Cat's Book Nook

"It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books."
~ Sherlock Holmes ~

Sunday, November 15, 2015

The Ball and the Cross

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by G.K. Chesterton. This was an excellent book that I read last year. I quickly got drawn into the story. I fell in love with one of the cha...
Thursday, May 14, 2015

Come Rack! Come Rope!

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by Robert Hugh Benson is one of the best books I've ever read. It reminded me a bit of  Crossbows and Crucifixes , except this one is fo...
Friday, April 10, 2015

Poetry Friday: "The Gifford Girl"

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by Leonard Feeney, S.J. Two dresses laid she by at night And loosed her flowing hair, She rose at dawn and stood ...
Monday, January 5, 2015

Victory Over Vice

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by Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen. This is an excellent book in which Archbishop Sheen covers the seven deadly sins (pride, covetousness, lust, ...
Saturday, January 3, 2015

Top 10 Books I Read in 2014

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These (in order from least to greatest) are the top 10 books that I read in 2014. Individual posts on each of these books will be forthcomin...
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Friday, January 2, 2015

The Catholic Girl's Guide

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edited by Father F. X. Lasance. This is an excellent book which every Catholic girl should own. The advice imparted to the reader is so usef...

Happy New Year!

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Happy New Year, everybody! I hope everyone will have a blessed 2015. Has it really been over two years since I last posted?!? I plan to po...
Thursday, November 22, 2012

Where the Red Fern Grows

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by Wilson Rawls. This is a good story about a boy and his two coonhounds, and the many adventures that they have together. I had to read t...
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Faces of Holiness

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by Ann Ball. I actually read this book back in February or March, but I forgot to post it. This is another collection of biographies of sain...

Modern Saints: Their Lives and Faces

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by Ann Ball. This collection of short biographies of many different saints is very interesting to read. Even though they are short biographi...
Monday, August 20, 2012

Lay Siege to Heaven

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by Louis de Wohl. This is a very good biographical novel about Saint Catherine of Siena. Even though it's a long book, I got through it ...
Sunday, January 29, 2012

Jo's Boys

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by Louisa May Alcott. The final book in the Little Women series, readers will learn about what happens to each of the "little men...
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I'm the oldest of ten children in a Catholic homeschooling family. I enjoy reading, cooking/baking, spending time with my family, going to Mass, and singing, among other things.
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