[Magdalen] Books

[Judy Fleener]

I have recommended Louise Penny to many friends, and could have suggested
it here.  I am awaiting the next in the series,

Vive Gamache!
Judy

On Sun, Jul 31, 2016 at 7:30 AM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
wrote:

> See my post.  I read them in chronological order, except two in the middle
> and I regret that lapse.  There is an important subplot running through the
> series and one learns more and more about it with each book.  Also the
> development of the cast of characters is important as they are revealed in
> each story.  The interplay of characters and their motivations is key.
>
> Google is your friend for all things Louise Penny.
>
> Still Life      (2005)
> A Fatal Grace   (2007)
> The Cruelest Month      (2008)
> The Murder Stone        (2009)
> The Brutal Telling      (2009)
> Bury Your Dead  (2010)
> The Hangman     (2010)
> A Trick of the Light    (2011)
> The Beautiful Mystery   (2012)
> How the Light Gets In   (2013)
> The Long Way Home       (2014)
> The Nature of the Beast         (2015)
> The Great Reckoning     (2016)
>
> *Notes:* /Dead Cold/ was also published as /A Fatal Grace/. /The Murder
> Stone/ was also titled/A Rule Against Murder/.
>
> Marion, a pilgrim
>
>
> On 7/30/2016 10:41 PM, Grace Cangialosi wrote:
>
>> I picked up one of her books at the library recently, remembering that
>> she came highly recommended by someone here, but then I didn't get it read
>> before it was due.  So now I'm wondering: do the books need to be read in
>> order?  If so, is there a chronological list somewhere?
>>
>> Grace Cangialosi
>>
>> "Silence in the face of evil is itself evil. God will not hold us
>> guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act."    Dietrich
>> Bonhoeffer
>>
>> On July 28, 2016, at 10:49 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> I absorbed earlier conversations here about Louise Penny and, starting
>> last September, I plowed through all eleven of her books and am waiting
>> for the 12th this August.  Because of the complex interplay of the
>> hearts and minds of the characters, I have begun to reread them and am
>> at #3.  It is fascinating to revisit the people and plots knowing what I
>> know now and  being freed from 'who done it' and able to focus on what
>> is really going on in these clever books.
>>
>> Join me in a /café au lait/, Renee.
>>
>> Marion, a pilgrim
>>
>>
>> On 7/28/2016 10:32 PM, flyingfish224--- via Magdalen wrote:
>>
>>> One of my peeps on this list recommended the works of Louise Penny.
>>>
>>> I remember not who made the recommendation, but I am SWOONING with
>>> pleasure.
>>>
>>> I confess I am binge-reading and am on book 7 of the series.
>>>
>>> Thank you for a wonderful summer.
>>>
>>> Renee
>>> Who is abstaining from the political fracas - for the moment
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On Jul 28, 2016, at 10:03 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I did the math a long time ago and am convinced that Ted Cruz is the
>>>> reincarnation of Joseph R. McCarthy, but after listening to Rev. William
>>>> Barber tonight, I'm wondering if the dates would coincide correctly for
>>>> him
>>>> to be the reincarnation of Dr. Martin Luther King. He sure sounded like
>>>> it!
>>>>
>>>> On Thursday, July 28, 2016, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
>>>> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> In a message dated 7/28/2016 7:49:36 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>>>>> gingawilder at gmail.com <javascript:;> writes:
>>>>>
>>>>> I spent  the better part of Saturday reading online The Atantic
>>>>> Magazine's
>>>>> "The Mind  of Donald Trump" (June 2016).  Chilling.  Straight
>>>>> forward.   I
>>>>> pray this man will not be elected president.  (For those on this  list
>>>>> who
>>>>> think it wrong to publish such an article or to point it out for
>>>>> others to
>>>>> read, I apologize.  I believe this clearly done case study  merits
>>>>> sharing
>>>>> widely.)>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Just one of article after article in newspapers and newsmagazines
>>>>> detailing
>>>>> Trumps inadequacies and come to the conclusion that he would be  a
>>>>> terrible President.
>>>>>
>>>>> The trouble is that Trump supporters don't read these things, and
>>>>> don't
>>>>> seem to care anyway.  The man, to his ardent supporters, can do no
>>>>> wrong.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> David S.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>


-- 
Judy Fleener, ObJN,SSH
Western Michigan