It's been so long

Book entry!

I recently moved all the books that I have borrowed from friends or the library to their own bookshelf. Granted, it's a small shelf, but...they have their own shelf! It only has four shelves on it, but....there are four shelves of books that need to go to someone who is not me. This is not good. So my reading list for the foreseeable future is whatever my book club is reading and whatever is on that shelf. That might explain the seemingly random nature of the selections, as people tend to offer loans of books that they think I will enjoy (Jeff, Adam, Mel, Maggie - I have one of your Sue Monk Kidd books, by the by), books that they think it would be good for me to read (Jim, Mom), and books that I have shamelessly pilfered from their shelves on my own (as if I'm going to name names on this one).

So, without further ado, I give you my first book post of the year. I'm hoping to make my reviews pretty short this year. Less typing; more reading. Here's to clearing off that shelf.

( 1. The Gospel Blimp, and Other Modern Parables by Joseph Bayly )

( 2. Love, Acceptance, and Forgiveness: Equipping the Church to be Truly Christian in a Non-Christian World by Jerry Cook with Stanley C. Baldwin )

( 3. The Awakening by Kate Chopin )

( 4. Sex God by Rob Bell )

( 5. Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Social Movement in History is Restoring Grace, Justice and Beauty to the World by Paul Hawken )

So those are the first five of the year. Five down, 25,000 to go.