What I'm Reading
May 2020
Humbug by George Otterbeck
Recently finished The Wedding by Nicholas Sparks
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February 2020
In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day by Mark Batterson
The gospel of Luke
Recently finished The Art of Racing in the Rain (sad!) and Little Fires Everywhere (also sort of sad)
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December 2016
For the Record by Regina Jennings--look for my book review coming soon!
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April 2016
What I'm reading. . . .Prepared for a Purpose by Antoinette Tuff with Alex Tresniowski (Prepared for a Purpose is "The inspiring true story of how one woman saved an Atlanta School Under Siege"); the book of Matthew in the Bible; and Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good by Jan Karon.
Other books recently read: What a Bragger! by Lee Ann Mancini (see my review) and Forgiven by Terri Roberts with Jeanette Windle (a missionary kid, btw!) Roberts is the mother of the Amish School Shooting shooter and the book is largely about her spiritual journey through that season of her life.
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June 2015
Things I am reading. . .Every Waking Moment by Chris Fabry, Diseno Audaz by Katie Wells, and (a book I am reviewing--watch for it soon!) How to Enjoy Reading Your Bible by Keith Ferrin.
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January 2015
The book of Isaiah (because I read other sections of the Bible last month and didn't finish Isaiah), Glass Castles by Jeannette Walls, Your Life Still Counts by Tracie Miles (which is a Bethany book I am reviewing--look for that soon!) and Power in the Promises by Nick Harrison.
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October 2014
Reading The Brickmaker's Bride by Judith Miller and Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks.
Listening to Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss and Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (Can you believe I had never read or even watched a movie of Pride and Prejudice? True story.)
Still reading the Bible. . . currently reading the books of Job and Isaiah.
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July 2014
Reading Unplanned by Abby Johnson and Cindy Lambert and The Waiting by Cathy LaGrow and Cindy Coloma.
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May 2014
Listening to Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne (love it so far) as well as still working to read the entire Bible this year!
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April 2014
Authors from David McCullough to Stephen King have scolded that a writer should always have the time to read. I see their respective points and don't disagree completely. However, there are seasons of life that make that enjoyable task of sitting down with a good book very challenging. My current day job, for example, keeps my hands and eyes busy for eight hours a day, leaving them very tired by evening. Yet, I remain committed to the craft and study of story.
So, what has been my solution? I found a few sites on iTunes that offer FREE (and don't we love FREE?) audiobooks. I can download them and listen even at work, while my hands and eyes are busy doing other things. I have managed to knock several books off of my "to read" list, as well as find some unexpected works that I didn't know I would love.
A word to the wise: Free books and volunteer narrators mean that sometimes you may not like the interpretation you get. There were a few books that I stopped listening to, because the readers were so difficult to follow. Don't give up too soon, though! Many books have more than one reading available for download. I usually use librivox.org or booksshouldbefree.com (By the way, that is a sentiment with which I don't necessarily agree. But I appreciate their gift of free books!) :)
Here is a list of the classics I have finished readi--I mean, listening--to lately:
Emma by Jane Austen
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
He Fell in Love with his Wife by Edward P. Roe
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.
Those last six have been my favorites of the list so far.
FYI: You can also listen to the Bible via free iTunes downloads. "Faith Comes by Hearing" is one of the proponents of that, available in English Standard Version or King James Version. I am using that opportunity to fill in some gaps in my Bible-in-a-Year challenge. (Okay, I got a little bit behind. . . ) So far, I have listened to the books of Joshua, Matthew and Mark.
So, what other classic books would you recommend for me to listen to next? Which of the books listed above have you read or listened to and what did you think of them? Have you tried audiobooks before? Share your thoughts in the comments!
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November 2011
Recently finished Lisa Samson's The Passion of Mary-Margaret, George Bryan Polivka's The Battle for Vast Dominion (Book 3 in the Trophy Chase Trilogy), Choosing to See by Mary Beth Chapman and All the Way Home by Ann Tatlock. On deck is The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky. I'm also reading the manuscript for my dad's first book! He is working on two novels/ novellas right now and I am happy to get a preview look! Nov. '11
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Jan. 2011
Just finished June Bug by Chris Fabry, Same Kind of Different as Me by Ron Hall, Denver Moore and Lynn Vincent, The Inheritance by Louisa May Alcott and Miss Invisible by Laura Jensen Walker.
Humbug by George Otterbeck
Recently finished The Wedding by Nicholas Sparks
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February 2020
In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day by Mark Batterson
The gospel of Luke
Recently finished The Art of Racing in the Rain (sad!) and Little Fires Everywhere (also sort of sad)
===========
December 2016
For the Record by Regina Jennings--look for my book review coming soon!
==========
April 2016
What I'm reading. . . .Prepared for a Purpose by Antoinette Tuff with Alex Tresniowski (Prepared for a Purpose is "The inspiring true story of how one woman saved an Atlanta School Under Siege"); the book of Matthew in the Bible; and Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good by Jan Karon.
Other books recently read: What a Bragger! by Lee Ann Mancini (see my review) and Forgiven by Terri Roberts with Jeanette Windle (a missionary kid, btw!) Roberts is the mother of the Amish School Shooting shooter and the book is largely about her spiritual journey through that season of her life.
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June 2015
Things I am reading. . .Every Waking Moment by Chris Fabry, Diseno Audaz by Katie Wells, and (a book I am reviewing--watch for it soon!) How to Enjoy Reading Your Bible by Keith Ferrin.
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January 2015
The book of Isaiah (because I read other sections of the Bible last month and didn't finish Isaiah), Glass Castles by Jeannette Walls, Your Life Still Counts by Tracie Miles (which is a Bethany book I am reviewing--look for that soon!) and Power in the Promises by Nick Harrison.
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October 2014
Reading The Brickmaker's Bride by Judith Miller and Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks.
Listening to Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss and Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (Can you believe I had never read or even watched a movie of Pride and Prejudice? True story.)
Still reading the Bible. . . currently reading the books of Job and Isaiah.
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July 2014
Reading Unplanned by Abby Johnson and Cindy Lambert and The Waiting by Cathy LaGrow and Cindy Coloma.
===============
May 2014
Listening to Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne (love it so far) as well as still working to read the entire Bible this year!
===============
April 2014
Authors from David McCullough to Stephen King have scolded that a writer should always have the time to read. I see their respective points and don't disagree completely. However, there are seasons of life that make that enjoyable task of sitting down with a good book very challenging. My current day job, for example, keeps my hands and eyes busy for eight hours a day, leaving them very tired by evening. Yet, I remain committed to the craft and study of story.
So, what has been my solution? I found a few sites on iTunes that offer FREE (and don't we love FREE?) audiobooks. I can download them and listen even at work, while my hands and eyes are busy doing other things. I have managed to knock several books off of my "to read" list, as well as find some unexpected works that I didn't know I would love.
A word to the wise: Free books and volunteer narrators mean that sometimes you may not like the interpretation you get. There were a few books that I stopped listening to, because the readers were so difficult to follow. Don't give up too soon, though! Many books have more than one reading available for download. I usually use librivox.org or booksshouldbefree.com (By the way, that is a sentiment with which I don't necessarily agree. But I appreciate their gift of free books!) :)
Here is a list of the classics I have finished readi--I mean, listening--to lately:
Emma by Jane Austen
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
He Fell in Love with his Wife by Edward P. Roe
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.
Those last six have been my favorites of the list so far.
FYI: You can also listen to the Bible via free iTunes downloads. "Faith Comes by Hearing" is one of the proponents of that, available in English Standard Version or King James Version. I am using that opportunity to fill in some gaps in my Bible-in-a-Year challenge. (Okay, I got a little bit behind. . . ) So far, I have listened to the books of Joshua, Matthew and Mark.
So, what other classic books would you recommend for me to listen to next? Which of the books listed above have you read or listened to and what did you think of them? Have you tried audiobooks before? Share your thoughts in the comments!
===============
November 2011
Recently finished Lisa Samson's The Passion of Mary-Margaret, George Bryan Polivka's The Battle for Vast Dominion (Book 3 in the Trophy Chase Trilogy), Choosing to See by Mary Beth Chapman and All the Way Home by Ann Tatlock. On deck is The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky. I'm also reading the manuscript for my dad's first book! He is working on two novels/ novellas right now and I am happy to get a preview look! Nov. '11
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Jan. 2011
Just finished June Bug by Chris Fabry, Same Kind of Different as Me by Ron Hall, Denver Moore and Lynn Vincent, The Inheritance by Louisa May Alcott and Miss Invisible by Laura Jensen Walker.
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