C.S. Lewis said, “You can’t get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me.” My sentiments, exactly! I’m always a little sad to come to the end of either one because books are my friends.
I don’t waste time reading books I don’t enjoy, so I allow two chapters for a book to prove itself a “good read.” If I’m not drawn in by the end of the second chapter, I don’t bother reading the rest of the book. I’d recommend any book here on my list. If I didn’t like it, I wouldn’t have read it.
A couple of years ago I decided I’d like to keep a list of books I’ve read, but I’d start a list, then end up forgetting where I put it or I’d just forget to update it. It’ll be easier to keep up with here on my blog, so this post will serve as my running list of books already read in 2009. (Hee, hee–”already read” sounds funny, but I’m leaving it that way on purpose, because I’m a goofball.)
I’m always looking for more good reads, so I’d love some suggestions!
- Believing God – Beth Moore
- Searching for God Knows What – Donald Miller
- The Great House of God – Max Lucado
- When Crickets Cry – Charles Martin
- Chasing Fireflies – Charles Martin
- For the Tough Times – Max Lucado
- I Kissed Dating Goodbye – Joshua Harris
- Same Kind of Different as Me – Ron Hall & Denver Moore
- Where the River Ends – Charles Martin
- The Blessing – John Trent/Gary Smalley
- The Perfect Life – Robin Lee Hatcher
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn – Betty Smith
- The Gate of Heaven – Gilbert Morris
- This Side of Heaven – Karen Kingsbury
- Beyond Survival – Diana Waring
- Boy Meets Girl – Joshua Harris
- The Noticer – Andy Andrews
- Dogwood – Chris Fabry
- She Always Wore Red – Angela Hunt
- Dream When You’re Feeling Blue – Elizabeth Berg
- A Voice in the Wind – Francine Rivers
- Tune In: Hearing God’s Voice Through the Static – Jen Hatmaker
- Ten Lies and Ten Truths – Parker Hudson
- Before Green Gables – Budge Wilson
- Eight Cousins – Louisa May Alcott
- An Echo in the Darkness – Francine Rivers
- A Child Called It – Dave Pelzer
- The Lost Boy – Dave Pelzer
- First Born – Robin Lee Hatcher
- Fearless – Max Lucado
- Wrapped in Rain – Charles Martin
- Reaping the Harvest – Diana Waring
- Crazy Love – Francis Chan
- Lies Women Believe – Nancy Lee DeMoss
- Traveling Light – Max Lucado
- Ribbon of Years – Robin Lee Hatcher
- Where the Red Fern Grows – Wilson Rawls
- Adopting the Hurt Child – Gregory Keck
- Castaway Kid – R.B. Mitchell
- Reclaiming Surrendered Ground – Jim Logan
(List updated as I finish reading each book.)
