[Magdalen] What are we reading?

[Lynn Ronkainen]

contemplating reading the book about the Vatican bank
Lynn

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When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a 
single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
attributed to Erma Bombeck

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From: "Jay Weigel" <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2015 10:37 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] What are we reading?

> I read The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Chabon which was quite good. I
> forgot to mention that the first couple of books in the Doc Ford series 
> are
> Sanibel Flats and The Heat Islands. Obviously they take place on and 
> around
> Sanibel Island, Write what you know and all that.
>
> On Sun, Feb 1, 2015 at 11:28 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> The Purple Headed Mountain by Martin Thornton, newly authorized 
>> reprinting
>> by Akenside Press, with foreword by Rowan Williams. Started then didn't
>> have time to read but might be able to restart it this week as my dear
>> partner will be away on retreat.
>>
>> The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon. Loving it
>> but I'm very slow and its a thick book. It's our current One Book, One
>> Chicago selection.
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> > On Feb 1, 2015, at 10:13 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > It's snowing here, so what's better than curling up with a good book? 
>> > On
>> > our trip to Sanibel we discovered a new (to us) author, Randy Wayne
>> White,
>> > writer of whodunits. His main character, Doc Ford, is a marine 
>> > biologist
>> > resident (of course) on the island, and his writing style is easy to
>> read.
>> > Not great literature, but fun. White also, in addition to crafting 
>> > these
>> > little opuses, owns three restaurants called Doc Ford's Rum Bar where 
>> > the
>> > food is pretty decent. We ate at the one on Sanibel.
>>