I am all
backed up with books.
It would
take too long to list the backlog of free books on my Kindle. Suffice it to say that I am well prepared for
days of nonstop reading. What I’m
thinking of now is the stack of real books I lugged home Saturday when I stopped
in at Freeland Library to pick up a novel on hold: Erica Bauermeister’s Joy for Beginners. I even
made it in and out of the library without browsing and picking up additional
books. That, however, was not the case
at the library’s monthly book sale.
I exercise
remarkable self-control when it comes to fiction. I rarely purchase a fiction title, preferring
to use the library or Amazon Prime’s free checkout plan or limited time free
offers for the Kindle. And, normally, I
do the same for nonfiction, but today I bought three books that look equally
fascinating.
I’ve wanted
to get a copy of Richard Foster’s classic, Celebration
of Discipline, for a long time. I enjoy
reading Brian McLaren, so I also nabbed A
New Kind of Christian: A Tale of Two
Friends on a Spiritual Journey. Last
of all, I saw an intriguing title with a recommendation by Walter Brueggeman, And God Said: How Translations Conceal the Bible’s Original
Meaning by Dr. Joel M. Hoffman.
Several
weeks back, I bought another book I’ve always wanted to read: Brennan Manning’s The Ragamuffin Gospel. There
are also the library books I checked out last week, including Being
Christian: Exploring Where You, God, and
Life Connect by Stephen Arterburn and John Shore. Right now I’m in the middle of Maine by J. Courtney Sullivan. And I need to brush up on documentation
skills, so it’s time to look through my library copy of Cite Right: A Quick Guide to
Citation Styles—MLA, APA, Chicago, the Sciences, Professions, and More.
But what I really, really need to do
is wade through the online documents that are preparatory reading for the 2012
General Assembly. An hour a day for the
next four weeks should get me through the online backlog at least.
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