Summary: A series of short stories about Lord Peter Wimsey. It has literally been months since I started reading Lord Peter Views the Body. I am not really a fan of short story collections. I am not sure what I do not like about them as a category. I was inspired to go back and … Read more
Summary: Lord Peter’s brother is accused of murdering his sister’s fiance and Peter has to find the truth. Dorothy Sayers is best known as an early 20th century crime novelist. But she was also a well known apologist, one of the intellectual founders of the modern classical education movement (which is popular among many Christian homeschooling groups) … Read more
Summary: An exploration of the thought of Dorothy Sayers. I picked up Subversive because it was free to me as part of the Audible Plus Catalogue (books that Audible subscribers can borrow without additional cost other than the membership.) I have been slowly working through a couple of books by Sayers a year over the … Read more
Summary: The 15 years of friendship between Dorothy Sayers and CS Lewis, primarily via letter, helped shape and encourage them. History is always a balance between the 30,000-foot overviews and the small, close looks at seemingly little things that allow us to understand the people, not just the large movements of history. I routinely move … Read more
Summary: Peter discovers a new duty that his role of Duke brings. It leads him to a mystery and eventually to several deaths. I have enjoyed this series of four books that grew out of Dorothy Sayers writing. The first was the draft of a novel written by Dorothy Sayers that Jill Paton Walsh finished. … Read more
Summary: In the early days of World War 2, Harriet is managing children while Peter and others are in the war effort. A normal for me, I keep getting caught up in information and forget about fiction. And then I return to it to remember again why fiction is a necessary part of a healthy … Read more
Summary: A very pregnant Georgie hosts her first dinner party with her new chef and that leads to a new mystery. I enjoy reading long series as long as I do not get too bored with the characters. The Royal Spyness series is in the 17th book, similar to the Inspector Gamache series. They are … Read more
Summary: Discernment is an essential part of Christian life. I am very mixed about posthumously completed books, especially those that are edited together. On the one hand, there are books like Dorothy Sayers’ Thrones, Dominations that was found years after her death and was edited and completed by Jill Paton Walsh and then continued on … Read more
Summary: A posthumously edited collection of sermons on Revelation, most from 1984. I am a big fan of Eugene Peterson. By my count, this is the 14th of Peterson’s books I have read. And many of those I have read more than once. I will probably continue to pick up his books. This Halleluah Banquet … Read more
Summary: Georgie is now out of morning sickness and decides to go to Paris to visit her best friend Belinda while Darcy is there “on business.” Trouble ensues. As I said in my post about Thrones, Dominations, I picked up Peril in Paris on audiobook as I was finishing reading Thrones, Dominations on kindle. I … Read more