I just finished reading Forgotten God by Francis Chan, about a year and a half after I bought it. That’s what happens when you lend people books and completely forget about them, but that’s beside the point.I’m so thankful the Holy Spirit inspired and guided Mr. Chan to write this book. So incredibly challenging and honestly, convicting. I realize that I don’t allow the Holy Spirit to transform me the majority of any given day. Chan’s writing is really easy to read, but I think my most favorite thing about his books are the little biographies he includes throughout. It’s encouraging to hear about what the Spirit is doing through people. I can’t believe I waited two years to pick up and finish this book.
That being said, there are tons many books on my bookshelf that I need to finish reading; some that I have had for years and have completely allowed it to slip through the cracks, like Forgotten God. So now I have a new goal for myself. For the rest of this year I’ve decided that I’m going to strive to read a book a week. Now, depending on the book, this could be completely ridiculous or completely attainable. For the sake of being able to keep this goal, I’m choosing books, similar in size to Forgotten God, that I already have on my bookcase.
Here’s that list:
- Oct 9 -15 // The Path of Suffering by Elisabeth Elliot
- Oct 16 – 22 // Money by Jamie Munson
- Oct 23 – 29 // The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells (One of Hubs’ few contributions to our book collection.)
- Oct 30 – Nov 5 // A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L’engle (I can’t remember if I read this in middle school)
- Nov 6 – 12 // The Reason for God – Tim Keller
- Nov 13 – 19 //
unchristian by David KinnamanThe Reason for God – Tim Keller (After starting this book, I realized how loaded it is. Going to need more than a week.) - Nov 20 – 26 // Searching for God Knows What – Donald Miller
- Nov 27 – Dec 3 // Jane Austen by Peter Leithart
- Dec 4 – 10 //
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White (That’s right. I’ve never read it & I’m going to need a light-hearted book to break the seriousness)Where Has Oprah Taken Us? by Stephen Mansfield (Update: 10/28/2011 – I replaced Charlotte Web’s because I am going to read this current book for a BookSneeze.com review.) - Dec 11 – 17 // Catch 22 by Joseph Heller (Again, never read it. Don’t judge me.)
- Dec 18 – 24 // A Meal with Jesus by Tim Chester
- Dec 25 – 31 // Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis (I cannot tell you how many times I’ve started & stopped reading this book. I will ring in 2012 with this book. Period.)
Now that this is up, let it be known that I’m not going to be strict with the schedule. Charlotte’s Web is extremely short. Catch 22 is considerably longer. I’ll probably finish Charlotte’s Web in a few hours & the next day or two start Catch 22, giving me extra time to go through it.
When I finish a book, I’ll give a short review of it on here. I already do this on a excel spreadsheet on my desktop (nerdy, I know), so it won’t take long to just copy and paste from that.
Anyway, that’s going to be my book reading journey. No more buying books until I’m at least half way through and on schedule with this list. And you can hold me to that..
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So funny that I just saw this list, I totally just posted a similar list on my blog, haha, any ways, I want to read A Meal with Jesus too so let me know when you actually start that one and I will read it with you, iI’m reading like 5 books right now that i need to finish hehe! Good Luck!
I just read that! Totally commend you for reading so many at once. My brain’s so crazy I have a hard enough time remember what was in one book, that I have to journal the really good quotes I like. Reading 5 at once, I would probably amass them into one book in my head.
Well I am more like reading a nugget here and there of a few different types, only one nove, and the rest are just good “articles” (chapters) LOL
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