{"id":634,"date":"2013-03-14T06:55:17","date_gmt":"2013-03-14T12:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maryanninprogress.com\/?p=634"},"modified":"2013-03-15T19:19:22","modified_gmt":"2013-03-16T01:19:22","slug":"slow-reader-thursday-20-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maryanninprogress.com\/slow-reader-thursday-20-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Slow Reader Thursday: 20 Books…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Warning: Get your favorite beverage first.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since I’m such a slow reader<\/a>, guess what?! I’m not done with a book about being inadequate. Yes, I’m serious. Well, sort of. So, today you’re getting an FB<\/a> favorite while I spend some time with my visiting niece and the DD<\/a> and DSL<\/a>. Yes, it’s Spring Break at the MIP<\/a> household. Perhaps next Thursday I will get my act together. Sort of.<\/p>\n

Several years ago FB<\/a> was “personal survey happy.” In other words “Answer these questions about yourself and then tag all of your friends and ask them to answer the same questions.” While many of these became quite irritating and nonsensical, there were some that actually did merit a response. One of these was, “Pick 15 books that have always and will always stay with you.” If I were to answer that prompt today, I would list the books below, in no particular order, but add five more! Please feel free to add in your 20 favorites, with or without explanation. This will allow others to add some books to their “reading to-do list.” And yes, I hope one of these “others” will be me<\/em>.<\/p>\n

1. The Bible<\/em>…obviously. Right now, I’m rather partial to the version by Mr. Peterson (The Message<\/em><\/a>)…it makes reading this for the 49th time much more enjoyable and “user-friendly”.<\/span><\/p>\n

2. The Shack<\/em><\/a>…My copy’s autographed…how about yours? And mine is dog-eared and underlined repeatedly! I hate<\/em> crying and this book makes me cry for reasons I don’t fully comprehend. \u00a0That just doesn’t happen when I read.<\/p>\n

3. The Purpose-Driven Life<\/em><\/a>…I disagree with some of its premises, but overall…a good way to live.<\/p>\n

4. Loving God<\/em><\/a>…the best defense of why the Bible is true, written by a crook. \ud83d\ude42 His boss wasn’t…at least according to his boss.<\/p>\n

5. The Screwtape Letters<\/em><\/a>…I always like when someone puts a twist on writing a book and this one is from a very different perspective. Written by someone who didn’t believe in the Bible at first.<\/p>\n

6. Little Women<\/em><\/a>…about a woman writer when it wasn’t cool to be a woman writer…’nuf said. Oh, and it’s free on Kindle. Yes, I said free.<\/p>\n

7. This Present Darkness<\/em><\/a>…and all the sequels…again…another take on things with a different twist.<\/p>\n

8. The Mystery of the 99 Steps<\/em><\/a>…my introduction to Nancy Drew…horrible writing, but fun when you’re 10 years old…I read all<\/em> of them in 5th grade…I could read 4 of them a week and she never kissed Ned once<\/em>. Then I read the entire collection of the Hardy Boys…then I read all the Bobbsey Twin books. Yeah…I was a nerd. And there wasn’t much else to do in Bridgeport, WV back then.<\/p>\n

9. God is an Englishman<\/em><\/a>…very obscure book with a very interesting title…for adult readers only…in other words…it wasn’t about what I thought it was about. (How many of you just looked for it online? Caught ya, didn’t I?)<\/p>\n

10. Cheaper by the Dozen<\/em><\/a> – pay special attention to the section on bathing. If Kyle takes another hot water heater draining shower, these methods will be employed at the Arnold house very soon.<\/p>\n

11. Gone with the Wind<\/em><\/a> – this is a primer on cheesy, ridiculous dialogue, but I love it.<\/p>\n

12. One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish<\/em><\/a>… no surprise here, if you’ve been reading my recent posts!<\/a> My very first book<\/a> and my mom probably could recite it flawlessly without ever looking at a page…I requested it every night, along with Fox in Sox<\/em><\/a> for 3 whole years. (My mother was a saint.)<\/p>\n

13. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families<\/em><\/a> – this ought to be required reading for anyone expecting a kid. Just tell the mom (when she’s 9 months along) she has to cross her legs until she has read it…it’ll get done…I guarantee it.<\/p>\n

14. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe<\/em> <\/a>– see # 5…the man has an imagination and puts it on paper well.<\/p>\n

15. Brave New World<\/em><\/a>…it’ll make you think twice about the government requesting more and more invasion into our personal lives.<\/p>\n

16.\u00a0Heaven is for Real<\/em><\/a>…when a book is written by an 11 year old boy and is his eyewitness account, I tend to listen…and read…word-for-word. So reassuring for us Christian types and yet so surprising.<\/p>\n

17.\u00a0Quitter<\/a>…<\/em>I have read numerous books on writing and pursuing your ridiculous, impractical dreams, but none have affected me the way Jon Acuff’s book has<\/a>.<\/p>\n

18.\u00a0God’s Little Miracle Book<\/a>…<\/em>This book just reminds me why it’s still important to pray.
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19.\u00a0Left Behind<\/a> (and the rest of the series)…<\/em>Of course, it’s just two people’s take on what could happen when Planet Earth comes to an end, but it sure is interesting to envision the modern world trying to cope with the book of Revelation.<\/p>\n

20.\u00a0Born Again, Texan<\/em><\/a>…This is just too hilarious for words and too true and still rather informational.<\/p>\n

Your turn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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