ep. 28: Revisiting Jayber Crow

Welcome to Reading Revisited, a place for friends to enjoy some good old-fashioned book chat while revisiting the truth, beauty, and goodness we’ve found in our favorite books.We currently have a Christmas Discount on Paid Subscriptions. This gets you $2-3 off each month (depending if you do a monthly or yearly subscription). That price will last as long as you keep subscribing (it will never randomly go up, I promise)! So if you've been on the fence, between now and January 6th might be the best time to subscribe!Where to find Michael on the InternetMichael Lilienthal on SubstackThe Tapestry Radio Network* Michael and Ethan in a Room with Scotch* Wrapping up Persuasion by Jane Austen* Next Up: Glorious Exploits and Nobber?* Intermission* Pokemon Rollout!Thanks for reading Reading Revisited! This post is public so feel free to share it.Books and ThingsJayber Crow by Wendell Berry I Like Me by Nancy Carlson Hannah Coulter by Wendell BerryMemory of Old Jack by Wendell BerryWindow Poems by Wendell BerryWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyA Place on Earth by Wendell BerrySarah Clarkson’s old blog (she is now on Substack)Book Girl by Sarah ClarksonRead for the Heart by Sarah ClarksonRemembering by Wendell BerryThe Art of the Commonplace by Wendell BerryThink Little by Wendell Berry (PDF of an essay)Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainDante’s Divine Comedy (we think he was using the Sayers translation, but Jess and Kelsie are mostly reading Esolen)-Hell-Purgatory-HeavenThe Summa on the Summa by Peter KreeftHoward’s End by E.M. ForesterPilgrim’s Progress by John BunyanWalking on Water by Madeleine L’EngleThe Definition of Love by Andrew Marvell“The way out of modernity is through it.”- Jason M Baxter on the Literary Life PodcastWhy Pastor’s Should Read LiteratureThe Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, GentlemanAnne of Green Gables movies (please, please, I beg you, don’t watch the third one) “it was a dark and stormy night” contestRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareMuch Ado About Nothing by William ShakespeareDracula by Bram StokerMichael’s Top 5I Am a Cat by Soseki NatsumeA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Odyssey by HomerTill We Have Faces by C.S. LewisHonorable MentionsDon Quixote by CervantesLes Miserables by Victor HugoPersuasion by Jane AustenHamlet by William Shakespeare (and video link to Michael playing Hamlet)Enders Game by Orson Scott CardPeace by Gene WolfThe Orchardist by Amanda CoplandThings Not Seen by Andrew ClementsLolita by Vladimir Nabokov (message Michael Lilienthal first!)Dr. Faustus by Christopher MarloweSeven and a Half Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart TurtonDe Profundis by Oscar WildeOedipus Rex by SophoclesUntil next time, keep revisiting the good books that enrich your life and nourish your soul.In Case You Missed It:* A Christmas Carol Stave 3 Revisited* Reading Revisited ep. 27: Favorite Advent Reads* A Christmas Carol Stave 2 Revisited* A Christmas Carol Stave 1 RevisitedWhat We’re Reading Now:DecemberA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensJanuaryOthello by William ShakespeareFebruaryOut of the Silent Planet AND Perelandra by C.S. LewisA Few Reminders:If you are wanting to get in on the in person or virtual community please contact us! If you have started a group and we don’t know about it, please let us know so we can get you some resources to help you out!We have turned on paid subscriptions which will allow you to support the work we are doing here as well as receive Read Along Guide PDFs each month, voice recordings of the Read Along Guides and Essays, and we are working on (printable) bookmarks for each book.If you would like to make a small contribution to the work we’re doing here at Reading Revisited, we invite you to do so with the Buy (Us) a Coffee button below. We so appreciate your support!*As always, some of the links are affiliate links. If you don’t have the books yet and are planning to buy them, we appreciate you using the links. The few cents earned with each purchase you make after clicking links (at no extra cost to you) goes toward the time and effort it takes to keep Reading Revisited running and we appreciate it! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit readingrevisited.substack.com/subscribe