tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28854403.post2372442837854787710..comments2024-03-24T13:18:48.017-06:00Comments on Living to Tell the Story: Thoughts on Last Year's Reads and a Reading Challenge for 2015Susannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02757963698816530787noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28854403.post-7855304250310096342015-01-16T10:52:30.853-07:002015-01-16T10:52:30.853-07:00what a fun plan! i would add the category of Nobel...what a fun plan! i would add the category of Nobel Prize for Literature and totally recommend Nipmthe Buds, Shoot the kids which won in 1994'was written in the 1950 s by a 23 yr old man and was his very first novel! I only read books that really grab me and don't worry about categories although I do tend to gravitate towards historical fiction. Faithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06608258814596465122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28854403.post-39406315191884709042015-01-16T00:09:06.681-07:002015-01-16T00:09:06.681-07:00I'm so impressed with all of you who participa...I'm so impressed with all of you who participate in challenges and make amazing goals for yourselves. I tend to be much more impulsive. nikkipolanihttp://nikkipolani.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28854403.post-42409551700642006672015-01-15T12:03:23.064-07:002015-01-15T12:03:23.064-07:00Barbara: that's why I was sort of pleased to f...Barbara: that's why I was sort of pleased to find this reading challenge. There's lots of room to play within it and yet still sets some intentionality (is that a word?) to my reading with a year.<br /><br />Mama Bear: Looking forward to that post.Susannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02757963698816530787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28854403.post-59538231703336264602015-01-15T10:25:29.475-07:002015-01-15T10:25:29.475-07:00I read the book you mentioned. It was one my Book ...I read the book you mentioned. It was one my Book Club read and I'm not sure who chose it. Could have been me but it wasn't 2014 so I don't remember. I enjoyed it and I think I learned from it.<br />January is the month my Book Club chooses books for the year. Each member brings at least 2 recommendations or books they want to read. We discuss and try to choose one from each member's list. I like to note the ones not chosen that interest me and put them on my own list. I read more than one book a month so this works for me. I'll do a post after our meeting tomorrow with the list.<br />Mama BearLove Bears All Thingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04091529156071883508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28854403.post-45349887796159481652015-01-15T07:36:09.713-07:002015-01-15T07:36:09.713-07:00I wrestled with reading plans this year, too. I do...I wrestled with reading plans this year, too. I do like to have some intentionality in my reading, but I don't like to feel pressured by a reading list or feel like I have failed if I don't complete it. I finally got some goals listed earlier this week.<br /><br />I posted my top ten from last year here: https://barbarah.wordpress.com/2014/12/26/top-books-read-in-2014/. It would be hard to list one over-all favorite. I'd say, for non-fiction, Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus by Nabeel Qureshi and Weight of Glory by C. S. Lewis, and then for fiction Somewhere Safe With Somebody Good by Jan Karon and Dr. Mr. Knightly by Katherine Reay.Barbara H.http://barbarah.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com