How many books do you juggle at one time? How often do you finish a book you started? I can't count all the books I have going at the moment. I want to finish them all! I can't stand to start something and not finish. Here's a list of what I'm currently working through:
* Revelations of a Single Woman--loving the life i didn't expect
(by Connally Gilliam)
* Up From Slavery (Booker T. Washington autobiography),
which is available to read online
* Streams in the Desert (L. B. Cowman)
* A manual and workbook written by a friend that I am hoping will help me figure out what my personal cultural values are by "revisiting" my childhood home. What things are unique to me/my family; why do I think and operate the way I do?
* When You Look Like Your Passport Photo It's Time to Go Home
(by Erma Bombeck)
* Fighting Angel (by Pearl Buck)
I'm quite sure I'm forgetting some. When I get home I'll see if there is something else sitting in the pile next to my bed. I am so slow! I mostly read in bed at night, and rarely make it past a couple pages before I’m falling asleep. There are so many other books I have begun but don't have a clue when I'll finish, and I don't know if I will! They don't belong in the list at the moment because I'm not carrying them around or keeping them by the bed--not that either of those qualifications means I am making any progress on a book. :)
3 comments:
I have to read one book at a time. Having one or two unopened books that I want to get to motivates me to get through the one I'm reading at the moment. I find that if I juggle multiple books, I almost never finish any of them.
I can relate! There are usually several books on my bedside table that I'm reading through simultaneously. I like being able to read in small "bites" and then give it time to digest before reading more. The exception would be novels and then I can read through it quickly. I recently finished Francine Rivers' thick historical novel A Voice in the Wind in 2 days.
In college I remember reading all of Robert Ludlum's books that were out there! This was before even the first one was made into a movie. Thanks for the info on that author and the background of making the movies. I enjoyed watching the movies but would rate the books higher.
My more "meaty" book list now contains the following:
Warren Wiersbee- On Being a Servant of God
Brother Yun- Living Water
Amy Carmichael- Edges of His Ways
I recently read a book I bought for my teenage children entitled Ask Me Anything (provocative answers for college students) by j. budziszewski which addresses many contemporary issues in a straight-forward manner.
On being a TCK I have read a couple of great books: Third Culture Kids by David Pollack & Ruth van Reken and Hidden Immigrants by Linda Bell.
I love reading and I, too, have quite a few un-read books on my shelf just waiting their turn... not to mention all the other books I don't yet own that I'd love to read some day.
Don't let anyone give you a hard time for your "pile of books" by the bedside. Keep on reading at your own pace with your own style!
Hey, I'm curious as to who JJ is? I don't know if you'll see this again, but I'm sorry I have no clue who you are?
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