1. The Great Omission (Steve Saint)
2. A Man in Full (Tom Wolfe)
3. A Return to Modesty (Wendy Shalit)
4. Wicked (Gregory Maguire)
5. Do You Think I'm Beautiful? (Angela Thomas)
6. Let the Nations Be Glad! (John Piper)
7. The Heavenly Man (Brother Yun)
8. More Ready Than You Realize (Brian D. McLaren)
9. Geisha, a Life (Mineko Iwasaki)
10. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (J.K. Rowling)
11. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (J.K. Rowling)
12. Waking the Dead (John Eldredge)
13. A Good Scent From a Strange Mountain (Robert Olen Butler, 1993)
14. The Mark of a Man (Elisabeth Elliot)
15. Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell, 1937)
16. The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Thornton Wilder, 1928)
17. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (J.K. Rowling)
18. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix(J.K. Rowling)
19. The Magnificent Ambersons (Booth Tarkington, 1919)
20. Captivating (John & Stasi Eldredge)
21. The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love (Oscar Hijuelos, 1990)
22. The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
23. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (J.K. Rowling)
24. For Women Only (Shaunti Feldhahn)
25. Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
26. To Kill A Mockingbird (Harper Lee, 1960)
27. Jesus Among Other Gods (Ravi Zacharias)
28. The Reivers (William Faulkner, 1963)
29. Harry Potter e a Câmara Secreta [Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets] (J.K. Rowling)
30. Me Talk Pretty One Day (David Sedaris)
31. Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There (David Brooks)
32. Bel Canto (Ann Patchett)
33. The Color Purple (Alice Walker, 1983)
34. The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
35. Night (Elie Wiesel)
36. Dawn (Elie Wiesel)
37. Big Fish (Daniel Wallace)
38. Velvet Elvis (Rob Bell)
39. The Caine Mutiny (Herman Wouk, 1952)
40. Revelations of a Single Woman (Connally Gilliam)
41. Twelve Sharp (Janet Evanovich)
42. Trapped in the Mirror (Elan Golomb)
43. The Present Future (Reggie McNeal)
44. What Saint Paul Really Said: Was Paul of Tarsus the Real Founder of Christianity? (N.T. Wright)
45. The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
46. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (Robert C. O'Brien)
47. Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire (Jim Cymbala)
48. Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
49. Matthew for Everyone: Part 1 (chapters 1-15) (N.T. Wright)
50. For Men Only (Shaunti & Jeff Feldhahn)
51. The Importance of Being Foolish (Brennan Manning)
52. Life With Jeeves (P.G. Wodehouse)
53. I, Isaac, Take Thee, Rebekah (Ravi Zacharias)
54. The Winds of War (Herman Wouk)
55. These Strange Ashes (Elisabeth Elliot)
56. All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren, 1947)
57. The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
58. The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck, 1932)
59. The Princess Bride (William Goldman)
60. Breathing Lessons (Anne Tyler, 1989)
61. How to be a Carioca (Priscilla Ann Goslin)
62. A Long Obedience in the Same Direction (Eugene Peterson)
63. A Cadeira de Prata [The Silver Chair] (C.S. Lewis)
64. Pope Joan: A Novel (Donna Woofolk Cross)
65. Paul for Everyone: The Pastoral Letters (1 & 2 Timothy, Titus) (N.T. Wright)
66. LOVE Has a Price Tag (Elisabeth Elliot)
67. Cold Sassy Tree (Olive Ann Burns)
68. Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix] (J.K. Rowling)
69. Penetrada Pela Palavra [Pierced by the Word] (John Piper)
70. Savannah From Savannah (Denise Hildreth)
71. O Sobrinho do Mago [The Magician's Nephew] (C.S. Lewis)
72. The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway, 1953)
73. A Princesa Sob os Refletores [Princess in the Spotlight] (Meg Cabot)
74. O Alquimista (Paulo Coelho)
75. O Cavalo e seu Menino [The Horse and His Boy] (C.S. Lewis)
30 December 2006
22 December 2006
Favorites
And the top 10 list for this year is.... (in no particular order and leaving out any re-reads)
1. A Man in Full - Tom Wolfe has a wonderful ability to make his characters seem larger than life, making them in the end ridiculous. It didn't hurt that most (if not all) of this novel took place in my home state. Also check out I Am Charlotte Simmons, about a college freshman struggling to find herself (and in the meantime getting caught up in college).
2. Gone With the Wind - I don't know why I didn't read this one before except that I couldn't ever finish it. I have started it a number of times but finished it only once. I cried. A testimony to how sometimes changes in life and maturity can change one's will to finish (or even like) a novel.
3. Atlas Shrugged - While I don't necessary agree with all Ayn Rand says, this book was masterfully written. This will be a re-read, though I think I've lost it forever (I lent it to my cousin to read and she loved it just as much as I did). Putting the story together knowing nothing at the beginning of the book was fun; going back and seeing things now in light of the end of the story will be even better.
4. The Heavenly Man - An autobiography of one of the leaders of the underground church movement in China. I wept at times, because I realized that I know nothing of persecution.
5. The Kite Runner - I LOVE learning about culture as it relates to history; i.e., why cultures are the way they are because of their history. Afghanistan wasn't ever anything I concerned myself with; I think by the time they became a nation I had either stopped taking world history or we just never got that far. I was enthralled by the story and the tradition of running kites.
6. Pope Joan: A Novel - A spellbinding novel that weaves the background story of a legend from the 9th century of a female Pope, her upbringing, her rise to power, and her eventual downfall.
7. The Winds of War - Some of you may have watched this miniseries. A fascinating look at more than one side of World War II, German war tactics, and the fact that Hitler's attitude was not new. It was one that had pervaded Europe since the times of the Roman Empire.
8. Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire - Opens our eyes to the power of prayer to change not only who we are, but also the things around us.
9. The Princess Bride - Pure fiction. This is the book on which the movie is based. It's a lot funnier, especially after having seen the movie so many times it's almost memorized. There is a lot in the book that's not in the movie, including a rousing scene with the Zoo of Death (which Prince Humperdinck and Count Rugen have created just for the fun of it) and thoughts that don't make it into the movie because they are just that, thoughts.
10. The Time Traveller's Wife - A friend recommended this one to me. I loved it because I had to keep up with which Henry is when. And, from Claire's point of view, the story was so poignant -- she was able to love because she already knew the end, though it was sad. It made me wonder how well we love when we aren't able to see the end. How are we paralyzed because we are scared of what the future holds?
1. A Man in Full - Tom Wolfe has a wonderful ability to make his characters seem larger than life, making them in the end ridiculous. It didn't hurt that most (if not all) of this novel took place in my home state. Also check out I Am Charlotte Simmons, about a college freshman struggling to find herself (and in the meantime getting caught up in college).
2. Gone With the Wind - I don't know why I didn't read this one before except that I couldn't ever finish it. I have started it a number of times but finished it only once. I cried. A testimony to how sometimes changes in life and maturity can change one's will to finish (or even like) a novel.
3. Atlas Shrugged - While I don't necessary agree with all Ayn Rand says, this book was masterfully written. This will be a re-read, though I think I've lost it forever (I lent it to my cousin to read and she loved it just as much as I did). Putting the story together knowing nothing at the beginning of the book was fun; going back and seeing things now in light of the end of the story will be even better.
4. The Heavenly Man - An autobiography of one of the leaders of the underground church movement in China. I wept at times, because I realized that I know nothing of persecution.
5. The Kite Runner - I LOVE learning about culture as it relates to history; i.e., why cultures are the way they are because of their history. Afghanistan wasn't ever anything I concerned myself with; I think by the time they became a nation I had either stopped taking world history or we just never got that far. I was enthralled by the story and the tradition of running kites.
6. Pope Joan: A Novel - A spellbinding novel that weaves the background story of a legend from the 9th century of a female Pope, her upbringing, her rise to power, and her eventual downfall.
7. The Winds of War - Some of you may have watched this miniseries. A fascinating look at more than one side of World War II, German war tactics, and the fact that Hitler's attitude was not new. It was one that had pervaded Europe since the times of the Roman Empire.
8. Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire - Opens our eyes to the power of prayer to change not only who we are, but also the things around us.
9. The Princess Bride - Pure fiction. This is the book on which the movie is based. It's a lot funnier, especially after having seen the movie so many times it's almost memorized. There is a lot in the book that's not in the movie, including a rousing scene with the Zoo of Death (which Prince Humperdinck and Count Rugen have created just for the fun of it) and thoughts that don't make it into the movie because they are just that, thoughts.
10. The Time Traveller's Wife - A friend recommended this one to me. I loved it because I had to keep up with which Henry is when. And, from Claire's point of view, the story was so poignant -- she was able to love because she already knew the end, though it was sad. It made me wonder how well we love when we aren't able to see the end. How are we paralyzed because we are scared of what the future holds?
09 December 2006
Wish List
The lack of available Barnes & Noble stores and shipping from Amazon.com in Rio makes me miss my abundant stash of books that I have in the US (mine and other people's).
Here's to wishing for books:
All the Pulitzer Prize-winning novels that are not listed in the post below -- I have been slowly making my way through the 80 novels on that list. Some are excellent, some are terrible.
Eat This Book by Euguene Peterson -- have read a little excerpt from this book and am very interested in what he has to say about the way we read Scripture
Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places by Eugene Peterson -- Christ plays in the places the current church does not expect (or even approve of)
Here's to wishing for books:
All the Pulitzer Prize-winning novels that are not listed in the post below -- I have been slowly making my way through the 80 novels on that list. Some are excellent, some are terrible.
Eat This Book by Euguene Peterson -- have read a little excerpt from this book and am very interested in what he has to say about the way we read Scripture
Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places by Eugene Peterson -- Christ plays in the places the current church does not expect (or even approve of)
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