I was never one much for New Year's resolutions until a couple of years ago. Then, I decided my resolution was to finish a book every week. I made it until some time in November (curse you LOTRO) and read over 60 books that year. Last year, I, like many others, resolved to lose weight and learn to carry a tune. By December 31, I had lost 45lbs, and have been working with a very patient person who assures me there's hope on the singing. So, recently, resolutions have worked out quite well.
This year my resolution is to finish 4 books per month. One per week meant only reading fairly brief titles, no more than about 250 pages was a stretch. So, four per month gives me some extra flexibility for longer works. This is in addition to reading Scripture daily and a year long reading of Calvin's Institutes (more on that in later posts).
So, for January, the books were:
*They Like Jesus, But They Don't Like the Church by Dan Kimball
*Blood Dazzler by Patricia Smith: Great book of poetry inspired by the events surrounding Hurricane Katrina (shoutout to Ava for giving me a copy and Jerry K. for the recommendation). Church people should read more poetry.
*Change We Can Believe In by Obama for America: An interesting campaign document, great ideals but somewhat short on details.
*Neuromancer by William Gibson: Surprisingly, never read it before. Holds up very well after 25 years, frightening that its doesn't seem to be that distant a future.
Theologyman is always open to recommendations.
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Mala would like to suggest The Traveler and its sequel the Dark River by John Twelve Hawks. She would also recommend What Dreams May Come by Richard Matheson.
Mala would also like to point out that had the Wachowski bros. made the Matrix more like Neuromancer her real name would be far cooler in pop culture.
And she would have mirror eyes and claws.
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