My Stack of Books to Start Reading This Month

 

I want to begin reading more often. I use to read everyday and at night time. I remember several times stirring a pot of food on the stove with one hand and reading a book in my other hand.

Most of my books are still packed up from moving during the Summer, but I have some unpacked. Today I decided to pick out a few to start reading one at a time. When I finish this stack I will make another stack to read.

Here are the books I chose to read first. I took pictures of the front of the books and the back of the books so you can read what they are about.

 

I am excited to read this book.

 

 

I bought this book not long after its release. I admire Sadie Robertson's love for Jesus. I look forward to reading this book.

 

 

This is another book I bought not long after its release. I also look forward to reading it. I read Mr. Phil Robertson's first book "Happy Happy Happy" from start to finish without stopping. It took me around six hours to read it. I started reading it at night and finished the book around daylight when I read it a few years ago.

 

 

Do you see a theme in books here? I like the Robertson family. I began reading this book but, became
busy and did not finish it. I look forward to beginning the book again and reading all of it.

 

 

Thanks to my good friend Mike for giving me this book. I actually think I read this one already, but I want to read it again if I have. I admit thanks to my friend I am a fan of Chesterton's writings.

 

 

I have been a fan of The Crabb Families music for several years. God has used their ministry to encourage and help me time and time again. This book is another thank you to my friend Mike for giving it to me years ago. The song "Through the Fire," that was written by Mr. Gerald Crabb has ministered to me and helped me time and time again including recently. I am going through some things and believe this is a book I need to read. I know when I received this book years ago I read half or almost all of it I do not remember, then I got busy with other things in life and so reading was put on the back of my priorities. I feel like I need to read it now and God will use it to minister to me. 

I have books on my Kindle I would like to read, and books on business that I want to read this month, but I will leave the title of those books for another blog post. 

What have you read lately?  What books are on your list to read next? 

Rekindling my Love for Reading

I love to read.  Books have been a part of my life since I was a child.  I remember at a young age I would fill up my little red wagon with Little Golden Books and my Mama and I would curl up in my bed eating skittles and chocolate chip cookies while she patiently read to me book after book before bedtime, and always giving in to my plea for "one more book," most often that one more book turned into two or three!  

Growing up it was rare to see me without a book.  I read during the day, at night when the rest of the family of watching television, I would read in the living room drowning out the sounds of the t.v. with my book. I remember reading my the light of the fireplace. Laying a blanket on the green grass on a warm summer day and curling up with a book. Several nights I would lay in bed reading under the covers, using a flashlight for light, even though I was suppose to be sleeping.  There were times during my schoolwork I would be tempted to hide a book within my opened school book so that it looked as if I was reading.   Thankfully, I have a very smart Mama who caught on quickly.

I enjoyed reading so much that I would stir a pot on the stove while reading, read while the microwave was heating food or hot chocolate.  When we had dial-up Internet I would read while waiting for the Internet to slowly connect.  When I left the house I carried one or more books with me.   I love to read.

About a year before I began working outside of my home I begin slacking off on reading. The Internet took up most of my time.  As you can imagine once I started working I read even less.  For over three years I rarely read. 

After my dirt bike wreck last year I tried to read some, but because of my head injury I had to stop before reading two pages, my head would hurt. 

Months later for some strange reason I still do not understand, I found I could read books on Kindle and it did not hurt my head or eyes like a regular book.  Gradually I began being able to read several pages at a time, and then whole books!   This was exciting for me, to be able to read without my head hurting because of my injury.

A few weeks ago I picked up a hardback book, "Happy, Happy, Happy" by Phil Robertson.  I ordered it from Amazon and had it a couple of weeks before reading it.   I began reading it late one Saturday morning around 2:00a.m. and did not go to sleep until I finished reading the entire book around 7:30a.m.    When I told my Daddy about reading the book, and handed it to him to read, I mentioned I did not stop reading it until I had finished it.  It was then he pointed out to me something that had not dawned on me,  For hours I read a book and it did not hurt my head or eyes!!   Another fact that adds to my excitement, is before reading "Happy, Happy, Happy"  I had read within a couple of hours a craft book with pictures and words, the book contained a little over 200 pages and I read it all.  First time since my head injury I could read without instant headaches!  Thank the Lord for that!   It means I have recovered more!

Since then I have read even more books on Kindle and I started another hardback book Friday.  I am rekindling my love for reading, and it feels great.   Reading awakens the brain and fuels the imagination.  It is also relaxing!

Here is a list of what I have read so far this year!

1. "Quitter: Closing the Gap Between Your Day Job and Your Dream Job." ~ Jon Acuff (Finished reading this)

2. "Sense and Sensibility" ~Jane Austen

3. "The Candy Country." ~Louisa Mae Alcott

4. "Persuasion."  ~Jane Austen

5. "The Bobbsey Twins: The Secret at the Seashore."  ~Laura Lee Hope

6  "Northanger Abbey."  ~Jane Austen

7  "Mansfield Park."  ~Jane Austen

8.  "Love and Friendship."  ~Jane Austen

9  "The Sparkle Factory." ~Tarina Tarantino

10. "Happy, Happy Happy,"  ~Mr. Phil Robertson  (My favorite book I have read this year!)

11. "Pride & Prejudice."  ~Jane Austen

12.  "A Very Special Delivery."  ~Linda Goodnight

13.  "Pollyanna."  ~Eleanor H. Porter

14.  "Pollyanna Grows Up."  ~Eleanor H. Porter



I wonder if I will reach my goal of reading 100 books by the end of the year?  Either way I am happy to be able to read again without an headache while reading!  Thank the Lord!

What are you reading?  I would like to know!

Good Reads 2013 Book Challenge

I have decided to take the Good Reads 2013 Book Challenge this year.   Last year I half heartily attempted to take the challenge but I started late in the year, like about October or November, so I did not reach my goal of 50 books by the end of the year. More like one or two.   This year I plan on exceeding my goal of 100 books.   I believe books are a great way to engage our minds and help us learn.  In this day of technology, twitter, texting, facebook, it is easy to get caught up in improper English, and shortcuts, ya know, txt lingo..lol sometimes we forget how to form complete sentences.  I believe reading helps us improve in that area of communication.

I have always love to read. I get my love for reading from both my Parents. My Daddy and my Mama enjoy reading. They inherited it from their parents.  Growing up I would rather read than watch television, although I did my fair share of watching t.v.  At night when I was suppose to be fast asleep I would hide under the covers with a flashlight and read until the battery dimmed, or my eyes were to heavy to stay open.     During my teen years I carried a book with me almost everywhere I went. I read while stirring a pot on the stove, walking to another room, and snuck in chapters when I was suppose to be doing my schoolwork.    A few years ago I got out of the habit of reading often. I let things interfere with reading. It was easier to get online and spend hours than it was to open a book and read, or so I thought.  I used the dreaded excuse I swore when I was younger I would never use "I'm just to busy to read."   I remember growing up I would hear people say they enjoyed reading but could not find the time anymore, and I would think to myself. That is silly, can't they make time?  But as we all do I grew up, became an adult, entered the working world and realized I to began to use the excuse "I just don't have time to read."  Looking back that is a pretty silly excuse. I spent hours of free time online doing nothing of importance, or watching television even if it was a rerun I had seen half a dozen times or more.  All that time I could have used reading..

I chalk it up to a lesson learned.   My love for reading hasn't gone anywhere. I still enjoy it. Reading makes me feel smart. I learn new words, new ideas, it stretches my imagination, reading is an adventure. So my goal this year is to reach and exceed in reading 100 books!

Will you join me?

2013 Reading Challenge

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