Last year, Sue did a post recounting the books she read. So I kept track. In her honor.
I also started keeping track here
I can't believe I read this many books this past year. My goal was one a week. I surpassed it. Some of these were short, but some were long, so I figure it all evens out. Quite a few were *audiobooks, whose ease of listening to in the car or while wandering about the grocery store greatly augmented the number of books I read. I would love to give any feedback you might want about a particular book. Let me know! Hope everyone had a Happy New Year!
PENDING->Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of the Body by Pope John Paul II (I've got 300/525 of the pages I wanted to read, read. I decided to not read the 130 page introduction. Maybe some other time. I got this for Christmas last year so I was trying so hard to finish it before Christmas, it was that book that I took everywhere with me, but never cracked. Mom was like, "really? you're going to read that on vacation?" and I didn't. :) )
Jewish Spirituality: A Brief Introduction for Christians by Rabbi Lawrence Kushner
*Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis
*The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis
Radical Hospitality: Benedict's Way of Love by Fr. Homan and Pratt
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (this book made me soooo uncomfortable.)
Prayers for the Domestic Church, a Handbook for Worship in the Home by Edward Hays
*The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis
*The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis
How Proust Can Change YOUR LIFE: Not a Novel by Alain De Botton
*Dress Your Family in Courduroy and Denim by David Sedaris
*Ida B:...and her plans to maximize fun, avoid disaster, and (possibly) save the world by Katherine Hannigan
Sex, Economy, Freedom & Community by Wendell Berry
*Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work by Alain De Botton
So Far From God by Ana Castillo
*Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
The Spirit of Early Christian Thought by Robert Louis Wilken (sooooo good.)
Reclaiming Our Roots: An Inclusive Introduction to Church History by Ellingsen
*The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
*When you are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
*Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores The Hidden Side of Everything by Levitt
*The Yellow Wallpaper by Gilman
*Reflections on the Psalms by C.S. Lewis
Thousand Cranes by Kawabata
Green Mansions by W.H. Hudson
*Carry On Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
Schaum's Quick guide to Writing Great Short Stories
Veronika Decides to Die by Coelho
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice by Christopher Hitchens
Mother Teresa: Come be my Light by Mother Teresa
Heavy Words Lightly Thrown by Roberts
*Interior Castle By St. Teresa of Avila
*Shattered Dreams: My Life as a Polygamist's Wife by Irene Spencer
101 Things I learned in Architecture School by Frederick
Pictures of Hollis Woods by Reilly
*25 Things to Say to the Interviewer by Hawk
The Maytrees: A Novel by Annie Dillard
Till We have Faces: A Myth Retold by C.S. Lewis (extra-large print while on the treadmill!)
The Consolations of Philosophy by Alain de Botton
The Architecture of Happiness by Alain de Botton
On Love by Alain de Botton
Perelandra by C.S. Lewis
Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art by L'Engle (sooooo good.)
The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis
The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's semester at America's Holiest University by Roose
Operating Instructions by Lamott
Cold comfort Farm: A Play by Doust
Dinky Hocker Shoots Smack by M.E. Kerr
The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis
Biting the Wax Tadpole: Confessions of a language fanatic by Little
Reunion by Uhlman
The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis
*Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
*Lilith by George MacDonald
Persepolis 1 & 2 by Satrapi (twice)
Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis
The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering our hidden life in God by Dallas Willard
American Gods by Neil Gaimen
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Steward
Posers, Fakers, and Wannabees by Brennen Manning
The Twenty-One Balloons by Pene Du Bois
The Curious case of Benjamin Button by Fitzgerald
The Jesus I Never Knew by Philip Yancy
The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul by Douglas Adams
Jesus Wants to Save Christians by Rob Bell
67 Books
19/67 Audiobooks
Books that were on my shelf that I never quite got to:
Status Anxiety by Alain de Botton
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
A River Runs Through It by Norman Maclean
The World Is Flat by Friedman
Outline of an Anglican Life by Louis Tarsitano
Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus
A book that I can't count as part of this list because I read it today:
Girls Gone Mild by Wendy Shalit
2 comments:
I feel so honored! I hit 113 books this year - a record high for me, so I'll probably do another book post sometime this month.
So, I am impressed by your list, and I'm also impressed by how many books we have in common.
I was looking at a David Sedaris book in Borders the other day, but I thought he might be one of those annoying, opinionated writers who trash their parents and siblings. So I put it back.
Also, Cien anos de soledad? Yeah, I didn't read it because it was super awkward.
I miss discussing books with you.
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