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Cat's Book Nook: Come Rack! Come Rope!
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It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books.". Thursday, May 14, 2015. By Robert Hugh Benson is one of the best books I've ever read. It reminded me a bit of Crossbows and Crucifixes. Set in Elizabethan England, when Catholics were persecuted, this is a wonderful love story. (If you don't like love stories, please read it anyway, because it's not the usual kind.). Now for a few of my favorite quotes from the book:. This last one is (at least close to) what Mary Stuart, also...
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Cat's Book Nook: Poetry Friday: "The Gifford Girl"
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It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books.". Friday, April 10, 2015. Poetry Friday: The Gifford Girl. By Leonard Feeney, S.J. Two dresses laid she by at night. And loosed her flowing hair,. She rose at dawn and stood in fright. And wondered which to wear. Should it be white for her delight,. Or black for her despair? She saw a widow weep—and now. She saw a laughing bride. A little bit she laughed, but how. More bitterly she cried! And the wedding-veil upon her brow. A lov...
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Cat's Book Nook: The Hound of the Baskervilles
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It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books.". Friday, April 9, 2010. The Hound of the Baskervilles. By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is an exciting book about one of England's most famous (though legendary,) detctives, Sherlock Holmes. Most of the Sherlock Holmes books can be grouped together in a few large books. However,. The Hound of the Baskervilles. Is not the size where this can easily be done. The unabrigded Puffin Classics edition is 240 pages long. By G K. Chesterton.
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Cat's Book Nook: Faces of Holiness
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It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books.". Thursday, November 22, 2012. 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 saints, along with pictures of them. Ann Ball does a wonderful job depicting the lives of all of the saints in this book. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Men of Iron, by Howard Pyle. Doctor Dolittle, by Hugh Lofting. I Juan de Pareja.
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Cat's Book Nook: Little Men
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It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books.". Sunday, January 29, 2012. By Louisa May Alcott. The sequel to. This book is set at Plumfield (Aunt Josephine March's old home) and is about boys who go to the school which Jo and her husband started there. While I would say that. Is decidedly a girls' book (though boys might enjoy bits of it),. Would probably be enjoyed by boys and girls alike. February 26, 2014 at 10:17 AM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I Juan de Pareja.
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Cat's Book Nook: Captain Blood
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It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books.". Wednesday, February 24, 2010. By Rafael Sabatini. Yes, it doesn't sound like the nicest title but it fits all that Peter Blood was in the book: a soldier (mentioned at the beginning), a physician, and a pirate. I read this book for the Literary Club, and enjoyed it, for the most part. I would probably recommend it for ages 12 or 13 and up. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Men of Iron, by Howard Pyle.
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Cat's Book Nook: I, Juan de Pareja
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It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books.". Saturday, October 17, 2009. I, Juan de Pareja. By Elizabeth Borton de Trevino is a good book about a slave in Europe, who works for an painter, Diego Velazquez. The story is told through Juan's eyes. From when he was a boy to when he was a man, this is a GREAT book, both to read aloud, and to read to yourself. As I said in a previous post about this book, I would recommend. I, Juan de Pareja. For grades 4 and up. Simple templat...
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Cat's Book Nook: Top 10 Books I Read in 2014
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It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books.". Saturday, January 3, 2015. Top 10 Books I Read in 2014. 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 forthcoming. The Scarlet Pimpernel,. By Baroness Emmuska Orczy. By G K. Chesterton. Outlaws of Ravenhurst,. By Sister Imelda Wallace. The Living Wood,. By Louis de Wohl. Lay Siege to Heaven. By Louis de Wohl. The Ball and the Cross. Yes, I did!
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Cat's Book Nook: Happy New Year!
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It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books.". Friday, January 2, 2015. 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 post more, since I've read so many good books and would really like to write about and recommend them. I'll start by posting about the best gift I ever received. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Men of Iron, by Howard Pyle. I Juan de Pareja.
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Cat's Book Nook: The Vision Books
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It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books.". Thursday, November 10, 2011. These are WONDERFUL books about the saints, written by various Catholic authors. I have read lots of them and have thoroughly enjoyed each one. They are available from Ignatius Press. From Saint Therese's Little Way, to Saint Edmund Campion's adventures in Protestant England, these are all enjoyable books. My favorites are probably. By Louis de Wohl,. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Simple templ...
