The Eclectic Reader

It has been awhile since I just sat down and read a straight history book. It has been long overdue. I had forgotten how much fun it is. I r...

As I mentioned, the Bad Catholic has been catching up on reading Catholic authors. I have previously read Wise Blood , the short story coll...

I've been catching up on my reading of "Catholic novels" lately. This afternoon I finished Graham Greene's famous 1948 nov...

As a criminal lawyer, I have always been fascinated by judicial executions. As one who has been involved personally in more than one big mur...

I just finished reading the sixty year old pot boiler The Cardinal. In its day this book was extremely popular. According to the blog Abando...

In honor of Cinco De Mayo here's a book review which I posted on my other blog last year: I have recently finished reading two books abo...

This morning I finished reading Voodoo & Hoodoo: Their Tradition and Craft as Revealed by Actual Practitioners (1978) by James Haskins....