One of my Januarying tasks was to get back into reading and listening to books. Last year, I pretty much stopped reading altogether at the end of July. As I referred to here and here. August through December of 2022 was a crazy busy time of my life; as a result, some things got dropped and books certainly didn't get picked up.
Over Christmas Break I started reading again. Today is the 40th day of the year and so far I have finished 8 books.
They are Listed by Title, Author, How obtained, How Consumed
Dead Center David Rosenfelt Hoopla Listened to from phone
Heaven Randy Alcorn Own Read (to self)
Dryer's English Benjamin Dryer Local Library Read (to self and others)
A Big Day for Baseball Mary Pope Osborn Classroom Read (to self)
Big Nate: Welcome To My World Lincoln Pierce Classroom Read (to self)
Play Dead David Rosenfelt Hoopla Listened to from phone
Billy Graham: America's Pastor Geoff & Janet Benge Hoopla Listened to from phone
Unnatural Death Dorothy L. Sayers Hoopla Read from my Ipad.
That's 8 books finished in 40 days. There are 365 days this year which means to find out how many books I'm on pace to read in a year you would just multiply 8 times 9.125 which us of course 73 books.
I guess since I've mentioned the last 8 books I've read I've also technically mentioned the last five as well That being said, here are 10 books that I am currently working on or hoping to get too soon.
The Annotated Pride & Prejudice - Jane Austen Annotated and Edited by David M. Shapard.
The Last Sweet Mile - Allen Levi
Write Better - Andrew T. Le Peau
Gentle and Lowly - Dane Ortlund
Luke - The Gospel of Amazement - Michael Card
What To Do on Thursday - Jay E. Adams.
75 Readings - An Anthology
Heroes of the Faith - Gene Fedele
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club - Dorothy L. Sayers
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close - Jonathan Safran Foer
If I were to complete all 10 of these books in the next 40 days Then I would be on pace to finish 81 books by year's end. My wife is sure to annihilate any kind of total I should accumulate as she is a reading machine.
For those familiar with my reading ways you may wonder why there are no C.S. Lewis books on the docket. This is by design. I do plan to read all of the Chronicles of Narnia this year as I've done most every year since I was 16. The difference this year is I decided to put them off a little bit and concentrate on other books at the beginning of the year. . When I do get to them, I have decided to read them in alphabetical order rather than chronological or Narnian historical order as I have in the past. This means I'll start with The Horse and His Boy and end with the Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
It's good to have started the year on a reading note. Hopefully, I'll be back soon with news of 5 more books completed.
Love,
Dave
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