Comments on: A Trio of Interesting Books of the Murderous and Gothic Sort http://www.hieropraxis.com/2010/03/a-trio-of-interesting-books-of-the-murderous-and-gothic-sort/ Literature and faith, truth and beauty Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:23:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Holly Ordway http://www.hieropraxis.com/2010/03/a-trio-of-interesting-books-of-the-murderous-and-gothic-sort/#comment-86 Holly Ordway Sat, 27 Mar 2010 03:17:16 +0000 http://www.hieropraxis.com/?p=465#comment-86 Ooh, I'll have to read her autobiography sometime! I haven't read Death in Holy Orders... yet! In fact, after you mentioned it here, I decided to start it, so I'm reading it now. (Ironically, given your comment, I just finished reading Sense and Sensibility. I enjoyed it much more on this reading than the first time I read it -- I think I've developed a better ear for her humor and satire.) Ooh, I’ll have to read her autobiography sometime!

I haven’t read Death in Holy Orders… yet! In fact, after you mentioned it here, I decided to start it, so I’m reading it now. (Ironically, given your comment, I just finished reading Sense and Sensibility. I enjoyed it much more on this reading than the first time I read it — I think I’ve developed a better ear for her humor and satire.)

]]> By: pwgilbert http://www.hieropraxis.com/2010/03/a-trio-of-interesting-books-of-the-murderous-and-gothic-sort/#comment-85 pwgilbert Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:46:20 +0000 http://www.hieropraxis.com/?p=465#comment-85 Dear Holly: I came to P.D. James after reading and listening to many other detective novels. Hers are the best--especially since Adam Dalgleish is such a complex character. Have you read the title with Holy Orders in it? Right now can't remember the whole thing, but it's terrific. Right now, when we use the confession with the statement "We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts" her novel pops up before me. Her autobiography, published about five years ago, reveals a woman of faith with an orthodox bent no surprise). Her comments on the Prayer Book are priceless. I love all the the Jane Austen novels--but on film. I guess I just csn't get into the rhythm of her writing but her sense of humor is one to treasure. Dear Holly: I came to P.D. James after reading and listening to many other detective novels. Hers are the best–especially since Adam Dalgleish is such a complex character. Have you read the title with Holy Orders in it? Right now can’t remember the whole thing, but it’s terrific. Right now, when we use the confession with the statement “We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts” her novel pops up before me. Her autobiography, published about five years ago, reveals a woman of faith with an orthodox bent no surprise). Her comments on the Prayer Book are priceless. I love all the the Jane Austen novels–but on film. I guess I just csn’t get into the rhythm of her writing but her sense of humor is one to treasure.

]]> By: Ali http://www.hieropraxis.com/2010/03/a-trio-of-interesting-books-of-the-murderous-and-gothic-sort/#comment-84 Ali Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:18:52 +0000 http://www.hieropraxis.com/?p=465#comment-84 You know I have to comment on your book posts! I love them! I need to try some of P.D. James' novels. And I started The Woman in White years ago and never finished it; I only read about 50 pages. I think it is time for me to try again. I find that when I start books and don't give them a chance (particularly Victorian novels or novels written in the nineteenth century), I give up too soon. That is what happened to me with Middlemarch. I must have started that book three times before really delving into it--and it is one of my all-time favorite books. And I need to pick up some Jane Austen as I have not read her lately. I usually prefer fiction over fiction, but lately I have been on a nonfiction kick and have been reading some wonderful nonfiction with Christian themes. I am reading a fantastic book called The Beauty of God: Theology and the Arts, which is a collection of essays compiled from a conference at Wheaton College about the intersection of God and art. It is a challenging read, and I am learning a great deal. I also want to start Lewis' book Christianity and Culture as well as Stratford Coldecott's book Beauty for Truth's Sake: The Re-Enchantment of Education. You know I have to comment on your book posts! I love them! I need to try some of P.D. James’ novels. And I started The Woman in White years ago and never finished it; I only read about 50 pages. I think it is time for me to try again. I find that when I start books and don’t give them a chance (particularly Victorian novels or novels written in the nineteenth century), I give up too soon. That is what happened to me with Middlemarch. I must have started that book three times before really delving into it–and it is one of my all-time favorite books. And I need to pick up some Jane Austen as I have not read her lately.

I usually prefer fiction over fiction, but lately I have been on a nonfiction kick and have been reading some wonderful nonfiction with Christian themes. I am reading a fantastic book called The Beauty of God: Theology and the Arts, which is a collection of essays compiled from a conference at Wheaton College about the intersection of God and art. It is a challenging read, and I am learning a great deal. I also want to start Lewis’ book Christianity and Culture as well as Stratford Coldecott’s book Beauty for Truth’s Sake: The Re-Enchantment of Education.

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