I ran out of cute ways to name these entries. I’m obviously running out of steam on this whole thing!
- SPT Buy, Buy Baby – Susan Gregory Thomas
- STR Breaking Free – Beth Moore
- GFT The Lucky One – Nicholas Sparks
I’m up to 76 books. That leaves 24 to go to reach the big 100. I’m starting to think that just ain’t going to happen. I was doing 12 books a month or so when I had the time (and the fervor) so I know it’s doable (and at that rate I should have reached 100 by August). It does stink a tad though because I was cruising along and got loads of great books read. (Also some real duds, but oh well.) The reason I didn’t finish any audiobooks this month is because I’m in the middle of a huge one and I’m also not in the car as much as I used to be when I had a commute every day. I’m on disc 8 of Pillars of the Earth, which is one of the most ginormous books I’ve ever read. I think the only book that equals its length is Harry Potter 5, and even that one falls short by about 100 pages.
Buy, Buy Baby was really interesting. I think I read it rather quickly considering how much junk I have going on. I definitely won’t think of children’s products as benign anymore, and while I can’t see myself totally boycotting the industry, I think it’s good to be aware of these things and then teach your children correctly. And also try to avoid helping them be blind consumers.
Breaking Free was a fabulous book that had lots of great insights in it, and I think I may read it again next year but get the journal that goes with it and then do it slowly over the course of a month. I’ll probably do her book Believing God first since I already have that journal, and I just got another of her books the other day that I’m excited to dive into. I wish that I had waited on Breaking Free though because since I’m doing another Bible study at the same time I wasn’t able to take it all in. Oh well, my copy is so water damaged that I won’t be trading it!
And the new Nicholas Sparks book was great. He totally redeemed himself for Dear John and The Choice, which were depressing beyond words. This one reminded me of some of his older books and it just captured that romance and loveliness that the other ones had.
Right now, I’m reading Son of A Witch by Gregory Maguire and really enjoying it. I hadn’t realized that I was reading it on Halloween, but I guess that is somewhat fitting. I have a ton of Christmasy books coming in too, that I’m excited about starting over the holiday season. I’m all set (internally) for Christmas, and I can’t wait for my reading material to reflect that.