I started out with the books I brought, "True Spirituality" by Schaeffer (I admit I did not make it all the way through) and some re-reading of "Orthodoxy" by G.K. Chesterton.
Then I made my way to online books!
I read "Sense and Sensibility" which I picked due to the fact that I did not remember what happened in the movie.... well there is a reason I didn't remember what happened, I already don't remember what happened in the book. I read it not 6 months ago.
Then came borrowed books! Yay!!
First was "Tai Pan" by James Clavell- It is not for the most feint of heart, but it is excellently written and a very interesting historical fiction.
Failures:
I attempted a book called "Tipperary" and failed, it was too slow and I kept falling asleep as it kept going back and forth to explain historical aspects of a man's life story. bleh. I found the book "Natural Birth Control" more exciting.
I also failed in re-reading "Alice in Wonderland"....you'd think I'd make it through a 120 page story, but you'd be wrong, I only made it to page 68.
To redeem myself I did read "Blink," and left that in Guam with a 19 year old boy who is getting married to his 18 year old girlfriend this month. (That's a whole other story)
I am shamed to say that after "Blink" I bought "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" to have something to read on the beach. It did the job.
We found a thrift store in Guam and snagged some books. I got "The Wedding Dress" and "The Unit" by Ninni Holmqvist (strongly recommend).
"The Wedding Dress" is an easy read about women post-civil war time and felt like something my mom would have read me when I was home-schooled; it is now in the possession of one of my former students- she finished it while corralling high school boys in her homeroom.
"The Unit" made me think a LOT, it's basically a story about a not so future time and what the value of a person is. I lent this to a friend and she finished it within the week.
THEN came "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss (More strongly recommend), then it's sequel "Wise Man's Fear"- These books are excellent, the main character is.....well he is a read-headed wonder. Unfortunately the Author may take another 4-10 years before releasing the final book. He took 10 years on the first one and the second was only recently released.
Simultaneously, while reading the King Killer Chronicles (above) I read "The Power of Words and the Wonder of God" (interesting) and finally "Bluebeard" by Kurt Vonnegut (strongly recommend). I am not sure if I liked it better than "Player Piano" but it was very interesting and funny.
That's 12 full books, (13 if you count my "Discovery" Bible study) in 8 months.
And I used to hate to read.
