What I Read In March {Quick Lit}

Welcome to Quick Lit! Here are short reviews on the books I read over the past 30 days.

Welcome to Quick Lit. Here are short reviews on the books I read over the past 30 days. All 16 of them!

 

Liturgy and Personality

Dietrich von Hildebrand is a titan of modern theology, but I had never read any of his works. Liturgy and Personality came up as a suggestion under another book on Amazon, so I immediately borrowed it for free with Kindle Unlimited.

Here is where I admit that I misunderstood the title. I took it as the pop-psych version of personality. Self-confessed MBTI addict here. Just know that von Hildebrand uses personality in the classical sense. Not the collection of traits and preferences unique to each individual, but rather one’s fullness as a human person. Man is most whole when he is in union with Christ.

Rosaries Aren’t Just for Teething

Edited by Michelle Chronister, this book is a collection of reflections on each mystery of the rosary. Each essay is a short personal narrative about the ways each mystery is lived in the life of a normal mom. The essays are written by popular woman authors including Kelly Mantoan, Amy Garro, Jenna Hines, and Haley Stewart.

Proper Care & Feeding of Husbands

It turns out this book, and maybe Dr. Laura in general, is quite controversial to some. I had no idea until I mentioned it to a friend. I bought it a few years ago on an older woman’s glowing recommendation. Dr. Laura is blunt, but refreshingly honest about the hard work that goes into healthy marriages.

The Autistic Brain

Temple Grandin can also be a controversial figure. Apparently she used to give the impression that her autism was the only autism. I didn’t catch the barest whiff of that attitude in The Autistic Brain. The cutting-edge neurological research she presents in this book testify to the wide neurodiversity of the autism spectrum.

Plus the included self-tests to discover your neurological strengths are just fun.  The spatial tasks gave me a searing headache. I’m so verbal.

 

Welcome to Quick Lit. Here are short reviews on the books I read over the past 30 days. All 16 of them!

The Entire Artemis Fowl Series

I have a problem. When I get sick, I comfort-read teen lit. And I have been sick a lot this spring.

The eponymous Artemis Fowl discovers fairies, real, honest-to-goodness fairies. And they’re technologically advanced far beyond our capabilities. He’s a nasty piece of work at the start of the first book, but the series covers his redemptive transformation to an ethical human being. Oh, and he’s 13.

Welcome to Quick Lit. Here are short reviews on the books I read over the past 30 days. All 16 of them!

The Inheritance Cycle

A teenage farm boy discovers a dragon egg. The first such egg in generations. Together the pair run from the evil king, and straight into all sorts of challenges and foes.

Honestly, the first book is cringey, but they pick up steam quickly. The author was 15 when he started writing Eragon, and published at 19. The angst that was invisible to me as a teen, now has me rolling my eyes at 25. What can I say? I was on a lot of meds, and feeling nostalgic.

Last month I had the flu, and I read four teen fantasy novels. This month I had pneumonia, and read 12 (twelve!) teen fantasy novels. I can only assume I’ll catch ebola in May, and be forced to read the Twilight series seven times.

7 comments

  1. I giggled at your personality misunderstanding. I would have assumed the same thing, maybe because I also enjoy MBTI stuffs. (Have you seen this? http://bookriot.com/2016/01/28/myer-briggs-types-202-fictional-characters/)

    I hope you do not catch ebola, even though I like the peek at your reading list. 🙂 Could I request a grade or rating on future reads? Even just a general thumbs up or down. I’ve been thinking about the Rosary Teething book for awhile, and I’d like to know what you thought of it.

    Happy reading for the rest of April! 🙂

    1. Whew, I thought it was just me who fell for it 🙂

      That link.is.awesome. I’m an MBTI and book junkie. Having them combined is like milk and cookies.

      You’re not the first person to ask about ratings. I’ve hesitated since tastes are so personal, but why have a blog without sharing my unsolicited opinions? A/B/C ratings coming to posts soon. 🙂

  2. I have most of Dr. Laura’s books. I like her. She is blunt and controversial but I have gotten so much out of her books and podcasts. I have read some of Temple Grandin’s books. She is an incredible person. I have two sons who are on the Autism Spectrum. I was just thinking about reading her book The Way I See It. I have a few signed books as I was able to hear her speak at a conference many years ago. Pam 🙂

    1. This was my first book by Temple Grandin, but I really enjoyed the biopic about her life from HBO Films. Her Ted talks are not to be missed either.

      She has a captivating energy. I’ll bet she was great to hear live, Pam!

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