Reading Revisited

Kelsie Hartley, Hannah Suire, and Jessica Risma

A place to hear us have some old fashioned book chat! readingrevisited.substack.com

  1. Oct 26

    ep. 128: What We’re Reading (Oct 2026) w/ Zack Slingsby

    Welcome to Reading Revisited, a place for friends to enjoy some good old-fashioned book chat while revisiting the truth, beauty, and goodness we’ve found in our favorite books. Zack’s Top 5: The Heart of the Matter (The End of the Affair) by Graham Greene The Code of the Woosters by P.G. Wodehouse Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky East of Eden by John Steinbeck Where To Find Zack Online King Jester Human Factor Media Zack Slingsby on Instagram Jessica’s Reads Macbeth by William Shakespeare Skipping School by Dixie Dillon Lane The Art of the Commonplace by Wendell Berry This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald Zack’s Reads Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry The End of the Affair by Graham Greene A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams Kelsie’s Reads Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë The Sisters by Mary S. Lovell Hannah’s Reads The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson Old Filth by Jane Gardam A Few Green Leaves by Barbara Pym Other Books/Things Mentioned: The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis A Bloody Habit, Brother Wolf, and Wake of Malice by Eleanor Bourg Nicholson The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Grendel by John Gardner The Ballad of the White Horse by G.K. Chesterton Leaving Cheyenne by Larry McMurtry Until next time, keep revisiting the good books that enrich your life and nourish your soul. What We’re Reading Next: October The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton Paid Subscriber Read-Along Paradise Lost by John Milton A Few Reminders: If you are wanting to get in on the in person or virtual community please contact us! We have turned on paid subscriptions which will allow you to support the work we are doing here. If you would like to make a small contribution to the work we’re doing here at Reading Revisited, we invite you to do so with the Buy (Us) a Coffee button below. We so appreciate your support! *As always, some of the links are affiliate links. If you don’t have the books yet and are planning to buy them, we appreciate you using the links. The few cents earned with each purchase you make after clicking links (at no extra cost to you) goes toward the time and effort it takes to keep Reading Revisited running, and we appreciate it! Song: Into The Light Music composed and recorded by Oak Studios. Link: • [Background Music] Into The Light - C... | Creative Commons - Attribution ND 4.0 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit readingrevisited.substack.com/subscribe

  2. Oct 19

    ep. 127: How Wendell Berry Shapes Our Lives w/ Lane Scott

    Welcome to Reading Revisited, a place for friends to enjoy some good old-fashioned book chat while revisiting the truth, beauty, and goodness we’ve found in our favorite books. Lane’s Top 5: Augustine’s Confessions Persuasion by Jane Austen The Great Influenza by John Berry Far From The Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë Books/Things Mentioned: Range by David Epstein The Noonday Devil: Acedia, the Unnamed Evil of Our Times by Dom Jean-Charles Nault Leisure: The Basis of Culture by Josef Pieper To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee The Farmer’s Wife by Helen Rebanks The Place of Tides by James Rebanks English Pastoral by James Rebanks The Federalist Spirit of Laws by Charles Louis Montesquieu Rosemary Verey’s Making of a Garden by Rosemary Verey The Gardens of Bunny Mellon A Benedictine Education by John Henry Newman Ballad of the Gangster’s Daughter by Zachary Slingsby Far From The Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy “The Mom Olympics” by Lane Scott “Cowboys and Carpetbaggers: Lonesome Dove, Yellowstone, and the closing of the frontier.” by Lane Scott Until next time, keep revisiting the good books that enrich your life and nourish your soul. What We’re Reading Next: October The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton Paid Subscriber Read-Along Paradise Lost by John Milton A Few Reminders: If you are wanting to get in on the in person or virtual community please contact us! We have turned on paid subscriptions which will allow you to support the work we are doing here. If you would like to make a small contribution to the work we’re doing here at Reading Revisited, we invite you to do so with the Buy (Us) a Coffee button below. We so appreciate your support! *As always, some of the links are affiliate links. If you don’t have the books yet and are planning to buy them, we appreciate you using the links. The few cents earned with each purchase you make after clicking links (at no extra cost to you) goes toward the time and effort it takes to keep Reading Revisited running, and we appreciate it! Song: Into The Light Music composed and recorded by Oak Studios. Link: • [Background Music] Into The Light - C... | Creative Commons - Attribution ND 4.0 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit readingrevisited.substack.com/subscribe

  3. Oct 13

    ep. 126: The House of Mirth Chat

    Welcome to Reading Revisited, a place for friends to enjoy some good old-fashioned book chat while revisiting the truth, beauty, and goodness we’ve found in our favorite books. Beauty and Imitation by DANIEL McINERNY “Are The National Book Awards Predictive of Anything?” by David Kern Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton Until next time, keep revisiting the good books that enrich your life and nourish your soul. What We’re Reading Next: October The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton Paid Subscriber Read-Along Paradise Lost by John Milton A Few Reminders: If you are wanting to get in on the in person or virtual community please contact us! We have turned on paid subscriptions which will allow you to support the work we are doing here. If you would like to make a small contribution to the work we’re doing here at Reading Revisited, we invite you to do so with the Buy (Us) a Coffee button below. We so appreciate your support! *As always, some of the links are affiliate links. If you don’t have the books yet and are planning to buy them, we appreciate you using the links. The few cents earned with each purchase you make after clicking links (at no extra cost to you) goes toward the time and effort it takes to keep Reading Revisited running, and we appreciate it! Song: Into The Light Music composed and recorded by Oak Studios. Link: • [Background Music] Into The Light - C... | Creative Commons - Attribution ND 4.0 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit readingrevisited.substack.com/subscribe

  4. Sep 22

    ep. 125: What We’re Reading (Sept 2026)

    Welcome to Reading Revisited, a place for friends to enjoy some good old-fashioned book chat while revisiting the truth, beauty, and goodness we’ve found in our favorite books. Jessica’s Reads: Cymbeline, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare Emma M. Lion vol. 1 by Beth Brower The Garden of Perfect Clarity by Roy Peachey Kelsie’s Reads: Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare Anne of the Island by L.M. Montgomery Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling Hannah’s Reads: Hamlet by William Shakespeare Tea on Sunday by Lettice Cooper The Fortnight in September by R.C. Sherriff Other Books/Things Mentioned: Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransom Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths by Ingri and Edgar Parin D’Aulaire Mythology: The Mega Collection The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett Redwall by Brian Jacques The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald Emma M. Lion, vol 8 by Beth Brower A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway The Ballad of the Gangster’s Daughter by Zachary Slingsby Laurus by Eugene Vodalozkin Until next time, keep revisiting the good books that enrich your life and nourish your soul. What We’re Reading Next: September Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh October The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton Paid Subscriber Read-Along Paradise Lost by John Milton A Few Reminders: If you are wanting to get in on the in person or virtual community please contact us! We have turned on paid subscriptions which will allow you to support the work we are doing here. If you would like to make a small contribution to the work we’re doing here at Reading Revisited, we invite you to do so with the Buy (Us) a Coffee button below. We so appreciate your support! *As always, some of the links are affiliate links. If you don’t have the books yet and are planning to buy them, we appreciate you using the links. The few cents earned with each purchase you make after clicking links (at no extra cost to you) goes toward the time and effort it takes to keep Reading Revisited running, and we appreciate it! Song: Into The Light Music composed and recorded by Oak Studios. Link: • [Background Music] Into The Light - C... | Creative Commons - Attribution ND 4.0 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit readingrevisited.substack.com/subscribe

  5. Sep 7

    ep. 124: Brideshead Revisited Chat

    Welcome to Reading Revisited, a place for friends to enjoy some good old-fashioned book chat while revisiting the truth, beauty, and goodness we’ve found in our favorite books. Holes by Louis Sachar Read Aloud Revival #172: Helping Our Developing Readers Fall in Love With Books A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway Until next time, keep revisiting the good books that enrich your life and nourish your soul. What We’re Reading Next: September Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh October The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton Paid Subscriber Read-Along Paradise Lost by John Milton A Few Reminders: If you are wanting to get in on the in person or virtual community please contact us! We have turned on paid subscriptions which will allow you to support the work we are doing here. If you would like to make a small contribution to the work we’re doing here at Reading Revisited, we invite you to do so with the Buy (Us) a Coffee button below. We so appreciate your support! *As always, some of the links are affiliate links. If you don’t have the books yet and are planning to buy them, we appreciate you using the links. The few cents earned with each purchase you make after clicking links (at no extra cost to you) goes toward the time and effort it takes to keep Reading Revisited running, and we appreciate it! Song: Into The Light Music composed and recorded by Oak Studios. Link: • [Background Music] Into The Light - C... | Creative Commons - Attribution ND 4.0 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit readingrevisited.substack.com/subscribe

  6. Aug 31

    ep. 123: Book Swap #2 - The Feast by Margaret Kennedy

    Welcome to Reading Revisited, a place for friends to enjoy some good old-fashioned book chat while revisiting the truth, beauty, and goodness we’ve found in our favorite books. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Good Country People by Flannery O’Connor The Feast Audiobook Ballad of the Gangster’s Daughter by Zachary Slingsby “Ballad of the Gangster’s Daughter” Until next time, keep revisiting the good books that enrich your life and nourish your soul. What We’re Reading Next: September Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh Paid Subscriber Read-Along Paradise Lost by John Milton A Few Reminders: If you are wanting to get in on the in person or virtual community please contact us! We have turned on paid subscriptions which will allow you to support the work we are doing here. If you would like to make a small contribution to the work we’re doing here at Reading Revisited, we invite you to do so with the Buy (Us) a Coffee button below. We so appreciate your support! *As always, some of the links are affiliate links. If you don’t have the books yet and are planning to buy them, we appreciate you using the links. The few cents earned with each purchase you make after clicking links (at no extra cost to you) goes toward the time and effort it takes to keep Reading Revisited running, and we appreciate it! Song: Into The Light Music composed and recorded by Oak Studios. Link: • [Background Music] Into The Light - C... | Creative Commons - Attribution ND 4.0 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit readingrevisited.substack.com/subscribe

  7. Aug 24

    ep. 122: The Odyssey Film/Book Chat

    Welcome to Reading Revisited, a place for friends to enjoy some good old-fashioned book chat while revisiting the truth, beauty, and goodness we’ve found in our favorite books. Nate’s Top 5: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley The Odyssey by Homer The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien Jake’s Top 5: Once an Eagle by Anton Myrer Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare by Damien Lewis Killer Angels by Michael Shaara The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy Until next time, keep revisiting the good books that enrich your life and nourish your soul. What We’re Reading Next: September Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh Paid Subscriber Read-Along Paradise Lost by John Milton A Few Reminders: If you are wanting to get in on the in person or virtual community please contact us! We have turned on paid subscriptions which will allow you to support the work we are doing here. If you would like to make a small contribution to the work we’re doing here at Reading Revisited, we invite you to do so with the Buy (Us) a Coffee button below. We so appreciate your support! *As always, some of the links are affiliate links. If you don’t have the books yet and are planning to buy them, we appreciate you using the links. The few cents earned with each purchase you make after clicking links (at no extra cost to you) goes toward the time and effort it takes to keep Reading Revisited running, and we appreciate it! Song: Into The Light Music composed and recorded by Oak Studios. Link: • [Background Music] Into The Light - C... | Creative Commons - Attribution ND 4.0 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit readingrevisited.substack.com/subscribe

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