Reading Revisited

Kelsie Hartley, Hannah Suire, and Jessica Risma
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A place to hear us have some old fashioned book chat! readingrevisited.substack.com

  1. 2d ago

    ep. 113: Book Drop Day 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. Don’t forget We are currently having a Book Drop Day Sale ($2 off a monthly subscription and $20 off a yearly one)! 2026-2027 Book List: Year-Long Book About Books: Beauty and Imitation: A Philosophical Reflection on the Arts by DANIEL McINERNY September: Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh October: The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton November: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson December: Works of Mercy by Sally Thomas January: Richard III by William Shakespeare February: Galahad and the Grail by Malcolm Guite March-April: The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien May: The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey June: Diary of a Country Priest by Georges Bernanos July: China Court by Rumer Godden August: The Feast by Margaret Kennedy Society Member Read-Along (Jan 2027-August 2028): The Iliad by Homer The Odyssey by Homer Kelsie’s Top 5: Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery Hannah’s Top 5: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Middlemarch by George Eliot Bleak House by Charles Dickens Excellent Women by Barbara Pym The Feast by Margaret Kennedy Jess’ Top 5: The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Emma by Jane Austen Til We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery Other Books/Things Mentioned: The Good Death of Kate Montclair by DANIEL McINERNY Walking On Water by Madeleine L’Engle The Pleasures of Reading In An Age of Distraction by Alan Jacobs An Experiment in Criticism by C.S. Lewis Literature: What Every Catholic Should Know by Joseph Pearce RR ep. 32: The House of Mirth Close Reads Podcast HQ episodes on Age of Innocence Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton RR ep. 16: Intro to Jane Eyre and Gothic Novels w/ Eleanor Bourg Nicholson “Christmas and the Common Birth” by Ann Ridler Close Reads Podcast HQ episodes on the Henriad Othello by William Shakespeare Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare Henry V by William Shakespeare The Ballad of the White Horse by G.K. Chesterton Paradise Lost by John Milton Mansfield Park by Jane Austen Until next time, keep revisiting the good books that enrich your life and nourish your soul. What We’re Reading Next: June Oedipus Rex and Antigone by Sophacles July The Good Death of Kate Montclair by DANIEL McINERNY 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

    1h 47m

  2. Jun 8

    ep. 112: Antigone 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. Oedipus and Antigone Read-Along-Guide Books/Things Mentioned: The Gender Accompaniment Project The Genesis of Gender by Abigail Favale Visitation Sessions episode - “What the Heck is Friction-Maxxing (and Do We Really Need to Do It?) Lila Rose Show - e240: “The Science of Love, Sex, and Thriving Relationships w/ Adam Lane Smith Seven Against Thebes by Aeschylus The Iliad by Homer The Literary Life Podcast Episode 96: Introduction to Antigone Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan Until next time, keep revisiting the good books that enrich your life and nourish your soul. What We’re Reading Next: June Oedipus Rex and Antigone by Sophacles July The Good Death of Kate Montclair by DANIEL McINERNY 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

    1h 25m

  3. Jun 1

    ep. 111: Oedipus 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. Oedipus and Antigone Read-Along-Guide Other Books/Things Mentioned: “Taking Kids to Art Museums” by The Bad Moms Homeschool Come Look With Me series Lumen by Bethany Kern Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins “On Pipes, Poetry, and the Christian Life” - Pints With Aquinas Interview with Matt Fradd and Malcolm Guite The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Iliad by Homer Oedipus and Antigone Reading Guide Until next time, keep revisiting the good books that enrich your life and nourish your soul. What We’re Reading Next: May The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle June Oedipus Rex and Antigone by Sophacles 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

    1h 22m

  4. May 26

    ep. 110: What We're Reading (May 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. Caitie’s Reads: Second Nature: A Gerdener’s Education by Michael Pollan Body of Work: Meditations on Mortality from the Human Anatomy Lab by Christine Montross Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb Jessica’s Reads: Galahad and the Grail by Malcolm Guite Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare The Feast by Margaret Kennedy Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry Kelsie’s Reads: The Hallmarked Man by Robert Galbraith Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir Tender Is The Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald Hannah’s Reads: Delta Wedding by Eudora Welty The Rose and the Yew Tree by Agatha Christie (Mary Westmacott) Loitering With Intent by Muriel Spark Other Books/Things Mentioned: Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White Lord of the Flies by William Golding Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver David Copperfield by Charles Dickens Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card A Separate Peace by John Knowles The Catholic Revival in English Literature by Ian Ker The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne Moby Dick by Herman Melville The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald East of Eden by John Steinbeck Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy The Feast by Margaret Kennedy The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder Our Town by Thornton Wilder The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis The Divine Comedy by Dante Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare Mansfield Park by Jane Austen Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare Emma by Jane Austen Othello by William Shakespeare Persuasion by Jane Austen The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene Silence by Shusako Endo Barabbas by Par Lagerkvist The Correspondent by Virginia Evans The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan The Ballad of the White Horse by G.K. Chesterton Matt Fradd's Terrifying Ruminations - Pints With Aquinas Interview w/ Malcolm Guite Close Reads Podcast HQ episodes on The Optimist’s Daughter Works of Mercy by Sally Thomas Until next time, keep revisiting the good books that enrich your life and nourish your soul. What We’re Reading Next: June Oedipus Rex and Antigone by Sophacles 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

    1h 21m

  5. May 18

    ep. 109: Why Read Greek Tragedy

    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. Other Books/Things Mentioned Dandelion Jelly Dandelion Salve The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Galahad and the Grail by Malcolm Guite Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry Antigone by Jean Anouilh The Orestaia by Aeschylus Ajax by Sophacles Hesiod’s Theogany Mythos by Stephen Fry The D’Auleires Book of Greek Myth Until next time, keep revisiting the good books that enrich your life and nourish your soul. What We’re Reading Next: May The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle June Oedipus Rex and Antigone by Sophacles 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

    1h 3m

  6. May 11

    ep. 108: The Hound of the Baskervilles 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. Books/Things Mentioned Galahad and the Grail by Malcolm Guite The Ballad of the White Horse by G.K. Chesterton 100 Movies Every Catholic Should See Peace Like a River by Leif Enger Valley of Fear by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Until next time, keep revisiting the good books that enrich your life and nourish your soul. What We’re Reading Next: May The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 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

    1h 7m

  7. May 4

    ep. 107: What We're Reading (May 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. Hannah’s Reads Never No More by Maura Laverty Crampton Hodnet by Barbara Pym I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith Jessica’s Reads The Teacher of Nomad Land by Khosrou Daniel Nayeri Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare Kelsie’s Reads The Man Born to Be King by Dorothy Sayers Against The Machine by Paul Kingsnorth The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol 7 by Beth Brower Other Books/Things Mentioned “Never No More by Maura Laverty (1942)” Dominika A Few Green Leaves by Barbara Pym An Academic Question by Barbara Pym Excellent Women by Barbara Pym Quartet In Autumn by Barbara Pym The Sweet Dove Died by Barbara Pym No Fond Return of Love by Barbara Pym Taylor D'Amico - Mother Academic Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare Othello by William Shakespeare Hamlet by William Shakespeare “Against Paul Kingsnorth’s ‘Against The Machine’” by Joel J Miller The Idea Machine by Joel J Miller ep. 106: Autumn Kern & Reverse Engineering w/ Story with Autumn Kern Until next time, keep revisiting the good books that enrich your life and nourish your soul. What We’re Reading Next: May The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 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

    1h 27m

  8. Apr 27

    ep. 106: Autumn Kern & Reverse Engineering w/ Story

    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. The Commonplace Books/Things Mentioned Orbital by Samantha Harvey (shoutout Meredith Hinds for the rec!) Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow The Teacher of Nomad Land by Khosrou Daniel Nayeri I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith Excellent Women by Barbara Pym Little Men by Louisa May Alcott Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling The Wouldbegoods by E. Nesbit Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion by Beth Brower Diary of a Provincial Lady by E.M. Delafield Life Among The Savages by Shirley Jackson The Children’s Tradition Conference “The Most Dangerous Mom Has One Podcast In Her Back Pocket” Against The Machine by Paul Kingsnorth The Q by Beth Brower Little Women by Louisa May Alcott The Awakening of Miss Prim by Natalia Sanmartin Fenollera Until next time, keep revisiting the good books that enrich your life and nourish your soul. What We’re Reading Next: May The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 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

    1h 14m
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A place to hear us have some old fashioned book chat! readingrevisited.substack.com

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  • Creator
    Kelsie Hartley, Hannah Suire, and Jessica Risma
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    112
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Kelsie Hartley
  • Show Website
    Reading Revisited

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