Returning

I took the kids to Barnes & Noble today because it is once again pouring here.  Christian said,"Why does May have to be so rainy?"  My sentiments exactly, although I know that it is good and necessary for the rain to drench this land of ours, nourishing, replenishing, bringing life. While we were at the bookstore, I saw so many books that looked interesting:  novels, young adult literature, books on artists.  I wanted to read them all!  I miss reading long chapters in long novels, or short stories by masters like Fitzgerald.  I miss getting lost in another world, a world of words and characters that are easy to fall in love with, and longing for resolution that sometimes comes and sometimes doesn't. I decided just now that I am going to make time to read more.  Mike bought a book for me a while back, The Prodigal God by Tim Keller, and I'm starting with that. What are you reading?  Do you love it?  What do you recommend, either something new or a classic?  (For example, I love Les Miserables and would highly recommend that book.  Read it as soon as you can!)  I have a list in my head of books I would like to read, books that I should have read long ago but for some reason never did.  They include The Count of Monte Cristo, Jane Eyre, The Three Musketeers, The Hunchback of Notre Dame. There are many more. Here's a secret about me.  I want to read more so that I might be able to write one day.  Some people know that, but not many.  I would love to be an author.  Oooooh, maybe I should not put that out there...but I'm going to anyway. I'm off now, to see what I might learn from the Reverend Dr. Keller... addendum:  Right, I just finished the introduction and am already choking back tears.

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[jen]

I recently read (and am going to reread very soon) the Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical by Shane Claiborne and found it very inspiring. Another one I enjoyed was The Shack by William Paul Young...although that book has been somewhat controversial in the Christian community (I didn't see a problem with it so long as you remember this is a FICTION book...LOL). I'm not a big fiction book reader...but this one spoke to me. :)