"The word 'no' is the way you keep your commitment to the people you have already said 'yes' to."
- Phil Schroeder
Friday, March 16, 2007
The only reason I'm phrasing the question that way is because I tend to read about 8 to 12 books at a time. Naturally, I finish them very slooooowly.
So, right now, my favorites in my reading rotation are these three:
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William Shirer
Eat This Book by Eugene Peterson
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
What are your favorites right now?
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Comments on "What's the Best Book You're Reading Right Now?":
3. Daniel Ross
- 03/16/2007 5:51 pm CDT
"Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and dangerous Ideas."
7. Jackson
- 03/16/2007 8:17 pm CDT
I just finished "Arminian Theology" by Roger Olson. Does a good job of clarifying what Arminianism actually is.
8. ThunderBird
- 03/16/2007 8:18 pm CDT
I'm dying to get my paws, er, talons, on that book, Jackson. I'm a huge Olson fan.
Brian, that's a great one too. Rod gave that too me one year at Entmoot.
9. smallfaithjenn
- 03/16/2007 9:04 pm CDT
The Mission of Motherhood,by Sally Clarkson - I guess I'm picky about parenting books. There are few a really like. I don't agree with everthing Clarkson says in this book, but some parts of it are really challenging me.
12. Lauren
- 03/17/2007 12:19 am CDT
The Four Loves - it's actually the only book I'm reading right now!
13. jen
- 03/17/2007 7:57 am CDT
Act of Treason by Vince Flynn. I've been reading it since January and I'm only on about chapter 4. Not much time to read these days, sadly.
Actually, there's time, but I haven't figured out how to feed the baby with one hand and read a book with the other.
14. Maripat
- 03/17/2007 8:34 am CDT
but I haven't figured out how to feed the baby with one hand and read a book with the other.
I've got two words for you Jen - audio books
17. Anne
- 03/17/2007 12:16 pm CDT
Mirror of Fire and Dreaming, by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. Why? 'Cause my daughter loved it (and the previous, The Conch Bearer) and I like to stay in touch ...
18. Evan
- 03/17/2007 12:52 pm CDT
"Where are the Customers' Yacht's?" by Fred Schwed. A 60 year-old humorous classic on Wall Street that reinforces once again why you should invest your own money or simply invest in low-cost index funds, and not pay some mutual fund manager or investment advisor huge amounts of money to do it for you.
"A Feast for Crows" by Gearge RR Martin. Book four in his "A Song of Fire & Ice" fantasy saga. This book is quite a bit weaker than the first three, but there is always hope it is just a lull until the story gets moving again when Martin gets around to writing the rest of the series, supposedly seven books. By the way, HBO has announced they are making this into one of their original series, with each season covering one book.
Also, re-reading "Miracles" by CS Lewis, which requires no commentary.
19. jen
- 03/17/2007 2:29 pm CDT
I do audio books in the car. I guess now that I'm commuting a couple of days a week, I should hit the library for audio books again.
20. Gin
- 03/17/2007 7:21 pm CDT
I just lurk around thinklings - have never posted - but I'm a huge reader and can't resist this topic. Of course, most of you have posted non-fiction, but I'd love to hear what some of you think about "From the Corner of His Eye" by Dean Koontz. Just finished it 10 minutes ago. Fascinating.
21. Bird
- 03/17/2007 7:52 pm CDT
Gin,
Thanks for delurking. I've never read any Koontz. I'm not much into fiction myself. About ten years ago I devoured a bunch of Crichton, but I can't get into him anymore. Read State of Fear about 6 months ago, it was good but not great. I tried the first 75 pages of Timeline, but it bored me. :-(
Maybe I'll give Koontz a shot. Where should I start?
22. Jeff T.
- 03/18/2007 2:12 pm CDT
I'm in the middle of The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel. Strobel is (was?) an award-winning journalist for the Chicago Tribune who uses his sharp investigator's mind to probe for weaknesses the case for Jesus as Christ. He discovers a lot of evidence for Jesus as Christ, and makes a surprisingly strong case involving historical evidence, archaeological evidence, etc. You might not be surprised that there exists historical evidence for Christ, but you might be surprised at how much of it there is!
24. leslie28
- 03/18/2007 7:03 pm CDT
The Gifts of the Jews, by Thomas Cahill.
He's not a Christian, but he's going really in depth about how the Jews progressed from nomadic tribes, etc., to changing the face of religion and morals all over the world. I'm only a couple of chapters in, but it's looking really meaty.
And I read like Bird sometimes. Right now, I am partway into about 5 books. Nonfiction usually, but I love great fiction when my head is too full from the other stuff. Peretti and Dekker are pretty high on my list. I'm not much of a Janette Oke kind of book person--usually. But I love me some Anne of Greene Gables!
25. Raindream
- 03/18/2007 8:20 pm CDT
Alan, are you planning to blog on the Lawrence Lessig book? That sounds interesting.
I'm reading The Anger Trap, by Les Carter, very insightful material on the roots of anger and dealing with it properly.
28. The Ancient Mariner
- 03/19/2007 2:52 pm CDT
Jeff T., Strobel spent a number of years as a teaching pastor at Willow Creek, and is now in the same position at Saddleback.
As for me, I just finished reading the Confessions--no, not St. Augustine's, St. Patrick's. Much shorter, not as good, but still good. I'm currently working my way (slowly!) through Oliver O'Donovan's The Desire of the Nations: Rediscovering the Roots of Political Theology; two books I haven't quite finished from a while ago are Eugene's Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places (no comment necessary) and Furious Pursuit: Why God Will Never Let You Go, by Tim King and Frank Martin. The latter gets various details wrong, but the central thrust is so right, I mostly forgive the details.
Oh, and I'm also rereading Stephen R. Donaldson's Lord Foul's Bane--I want to read back through the first two Chronicles before I start on the third.
29. Gin
- 03/19/2007 3:39 pm CDT
Bird,
Try "From the Corner of His Eye" - I couldn't put it down. Interesting look at the process of redemption from a completely different angle than any you've ever read, I'm sure. Fiction, but yanno, for fun.
Also, try "Odd Thomas" and the series around the character Odd.
These all touch on the spiritual in an interesting way, although I have NO idea about the religious affiliation of Koontz.
Also, I just finished Barna's book "Revolution" which has some very interesting observations for the church today. Can't argue with his numbers. See, I read non-fiction, too!! :)
32. Bird
- 03/19/2007 10:34 pm CDT
Thanks, Gin. BTW, I think De's the only one around here with a potty mouth. ;-)
35. Quaid
- 03/21/2007 9:43 am CDT
just kidding . . .
I'm reading Piper's "A Hunger For God" which is incredible. Desiring God is a great book and I thought highly of Piper when reading it, but "A Hunger for God" (which is free on Piper's web site, btw) is strengthening my love for his writing.
The book deals with fasting and its integration in a Christian's life.
N.T. Wright's Simply Christian