Three Book Meme « Receiving Light

Three Book Meme

May 19, 2007 by Paula

Elena-Maria Vidal has tagged me with the following three books meme…

Three non-fiction books everyone should read:

1.In good company: the fast track from the corporate world to poverty, chastity and obedience by James Martin, S. J.— All career oriented people should read it. Specially those how have (or had) a burn-out.
2.The diary of happiness by Fr. Nicolae de la Rohia (Steinhardt)—I hope that one day will be translated from Romanian in English. Fr Nicolae tells his story: his convertion to Christianity in a communist prison and the happiness which, he discover subsequently despite being a prisoner of the Gulag.
3. Essays On Woman by Edith Stein

Three works of fiction that everyone should read:
1.Matryona´s House by Alexandr Solzhenitsyn—A little jewel not very well known.
2.The Brave New World by Aldous Huxley—Prophetic work.
3.A tale of Antichrist by Vladimir Soloviev

Three authors everyone should read (here I could not restrain myself at three):
Dostoievsky
C.S. Lewis
C.K.Chesterton
Thomas Aquinas
Walker Percy

Three books that nobody should read: there is no shortage here…unfortunately…

I tag (if they have time.): Br Charles, Br Freddie, Marie and Ginny, Joakim, Jeff, Cyrstal, Fmn, Rachel, Gabrielle and Don.

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20 Responses to “Three Book Meme”

on May 19, 2007 at 9:30 am1 crystal

Good choices! I’ll try to do it tomorrow - thanks for tagging me
on May 19, 2007 at 9:33 am2 Paula

Crystal, I am interested what you will choose.
on May 19, 2007 at 9:57 am3 Three Book Meme « Catholic Ponderer

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on May 19, 2007 at 9:58 am4 swede1875

Done!
on May 19, 2007 at 1:16 pm5 elena maria vidal

Oh, Paula, I like your choices better than mine!
on May 19, 2007 at 1:23 pm6 Paula

Elena, I love your list. I hope that all the people making the meme or passing this blog will read it.
on May 19, 2007 at 2:01 pm7 Brother Charles

Thanks for the tag Paula; I’ll get to it soon!
on May 19, 2007 at 3:11 pm8 Don

Paula, I have responded to your tag. Thanks for thinking of me. Don
on May 20, 2007 at 1:05 am9 Jeff

Great list Paula. Fr. Martin’s book looks especially intriguing to me, speaking as someone who’s been burned out on corporate life and re-rejuvenated several times.

I have to think very hard about this one. Elena Maria’s choice of Fr. Sheen’s Life of Christ is a very compelling one that I’d have to second off the top of my head..
on May 20, 2007 at 1:45 am10 Ginny

Paula

Thanks for tagging moi. I’ll work on my list later tonight.

You have quite a good list!
on May 20, 2007 at 3:59 am11 marie

Paula

I will also be doing my list in a few hours. Though it is SO difficult to narrow down your choices to 3..there are SO many GOOD books out there that I have read waaaa lol.

I love your choices and I have many of Fulton Sheen’s works but I havent read them all including Life of Christ.

Ginny has done another excellent piece on the media war against women..this time it is Women Fight Back! YAY!

With love your friend and sis,

Marieeeeee xoxoxoo
on May 20, 2007 at 5:50 am12 Paula

Jeff,
do read the book of James Martin.Tell me what do you think please. I was burned out by the career oriented woman lifestyle.

Ginny-bella,
I barely wait to see your list

Marieeeeeeeeee,
3 is not enough I know…make the list as long as you want. See what will come out.
on May 20, 2007 at 8:37 am13 Matryona's House « Receiving Light

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on May 20, 2007 at 10:43 pm14 Michael

At first I wanted to write “let me play”, but as a rather new convert I realized that none of the books I might list I had read as a Catholic. Sadly, most of the Catholic books I have read recently, have made me wonder if I’m actually smart enough to be Catholic (O:
on May 21, 2007 at 7:48 am15 Paula

Michael welcome…feel free to participate…it is not too late.
on May 22, 2007 at 4:09 pm16 forget me not

Paula, I’ve been thinking about it. I even got tagged by Gypsy after you tagged me. I hope to post mine soon!
on May 22, 2007 at 10:44 pm17 Gypsy

Ohhh, wonderful, all. I will look at everyone’s choices a little later tonight, but Michael, show us your list, tooo –it was not only Catholic writings that led all (or led back all) to the Faith, you know. Love’s arrows are of many hues and textures, and they all point to the center, to the Heart of the World. Before I read any of the saints, I read the classics.. and many others. As Gabrielle notes today, God works in mysterious ways.

Paula, I’ve read Soloviev’s “Tales of the Antichrist” and what timely reading it would be right now for the world.. but with a certain blogger’s death, it has disappeared from being online… unless you know of a spot where it can be found again?
on May 23, 2007 at 3:03 am18 Paula

Dear Gypsy, sorry I do not know any Soloviev source online…thanks for commenting.
on May 23, 2007 at 3:27 am19 Gabrielle

Hi Paula! Thanks for thinking of me. I put up my post today. I would love to read “The Diary of Happiness” by Fr. Nicolae, if it is ever translated. It must be very inspiring.
on May 23, 2007 at 8:05 am20 Paula

Gabrielle, I will look at your choices soon.:-). Nice that you made the meme.