by applewooddollhospital | May 31, 2024 | Blog, Book Reviews
by: Christopher Shannon This is a Catholic history of life in the New World which, as I have learned from homeschooling my children and using Catholic history books, is a bit different than a non-Catholic history. For instance, there is quite a bit more discussion of...
by applewooddollhospital | Apr 11, 2024 | Blog, Book Reviews
by: GK Chesterton I went in search of this book after reading a quote attributed to it – “A baby is the kingdom of God.” (Thank you American Chesterton Society!). I suspected if the rest of the book came anywhere near to as good as that small sample, it...
by applewooddollhospital | Mar 28, 2024 | Blog, Book Reviews
by: Caryll Houselander This probably goes without saying, but this was an excellent book to read for Lent. There is an overview of the Via Crucis and then a chapter dedicated to each...
by applewooddollhospital | Mar 7, 2024 | Blog, Book Reviews
by Thomas Dubay I follow a Franciscan monk who recommended this book. He said he found it particularly challenging. It intrigued me that a man who has given up everything to live a life in service of God found a book on spiritual poverty...
by applewooddollhospital | Feb 20, 2024 | Blog, Book Reviews
by Thomas More I wasn’t sure what to expect when reading this book. I’d read it was a satire and then the guy who wrote the introduction to the version I was reading insisted it wasn’t...
