Reading Challenge for 2019
So without further ado, here is our reading challenge for 2019! Please join us in this.
Books
Books We Got for Christmas 2018
We continue to be a bookish bunch, as you can see from this post, which shows the books we gave and received this Christmas.
2018 Reading Challenge Complete
Here you can see the 56 books I read this year. I love the structure and accountability doing these reading challenges bring to my life. Thanks for joining me in it!
Salt Fat Acid Heat (Cookbook and Movie Review)
I love this cookbook, which is more about teaching you how to cook, and the concepts and procedures behind cooking, than step by step recipes.
Great Portobello Mushroom Burgers (Recipe)
This burger, holds its shape perfectly, neither too dry nor too wet. Plus it is gluten free, is delicious, and freezes well.
My Antonia (Book Review)
I give it five stars; it is a classic for a reason. Willa Cather’s prose is outstanding without being fussy, pretentious, or self conscious.
The Enchanted April (Book Review)
Spend some time in this story, and you’ll come away feeling like any problem in your life just needs a little more love applied to be instantly solved.
Mark of the Lion Series (Book Review)
This author, despite her shortcomings, wove an interesting story, with plot twists and interesting characters. It was compelling enough to complete all three books, and be glad I had.
Our Booth at the Health and Wellness Expo
We spent the last weekend manning a Christian Science booth at the Health and Wellness Expo in Stamford, Connecticut. We shared inspirational quotes, sold Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy (three times as many as last year), gave away past issues of the Sentinel magazine, and invitations to Christian Science lectures in the area.
One Man’s Wilderness (Book Review with Quotes)
This is a marvelous little book. I loved it and give it five stars. It chronicles a man’s first 16 months in the wilds of Alaska in the late 60’s.
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay (Book Review)
This tour de force, five star, Pulitzer Prize winning novel, at 654 tightly printed pages, took me a long time to read. However, there is no question that it is a masterpiece of excellent writing…
Be Part of a Book Group Near You
The book above is only shown in this post because it prompted a great discussion from my book group; otherwise, I wouldn’t mention it at all.
Lab Girl (Book Review)
If you are interested in science, you will be glad to have read this book. In general, Lab Girl is very well done.
Feel Free (Book Review)
She talks about the dialectic between form and content, concluding that form is the more crucial of the two, but what I guess I’m saying here is that I think content matters too.
Unsheltered (Book Review)
So I recommend reading this book when it comes out. We all need to deeply hear the message here. It is certainly of this present moment, more than anything else I’ve read in a long time.
Shell Seekers (Book Review)
If you want to read something pleasant and absorbing, while mild and unthreatening, pick up this “oldie but goodie” for your August vacation. I’m glad I did.
Exit West (Book Review)
I give this book five stars mostly because of the fabulous book discussion it prompted in my book group last night.