Emily’s Comments (group member since Dec 31, 2015)

Emily’s comments from the VT Christian Reading Challenge group.

Michael Horton, Paul Tripp

I've read 11 books so far. I tried to hit it hard at the beginning of the year, knowing I'd have more time and likely more motivation than I would for awhile. I'd like to keep ahead (my goal is 52) because I'd love to read more than that if possible. This month is when my reading will slow down some because life is picking up pace again, but I hope to at least keep the pace of a book a week.

My favorite book ended up being one that I randomly picked up at an old book sale called The Music Master- not knowing the author or anything about it - merely that it was a novel about music somehow. It ended up being fascinatingly beautiful, heartbreaking, challenging, and uplifting.

I didn't have any that were bad or terrible. But my least favorite, and one I'm not going to keep, was Grace for the Good Girl: Letting Go of the Try-Hard Life. It wasn't bad - it just wasn't great or inspiring or really compelling about grace. It lacked the depth I was expecting and wanting from it.

Progress: 9 books

I'm hoping to do the "Commited" level this year - so, 52 books. However, I modified it to my personal tastes. I chose whichever categories from all the levels that sounded the most interesting to me. I've already gone through my books and made a list of what I plan on reading.

_1. A Book about Christian Living - Objects of His Affection: Coming Alive to the Compelling Love of God
✔ 2. A Biography - Gene Kelly: A Biography
✔ 3. A Classic Novel - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
_4. A Book about Theology - Putting Amazing Back into Grace: Embracing the Heart of the Gospel
_5. A Book with the word "Gospel" in the title - Recovering Redemption: A Gospel Saturated Perspective on How to Change
_6. A Book more than 100 years Old - TBD
_7.A Book for Children - Mr. Revere and I: Being an Account of certain Episodes in the Career of Paul Revere,Esq. as Revealed by his Horse
_8. A Book Published in 2016 - TBD
_9. A Book written by a Puritan - Christ Is Best
_10. A Book about a Missionary - A Passion for the Impossible: The Life of Lilias Trotter
✔11. A Novel by a Pulitzer Prize Winner - All the Light We Cannot See
_12. A Book written by an Anglican - Essays on Various Subjects Principally Designed for Young Ladies
_13. A Book at least 400 pages - The Winning of Barbara Worth
_14. A Book by C.S. Lewis - Till We Have Faces or The Problem of Pain or The Weight of Glory
_15. A Book with a Great Cover - Against the Tide
_16. A Book on the NY Times Bestseller List - TBD
_17. A Book about Church History - Church History in Plain Language
_18. A Book of Poetry - Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie
✔ 19. A Book written by an Author with initials in their name - Grace for the Good Girl: Letting Go of the Try-Hard Life
_20. A Book about Worldview - The Ultimate Proof of Creation: Resolving the Origins Debate
✔ 21. A Humorous Book - Around the World in 80 Days
_22. A Book based on a True Story - The Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-45
_23. A Book by Martin Luther - Commentary on Galatians
_24. A Book with under 100 pages - On the Grace of God
_25. A Book with a One-Word Title - Miracles: What They Are, Why They Happen, and How They Can Change Your Life
_26. A Book about Money - Money, Possessions and Eternity
_27. A Novel set in a Country not your Own - The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
✔28. A Book about Music - The Music Master
_29. A Memoir - Child Star
_30. A Book about Joy/Happiness - God's Promise of Happiness
_31. A Book by a Female - Girls Gone Wise in a World Gone Wild
_32. A Book you have started and not finished - Transforming Grace: Living Confidently in God's Unfailing Love
_33. A Book by David McCullough - 1776
_34. A Book you own by haven't read (ie. almost all of these ;)) - Aunt Hannah and Martha and John
_35. A Book by a Conference Speaker - Idols of the Heart: Learning to Long for God Alone
✔36. A Book by Someone of a Different Ethnicity - Jesus > Religion: Why He Is So Much Better Than Trying Harder, Doing More, and Being Good Enough
_37. A Photo Essay Book - Lincoln: A Photobiography
✔38. A Book about Ancient History - After The Flood: the early Post-Flood History of Europe
_39. A Book about Parenting - Give Them Grace: Dazzling Your Kids with the Love of Jesus or Show Them Jesus: Teaching the Gospel to Kids
_40. A Book about WW2 - Last Waltz in Vienna
_41. A Book by your Favorite Author - Awe: Why It Matters for Everything We Think, Say, and Do or Comforts from the Cross: Celebrating the Gospel One Day at a Time
_42. A Book you have Read Before - Fine China Is for Single Women Too
_43. A Christian Novel - A Tailor-Made Bride
_44. A Book by Charles Dickens - Nicholas Nickelby
_45. A Book by a Church Father - On the Incarnation or On the Apostolic Preaching
_46. A Book about a Country/City - A Year in the World: Journeys of a Passionate Traveller
_47. A Book about Science - Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution
_48. A Book about the Reformation - The Reformation: How a Monk and a Mallet Changed the World
_49. A Book by Jane Austen - Emma or Persuasion
_50. A Book by a Presbyterian - New Morning Mercies: A Daily Gospel Devotional
_51. A Historical Book - The Greatest Generation
_52. A Book from a Category with Double Books - TBD

Extras:
✔ 53. A Bottle in the Smoke