Wed, 16 Aug 2006
Aug 16, 2006, 20:41
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Reading List 2006
I've got a huge pile of books on my nightstand to read in 2006. I'm working my way through them, and the following is an update:
Planned
- A Movable Feast - Ernest Hemmingway
- Understanding How Others Misunderstand You - Ken Voges
- John Piper: The Pleasures of God
- Roman Catholicism - Evangelical Protestants Analyze What Divides and Unites.
- The Confessions of St. Augustine - St. Augustine
Started
- John Steinbeck: Tortilla Flat (good so far)
- The Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning
Ongoing
- Charting a Bold Course - Training Leaders for 21st Century Ministry by Andrew Seidel
Complete
- The Street lawyer - John Grisham - (Amazing, especially in light of the Forty Days of Mercy we just held. Fantastic.)
- The Book of the Duncow - Walter Wangerin Jr. - (Excellent! I really loved this book, but it took me 103 pages to start to 'get into' it. Then I couldn't put it down.)
- Timothy Findley: The Wars (really interesting beginning, though slow reading - Ultimately I hated this book. Where was it going? I think you have to study it in English class to — to even care.)
- Invitation: The Search for God, Self, and Church: A Catholic Learning Guide for Adults (Did this in catechism class)
- The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown (pretty dull— what's the fuss?)
- Choose the Life - Exploring a Faith that Embraces Discipleship (Really quite good, which suprised me)
- The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis (AMAZING)
- A Touch of Mortality - Ann Granger (Pretty bad, actually)
- Florian's Gate - (Great start, real mystery, sort of boring ending.)
- The Devil's Feather - Minette Walters (Such a page-turner!! I LOVE IT, and will read more from this author)
- The Scold's Bridle - Minette Walters (Fabulous! Loved it, and read it in 2 days.)
- Zane Grey: Riders of the Purple Sage
- My Utmost for His Highest – A chapter a day for a year
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Mon, 20 Jun 2005
Jun 20, 2005, 23:35
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Reading List 2005
These are the books I read in 2005.
Finished this year:
- Tim Keller: Ministries of Mercy- The Call of the Jericho Road (I really enjoyed, and was changed by this book. It’s a little slow going though)
- John Steinbeck: Tortilla Flat (Timeless, a little slow)
- Franky Schaeffer: Addicted to Mediocrity (Pretty good)
- The Entire Bible (Doing this was amazing! I learned an awful lot)
- Arthur C. Clarke: Rama II (Loved it. This is an excellent read. Rating: 9/10)
- Robert Lewis: The Church of Irresistable Influence (Really Good. Highly recommend.)
- Gary Nelson: He Who Has Ears to Hear - The Galcom Story(This contains many amazing stories regarding the spreading of the Gospel to unreached people via radio stations and fixed tune radios. It was inspiring, yet a slow read. I found myself skipping paragraphs. Rating: 4/10)
- Orson Scott Card: Ender’s Game (Maybe the BEST book I’ve EVER read. Really. I’m in love with Ender’s Game. Finished it May 8. Rating: 10/10).
- Colin Dexter: The Wench is Dead - an Inspector Morse Mystery (Excellent- recommend Rating: 8/10)
- Donald Miller: Blue Like Jazz (I really loved this book. I started it last night at Lucas’ baseball practice, and finished it this morning (May 11). Easy read, and definitely worth it. Amy, you’ll love it. Rating: 9/10)
- Steve Sjogren: Seeing Beyond Church Walls - Action Plans for Touching Your Community (Each chapter a different writer— makes for an awkward experience. Rating: 2/10)
- Life of Pi (Part 1 is a little slow starting, Part 2 is a page-turner. Just skip part 3. Rating: 8/10)
- Adams: The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (This is actually kind of funny, not your typical sci-fi genre… but the plot is weak, and it seems to end in the middle. 7/10)
Some of these are ebooks, which I have for Microsoft Reader. Ask me.
~Jason
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Mon, 20 Dec 2004
Dec 20, 2004, 22:06
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Reading List 2004
OK, here are the books I’ve read in 2004:
- Emily Bronte - Wuthering Heights (amazing beginning, gets really boring)
- Rick Warren: The Purpose Driven Life (twice through, love it.)
- I Robot (excellent)
- Robert Ludlum: The Bourne Identity (excellent- must read)
- Robert Ludlum: The Bourne Supremecy (just okay)
- Erwin Raphael McManus: Seizing Your Devine Moment (pretty good.)
- Jules Verne: A Journey to the Center of the Earth (terrible)
- John Steinbeck: Grapes of Wrath (pretty good)
- Arthur C. Clarke: Randezvous with Rama (really interesting)
- Jack London: Call of the Wild (Terrific)
- John Piper: When I Don’t Desire God (Amazing!)
- Bilquis Sheikh: I Dared to Call Him Father (Remarkably entertaining)
See here for lists from each year, if you’re curious. 
~Jason
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Mon, 12 Jan 2004
Jan 12, 2004, 15:56
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Reading List 2003
Here’s the list of books that I’ve read in 2003:
- John Steinbeck: East of Eden
- John Steinbeck:The Pastures of Heaven
- James Fenimore Cooper: The Last of the Mohecans
- J.R.R. Tolkien: The Silmarillion
- J.R.R. Tolkien: Unfinished Tales
- J.R.R. Tolkien: Tom Bombadil
- Washington Irving: The Legend of Sleep Hollow
- Tom Clancy: Red Storm Rising
- Michael Adams: Fire and Ice
- Bruce A. Ware: God’s Lesser Glory
~Jason
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Sun, 12 Jan 2003
Jan 12, 2003, 22:18
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Reading List 2002
Here’s the list of books that I’ve read in 2002:
Herman Melville: Moby Dick, or The Whale
Jim Cymbala: Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire
Brian D. McClarren: A New Kind of Christian
Harriet Beecher Stowe: Uncle Tom’s Cabin, or Life Among the Lowly
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