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The Catechism of the Catholic Church 2025-03-23 Sun

Making my way through this along with Fr. Mike’s podcast. I haven’t come to anything particularly unfamiliar but reading this alongside some history helps give context to some of the things the book emphasizes.

Byzantium by John Julius Norwich 2025-03-23 Sun

An interesting history. I started reading this to complement my self-study of Roman history at the beginning of last year. I still need to go through and make notes on all I’ve read.

Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin 2025-05-17 Sat

The prose in this book is amazing. I’m only a couple of chapters in but I’m hooked. This isn’t the first Baldwin I’ve read but I’m surprised how much I’m enjoying this.

Righteous Victims by Benny Morris 2025-05-17 Sat

I’ve picked this one up again as I’m starting to fatigue of reading about church history. It’s pretty dense with details about the conflict but I can’t say I’m reading particularly closely.