Books, Inq. — The Epilogue

Put the lime in the coconut ...

2009-11-29T19:00:00.006-05:00

... and call me in the morning: 'Novel Nausea' and the Essay.

See also You Have the End of the Novel, and I Got a Bridge for Sale.

Catching up ...

2009-11-29T19:00:00.005-05:00

... with Maxine: Finished reading Truth, by Peter Temple and Liking, not liking; dogs, angels and misery memoirs and Thinking beyond the Borders.

Poor kitty ...

2009-11-29T19:00:00.004-05:00

... `We All Should Rejoice, and Often'.

Recommendations again ...

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... Editing Newspapers | Peter Stothard. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

Alleluia ...

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... Latin Mass Appeal. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

... Bugnini may have finally met his match in Benedict XVI, a noted liturgist himself who is no fan of the past 40 years of change. Chanting Latin, wearing antique vestments and distributing comnion only on the tongues (rather than into the hands) of kneeling Catholics, Benedict has slowly reversed the innovations of his predecessors. And the Latin Mass is back, at least on a limited basis, in places like Arlington, Va., where one in five parishes offer the old liturgy.
Benedict understands that his younger priests and seminarians — most born after Vatican II — are helping lead a counterrevolution. They value the beauty of the solemn high Mass and its accompanying chant, incense and ceremony. Priests in cassocks and sisters in habits are again common; traditionalist societies like the Institute of Christ the King are expanding.

One of those younger priests is Father Gerald Carey, the pastor of my parish, St. Paul's. Every Sunday at noon the traditional Latin Mass is celebrated there, and celebrated with precision.

More recommendations

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... Christmas books. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

Plenty to argue over ...

2009-11-29T13:00:00.006-05:00

... The 100 Best Books of the Decade.

Glad to see that Maximum City, Out Stealing Horses, and The Secret Scripture made the cut. But, while The Da Vinci Code is a noteworthy book, it ias also a badly written, badly researched, and poorly plotted one populated with stick-figure characters. Home and The Road have their fans, and they are legion, but I am not among them.

The value of the premodern ...

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... Anderson’s Pure. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

... these thinkers differed, often dramatically, over the details. But on this big picture they were agreed. Contra Quine and the majority of contemporary academic philosophers, the ancients and medievals regarded the intellectual and the spiritual, reason and religion, as necessarily fused all the way down.

The toll of disappointment ...

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... Lost in the stars.

What could be better?

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... Nude Launch Afters.

What an excuse ...

2009-11-29T13:00:00.001-05:00

... for not blogging: Tallis, Hill, Astaire and the Glory of the Right Brain.

Slender, odd, original ...

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... Joseph Epstein on A Biography Like No Other. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

Not that he'd care ...

2009-11-29T09:00:00.006-05:00

... Happy eleventy-first, CS Lewis. (Hat tio, Dave Lull.)

This week's Inquirer reviews ...

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... our friend Susan Balée does some wading: Kingsolver's plot thickens.

See also:

... Wine theft mystery is a Gallic treat.

... A father faces the unthinkable.

... Fall of the Wall, 1989: A brilliant account of a Europe transformed.

... Via simplicity, a poet attains the universal.

... Flight to simpler life from sea of troubles.

And more - Travel Bookshelf: There's a world of culinary destinations.

A different class of book ...

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... my roundup of books you may want to buy in order to give a way: Books as beauty upon the tabletop.

Tracing the thrill ...

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... On crime & thrillers: Raymond Chandler’s influence on crime novels and film.

Thought for the day ...

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Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it.
- C.S. Lewis, born on this date in 1898.

Blogging to resume ...

2009-11-28T19:21:00.001-05:00

... not until tomorrow. We are just back from Brooklyn. The WiFi in the hotel was underwhelming, which was why I didn't post anything.

No longer forgotten ...

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... 'It's Always Four O'Clock' and 'Iron Man' by W.R. Burnett. (Hat tip, Paul Davis.)

Never too late ...

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... Retired Hoylake journalist has first book published at the age of 76. (Hat tip, Paul Davis.)

Dinner is served ...

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... Thanksgiving Meal 2009 From Blazevox Books.

Intellectualizing ...

2009-11-26T09:00:00.006-05:00

... without using intellect: The Architect as Totalitarian.

Of course, then there are the people who want to stop time and turn every city into a monument of the past.

Light blogging ...

2009-11-26T09:00:00.004-05:00

Debbie and I are taking off for Brooklyn to visit with her son and his family. So blogging will be light indeed today. But it's holiday! Don't spend your time here. Enjoy the day!

Happy Thanksgiving

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Riverbank in Autumn by Maxfield Parrish

http://cgfa.acropolisinc.com/parrish/p-parris42.htm

For Thanksgiving ...

2009-11-26T09:00:00.002-05:00

... Three Men: A poem of thanksgiving.

... The Cranberry Cantos. (Hat tip, Rus Bowden.)

... On Poetry: A Thanksgiving blessing. Hat tip, Rus Bowden.)