To be honest with you all, I don't read that much apart from assignments. But I do enjoy the things I get out of reading books, so I keep thinking about reading even when I don't do it for pleasure on a regular basis. So I thought I would share a few of the books that are on my "I think I'd like to read this sometime" list. I put links to Amazon for each book in case you're interested in buying one or just learning more about it. Maybe you've read some of them - if so, please speak up! I'd love to know what you thought of them.
Understanding Exposure, 3rd edition by Bryan Peterson | I know this is a great book on photography. I'm sure I would learn much from browsing through!
Creative, Inc.: The Ultimate Guide to Running a Successful Freelance Business by Meg Mateo Ilasco and Joy Deangdeelert Cho | Looks like an interesting and readable source for some helpful business ideas.
Think: The Life of the Mind and the Love of God by John Piper | This book looks so interesting and helpful. I would love to hear John Piper's perspective on what it looks like to use our minds to think in a way that honors God.
Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from Its Cultural Captivity by Nancy Pearcey | Still haven't finished Saving Leonardo, but I'd love to read this one, too. I think it will be a beneficial tool for me in understanding things like worldview and evangelism.
Lit!: A Christian Guide to Reading Books by Tony Reinke | This book is not actually out yet, but it comes out in a few months and I'm really excited to read it. I'm so interested to read about how to read books of all kinds from a Christian perspective.
The Chosen by Chaim Potok | I loved My Name is Asher Lev, and I would like to read this other work of Chaim Potok's as well. It's on my shelf waiting to be read.
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn | I don't know a whole lot about this book, but I like what I have read so far of Russian literature, and I'd like to read this too.
What books do you all like? Are there any on your "to read" list?
5 comments:
I am exactly the opposite of you; I love to read and I read just about everything! Except British literature. I just can't get past all the dialogue. :P
Right now I want to read To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, The Hangman's Curse by Frank Peretti, and a bunch of books by Margaret Peterson Haddix. She's a really, really good author. Oh, and Randy Alcorn wrote a book called the Ishbane Conspiracy that I want to read...
and so on and so forth. I could probably come up with dozens more that I've stored away for the moment, but I won't just now since this is getting too long anyway. :)
I definitely recommend To Kill a Mockingbird. I read it this summer and I like it. Have you read Safely Home by Randy Alcorn? That is also a good one.
Thank you for your comment, Mary. :)
I've read some of Total Truth in a worldview class I did last year (really cool, gives you a TON to think about) and I've also read The Chosen (which I read for Lit class last year. It is really instructive on the modern Jewish culture).
Oh and I love books by Frank Peretti Mary, though I haven't read the Hangman's curse (I think I borrowed it a while ago from a friend and never returned it, come to think of it...) =)
And Safely Home is amazing Carrie! Actually, anything by Randy Alcorn is amazing.
Right now the big ones on my list are Don't Waste Your Life by John Piper, Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskill, Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien, and Dig Deeper by Nigel Beychon and... oh the other man's name is escaping my brain right now. :)
All of your book choices look fascinating! I might need to add some to my summer reading list. :)
I'm reading Understanding Exposure!! It's really helpful if you're wanting to learn how to shoot in manual. I, personally have benefitted most from the author's emphasis on strategically choosing aperture values... I love creating shallow dof, but sometimes a picture looks best with a higher, more general f/stop. So, I've been practicing my use of a wider range of apertures (as opposed to only 2.0!) lately. Oh, and there are awesome pictures in there as well! =) Great book for sure.
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