pickThis book was a tough read (reading via my vintage kindle added to the challenge), but I stuck with because it was good. I have personal experiences that gave me specific interests in the author‘s details and I think that was essential to my positive opinion of this book. Kathleen is a poet and how that juxtaposed with her time spent in the theology of Benedictine monasteries was fascinating. #NunLitQuarterly
My library had this in audio, so I started listening to it for #nunlit #nunlitquarterly, only to find it‘s really not suitable for listening— at least not for me. I couldn‘t remember much of what I heard, so I returned the audiobook and got the Kindle book for $4.99. I‘m appreciating it more in print.
Starting #hyggehour with Kathleen Norris.
Pictures courtesy Sugar and Charm, & NBC News per internet.
#hyggehourreadathon
I am so enjoying Kathleen Norris‘s thinking.#nunlit #nunlitquarterly
Let me know if you do not want to be tagged!
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“contemplative potential of the reading process…”
I think many Littens read in this way. 🩵📚💙
#nunlit #nunlitquarterly
This book was published in 1996 so it may be in libraries. I did not realize it was 382 pages so we can go into February! Please let me know if you do not want to be tagged. I took the list from @jlhammar
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#nunlitquarterly #2025
I apologize for not putting books up for a vote;time was a factor.But if anyone has other suggestions,please post them! I loved this buddy read so much that I thought I would throw these choices out there. @jlhammar is taking a break this year.
January:Cloister Walk
April: Sad Nun at Synanon
July: Subversive Habits
October: Millennial Nuns
Simply read chosen book, post your thoughts along the way, review, tag group.
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pickThis was such a fantastic look into the cloistered life of monks & nuns from an outsiders POV. It's reverent & honest, with poetical writing. 5 ⭐️
#catholic #nonfiction
" ... hospitality is at the center of it all. In a work in which we are so easily labeled and polarized by our differences ... monastic hospitality is a model of the kind of openness that we need if we are going to see and hear each other at all."
#spirituality #quotes
This is such a beautifully written book. I'm slowly making my way through it and marking as I go along.
#catholic #biography
The connections that Benedictines painstakingly thread through their everyday lives reinforce my sense of monastic life itself as a great poem, one that honors and celebrates Jesus Christ, who, Oscar Wilde tells us in De Profundis, "is the poem God made."
Dear Litsy friends, I am looking for a recommendation. This book is about a woman immersing herself within a Christian convent. Would anyone know of anything similar involving Buddhist monks and/or nuns?? Thanks in advance!! ❤️💖😘
I primarily buy used books as opposed to new because I like recycling 😀 I also give a lot of my books away so others can enjoy them. These are the #usedbooks from my last haul. My cat wasn't in to being in the picture 😺 #augustphotochallenge
Cloister Walk | 
