Friday, December 30, 2016

Reading Year in Review - 2016

I read over 90 books this year, but can't gloat over that accomplishment since 28 of them were Christian fiction (i.e. inconsequential fluff)  that I read during times of stress. They caused me to add a new category to my Goodreads bookshelves ("dud"), but the year was not a total failure. Here are the gems:

Classics that I loved: To Kill a Mockingbird, North and South

Classics that I expected to dislike, but enjoyed: The Great Gatsby, Age of Innocence

Best new (to me) author: Jamie Langston Turner for Winter Birds. One of the few Christian authors I can recommend.

Favorite non-fiction: Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies

Favorite Children's Lit: Betsy-Tacy by Maud Hart Lovelace

Books with the most long-term influence (that I keep quoting or using): Counterfeit Gods by Tim Keller, Technopoly by Postman, and An Approach to Extended Memorization of Scripture by Davis

It was my slowest year yet for the Classics Club Challenge, but I managed to check off five titles from my list: Gaskell's Cranford and North and South, The Great Gatsby, Pilgrim's Progress and To Kill a Mockingbird.

I managed to get in my 8 mysteries from the Cozy Mystery Challenge.

Goodreads has a fun app that shows all the covers of  the books I read in 2016.

Looking forward to more good reading in 2017!


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3 comments:

  1. Carol in OregonDecember 30, 2016 at 4:42 PM

    I always enjoy your reviews. Thanks for sharing your reading with me, Hope!

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  2. SherryDecember 30, 2016 at 6:20 PM

    I agree that Jamie Langston Turner is one of the best contemporary Christian authors I've found. You might also enjoy Dale Cramer or Athol Dickson.

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  3. GretchenJoannaJanuary 1, 2017 at 4:36 PM

    It was your review of Betsy-Tacy that caused me to buy that book soon after I read about it on your blog, and it is sitting on my shelf nearby right now. I haven't opened it yet, but it occurs to me that it would be a good one for this month, when I am going through some kind of transitional time in my reading, and feeling overwhelmed by all my stacks. I need something short and easy, but good quality :-) Thanks, Hope.

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