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Book Review: Babbitt

by: Sinclair Lewis Babbit was written in the 1920s by Sinclair Lewis who was a socialist.  Normally, a socialist's commentary on American culture from the 1920s wouldn't interest me, but this book is part of the literature curriculum of a Catholic homeschool I...

The Children’s Mass

            There were a lot of babies and children at Mass.  Their sounds filled the air.  There was crying, laughing, burbling, shouting, loud whispering and the pitter-patter of little feet running to the bathroom or escaping the pew and running from their...

Book Review: Frankenstein

by Mary Shelley             This was another book on Joseph Pearce’s "100 Works of Literature Every Catholic Should Read" list.  In the beginning, it felt a bit melodramatic, particularly the male characters and especially Victor Frankenstein.  I kept thinking someone...

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