Much like last year, I feel like this list is not very big. I wish I would've gotten more reading in. However, I feel I should make a disclaimer... this list only represents the books that I actually finished. This would be a far greater list if I retold all the books that I started, parts of commentaries that I poured over, or early church reading that I did. Okay, here it goes:
Professional Reading
1. 5 Things Anyone Can Do To Lead Effectively (Phil Stevenson) 96 Pages
2. 5 Things… To Help Their Church Grow (Phil Stevenson) 95 Pages
3. Soul Cravings (Erwin McManus) 258 Pages
4. 7 Practices of Effective Ministry (Stanley, Joiner, Jones) 187 Pages
5. An Unstoppable Force (Erwin McManus) 224 Pages
6. The Knowledge of the Holy (A.W. Tozer) 188 Pages
7. Return to Worship (Ron Owens) 210 Pages
8. Comeback Churches (Ed Stetzer and Mike Dodson) 226 Pages
9. The Wonder of Worship (Keith Drury) 298 Pages
10. The Church Jesus Builds (Various) 205 Pages
11. The Radical Reformission (Mark Driscoll) 204 Pages
12. The Shack (William P. Young) 248 Pages
13. Be Holy (Various Authors) 207 Pages
14. Authentic Faith (Gary Thomas) 253 Pages
Personal Reading
1. Star Wars: Death Star (Michael Reaves & Steve Perry) 363 Pages
2. The Last Templar (Raymond Khoury) 523 Pages
3. Star Wars: Sacrifice (Karen Traviss) 367 Pages
4. Sandstorm (James Rollins) 587 Pages
5. Star Wars: Inferno (Troy Denning) 299 Pages
6. Map of Bones (James Rollins) 521 Pages
7. Star Wars: Fury (Aaron Allston) 356 Pages
8. Raiders of the Lost Ark (Campbell Black) 178 Pages
9. Star Wars: A Practical Man - Ebook (Karen Traviss) 70 Pages
10. The Appeal (John Grisham) 358 Pages
11. Star Wars: Jedi Twilight (Michael Reaves) 343 Pages
12. Protect and Defend (Vince Flynn) 403 Pages
26 Books 7267 Total Pages
Top Three Professional
1. Be Holy - A fantastic book re-examining the Wesleyan take on Holiness.
2. The Shack - Not a theology text... so don't read it like one. Just enjoy and allow God to minister to your heart.
3. Authentic Faith - Challenging book about some Christian disciplines that aren't thought about as much.
Top Three Personal
1. Protect and Defend - Flynn continues to write engaging stories... probably the author that I most look forward to reading new stuff from.
2. Map of Bones - Great stuff by Rollins... I just hope he revisits this storyline again... very unfulfilling ending.
3. The Last Templar - If you can get past another Gnostic gospel book (like DiVinci Code)... the story is really pretty engaging.
One big observation: I continue to read Star Wars out of loyalty... but I enjoy those books less and less. Not sure what's going on there... but I'm hoping for a better Star Wars year this year... we'll see.
4 comments:
You need to post something like, "Ten things every parent needs to know to talk intelligently with their child about Star Wars" Just when I think I have it figured out, there's a new planet/term/character....
Oh fun! Dave's list is coming some time this week. He was racing through the books this week to get 'em in 2008!
What did you think about "The Appeal?"
I also read it this year and would be curious to know your thoughts.
Chris,
I liked The Appeal... probably my favorite Grisham book in the last five or six years, actually. I hated the ending... but I imagine it's pretty realistic, unfortunately.
What did you think?
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