The Catholic Book Club discussion

1. Use this thread to discuss points not covered in other threads or other thoughts that occur while reading.

Not sure about the rest of you, but I'm very excited to read this one! I'm a huge fan of the author, Fr. Wetta and have all of his books. This one in particular is special to me since I read it at the very start of the 2020 lockdown. I remember loving it then, but I'm curious to see if my feelings are different now that the circumstances of my reading it have changed.

I'm reading it before "The Iliad" or "The Odyssey". People say "The Eight Arrow" got them interested in reading Homer, but I would be curious to know how reading those books beforehand would impact experiencing this one.

I read The Odyssey before I read this, and I had a general understanding of the Iliad. I look forward to hearing your insights on it :)

Emmanuel wrote: "I'm reading it before "The Iliad" or "The Odyssey". People say "The Eight Arrow" got them interested in reading Homer, but I would be curious to know how reading those books beforehand would impact..."

My agent kept insisting that the story should stand on its own. He kept making me rewrite it--and I'm glad.

The Father Wetta 😍 i really enjoy of your story father. I dedicate a video in my YouTube channel in Spanish.

It was my friend Jaime Blanch Queral who said to me that there was an spanish translation of "Eight arrow" i am a big admirer of the publishing Ignatius Press and i died for reading this novel. With publishing Erase translated into spanish was a Dream made reality. I will say to Jaime that the author is participating of the discussion of the book.

I've just realized that, in leading other Greek heroes and personalities and even mythological monsters out of the Underworld, Odysseus is, in a sense, redeeming Greek mythology under the orders of Our Lady, and using a bread that is an obvious representation of the Blessed Sacrament. What do you make of this?

I never thought of redeeming the Greek characters, but you’re absolutely right about the bread being the Eucharist. Of course, just because I didn’t intend it doesn’t mean it isn’t true.

It seems implausible Odysseus had never been on a horse before.

I don't understand why these two friends/companions keep attacking each other.

I don't understand how any of these can be living (leaving footprints).

Hi Father Augustine! Excited to read this book. I'm a parishioner at St. Louis Abbey and always enjoy your homilies.

The book is really good Mr. Gillsmith on monday i will post the review of this book although i wrote some months ago.

First of all, I would like to offer my sincere apologies to Professor Manuel Alfonseca because I had committed to writing a review of his book refuting Monod Jacques Monod (1910-1976). Estudio crítico de «El azar y la necesidad» (Colección Ciudadanía y Valores. Una lectura crítica al pensamiento actual), but I slept very little and needed to be fresh to be able to write it. In contrast, I offer this review of "The Eighth Arrow," which will also be shared with my friend, the writer Jaime Blanch Queral, because without him I would never have known that this novel was finally published by Érase in Spain. I hope you will accept this humble gift, made for the greater good of the Catholic Book Club and the author. I would also like to thank Emmy and Emmanuel for keeping the discussion of "The Eighth Arrow" alive, and Father Augustine Wetta and Andrew Gillsmith for their participation. I hope you enjoy it. P.S. I apologize that the hyperlinks in the Polish translation are missing. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Just as was done with Mr. Andrew Gillsmith's book "Our Lady of the Artilects" whose discussion in The Catholic Book Club I highly recommend https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group... I also take this opportunity to share with you the review that was made on my Youtube channel of "The Eighth Arrow: Odysseus in the Underworld, A Novel" and, if I ask my most sincere apologies for the fact that because of my inability with languages ​​(I am a disaster) the video is only in Spanish and not in English https://youtu.be/lD3AyP1LQcc?si=m0OBg... I hope it can be useful to Father Augustine Wetta at least here in Spain and in Latin America. PS. I thank both Emmy and Emmanuel again in this discussion.

By the way, I don't know if I've mentioned it, but Ulysses is my sister, Haunting Maggie,'s favorite character. She's a fan of Greek mythology, and her favorite goddess is Athena. I think she would have loved reading this book.

In a few days, a review of a novel by a friend of mine that I recommend to this channel will be posted on Goodreads. She's a Cuban exile living in Germany and never misses any of my videos. I'm referring to the writer H.M. Martín, whose novel "Martin and the Order of the Boy Knights" MARTÍN Y LA ORDEN DE LOS NIÑOS CABALLEROS I highly recommend. P.S. The only bad thing is that it hasn't been translated into English yet.

Well, finally, 100 messages have been posted about "La Octava Flacha." It wasn't bad at all. My congratulations to all the participants. It was a great discussion.

I hope Father Wetta continues his work and dares to explore Purgatory and Paradise. It would be interesting to see those regions from a pagan's perspective.

I wanted to end by thanking everyone who participated in the discussion of "The Eighth Arrow," and I hope we'll meet again for the discussion of the next book, "Elfling," in which I'll also participate. I'll write a review and make a video on my YouTube channel, "El rincón del bibliofilo." I hope we'll meet again for that discussion.

https://youtube.com/@elrincondelbibli... this is my YouTube channel.