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| My Year in Books Here |
· How many books did you read and did you meet your own personal goal?
My personal goal was 52 books, but I read 85.
My other personal goal was to get to over 500 in the 1000 Books to Read Before You Die. I made it to 506 (509 on my list because List Challenge omits some) and decided to quit. I am top of the List Challenge List. I found many of the books pretty depressing this last year. So, I decided to read spiritually enriching books for the end of this year. I also found some new novels and memoirs that I enjoyed more than the "men leading lives of quiet desperation" ones in the 1000 Books List. I started it in 2019, but I have other things I would like to read now.
· Most thrilling, oh my goodness, I want to read it again, unputdownable book?
I don't know if I would say "thrilling," but Living in Christ's Presence: Final Words on Heaven and the Kingdom of God by Dallas Willard is one of my favorite books and is the transcript of a conference Dallas did 77 days before he died.
· Top 5 favorite books (old and new)?
1. Living in Christ's Presence (old)
2. My Friends (Goodreads best novel of 2025)
3. Within This Wilderness
4. God's Voice Within (old)
5. The Invention of Nature
· Least favorite book?
QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter - It was like reading Japanese. I didn't get it!
Something Happened - YUK!
· New author discovery?
Let God: Spiritual Conversations with Francois Fenelon - I loved what Fenelon had to say!
· What countries or centuries did you explore?
Polynesia, Italy (Naples in more than one book), England (oppression of free speech country), New England (Kennedys and Abigail Adams), Hebrides (on the west coast of Scotland), Antarctica, 1865 Civil War, Sargasso Sea, New York (lots of books were there), Australia, Germany, Russia (1902-World War II), France, Waterloo, all over America, Canadian Coastal Range, Japan, Dominican Republic, New Mexico, Nevada, fictional Central Europe, California
· Share a favorite character, story, quote or cover
My Friends - the story and cover
· One book that touched you – (I changed it to one book for each category!)
My Friends - friendship love
Into This Wilderness - a mother's love for her son
· Are you ready to do it all over again?
Yes, I feel free from my 1000 Books list now.
· Do you have any goals to check out different genres or authors, read translated books or stories in another language for 2026?
No
Here is the link to my list with brief comments on each book:
1 comment:
Happy New Year! You read a lot of interesting books and will add a few to my wishlist. I discovered Fredrick Backman this year and have more of his books in my stacks to read. Thank you for joining in with 52 Books and look forward to hearing about your reading adventures in 2026.
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