This book is just what the title says, a daily reader from one of the richest, warmest voices still living in literature. These morsels of solid food for mind and heart will see many days even after the dear man is gone too.

No bones about it, Frederick Buechner is my favorite living author. He simply has a way of putting things that moves me to action and repose at the same time, to both internal contentment and stark rage at the world's pains and injustices. Having his tomes at hand to glance at or pore over is one way I stay sane and positive. Come what may, Buechner's elegant, sometimes archaic language churns like butter before my eyes.

This compact read includes excerpts from most of his major works, including the exquisite, Pulitzer-nominated Godric, a novel. For what it's worth, it also comes with Maya Angelou's stamp of approval, as the two are friends. I think of Angelou and Buechner, Capote and Harper Lee, and more: Nothing beats those times when great voices find friendship.