyżowa

Modlitwy zatroskanych o Polskę

NaboĹźeĹ„stwo Pięciu Pierwszych SobĂłt Miesiąca

Nadchodzi kres: Mistyczne wizje końca świata

Największa tajemnica Guadalupe

Niewidzialna wojna

Nowy lepszy świat

Opowiem Ci o Guadalupe

Rewolucja Maryi: Opowieść o Niepokalanym Sercu

Stefan Błogosławiony Wyszyński

Swiat Maryjnych Objawien

Totus Tuus - Tota Tua

Wszystko o różańcu który może wszystko

Zwycięstwa z pomocą nieba

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Books about Knock:

The Lamb Will Conquer: Reflections on the Knock Apparition - Fr Nigel Woollen

The Story of Knock - Alice Curtayne

The World of Marian Apparitions: Mary's Appearances and Messages from Fatima to Today - Wincenty Laszewski

Apparitions of Mary Their Meaning in History - Donal Anthony Foley - CTS Christian Shrines

Those Who Saw Her Apparitions of Mary, Updated and Revised - Catherine Odell

Journeys with Mary Apparitions of Our Lady - Zerlina De Santis - Encounter the Saints Series Books 9

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Prayer of the day Prayer to Our Lady of Knock

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Books and articles about Fatima:

Our Lady Came to Fatima - Ruth Fox Hume and Christopher J. Pelicano - Vision Book

Fatima and the Immaculate Heart of Mary - Father Anton Nadrah, O Cist - CTS Devotions

Apparitions of Mary Their Meaning in History - Donal Anthony Foley - CTS Christian Shrines

The World of Marian Apparitions - Wincenty Laszewski - Mary's Appearances and Messages from Fatima to Today

Fatima: the Family and the Church Mary’s Message with Prayers and Devotions - Donal Anthony Foley - CTS Devotions

Lucia of Fatima - Kathryn Griffin Swegart - Brave Hearts Book 3

The Message and Prayers of Fatima - Donal Anthony Foley - CTS Prayers and Devotions

Fatima: A Pilgrim's Companion - David Baldwin - CTS Christian Shrines Series

Those Who Saw Her Apparitions of Mary, Updated and Revised - Catherine Odell

Journeys with Mary Apparitions of Our Lady - Zerlina De Santis - Encounter the Saints Series Books 9

Saints Jacinta and Francisco Marto: Shepherds of Fatima - Anne Eileen Heffernan and Patricia Edward Jablonski - Encounter the Saints

Fatima: The Apparition That Changed the World - Jean M. Heimann

Apparitions of Mary: Their Meaning in History by: Donal Anthony Foley

What Happened at Fatima - Leo Madigan - CTS Christian Shrines

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Friday, 1 April 2022

Kiedy mówisz When You Say - Jan Twardowski

Kiedy mówisz - When You Say

Jan Twardowski

Translators:

Stanislad Baranczak

Clare Cavagnah

Zovia Blaszczyh

Myrna Garanis

Malgorzata Koraszewska

Sarah Lawson

Anna Mioduchowska

Maya Peretz

Wydawnictwo Literackie

ISBN 9788308039717

ISBN 8308037577

This is the second collection of poetry by Jan Twardowski that I have been able to track down in English. And I believe there are only the two. Which after reading these two I consider a great pity. I picked up these volumes for a few reasons. First Jan’s grandniece recommended his poetry to me. She is the confirmation sponsor of my oldest daughter. Second our parish has been staffed by Polish Pallottine Fathers and I want to pass a copy of the book on to our priest. Third just from the bit I gleamed about Father Twardowski trying to track down some of his work in English was inspiring. And finally because the first volume I read, Serious Angel, was an excellent read. I wish more of his works were available in translation. This book was according to the publishers site, has been through at least 4 editions and printings. And I am very thankful I was able to track one down. The description of this volume is:

“A selection of the poems of Father Jan Twardowski, a creator of religious poetry full of spiritual order and simplicity, valued by readers.

Selection of poems by father Jan Twardowski, a poet admired for his spiritual peace and simplicity of his religious poetry.”

The authors note at the end of the volume states:

“I sometimes ask myself these three questions: Who am I writing? To Whom am I writing? What do I think of my own poetry?

I do not keep a journal. My experiences, emotions, meetings with the world and with people are recorded in my poems.

Poems are a kind of conversation, in which the author is trying to convey some of his personal experience of the world. I am writing as if I were speaking to a close friend – for me, a poem is an attempt to get to in touch with another person. I would like to get through to everybody out there, and I am pleased that my poems are also appreciated by people living outside the Polish sphere, who understand them through their own language.

As a priest, I live in two different worlds at a time – in the external one, which the media present as contaminated, false, grisly and governed by human sin, and in the internal one, which is defined by people’s confessions and avowals. I know that a man who parts company with God is in torment. Both believers and non-believers have a cross to bear.

I constantly strive to write better. In Today’s world, we constantly come across work, often by the most renowned minds of our time, which is contaminated with despair, with relativism, with lack of faith, with materialism, with postmodernism. In this world, a religious poem might seem weak, too muffled. Yet the unheeded readers are out there, those who are looking for hope, truth, authenticity, and do not follow the day’s fashions. I am trying to speak faith in this world devoid of love.

Poems redeem that which has been trampled upon. They contribute what is human and heartfelt to a computerised, technicised world, what has not been contaminated by hatred, envy, and bickering. Poems bring along orderliness and harmony. They purify today’s reality.

There is a lack of religious poems today, and that need is revealed by the very fact that it has been suggested to publish some of them.

I do not like to provide ready interpretations of my writing, and leave the judgement to the reader. The selection proposed in this volume is and excursion through the redeemed world of mine, in which suffering need not be a misfortune, but rather a test of faithfulness towards a mystery, and death is an encounter with God, who is love.”

This volume is an excellent collection of 71 poems, of which only 7 had previously been published in English. I read through this collection over a few mugs of coffee. A couple of times I thought about some of the poems I read previously in Serious Angel, and one in particular struck me because of the great differences in translation between the two versions:

From this volume:

Faithless Trees

One by one all the trees non-believers,

birds refuse to study religion

the dog rarely goes to church

they really don’t know anything

and see how obedient!

insects under the tree bark know nothing of the gospels

even the white caraway so meet in the pasture

ordinary field stones

tears plowing the skin

have never heard of Saint Francis

and see how poor

the stars refuse to hear my sermons

so does the humble lily of the valley, all too familiar, alone

the peaceful mountains that, like faith, keep on

love with a heart condition

and see how pure

The version from Serious Angel:

Trees Are Non Believers

Every single tree is a non-believer

birds do not learn religion at all

a dog very seldom goes to church

they really know nothing

yet so obedient

insects under bark do not know the gospel

even white caraway most silent along the path

common field stones

like crooked tears on a face

do not know Franciscians

yet so poor

righteous stars do not want to listen to my sermon

lilies-of-the-valley on the edge therefore lonely

all mountains quiet and as patient as faith various loves with cardiac defects

yet so pure

There are similarities between the two translations but even based on titles a different feel. And yet both are wonderful reads. I do prefer the second though. The translators names are at the end of each poem. The team of translators is: Stanislad Baranczak, Clare Cavagnah, Zovia Blaszczyh, Myrna Garanis, Malgorzata Koraszewska, Sarah Lawson, Anna Mioduchowska, and Maya Peretz. In the publishers note we ae informed that the selections span from 1937 to the year 2000. Most are drawn from the source volumes. And the 7 that previous appeared in English we are provided the sources. There are many excellent poems in this volume. I picked my 5 favourites to share as a sampling, they are:

Learn How To Wonder

In church learn how to wonder,

that the Holy Host is so small

it could hide within the little hands of the girl in white shortest of them all

yet before it crowds sink to their knees,

burst out crying, confess,

that boys with berry-black tongues, shirtless

to spite grandmothers, rush

through the church’s half-open door

and, awed at the church’s solemnity,

suddenly hush.

And think – how astonishing

that God was once not a king,

but a child, with a mother, like us

So many mysteries, dogmas,

martyrs, sinners like Judas,

and yet always new believers

That one, without a single prayer,

can have a change of heart

and simply believe in Him

from all this wonderment

About A Sparrow

I don’t know how to write about church

about the prayer tents over masses and altars

about the clock that devours us

about the saint with his hair clipped like grass

about windows that toss butterflies

into the house: small multi-coloured ships

about moths whose dark breath blackens candles

about the eye of Providence

about Holy Mother’s hair of warm wind

about those who are sorry even before they sin

but about someone

hiding in the shadows

who suddenly sticky with tears and hot like July

walks away transformed into the tender heart of a violin

and about you unruly sparrow

who stunned with grace

fell headlong

into the holy water

Explanation

I did not come to convert you

and anyway all the wise sermons have fled from my head

I was stripped of all shine long ago

like a hero in slow motion

I won’t pester you

with what you think of Merton

I won’t jump around during discussion

like a turkey with a red wattle on its nose

I won’t grow handsome like a drake in October

I won’t dictate tears that will confess to everything

I won’t spoon holy theology into your ear

I’ll simply sit beside you

and confide my secret

that I, a priest

trust God like a child

Quail

Your call is always loudest

at dawn and at sunset

isn’t it true that there are only two pure moments

the early bright one and the one at dark

when God gives day and when He takes it away

when someone wanted me and when I’m no longer needed

when someone loved me and when I’m left alone

when I’m being born when I die

those two seconds that always come

one light the other dark

so honest they’re both naked

so beyond us we no longer are

When You Say

Don’t cry in your letter

don’t write that you’ve been kicked by fate

there is no situation on earthy without a way out

when God shuts the door – He opens the window

breath out and look

from the clouds come falling

small great misfortunes needed for happiness

and from simple things learn calm

forget that you are when you say that you love

That final one is obviously the title piece. This is an excellent collection of poetry spanning much of his career. I am thankful the name Jan Twardowski was mentioned to me. And will keep my eyes out for more of his works in the future to be translated into English. This is an excellent collection. It is well worth the read if you can track it down. And I hope the poems I sampled inspire you in your own examination of the world, and maybe to give this volume a try.

Note: This book is part of a series of reviews: 2022 Catholic Reading Plan!

Books by Jan Twardowski in English:

Serious Angel

Kiedy Mowisz When You Say (bilingual edition)

Country Bumpkins Move to Paris: Letters Home 1970 to 1972 (Editor)

Country Bumpkins Move to London: Letters Home 1979 to 1983 (editor)

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Thursday, 31 March 2022

Top Ten Fiction and Non-Fiction Books First Quarter 2022

Top Ten Fiction and Non-Fiction Books First Quarter 2022

It has been a very good beginning to the year. Many great reads. I have read just over a book and a half a day. I read 146 books this quarter, in comparison with the last 6 years:

2022 – 145

2021 – 97

2020 – 96

2019 – 123

2018 – 91

2017 – 100

2016 – 52

In fact, I believe it is my best quarter ever. Part of it is due to my youngest two children’s reading skills really growing and they read to/with me for 20 minutes for or five days a week. And this Lent I have tried to read a different Stations of the Cross booklet each day. Looking back 2016 is a bit of an outlier as late that year I switched jobs and have since had much better work – life balance. In the spring of 2016, I worked through Brandon Vogt’s course Read More Books Now (now available on ClaitasU). The year before that I removed all games from my phone and tablet and my reading had doubled.

But back to this quarter. By the numbers:

Books Read: 146

First Time Reads: 131

Fiction: 41

Non-Fiction: 105

5/5 Stars: 114

Here is my top ten fiction and non-fiction books of the fourth quarter of 2020.

Top Ten Non-Fiction Books:

1. Benedict XVI: Defender of the Faith - Joseph Pearce

2. Prison Journal, Volume 3 The High Court Frees an Innocent Man - Cardinal George Pell

3. Spiritual Combat – According to St Benedict - Father Bernard Ducruet, OSB

4. The Father Wants To Heal You - Nigel Woollen

5. Coached By Joan of Arc - Alexandre Havard

6. Meditations on the Stabat Mater - Armand de Malleray

7. Fighting Father Duffy - Jim Bishop, Virginia Lee Bishop and H. Lawrence Hoffman - Vision Book #7

8. St Josemaria Escriva's Collected Letters Introduction - Prof José Luis Illanes

9. Our Friends in Heaven, Volume 1: Saints for Every Day January to June - Daughters of St Paul edited by Sister Allison Gliot

10. Eat Stop Eat - Brad Pilon

11. Prayer books:

A Simple Prayer Book For Prisoners - Catholic Truth Society

Armed With The Faith: A Catholic Handbook for Military Personnel - Daniel R. Sweeney (Editor)

12. Books by Deacon Nick Donnelly

Finding God in Doubt and Disbelief - CTS Finding God Series

Prayers for Grieving Parents - CTS Prayer and Devotions

Praying the Rosary with the Saints - CTS Devotions

Bonus Books:

(For the bonus section I am highlighting sever Stations of the Cross)

Pocket Guide to the Stations of the Cross - Edward Sri - Ascension Pocket Guide Series

Stations of the Cross - Timothy Radcliffe

Stations of the Cross - Timothy Radcliffe and Martin Erspamer - Community Prayer Edition

The Stations of the Cross: In the Footsteps of The Passion - Catherine de Hueck Doherty

The Way of the Cross - Caryll Houselander

The Way of the Cross: Praying the Psalms with Jesus - Father Mark Toups

Via Dolorosa with Pope Benedict XVI: Meditations and Prayers on the Way of the Cross - Cardinal Camillo Ruini - CTS Devotions and Prayers

Way of the Cross - Pope Benedict XVI - CTS Meditations and Prayers (2005)

Way of the Cross for Loved Ones Who Have Left the Faith - Fr. Jeffrey Kirby STD

Way of the Cross with Pope Benedict XVI - Benedict XVI and Joseph Zen Ze-Kiun 2008 - CTS Devotions

Top Ten Fiction Books:

1. Poetry by Jan Twardowski

Kiedy mówisz When You Say

Serious Angel

2. Operation Do-Over - Gordon Korman

3. Even - Andrew Grant - David Trevellyan Book 1

4. Our Daily Bread - Karina Fabian - A Rescue Sisters Story

5. Perdition's Heirs - Jane Lebak - Seven Archangels Book 6

6. The Golden Spear - Arthur Slade - Dragon Assassin Book 11

7. Homestead - A.K. Frailey

8. Dark Visions of Torment - J.E. Mayhew - DCI William Blake Book 8

9. Sweet Briar Rose - Alex Smith - DCI Kett Book 8

10. Mortlock - Jon Mayhew - Mortlock Book 1

11. Better off Dead - Lee Child and Andrew Child - Jack Reacher Book 26

Bonus Books:

Armour of God Books - Theresa Linden

Boots of Peace

Shield of Faith

Helmet of Salvation

Champion of the Rosary - Laurie J. Schmitt

Lepanto’s Lady - Laurie Schmitt

The beginning of 2022 has been a great quarter for reading. A few new authors, some favorites. Books in old series, and the beginnings of some new series. Again this year, at least so far, I managed to write reviews for all books read for the only the second time.