Favorite Reads & More From 2014

Below is a short list of the books I've read or reread last year (I complied a similar list for 2013 last year) and some other stuff. Do you keep track of your reading? Have you read any of these titles? If so, what were your impressions of them? Is there any book you'd recommend I read or blog you'd recommend I follow in anno Domini 2015?

BOOKS:
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1. The Fulfillment of All Desire - Ralph Martin

2. God's Birthday - Taylor Marshall

3. Thomas Aquinas in 50 Pages: A Layman's Quick Guide to Thomism - Taylor Marshall
4. A Father Who Keeps His Promises: God's Covenant Love in Scripture - Scott Hahn

5. The Philosophy of Tolkien: The Worldview Behind the Lord of the Rings - Peter Kreeft

6. Ordinary Work, Extraordinary Grace: My Spiritual Journey in Opus Dei - Scott Hahn

7. Jesus Shock - Peter Kreeft

8. The Silver Chair (The Chronicles of Narnia #4) - CS Lewis 

9. The Way: The Essential Classic of Opus Dei's Founder - St Josemaría Escrivá

10. The Voyage of the 'Dawn Treader' (The Chronicles of Narnia, Book 5) - CS Lewis

11. The Urgency of the New Evangelization: Answering the Call - Ralph Martin

12. Answering Atheism: How to Make the Case for God with Logic and Charity - Trent Horn

13. Aquinas (A Beginner's Guide) - Edward Feser

14. Furrow - St. Josemaria Escriva

15. The Horse and His Boy - CS Lewis

16. Aquinas 101: A Basic Introduction to the Thought of Saint Thomas Aquinas - Francis Selman

17. Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life - CS Lewis

18. The Magician's Nephew (The Chronicles of Narnia) - CS Lewis

19. Autobiography of a Hunted Priest - John Gerrad

20. Saint John Paul the Great: His Five Loves - Jason Evert

21. Crossing the Tiber: Evangelical Protestants Discover the Historical Church - Steve Ray

22. Rediscover Catholicism: A Spiritual Guide to Living with Passion - Matthew Kelly

23. The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoevsky

24. How to Share Your Faith with Anyone: A Practical Manual of Catholic Evangelization - Terry Barber

25. Truth and Tolerance: Christian Belief and World Religions - Benedict XVI

26. The Complete Thinker: The Marvelous Mind of G.K. Chesterton - Dale Alquist

27. Letters to an Atheist: Wrestling with Faith (Sheed & Ward Books) - Peter Kreeft

28. The Four Signs of a Dynamic Catholic - Matt Kelly

29. God's Choice - George Weigel

30. 56: Joe DiMaggio and the Last Magic Number in Sports - Kostya Kennedy

31. The Forge - St. Josemaria Escriva

32. Sword and Serpent - Dr. Taylor Marshall

33. The Fulfillment of All Desire - Ralph Martin
*. Innumerable children's books (the occupational hazard of being a dad & bibliophile)

ESSAYS AND OTHER SHORT WRITINGS:

1. Ineffabilis Deus - Pius IX

2. Supremi Apostolatus Officio - Leo XIII

3. The Church Evangelizing! - Bishop D. Zubik

4. Concerning Some Objections to the Church’s Teaching on the Reception of Holy Communion by  Divorced and Remarried Members of the Faithful - Card. Ratzinger
5. Selected Articles from the Summa Theologiae of Saint Thomas Aquinas

BOOKS OF THE BIBLE: (all in RSV-CE)

1. First Letter of Saint Paul to Timothy

2. Second Letter of St Paul to Timothy

3. Letter to the Hebrews

4. Gospel according to St Matthew

5. First Book of Maccabees

6. Second Book of Maccabees

7. Psalms 

8. Numbers

9. Joshua

10. Judges

11. Ruth

FAVORITE BLOGS OF THE YEAR:

1. Father Z's Blog (wdtprs)

2. Crisis Magazine

3. Dr. Ed Feser's Blog

4. In Light of the Law

5. Standing on My Head

6. CNA (Catholic News Agency)

FAVORITE PODCASTS/ LECTURE SITES OF THE YEAR:

1. Institute of Catholic Culture

2. Catholic Answers Live

3. Taylor Marshall Podcast

4. New Saint Thomas Institute

5. Around the Horn

6. Pardon the Interruption

PERSONAL PATRON SAINT OF 2014:

 Saint Josemaría Escrivá

TELEVISION PROGRAMS:

1. Pittsburgh Pirates Baseball

2. Kid's programming (lost of kids programming)

3. Around the Horn

4. The Blacklist
5. Baseball: A Film by Ken Burns (Includes The Tenth Inning)

6. Epic: A Journey Through Church History

7. The World Over with Raymond Arroyo

MUSIC:

1. Bach (lots of Bach)

2. Jovanotti

3. 90's music from Spotify
4. Lecrae
5. Jay Z Unplugged - a weakness from my ill-spent youth ;)

AND THEN THERE'S THIS (WHICH I CAN ONLY SECOND HEARTILY):
- Fr. Z's Blog Person of the Year 2014

Here's to a 2015 full of great books! Deus benedicat.