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On Easter Sunday, my boyfriend proposed to me at Belvedere Castle in Central Park.<\/p>\n
And I feel the best way to invite you all into my joy is to share the bibliography of our courtship \u2014 the favorite books we asked each other to read, the books we read for the first time together, the books it turned out we had both already loved.<\/p>\n
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A Sense of Direction<\/em><\/a> by William Ball<\/p>\n A Severe Mercy<\/a><\/em> by\u00a0Sheldon Vanauken<\/p>\n Arcadia<\/em><\/a> by Tom Stoppard<\/p>\n Bed and Board: Plain Talk About Marriage<\/em><\/a> by Robert Farrar Capon<\/p>\n Blackout<\/a><\/em>\/All Clear<\/a><\/em> by Connie Willis<\/p>\n Called to Love<\/em><\/a> by Carl Anderson<\/p>\n Company<\/em><\/a> by Stephen Sondheim<\/p>\n Equivocation<\/em><\/a> by Bill Cain<\/p>\n Misc. college papers by either of us (on\u00a0The Graveyard Book<\/a><\/em>,\u00a0Sweeney Todd<\/a><\/em>, etc.)<\/p>\n So You Want to Be a Wizard<\/em><\/a> by Diane Duane<\/p>\n The Collected Plays of William Shakespeare<\/a><\/p>\n The Ball and the Cross<\/em><\/a> by G.K. Chesterton<\/p>\n The Jeweler\u2019s Shop<\/em><\/a> by\u00a0Karol Wojtyla (St. JPII)<\/p>\n The Man Who Was Thursday<\/em><\/a> by G.K. Chesterton<\/p>\n Wing to Wing, Oar to Oar: Reflections on Courtship and Marriage<\/em><\/a> by Leon & Amy Kass<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n And, of course, I still have\u00a0Three to Get Married<\/a><\/em> by Fulton Sheen on my list of books I intend to read in 2016<\/a>. \u00a0Plus, any other excellent essays Alexi plans to write.<\/p>\n These are wise words, an enterprising man said \u2018em \u2014 Leah Libresco Sargeant (@LeahLibresco) March 28, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n![\"ring](\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/84\/2016\/03\/ring-seated.jpg\")
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Don\u2019t act surprised, cuz, Reader, I'll wed him https:\/\/t.co\/pOYWFnNS7w<\/a><\/p>\n