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$\"\"$ <\/a>Awkward social moments on the internet, Episode #397.<\/em> You get a Christmas gift book in the mail, utterly unexpected.\u00a0 From your editor<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 It arrives just when you\u2019ve made a cup of coffee and have ten minutes to do nothing at all.\u00a0 You open to a random page, get sucked in, read a chapter.\u00a0 Flip flip flip, another good chapter. The terrifying verdict:\u00a0 I didn\u2019t know it was going to be such a good book.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t want to be a sycophant, and Elizabeth Scalia assured me\u00a0I Don\u2019t Want to be a Hoo-er!*<\/a> was a token of her appreciation, not a review copy.\u00a0\u00a0 Authors like to mail their books the way grandmothers like to show off baby photos.<\/p>\n

Wow.<\/p>\n

Nice baby.<\/p>\n

What You Get:<\/strong> A collection of essays culled from the very best of Elizabeth Scalia\u2019s writing over the last several years.\u00a0 Most of the essays are previously published, and I was pleased to see that one of my all time favorites of her online writing was in the collection. Some are just seeing light of day for the first time, and understandably: They touch topics so exquisitely, excruciatingly personal that even when the writer is, finally, removed enough to let that bit of her heart out to air, the internet really is not the best place.<\/p>\n

Why it\u2019s a Fabulous Book:<\/strong>\u00a0 Because someone crossed a blog with a printing press, and ended up with a hybrid so stunning it makes Monsanto jealous.\u00a0 Readable, intellectually and spiritually engaging, and you can consume it in five minute snippets, not necessary to start at chapter 1.<\/p>\n

Who will like it:<\/strong> People who enjoy Little-Way spirituality combined with commentary on current events.\u00a0 A few of the essays are of more interest to those with familiarity with the hot Catholic news topics of the past decade.\u00a0 Many of the essays are not political or newsy at all.\u00a0 All of the essays are full of good spiritual punch for ordinary folks in the pews grappling with the normal miseries of everyday life.<\/p>\n

Why I secretly love it so much, and think it needs to stay in print for a very long time:<\/strong> I have this thing for period historical documents.\u00a0 Give me Jane Austen, or GKC, or Odo of Cluny, and I know a whole lot more about history than one gets from reading breathless generalizations about \u201cWhat people believed then!\u201d As a snapshot of Catholic thinking in the early 21st century, this book is brilliant.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Summary:<\/strong> Love it enough I\u2019m leaving it lying around the house for the spouse and teenager to stumble upon.\u00a0 Great book.\u00a0 Merry Christmas to me.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"