Cloister Walk

#nunlitquarterly #2025
I apologize for not putting books up for a vote;time was a factor.But if anyone has other suggestions,please post them! I loved this buddy read so much that I thought I would throw these choices out there. @jlhammar is taking a break this year.
January:Cloister Walk
April: Sad Nun at Synanon
July: Subversive Habits
October: Millennial Nuns
Simply read chosen book, post your thoughts along the way, review, tag group.

rubyslippersreads, quietjenn, BookishShelly, kristen_reads, kspenmoll, KathyWheeler, TheBookHippie, Caroline2, Centique, Aimeesue, Suet624, Deblovestoread, Librarybelle, batsy, JamieArc, marleed, Singout, PageShifter

kspenmoll Please let me know if you do not want to be tagged.all books are free on google. (edited) 2d

TheBookHippie Oh yes! I‘ll read anything! 2d

kspenmoll @TheBookHippie I meant to tag you! Going to make my scrambled eggs & bacon now! (edited) 2d

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Suet624 How wonderful, Katherine. Thanks for taking this on. 2d

JamieArc I read The Cloister Walk some years ago and really enjoyed it. 2d

Suet624 @jlhammar thank you for originally organizing this. (edited) 2d

marleed Oh fun! Thanks for carrying on. I read 3 of 4 books last year and was so happy this group brought them to my attention. I couldn‘t find a readable copy of the last book (literally couldn‘t read the words on the faded/used mass market paper back I found on line🤣). Thank you @jlhammar for starting this! 1d

Librarybelle So happy this is continuing, and I‘m fine with these selections. Thanks for carrying on this group, @kspenmoll , and a huge thank you to @jlhammar for originating this group and for all of your work organizing and finding titles—I have a few books I didn‘t have a chance to read during the discussion months but plan to read them. It‘s a great group! 1d

quietjenn Thank you both for the work in starting and maintaining this group. I will likely read along for at least a few. 1d

Centique Thank you for all your hard work @jlhammar and to you @kspenmoll for continuing the group. Im going to bow out for 2025 as Im intent on clearing some of my own bookshelves this year! Really enjoyed the Nun Lit i read and wish you all happy reading as you go forward 💕 1d

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DarcysBookBlog

The Cloister Walk | Kathleen Norris

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This was such a fantastic look into the cloistered life of monks & nuns from an outsiders POV. It's reverent & honest, with poetical writing. 5 ⭐️

#catholic #nonfiction

the_alternate_ending_library I have this on my TBR list!!! I bought it months ago but have yet to pick it up. You are the first I've seen to review it on here. 👏🤗 7y

DarcysBookBlog @the_alternate_ending_library it's so good! I got it at a used bookstore, and her writing is very compelling! 😊 7y

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DarcysBookBlog

The Cloister Walk | Kathleen Norris

" ... hospitality is at the center of it all. In a work in which we are so easily labeled and polarized by our differences ... monastic hospitality is a model of the kind of openness that we need if we are going to see and hear each other at all."

#spirituality #quotes

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DarcysBookBlog

The Cloister Walk | Kathleen Norris

This is such a beautifully written book. I'm slowly making my way through it and marking as I go along.

#catholic #biography

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Court7

The Cloister Walk | Kathleen Norris

The connections that Benedictines painstakingly thread through their everyday lives reinforce my sense of monastic life itself as a great poem, one that honors and celebrates Jesus Christ, who, Oscar Wilde tells us in De Profundis, "is the poem God made."

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Neverlistless

The Cloister Walk | Kathleen Norris

Dear Litsy friends, I am looking for a recommendation. This book is about a woman immersing herself within a Christian convent. Would anyone know of anything similar involving Buddhist monks and/or nuns?? Thanks in advance!! ❤️💖😘

moranadatter It's not about a woman, but maybe

Afterzen: Experiences of a Zen Student Out on His Ear

moranadatter Oops! I meant the

Empty Mirror: Experiences in a Japanese Zen Monastery

Neverlistless @kmdartist that is great! Thank you! And I will also put Afterzen on my list because it looks like it's a part of a series. Thank you again! 8y

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annahenke These aren't exactly what your looking for but may peak you're interest due to the topic: Traveling with Pomegranates by Sue Monk Kidd and Pilgrimage by Lynn Austin. Fiction rec:

Sacred Hearts

annahenke *your 8y

AmyWrites I love anything by Geri Larkin 8y

Neverlistless @ahenke ooh!! Thank you! These look great! ❤️ 8y

Neverlistless @AmyWrites I will add Geri Larkin to my list! Thank you so much!! 💚 8y

Neverlistless @AmyWrites whoa, all of their Geri Larkin books looks SO GOOD! Thank you! 8y

Neverlistless *all of THE*, not there- I am the world's worst texter. 8y

AmyWrites @Neverlistless they are really wonderful! I remember loving The Chocolate Cake Sutra. 8y

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LauraBeth

The Cloister Walk | Kathleen Norris

I primarily buy used books as opposed to new because I like recycling 😀 I also give a lot of my books away so others can enjoy them. These are the #usedbooks from my last haul. My cat wasn't in to being in the picture 😺 #augustphotochallenge

LeahBergen I have Z and need to get to it soon! 8y

Reviewsbylola Loved Z! 8y

Neverlistless I have been wanting to read the Cloister Walk! Nice haul! 8y

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SusanInTiburon I loved Cloister Walk. Nice collection! 8y

Sfox414 Oh Z is on my list too! 8y

Suelizbeth The James Herriot books are wonderful. 8y

kspenmoll Love Kathleen Norris's books. 8y

LauraBeth I'm so glad to see you loved Z because I've heard mixed things @Reviewsbylola 8y

LauraBeth I don't know when I'm going to get to Z with all of my library holds @LeahBergen and @Sfox414. Hopefully, this Fall 🍁🍂 8y

LauraBeth Thanks @Neverlistless, @SusanInTiburon and @kspenmoll - I'm looking forward to reading her 8y

LauraBeth @Suelizbeth they are so wonderful 😀 I read them in middle school and have wanted to read them again ever since 8y

SaraFair You had me at James Herriot. Can read over and over. 8y

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