January 2025
- Cultural Sanctification: Engaging the World like the Early Church - Stephen O. Presley (NF).
- Holier Than Thou: How God's Holiness Helps Us Trust Him - Jackie Hill Perry (NF).
- Women and God: Hard Questions, Beautiful Truth - Kathleen B. Nielson (NF).
February 2025
- Wind and Truth (The Stormlight Archive, Book #5) - Brandon Sanderson (F).
- The Mythmakers: The Remarkable Fellowship of C.S. Lewis and J.R R. Tolkien - John Hendrix (NF). I loved this book! Just really beautifully done.
- Broken Bayou - Jennifer Moorhead (F).
- Happy Lies: How a Movement You (Probably) Never Heard of Shaped Our Self-Obsessed World - Melissa Dougherty (NF).
- The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife - Anna Johnston (F).
- The Killing Plains - Sherry Rankin (F). This one was ok. I enjoyed it enough to finish it, but it followed the formulaic pattern closely enough I had figured out who the murderer was and the motive well before the end.
- The Storied Life: Christian Writing as Art and Worship - Jared C. Wilson (NF). One of my favorite books so far this year. This book about writing is so beautifully written, I found myself experiencing "that stab of joy" over and over again as I highlighted and devoured the language. It makes me want to pick up my pen again and start writing. I had lost my joy for it for a long time, but maybe it's time to try again.
March 2025
- Otherworld - Jared C. Wilson (F).
- You Shall Be as Gods: Pagans, Progressives, and the Rise of the Woke Gnostic Left - Erick Erickson (NF).
- Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh (F).
- Till We Have Faces - C.S. Lewis (F).
April 2025
- Revering God: How to Marvel at Your Maker - Thaddeus Williams (NF).
- Gather: Loving Your Church as You Celebrate Christ Together - Tony Merida (NF).
- Still Life (Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery, Book 1) - Louise Penny (F). I enjoyed this and look forward to reading more of the series.
- House of Chains (Malazan Book of the Fallen, Book 4) - Steven Erickson (F).
May 2025
- Sunrise on the Reaping - Suzanne Collins (F). Liked this one very much.
- Theo of Golden - Allen Levi (F). This is one of those books I just needed to sit quietly and let sink in as I read the last sentence. Absolutely beautiful. My favorite fiction book I've read so far this year, maybe in a long time. I kept thinking my mother would have liked this book I think. Beauty, kindness, love, joy, sorrow, such an encouragement to truly see people as image bearers of God and be kind and generous and gentle with everyone we meet, and while the story is beautiful, the book is beautifully written, as well. I loved this treasure so much.
- Sighing on Sunday: 40 Meditations for When Church Hurts - Megan Hill (NF).
- My Friends - Fredrik Backman (F). This newest book from one of my favorite authors did not disappoint. I've liked every one of his books that I've read, and this one was every bit as beautiful, heartbreaking, and satisfying as the others.
- My Brilliant Friend (L'amica geniale #1) - Elena Ferrante, Ann Goldstein (Translator) (F). I enjoyed this and am looking forward to reading the next book in the series. I found this through my daughter, who is taking Italian at college, and glad I was introduced to this book.
- Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection - Charles Duhigg (F). Some of this book I really liked very much and appreciate much of what is discussed. Very helpful, I thought. Some blind spots I didn't appreciate as much in the final chapter, but too involved to discuss in a brief mention here. Overall, quite a helpful book and I would recommend it.
June 2025
- The Three-Body Problem - Liu Cixin, Translated by Ken Liu (F). One of the weirder, more disturbing books I've read. It was very interesting, and well-written, but I don't think I am feeling it enough to go on with the rest of the series. I'll leave that decision open for now, but as I finish, I'm not so sure I want to read on.
- Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin (F).
- Big Dumb Eyes: Stories From a Simpler Mind - Nate Bargatze (NF).
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