If you do read it, let me know what you think, Cathy. I think part of my problem in reading it was I didn’t want to go slow enough to truly savor and understand it. When books start to ramble a little (pardon me for calling Chesterton’s writing rambling! ha), I start wanting to just skim, which admittedly does not make for comprehensive reading. So maybe I’ll give it another chance in another season and take it slow and easy.

Definitely a lot to ponder with Chesterton’s words. I’m sure I didn’t even comprehend a lot of what he said. ha. But what I did get was worth it, so that’s that.

I actually just finished The Shack Revisited yesterday and loved it. It’s a non-fiction book about the Trinity, specifically the relationship between Father, Son, Spirit, and us as believers. The author (different than The Shack’s author but friends) uses excerpts and examples from The Shack throughout the book. I didn’t agree with everything he says, but I did with most of it and found it encouraging and enlightening.

My weekend has been warm and sunny so far! Hope the same for you, Jennifer.

I have this book on my e-reader but have been putting it off. One day I’ll get to it! I really enjoyed your review and the quotes you included. I love quotes! Sounds thought-provoking.

Phew, that sounds heavy. 🙂 I was reading and re-reading the quote you have in the preface about the poet and the logician’s approaches to understanding the heavens. Smiling at that, and still pondering…

I saw your link to the Shack Revisited too. What was that like? How was it different than the original Shack?

Have a great weekend!

Jennifer Dougan
http://www.jenniferdougan.com

Well, I hope I’m not inappropriately discouraging people from reading Chesterton. ha. But yes, maybe there would have been a better book to start off with. If I hear of that, I’ll pass it along.

Perseverance is a good word for it, Lynn. 🙂 Your comments make me feel better about not enjoying it as much as I had hoped.

But yes, I am enjoying The Brothers Karamazov more than expected. I’ve commented on it several times to Jeff that it’s really quite good–I guess my expectations were that it would be harder to read.

I followed your suggestion and got the book on CDs this week. It’s even more delightful now to hear the Russian names properly pronounced and the intonation of the characters’ personalities. I definitely enjoy audio books too!

I have to say that P. G. Wodehouse was more on my level of British reading this month. Chesterton was a bit dense. He required me to slow down more than I’m used to. Probably a bad sign that my brain is indeed being rewired with today’s faster pace.

That quote is one of my favorites too. I’d heard it before but didn’t realize it was from this book so it was a nice surprise to stumble upon.

Yeah, I’d save this one for a long rainy day (or season) in retirement. 🙂