· How many books did you read and did
you meet your own personal goal?
My personal goal was 52 books, and I just made it this year. This is the fewest books I have read in years, but I am trying sit less to keep my back healthy and the weight I lost two years ago off. I already sit a long time, as I am editing my Bible Book Club blog and taking it off of the internet and putting the posts in my word processor. (I am reading my “soon to become” eBooks, but I did not read as many of other people's books.) I will be done with editing in early 2015 and can get back to regular reading.
It was also the first year since 2003 that I was not working through some "list" of best books to read. It was great to read free of "lists"!
I have hyper-linked all the books that I mention in this post to their reviews that I posted in 2014.
· Most thrilling, oh my goodness, I
want to read it again, unputdownable book?
God
Guides by Mary Geegh.
This book is life-changing for anyone who wants a
dynamic relationship with God. I recommend it to everyone, and I give it
away like candy now. It is the simple concept of listening to God and obeying
Him, but I love that it communicates this through real-life stories of a person
who lived in India for over 30 years! She also recommends a “listen and obey”
time every day where your WRITE DOWN what God tells you. Since I easily forget,
I have gotten into this habit, and it has really helped me. I recommended
this book to two different friends that each ordered 100. One friend had given
all 100 away within two months.
· Top
5 favorite stories (old and new)?
(I reread some of my favorite books
this year. So I will separate them into favorite OLD and favorite NEW!)
OLD
NEW
1. God Guides
· Least favorite book?
It was sent to me so that I could
do an early review, but it was so laborious that it took me over a year to
read. I FORCED myself to finish it. It was very dry. It could have been so much
more exciting than it was.
· New author
discovery? New genre discovery?
Firoozeh Dumas writes a wonderful
memoir called Funny in Farsi about life in American after moving here from Iran. I will read another one by her.
Malcolm Gladwell also gets a shout out. I had read Outliers years ago but read two other books by him this year:
David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, & the Art of Battling Giants and Tipping Point: How Little Things Make a Big Difference. His books always fascinate and inform me. The guy is brilliant.
· What
countries or centuries did you explore?
I explored The Netherlands and
Germany during World War II in The Hiding Place and by actually going to Corrie’s hometown of Haarlam, Netherlands
and throughout Germany in May/June!
· Share a
favorite character, story, quote or cover
Betsie Ten Boom from The Hiding Place is my favorite
character in all the books I read. Her shining example of Christ’s love in the
midst of the suffering of a concentration camp during World War II inspires me.
Two of my favorite quotes by her:
"His
will is your hiding place"
"There
is no pit so deep that He [God] is not deeper still."
· One
book that touched you – (I changed it to one book for each category!)
Made me . . .
Laugh: Funny
in Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas
Cry: The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
Sing and Dance: Messiah Meditations by ME!
· Are you ready to do it all over
again?
Yes, it
keeps me accountable to keep on reading.
· Do you have any goals to check out
different genres or authors, read translated books or stories in another
language for 2015?
I only read two fiction books this
year! I read them because my classics book club was reading them, but I had to
drop out for a season and am looking forward to going back to it in July for
this reason. I really miss my fiction! Two books I have had on my list for
years are Our Mutual Friend by
Charles Dickens and Resurrection by
Leo Tolstoy.
Here is the entire 2014 List with Links to each review:
Here is the entire 2014 List with Links to each review:
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