Author Profile and Interview with Jennifer Moorcroft Jennifer Moorcroft is an author who focuses on hagiography. She has published numerous volumes for the Catholic Truth Society and also has a number of other longer published works. I have read eight of her volumes and can easily recommend them. I reached out and Jennifer took some time from her schedule to answer 20 questions for the readers here at Books Reviews and More. 1. When did you know you wanted to be a writer? How are you nurturing that dream? I’ve never thought of myself as a professional writer, making a decision to make wr ..read more

What Will Hell Be Like? Saint Alphonsus María de Liguori Alphonsus Liguori TAN Books ISBN 9780895553416 eISBN 9781618902498 ASIN B00ZD1VPVE First I want to state that this is an excellent little volume. It is a great booklet. Second I first encountered this at the end of Stories about Purgatory & What They Reveal, as supplemental reading. It is also available as an eBook, Kindle, and booklet formats. During November 2023 I am reading through the book on Purgatory, and I picked up the eBook of this volume to read it during All Saints Day and All Souls Day. I am glad I picked it up a ..read more

The Star of Bethlehem: What did the Magi See? Fr Douglas McGonagle Catholic Truth Society ISBN 9781784697648 eISBN 9781784697143 ASIN B0CGV68LFT CTS Booklet D848 A few years back I stumbled upon the books and booklets from the Catholic Truth Society. I instantly fell in love with the clear and concise writing; the wonderful lives of Saints and Blesseds, amazing histories and the church teaching. I have read over 375 books from the CTS, and I have been blessed and benefited from almost all of them. There are many wonderful series. This volume is a little different than anything else I have ..read more

Companion to the Sunday Gospels Year A CTS Scriptures Henry Wansbrough OSB  Catholic Truth Society ISBN 9781784691370 CTS Booklet SC122 First I say after doing Year C last year and Year A this you I can easily state I love these volumes. I tend to read 2 or three weeks ahead of time, and then reread a specific weekends reading before Mass that Sunday. As you can tell by the title this is one of three volumes with reflections for each Sunday of the three-year cycle of the Catholic Church. This was the second I have read, I do have the third for year B to read next. I greatly ..read more

God Save The King Josh Griffing Tuscany Bay Books ASIN B0CCMC6K28 This is the fourth volume I have read from the pen of Griffing. This volume contains A story that has previously been published in the Planetary Anthropology Sol from Tuscany Bay Books. I have that volume and the other 10 in the series but have not read most of them yet. This story was one of two mentioned during the Tuscany Bay Open House on Facebook, and I picked it and another short by Griffing during the live session. The description of the story states: “If ever you deal with the Fair Folk, mortal, these laws ..read more

The Last Human Dreams Of The Storyteller Book 8 Richard Paolinelli Tuscany Bay Books ASIN B0CDRB73FV When I started reading the Dreams of the Storyteller Series there were 18 volumes in the collection. Then it expanded to 20, and now it is compressed to 14. Six of the stories have been split off into a different collection called Sherlock Holmes Pastiches. I have read a number from each collection and I have picked up several anthologies that Paolinelli has contributed to, that I have not got around to reading yet. I have also read 2 novel, Galen’s Way,  and Galen’s Blade and e ..read more

C’est La Confiance Pope Francis Catholic Truth Society ISBN 9781784697761 CTS Booklet DO971 I picked up this volume to read as part of Father Mark Goring’s Saint Mark’s School of Reading. I read the online version at the Vatican site before getting the CTS Edition. It is not the first papal document we have read together. Father Mark only did a few sessions on this work because of how late it the month it released.  The description of this volume is: “To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of St Therese of Lisieux, Pope Francis wrote this Apostolic Exhortation celeb ..read more

Thirteen Stories of Horror: Volume 1 Nick Steverson (Editor) Three Ravens Publishing ISBN 9781951768980 eISBN 9781951768973 ASIN B0CJT2MWF7 I love reading anthologies for a few reasons. First it is a way to discover new authors. Second Read stories than expand universes that I already read. And Third short form fiction is a very different art form than novels. The writing needs to be tighter and crisper, at least for the story to be successful. I read this volume over a few days while suffering from my first bout ever of vertigo. It added to the experience of exploring the 13 floors of this ..read more

The Invited Dreams Of The Storyteller Book 2 Richard Paolinelli Tuscany Bay Books ASIN B00JNYVF2G When I started reading the Dreams of the Storyteller Series there were 18 volumes in the collection. Then it expanded to 20, and now it is compressed to 14. Six of the stories have been split off into a different collection called Sherlock Holmes Pastiches. I have read a number from each collection and I have picked up several anthologies that Paolinelli has contributed to, that I have not got around to reading yet. I have also read 2 novel, Galen’s Way,  and Galen’s Blade and eage ..read more

Tsalmoth Vlad Taltos Book 16 Steven Brust TOR ISBN 9780765382849 eISBN 9781466889705 ASIN B09XL5FXZ3 Brust is one of the few authors I read in high school, who is still publishing new books, and that I eagerly anticipate each new volume. I have been reading the Vlad Taltos books by Steven Brust since they first started appearing. I started keeping track of what I read in the fall of 1995, since that time I have read or reread a book by Brust 36 times. With each new work I appreciate the series, the author and especially Vlad more. Whenever a Vlad Taltos book appears it is like a visit ..read more