Every week in the Last Week in Life I mention new music and books that I have come across.

Here is what I highlighted in November and December 2021.

Maybe some books for your Christmas give-away list or read next year list.

And some tunes to watch or listen to this Advent/Christmas Season.

November and Decembers’ Musical Finale

Muppet Stuff

Weird Stuff

Back Singing Again

AJR/OneRepublic

Daisy The Great x AJR – Record Player (Official Music Video)

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Musical Education

• 1893 – Symphony No. 9 (“From the New World” a.k.a. the “New World Symphony”) by Antonín Dvořák premieres in a public afternoon rehearsal at Carnegie Hall in New York City, followed by a concert premiere on the evening of December 16.

Tenille Townes

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Tis the Season

 

November and Decembers Bookends

Catholic Books

Introduction to the Spiritual Life: Walking the Path of Prayer with Jesus by Brant Pitre 

St. Dymphna’s Playbook: A Catholic Guide to Finding Mental and Emotional Well by Tommy Tighe 

The Greatest Philosopher Who Ever Lived by Peter Kreeft 

 

Wisdom and Wonder: How Peter Kreeft Shaped the Next Generation of Catholics by Brandon Vogt(Author, Editor)

“Food for the Soul: Reflections on the Mass Readings (Cycle C)” by Peter Kreeft (wordonfire.org)

A Catholic Field Guide to Fairy Tale Princesses: Modern Virtues in Tales As Old As Time by Theresa Zoe Williams

Our Life of Service: The Handbook for Catholic Deacons by Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers

 

Fiction Books

A Day Like This: A Novel by Kelley McNeil

The Detectivists: Dragon Ripper Oct 27, 2019 by Melanie Bacon

The Stranger in the Lifeboat: A Novel 1by Mitch Albom

The Wish by Nicholas Sparks 

The Fossil: Science Fiction Thriller (Secrets Of Mars Book 1) by Joshua T. Calvert 

The Winter People  by Jennifer McMahon

Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr 

Non-Fiction Books

The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story 

by Nikole Hannah-Jones  (Creator), The New York Times Magazine (Creator), Caitlin Roper (Editor), Ilena Silverman (Editor), Jake Silverstein (Editor)

Will by Will Smith (Author), Mark Manson 

Audience-ology: How Moviegoers Shape the Films We Love by Kevin Goetz

The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present (Vol. Two-Volume Set) by Paul McCartney  (Author), Paul Muldoon  (Editor)