So I kinda put off picking another book to review for the Catholic Company, on account of having taking six million years to get my Angels review up. Procrastination pays. Went to check the available-books list early last week, and there was the 3-Book Set of Mark Shea’s Mary , Mother of the Son.
Clicked hopefully, not quite believing this could be real. Books arrived just minutes before I headed out for Labor Day weekend. Happy Birthday to me!
Sailed through the first two books while out camping, and skimmed the third. Verdict: Excellent. Highly recommended. (Which you didn’t need to hear from me– I *knew* they were good because A: I’m a Mark Shea dittohead and B: The books have been getting very favorable reviews by people much smarter than myself.)
Official book review coming soon.
Meanwhile, I’ll say that if you have a blog and like reading top-quality, newly-released catholic books, the Catholic Company’s reviewer program is very well run. It does, of course, mean that you can’t get autographed copies like you could if you purchased directly from the author, but then again, you can afford to buy a *second* autographed set after you’ve confirmed how awesome the books actually are. Since you know you’ll need to have a set of spares for loan anyway.
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[Hey, and if anyone has had success making the Tiber River review program work, please let me know how. They sent me an e-mail asking me to sign up, so I did, because how can you refuse more book-reviewing fun, even if you do have a history of being an unpredictably-paced reader?? But in my efforts so far, I have only managed to get mighty confused. Haven't, of course, employed any adult problem-solving skills such as, say, e-mailing the guy in charge of the program. But you could save me that display of maturity by telling me what the scoop is. Thanks!]
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PS, weather was great camping this weekend, and it was kinda nice to skip out on school for a few days. It sure pays to start homeschooling before Labor Day, so that you get that first vacation weekend right off the bat. Otherwise it could be weeks and weeks before you get some good excuse to cut class.
And let me add: Putting six growing people in a 26′ Airstream for long weekend is an excellent way to make your previously-cramped house seem just enormous. I mean, wow, there is *so much* space here! We have, you know, bedrooms and stuff. I love it.
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