New Book on the Way (Also a boring history of devotional books I have used.)

I just won my very first e-bay auction, the fruit of my arm chair struggle is "A Short Breviary from Religious and the Laity" published by the Liturgical Press in 1954. From what I have read, it is regarded as a prelude to the modern Liturgy of the Hours but still retains much of the traditional office. It also is heavily influenced by Pius the X's breviary reforms. I am something of a dunce when it comes to the divine office, and I have been looking for something that allows me to quickly figure out what to read. The Little Office of the B.V.M is simply too repetitive, and I really dislike saying the English Office because it is part of what I left behind in Anglicanism. All too often I find my self standing at my prayer corner second guessing my self even when I made an attempt to mark every thing before starting the hour. Over the past couple of years, I have gone through a fair number of books. My conversion to Holy Orthodoxy didn't help keeping that list short. I started out with the office in the 1979 B.C.P., closely followed by the Anglican Breviary which I still use now and then, especially for the wealth of material in contains bye and about the Saints. For a while I experimented with the English Office and "A Monastic Diurnal" published by the Anglican Holy Cross Monastery. The Diurnal was an interesting volume, containing the 79 BCP office brushed up with Roman Catholic material. In the end I began to notice too many "spirit of vatican II" reforms so I laid it aside (I also have to mention the St. Augustine Prayer Book also published by Holy Cross. It contains a wealth of traditional Western devotions, and was the basis for the Western Rite Orthodox St. Ambrose Prayer Book which I also use.) When I started college I switched to the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary for simplicity (and I still use it when I don't have much time for flipping through pages) but soon wanted something deeper. I researched and then purchased the Monastic Diurnal and Matins from Lancelot Andrewes Press. I had heard that not only was it a good compromise between the Little Office and full secular breviary, it was also the official book of my the Antiochian Orthodox Western Rite, which I had by then joined via Chrismation. For a time after my conversion, I went through a period of using Eastern rite prayer books. I used the Jordanville and Holy Transfiguration prayerbooks (the Jordanville book is better, but that could be another post) as well as the Orthodox Daily Prayers from St. Tikhons (including the Hours and Typica book that goes with it.) Still trying then (as I am now) to absorb as much material as I could I then switched to the Old Orthodox Prayer Book which I have to say is still one of my favorites. The rubrics and instructional material is much more complete then that of any other prayer book available. For a while I settled on "The Hours of Prayer" which is basically an abridged Horologion for laymen. I really liked the concept but the spiral binding and modern English, along with a desire to return to my Western roots lead me back to currently reciting a mix of hours from the LA Press Monastic Diurnal and the Little Office. If you have fallen asleep yet I don't blame you. I posted all this because I love exploring the many faces of traditional Christian worship, especially in the form of the hours. I am hoping the coming book may be a nice compromise between depth and ease of use, but it may well end up another part of the collection. In any case, a review will be forthcoming (though if you are looking for one, good luck. I found an awesome deal, they usually sell for as much as $90.00.)