2016 Reading Challenge

I am taking the Challies 2016 Reading Challenge. And that is appropriate because for the last few years, I've been reading challenged! My goal is to complete the "Committed" list- 52 books. I will need suggestions! Stay tuned.

(meanwhile, I'll keep track of the list here...)

1. Life Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer (a book about Christian living)
2. Run by Ann Patchett (a book with a one-word title)
3. The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri (a book written by someone of a different ethnicity than you)
4. All Things for Good by Thomas Watson (a book written by a Puritan)

booklist- 2012

a list of books completed in 2012, including books of the Bible:
(because in truth, maybe public accountability will lead to a few less Solitaire and Tetris games and a lot more reading!)

January:
Alone in Majesty by William MacDonald
The Memory of Old Jack by Wendell Berry
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
The Trellis and the Vine by Colin Marshall and Tony Payne
A Praying Life by Paul Miller
Clementine and The Talented Clementine by Sara Pennybacker

February:
From Fear to Freedom by Rose Marie Miller
Making Kingdom Disciples by Charles H. Dunahoo
Clementine's Letter by Sara Pennybacker

March:
Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Little Bee by Chris Cleave
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
We Are All Welcome Here by Elizabeth Berg
The Legacy of Biblical Womanhood by Susan Hunt
One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp

April:
Eyes to See edited by Bret Lott
Mennonite in a Little Black Dress by Rhoda Janzen
By Design by Susan Hunt
Rosie by Anne Lamott

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Book List

The final edition of the 2008 booklist.

It started stronger than it finished. But in general, I'm not disappointed.
And, this morning, I finished the Bible in a year, beginning to end, though I confess, I doubled the readings this last week to be able to finish. I'm convicted this reading, with a purposeful plan, is a daily must for me- so I'm starting again tomorrow.

For 2009, I'm considering participating in this challenge, and reading a big book, a thick ol' classic, with a friend. Stay tuned.

To keep track of what I've read (including reading through the Bible) in 2008, a list, updated monthly:

January:
CultureShock! China by Angela Eagan and Rebecca Weiner
Home to Holly Springs by Jan Karon
Genesis
If by Amy Carmichael
A Chance to Die by Elisabeth Elliot
Exodus

February:
Devotional Classics edited by Richard J. Foster and James Bryan Smith
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
These Strange Ashes by Elisabeth Elliot
Leviticus
The Practice of the Presence Of God by Brother Lawrence
Numbers
End of the Spear by Steve Saint

March:
Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder
Deuteronomy
The Pursuit of God by AW Tozer
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
Grow in Grace by Sinclair B. Ferguson

April:
Sold by Patricia McCormick
1 & 2 Samuel
Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
A Walk with Jane Austen by Lori Smith
Rise and Shine by Anna Quindlen
Transforming Grace by Jerry Bridges

May:
1 & 2 Kings
The Mitford Bedside Companion by Jan Karon
Suffering and the Sovereignty of God edited by John Piper and Justin Taylor
1 & 2 Chronicles
Four-tenths of an Acre by Laurie Lisle
Crooked Little Heart by Anne Lamott

June:
Ezra
Nehemiah
Job
A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23 by W. Phillip Keller
My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok

July:
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
The Chosen by Chaim Potok
Good-Bye Mr. Chips by James Hilton
Isaiah
When You Rise Up by R.C. Sproul, Jr.
Psalms
Village School by Miss Read

August:
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Jeremiah
Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life by John Calvin
Lamentations
Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
Ezekiel
Proverbs
Instructing a Child's Heart by Tedd and Margy Tripp

September:
Ecclesiastes
Song of Solomon
Daniel
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakuk
Zehphaniah
Love Has A Price Tag by Elisabeth Elliot
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi

October:
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
The Believer's School of Prayer by Andrew Murray
Spiritual Mothering by Susan Hunt
By Design by Susan Hunt

November:
Acts
Romans
1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah

December:
Galatians
Ephesians
Phillipians
Colossians
1&2 Thessalonians
1&2 Timothy
Titus
Philemon
Hebrews
James
1&2 Peter
1, 2, & 3 John
Jude
Revelation
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