Mike and Jess introduce the podcast and book categories for the year. We discuss some possible selections for our first category: "a faith memoir".
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For a free printable of the 2019 reading categories visit <a href="http://jessicaptomey.com/podcast/">Jessica's blog</a>.&nbsp;
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Book and authors mentioned on this episode:
Shelby Foote's <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Civil-War-Volumes-1-3-Box/dp/0394749138/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1548555955&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=shelby+foote+civil+war">The Civil War</a> (3 volumes)
Thomas Cahill
Christopher Dawson
Robert Kaplan, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Balkan-Ghosts-Journey-Through-History/dp/0312424930/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1548555785&amp;sr=8-2&amp;keywords=balkan+ghosts">Balkan Ghost</a>s
Doctors of the church: Edith Stein, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Augustine, St. Therese&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Two-Towers-Being-Second-Rings/dp/0547928203/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1548555827&amp;sr=8-4&amp;keywords=the+two+towers">The Two Towers</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Severe-Mercy-Sheldon-Vanauken/dp/0060688246/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1548555868&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=a+severe+mercy">A Severe Mercy</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Immovable-Feast-Spirituality-Religious-Abundance/dp/162164233X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1548555917&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=an+immovable+feast+tyler+blanski">An Immovable Feast</a>

Episode 2: Conversion Stories & Poetic Authors

A bi-weekly podcast to enrich your reading life that feels more like a book club! We’re your hosts, Mike and Jess Ptomey, and the only thing we like better than reading is talking about what we are reading with friends. In 2020 we’ll be reading short stories: two stories by a different author each month. So listen in and read along! Be sure to share your comments for each story on social media with the hashtag #thecatholicreadingchallenge.