catherineofalx's reviews
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Zero at the Bone: Fifty Entries Against Despair by Christian Wiman

i also live in this genre of “essay-poem-annotated bibliography-intense relationship with God-wow trauma” and it’s good here actually

The Breath of God by Etienne Veto

i love when academics title things "essays" that are in fact perfectly lovely and well-developed books. this is a book. i thought it was pretty good. calm down

Following the Footsteps of the Invisible: The Complete Works of Diadochus of Photikë by Cliff Ermatinger

the introduction is stellar!!!!! but a part of me dies whenever a translator clearly resents the target language

The Givenness of Things by Marilynne Robinson

it is a refuge, occasionally, to just sit in the company of an Intellectual (TM) and think big Thoughts (TM), honestly

Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

i liked the part where he reinvented the wheel by describing catholic religious life in minute detail and recommended it to protestants. that was funny

Hiding from Reality: My Story of Love, Loss, and Finding the Courage Within by Taylor Armstrong

the interviews she has given since “woman yells at cat” are forming the bedrock of my media apostle spirituality and i am not joking

The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd

blatant ripoff of paper towns by john green…. but i love paper towns by john green

Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun by Elle Cosimano

the northern virginia pride i feel in this series is unparalleled

Saint Mary Magdalene: Prophetess of Eucharistic Love by Fr Sean Davidson
Did not finish book.

I really wanted this to be good but it's just... incoherent, fictitious, and devoid of insight.

Thinking Inside the Box: Adventures with Crosswords and the Puzzling People Who Can't Live Without Them by Adrienne Raphel

the most fun i’ve had reading a book in AGES!