Daily Update: Wednesday, April 10th, 2024

Today is the first full day of Eid ul-Fitr, the Islamic holiday marking the end of the month of Ramadan. We have no Saints to honor on this date, but I personally honor Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (died 1955). Today is also National Sibling Day. And today is the birthday of my very good friend Julie in Louisiana (1964).

A Life of Jesus by Shūsaku Endō, Translated by Richard A. Schuchert

The author of this book (died 1996) was born in Japan in 1923, and was baptized as a Catholic when he was eleven or twelve. He writes about Jesus as a novelist, and as one who wishes to convey what about Jesus most appeals to the Far East (where, while there are Catholics, they are a distinct minority). This book is a short one, and a very good read.

The Cat Who Saw Stars by Lilian Jackson Braun (Ebook)

I must confess that I was disappointed with this, the twenty-first book in this mystery series featuring mustachioed Jim Qwilleran and his Siamese cats Koko and Yum Yum. I expect, perhaps wrongly, to have all the loose ends wrapped up, and this did not happen in this book.