Reviews for Faulkner and the Southern Renaissance

The average rating for Faulkner and the Southern Renaissance based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-06-04 00:00:00 Greg Vega Wow ... a new favorite poet (Wordsworth) and many new favorite moments. I absolutely LOVED this book (even more than some of the others) and I don't think I read it with the rest of the series many years ago. The wonders of God's love, the blessings of the Lenten season, all these have come home to me as "new" truths ... though I've known them for years. I feel a spiritual renewal beginning to work in my own life, and I'm loving it!

Review # 2 was written on 2020-12-31 00:00:00 Kent Yoshida Ive been working on a few series that I love and I'm running out of things to say about them. This series reads more like one continuous story than a series of books. If you love the first, you'll probably love them all. The series follows an episcopal priest as he tries to live out his faith by helping and loving people in his orbit. He asks God for guidance, and if you've ever wondered what it must be like to be a priest, it's very enlightening. I love the series bc it always makes me laugh and I've grown v attached not just to the main character but to those who've become part of his extended family (don't want to give away anything for anyone who's unfamiliar). There's some new faces in this one bc Father Tim is house sitting for a friend and winds up a vicar to a small, forgotten parish. But Jan Karon has a gift for characterization and so, as quirky as they may be, it's easy to love her characters. All of the audiobooks so far have been narrated by John McDonough, who is fantastic as he changes voices for all the characters. Apparently the next two are narrated by someone else...which explains why I've never read those. Then McDonough picks up the series once again, thankfully. I may backtrack to a Christmas novella bc a development in the lives of two of my favorite characters is missed if you skip it. And then I'd like to finally finish this series this year. Other than the novella, all of the other books would be first-time reads for me.