I am over halfway done with my 52 in 52 challenge for 2015! Wow. I can't believe time has passed so quickly. What have I been up to in the past weeks, near months? Well besides reading, a whole lot. Two jobs over the summer, volunteering 10ish hours a week at my church, volunteering as a journalist for a medical clinic, trying to get my next novel's first draft finished, and trying to sleep. Life is busy, as always! I realized today that I haven't updated my progress on this challenge since Week 14. So, let's review some of the books I've read recently, shall we?
I read Beowulf, which I quite liked, and Gulliver's Travels, which I enjoyed less so. I read Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Lewis' Out of the Silent Planet and Perelandra, and then I read The Time Keeper. After that I read all five of the Percy Jackson books, bummed there wasn't a sixth. I read a book called Harry Potter and the Bible, which was fantastic and sad at the same time. I picked up Sanderson's Mistborn and read it for the third time, falling in love with the series once more. Then I read Boundaries by Henry Cloud, and last night I finished The Long Awakening by Lindsey O'Connor.
Fun fact: The Long Awakening is a memoir about Lindsey's experience as a woman who was in a coma for 47 days, and her long road back to health. Good read, for anyone who doesn't mind a lot of emotional turmoil and a little bit of blood.
I didn't expect to like the Percy Jackson series, I'll be honest about that. I picked up The Lightning Thief from a friend and texted her the next morning, asking for the second. She brought me the second and less than a week later I returned for the third. She eventually just brought four and five to me, and I had the whole series finished a few days after. Not only are they easy-read books, but they're also pretty fun and packed with Greek mythology (which has always fascinated me). I appreciated the fact that they didn't paint the Greek gods as all-powerful, all-knowing gods like our Creator. Instead, the books mimicked an idea like something from The Avengers--other-worldly, much stronger than us and can't be killed like we can. But they aren't God. So I appreciated that.
Right now I have a plethora of options to start on, including Count of Monte Cristo and the sequel to Mistborn, titled The Well of Ascension. Technically, I should read the prior first, because it's been sitting on my 'to-read' stack longer. But the Mistborn series is so fantastic that I want to rip open the cover of the second book right now and immerse myself in it.
I may yet choose another book, like the Fitzwilliam Darcy series based on P&P from Mr. Darcy's perspective. Or I could read Street Sweeper, which was suggested to me by a good friend.
Choices, choices. I've had a lot of good book recommendations as of late, and I am truly thankful for them all! So many books, so little time. Better get started on the ever-building pile sitting next to my bed.
What books have you read lately? Any ones you'd suggest to a bibliophile?
-Laurel!
I read Beowulf, which I quite liked, and Gulliver's Travels, which I enjoyed less so. I read Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Lewis' Out of the Silent Planet and Perelandra, and then I read The Time Keeper. After that I read all five of the Percy Jackson books, bummed there wasn't a sixth. I read a book called Harry Potter and the Bible, which was fantastic and sad at the same time. I picked up Sanderson's Mistborn and read it for the third time, falling in love with the series once more. Then I read Boundaries by Henry Cloud, and last night I finished The Long Awakening by Lindsey O'Connor.
Fun fact: The Long Awakening is a memoir about Lindsey's experience as a woman who was in a coma for 47 days, and her long road back to health. Good read, for anyone who doesn't mind a lot of emotional turmoil and a little bit of blood.
I didn't expect to like the Percy Jackson series, I'll be honest about that. I picked up The Lightning Thief from a friend and texted her the next morning, asking for the second. She brought me the second and less than a week later I returned for the third. She eventually just brought four and five to me, and I had the whole series finished a few days after. Not only are they easy-read books, but they're also pretty fun and packed with Greek mythology (which has always fascinated me). I appreciated the fact that they didn't paint the Greek gods as all-powerful, all-knowing gods like our Creator. Instead, the books mimicked an idea like something from The Avengers--other-worldly, much stronger than us and can't be killed like we can. But they aren't God. So I appreciated that.
Right now I have a plethora of options to start on, including Count of Monte Cristo and the sequel to Mistborn, titled The Well of Ascension. Technically, I should read the prior first, because it's been sitting on my 'to-read' stack longer. But the Mistborn series is so fantastic that I want to rip open the cover of the second book right now and immerse myself in it.
I may yet choose another book, like the Fitzwilliam Darcy series based on P&P from Mr. Darcy's perspective. Or I could read Street Sweeper, which was suggested to me by a good friend.
Choices, choices. I've had a lot of good book recommendations as of late, and I am truly thankful for them all! So many books, so little time. Better get started on the ever-building pile sitting next to my bed.
What books have you read lately? Any ones you'd suggest to a bibliophile?
-Laurel!
