ep. 29: Bookish Bio of Colleen Adams (aka Jess' Mom!)

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 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.We 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!Happy Monday, We have been waiting to share this conversation with you all since this summer. We got to chat with Colleen Adams (Jess' mom!) about all things literary, mothering, homeschooling, Catholic, and more. Enjoy!“The world doesn’t need what women have, it needs what women are.”-St. Edith SteinTop 5 Fiction* Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen* Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis* The Chronicles of Narnia (esp. The Silver Chair) by C.S. Lewis* The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien* The Song at the Scaffold by Gertrude Von Le FortTop 10 Non-Fiction* Designing Your Own Classical Curriculum by Laura Bequirst* All Saint Books (Vision series)* Letters of Spiritual Direction by St. Francis de Sales and St. Jane de Chantel* Interior Castle by St. Teresa of Avila* Joan of Arc by Mark Twain* The True Face of Padre Pio by Maria Winowska* Life of Christ by Fulton Sheen* Holiness for Housewives and Other Working Women* True Devotion to Mary by St. Louis de MontfortOther Books and ThingsTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Once and Future King by T.H. WhiteAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieEchos by Maeve BinchyRome Sweet Home by Scott HahnTom Playfair by Franis J. Finn?Brave Buffalo Fighter by John D. FitzgeraldMansfield Park by Jane AustenCharlotte Mason (here are her volumes)Harry Potter by J.K. RowlingMother of Divine Grace CurriculumTales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary LambSchool Toys (Pattern Blocks and Building Toys (aka Forbidden Fruit Blocks)The Reed of God by Caryll HouselanderAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryCaddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie BrinkThe Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler WarnerUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandEndurance by Alfred LansingBoys in the Boat by Daniel James BrownMan’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklA Severe Mercy by Sheldon VanaukenLoss and Gain by St. John Henry NewmanThe Tears of Christ by St. John Henry NewmanThe Autobiography of St. Teresa of AvilaAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Shining by Stephen KingDante’s Divine Comedy (The Inferno)Essays on Women by Edith SteinThe Privilege of Being a Woman by Alice Von HildebrandUntil next time, keep revisiting the good books that enrich your life and nourish your soul.In Case You Missed It:* Leisure: Antidote to the Busy Murder of Christmas * A Christmas Carol Stave 4 Revisited* A Christmas Carol Stave 3 Revisited* A Reading Revisited Bookish Gift Guide* Reading Revisited ep. 27: Favorite Advent ReadsWhat 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