In a previous post, I mentioned a list of 100 works of literature Joseph Pearce suggests every Catholic should know. I've read only about half of them (47 entirely, six more in substantial part).
I intend to use that list as a guide. But first I have to finish the books I'm currently reading - and then mix the list books in with works I'll be teaching this school year and which I'll have to reread/skim as I go.
I'm reading The Horse And His Boy by C.S. Lewis, part of his Chronicles of Narnia. This is actually a reread. I read all seven of the Narnia books in one go back in 1975/76, so it's been a long time for this particular book. (I'll be reviewing The Magician's Nephew in the coming weeks as that's on the summer reading list, and I did reread that one two summers ago.)
I'm also reading Run That By Me Again, a collection of short essays by Father James V. Schall, SJ, who was a regular contributor to Gilbert!, and who passed away earlier this year.
Finally, I'm reading Literature: What Every Catholic Should Know by Joseph Pearce, the book that inspired this effort.
Not sure what I'll read next. Sophocles? Shakespeare? Percy?
Let's see what's available.
Pax et bonum
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