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. 4D AGO

    ep. 95: Kristin Lavransdatter Chat (Book One-The Wreath)

    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. Shoutout to Cindy Rollins for a great goodreads review of this book that gave us a very helpful image for opening up this book! Dante’s Inferno Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Until next time, keep revisiting the good books that enrich your life and nourish your soul. What We’re Reading Next: February-April Kristen Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset 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 38m

  2. FEB 2

    ep. 94: Revisiting The Merchant of Venice

    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. Annotation Garden In This House of Brede by Rumor Godden Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe Until next time, keep revisiting the good books that enrich your life and nourish your soul. What We’re Reading Next: February-April Kristen Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset 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 23m

  3. JAN 26

    ep 93: Bookish Bio of Aaron Hartley

    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. We are still running our Christmas Sale on Paid Subscriptions if you were hoping to read along with us for Paradise Lost! You have til Candlemas (February 2nd) to save money! We have started our LONG BOOK for the year, Kristin Lavransdatter. Join us in being changed this Lent by a beautiful story! Aaron’s Top 5 * Kristin Lavransdatter * The Lord of the Rings * Genesis (or Samuel or Matthew) * Paradise Lost * The Long Ships Other Books and Things Michael Lilienthal of Michael & Ethan in a Room with Scotch Reading Revisited ep. 28: Revisiting Jayber Crow Reading Revisited ep. 49: Revisiting That Hideous Strength Les Miserables Petrarch Montaigne Emily Wilson’s Illiad and Odyssey Lattimore Illiad and Odyssey Fitzgerald Illiad and Odyssey The Diary of a Country Priest (old translation) The Diary of a Country Priest (new translation) Michael Katz’ The Brothers Karamazov Grammar for a Full Life Reading Revisited ep. Introduction to Paradise Lost The Hobbit Watership Down Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose The Scarlet Letter Pride and Prejudice Reading Revisited ep. 12: Revisiting Pride and Prejudice: in which Jess puts the Bennetts on a budget and pitches a new Austen Adaptation Sarah Clarkson’s Substack Book Girl by Sarah Clarkson A Book of Strife in the Form of a Diary of an Old Soul by George MacDonald Heretics Orthodoxy A Kindle Wartime Wisdom: Ten Uncommon Insights from The Lord of the Rings About Evil….a talk by Peter Kreeft Aaron’s Blurb on Kristin from Book Drop Day! Read With Us I deeply hope that you decide to read with us over the next three months. I am thoroughly convinced that if you give Kristin time, she will change your life. As you start reading please tell us what you are thinking and as always, we hope you enjoy your In Person or Virtual Book Clubs! If you are looking for an in person group, message me and I can either help you find one or start your own. If you’d like to join a virtual option, message me as well. We now have two time zone options for those of you wanting to participate in Europe! Feel free to share this Introduction with any reader you know who might want to read along with us during Lent! And let us know how your read of Kristin is going as well! We are still running our Christmas Sale on Paid Subscriptions if you were hoping to read along with us for Paradise Lost! You have til Candlemas (February 2nd) to save money! Until next time, keep revisiting the good books that enrich your life and nourish your soul. What We’re Reading Next: January Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare February-April Kristen Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset 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! 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

  4. JAN 19

    ep. 92: What We're Reading (January 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 Mossy Trotter by Elizabeth Taylor The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion by Beth Brower Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Elise’s Reads The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien The Return of the Shadow by Christopher Tolkien Diary of a Provincial Lady by E.M. Delafield (shoutout to Dominika for yet another home-run recommendation!) The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo Jessica’s Reads King John by William Shakespeare The Dignity of Dependence by Leah Libresco Sargeant This is Happiness by Niall Williams Kelsie’s Reads Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson Lethal White by Cormoran Strike Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Books/Things Mentioned: P.G. Wodehouse Jane Austen Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl Redwall by Brian Jacques Black Beauty by Anna Sewell My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery The Golden Key by George Macdonald The 4:50 From Paddington by Agatha Christie Moby Dick by Herman Melville Weapons of Mass Instruction by John Taylor Gatto The Creature from Jekyll Island: A Second Look at the Federal Reserve by G. Edward Griffin What We’re Reading Next: January Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare February-April Kristen Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset 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 19m

  5. JAN 12

    ep. 91: Revisiting Ballad of the White Horse

    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 Under The Sun of Satan by Georges Bernanos English Literature in the Sixteenth Century (Excluding Drama) (The Clark Lectures) by C.S. Lewis The Two Greatest Novels Ever Written by Peter Kreeft Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell ep. 67: Women of the Catholic Imagination w/ Haley Stewart The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion by Beth Brower The History of Rain by Niall Williams Malcolm Guite Podcast A Preface to Paradise Lost by C.S. Lewis A Poetry Handbook by Mary Oliver ep. 89: Introduction to Paradise Lost w/ Aaron Hartley What We’re Reading Next: January Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare February-April Kristen Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset 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 5m

  6. 12/29/2025

    ep. 90: 2025 Year In Reading

    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 Top 5 for 2025 Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (audible audiobook read by David Horovitch) The Space Trilogy by C.S. Lewis The Man Born to Be King by Dorothy L. Sayers Island of the World by Michael O’Brien The Secret History by Donna Tartt Hannah’s Top 5 for 2025 Memento Mori by Muriel Spark The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder Mrs. Palfrey At The Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor An Unsuitable Attachment, Excellent Women, No Fond Return of Love by Barbara Pym The Feast by Margaret Kennedy Kelsie’s Top 5 for 2025 The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie Helena by Evelyn Waugh Tom Lake by Ann Patchett This is Happiness by Niall Williams The Girls of Slender Means by Muriel Spark Other Books/Things Mentioned The Top Ten Novels I Read in 2024 by Dominika The Odyssey by Homer Aiding and Abetting by Muriel Spark 4:50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie Emma M. Lion by Beth Brower Lord Peter Wimsey Books by Dorothy L. Sayers Close Reads Podcast HQ Episodes on Bridge of San Luis Rey Til We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh Blaming by Elizabeth Taylor “The writers who ruin all other writers for you” by Dominika ep. 69: Book Swap #2 - The Secret History Literary Life Podcast Episode 301: Alduous Huxley’s Brave New World Man’s Search For Meaning by Viktor Frankl The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë “Is The Erstwhile Boss Babe Interested in Tradwifing It On A Budget” by Lane Scott Shakespeare In A Year by Taylor D'Amico Ballad of the White Horse “Thetis and Achilles” The Good Death of Kate Montclair by DANIEL McINERNY Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan Norms and Nobility by David Hicks How To Stay Married by Harrison Scott Key Noted by Annelise Roberts Attic Thoughts by Katie Marquette The Moderate Midwife Ann Ledbetter What We’re Reading Next: January Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare February-April Kristen Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset 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 44m

  7. 12/24/2025

    ep. 89: Introduction to Paradise Lost

    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. Merry Christmas Eve, We hope you enjoy this introduction to our Paradise Lost discussions. If you’d like to read along with us, become a Paid Subscriber to Reading Revisited and then go and grab a copy of the book! We are having a Christmas Sale right now so be sure to sign up to get the discount (your price will stay the same as long as you remain a paid subscriber). We can’t wait to read with you this year! Books and Things Paradise Lost by John Milton Become a Paid Subscriber Middlemarch by George Eliot The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson The Space Trilogy by C.S. Lewis A Preface to Paradise Lost by C.S. Lewis What We’re Reading Next: January Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare February-April Kristen Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset 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

    55 min

  8. 12/23/2025

    ep. 88: Book Swap #3 Announcement

    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 Read (assigned by Hannah) The Feast by Margaret Kennedy Hannah’s Read (assigned by Kelsie) Peace Like A River by Leif Enger Kelsie’s Read (Assigned by Jess) Mara Daughter of the Nile by Elouise Jarvis McGraw Past Book Swap Episodes: ep. 32: The House of Mirth (Book Swap #1) ep. 33: The Violent Bear It Away (Book Swap #1 Review) ep. 38: My Cousin Rachel (Book Swap #2) ep. 69: Book Swap #2- The Secret History ep. 87: Book Swap #3 - Ivanhoe What We’re Reading Next: January Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare February-April Kristen Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset 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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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
    94
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Kelsie Hartley
  • Show Website
    Reading Revisited

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