Yay! Bob the Ape has posted his book list, and it’s a good one. I’m commenting over here ’cause his blog doesn’t have comments and it’s easier than coming up with a real post of my own.
6. One book that you wish had been written: What Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin were doing between 1804 (H.M.S. Surprise, #3 in the saga) and 1810 (The Mauritius Command, #4). A mysterious gap, and, I think, the primary reason (despite O’Brian’s lame attempt to blame the Peace of Amiens) that 1813 lasted for 5 or 6 years later in the series.
True — the Aubreyad is timeless in more than one sense. Maybe this volume could also have an appendix explaining how the children age at very different rates. George seems to stop aging completely (perhaps so Brigid could catch up, which is very gallant of him.)
7. One book that you wish had never been written: For a combination of solo global impact coupled with deliberate malice, I can’t offhand think of anything worse than The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.
BEST. ANSWER. EVER.
10. One book you should read: (Not quite clear if this means a book I should read, or a book one should read, that I recommend)….
Ooops! I took that question as “a book one should read.” So, to clarify my own answers,
10. One book you should read: I think that if you haven’t read The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis, you really need to quit reading this blog and go read that book instead.
I should read Fire Within, by Fr. Dubay.
And a bonus answer: I asked my husband what book he thought I should read, and his answer is The Conservative Mind.