What I’m Reading

Last month’s reading check-in reminded me that, while I have been reading rather regularly, I hadn’t yet made progress on my sub-goals. Oops. That’s why regular reviews are helpful, I guess.

This month I began remedying this, starting two books that qualify as “nagging books.” Now I just need to make a little progress. No matter. Onward! Here’s what I’ve been reading since last month’s check-in:

The Fault in Our Stars, John Green

I’m late to the party, I know. But I love love loved being swept away by the humanity in these characters. It was easily my favorite contemporary non-series read in a long time. I’d say more, but you should read it, and I don’t want to tell anymore than you’ve already heard.

The Great Divorce, C.S. Lewis

This is one of the few primary Lewis books I still hadn’t read. I enjoyed it, but because it took me a bit to get the hang of what was going on, I’ll be re-reading it. Recommended. (But don’t skip the preface.)

Immortal Poets, Christopher Burns

I’ve wanted to read more poetry for a while now, but where to begin? I decided to begin with this well-reviewed anthology and was happily surprised to discover the poets are arranged in historical order with helpful introductions throughout. Just what I was looking for.

Divine Conspiracy, Dallas Willard

Another one from my nagging list, it was undeniably time to pick this one up again (on the first read I had to stop to let the ideas soak about 90 pages in and never picked it back up). A modern classic, Willard critiques contemporary Christianity and aims to reorient it with an alternate paradigm. Yes. Yes. and YES.

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