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Thank you guys for bearing with my crazy schedule the last couple of weeks. We had a great time on our European tour. With there being SO many flights, I was able to finish Mariette in Ecstacy (along with a couple of other books!). Thanks to Traci for kicking off our discussion :) Over the next few days, I'll be discussing the book in the forum below. I'll start with a general review, then I'll start working through the discussion questions in The Emmaus Readers. I look forward to talking abo… Continue

Well, I made the big announcement a few weeks ago that we would try to acquire Mariette in Ecstasy by today so we could begin reading and discussing. Hopefully you have your book and are well on your way. As for me, my book hasn't arrived in the mail yet, even though I ordered it a couple of weeks ago. Oh well. Feel free to start discussing the book. I will jump in and discuss when I get my copy! Continue

I got this question, more or less, in my inbox today. Figured I'd share the answer with everybody: Still waiting for my copy of Mariette in Ecstasy :) I'm planning on letting the book club unfold organically. I'm not going to have any official pace because we're all probably going to be reading at different speeds. If you finish a section of a book and have a comment, start a thread in the forum if there isn't one already. I'll probably use the blog to post the discussion questions in Emma… Continue

This is a simple, more affordable edition of my art book for anyone that is interested. You can either buy a book or download a pdf file. Click the image for more details: Faeries through the Seasons is listed on Amazon. This book was compiled by Fantasy Artist Christina Davis and features many fantasy artists. I was privileged to b… Continue

I just re-read the introduction to Emmaus Readers, and it rocked me to the core. Pages ix-xi in particular - the section starting with "stories matter" - pretty much sums up my thoughts on reading fiction. There is some real gold there. Literally. Here are a couple of quotes: "Stories matter. They can speak truth...When readers learn [this truth] that love is of God; that the Lord our God, the Lord is one; and that while we consider the vastness of all the works of God's fingers, we can know th… Continue

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This is about the fifth incarnation of my online book club idea. Thanks to The Wards and Wendy and Stephanie Fowler who, to my knowledge, are the brave souls who have stuck it out for all of them. One thing that sometimes bogs us down is the pacing. Bottom line: some people plow through the books, while others take their time. And then there are people like me who read about 6 books in 2 weeks and then don't pick up another for months. The thought I had this time around is everybody can sort o… Continue

My bad... I'm sort of learning this Ning thing as I go along. I deleted a couple of your blog posts, thinking I was simply taking them out of the main feed. Apparently I erased them entirely! Sorry :( I've changed the settings. Anybody can do a blog post. I will have to approve them, just to make sure they are on topic. Thanks, and sorry again! Continue

If you are here, then you have heard about The Bookmarks. This is the book club formerly known as Book Club and the Summer Reading Club, along with a couple of other names I've already forgotten! The book club is operating on two levels this year. The main focus is a book called the Emmaus Readers. In that book is a discussion of the spiritual themes in several works of contemporary fiction. So The B… Continue