More Bookshelves

‎"I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves." ~ Anna Quindlen

Favorite Books for 2011

The link is for the list of Gary Thomas' favorite books from 2011. I respect Gary Thomas and his work, so I recommend his list.

I also highly recommend "Crazy Love" by Francis Chan, but haven't read the others on his list. I'm adding them to my list for 2012. I'm also looking forward to reading Gary's new book "Every Body Matters." It sounds like it could have some similarities to another book that I read this year "Made to Crave: Satisfying Your Deepest Desire with God Not Food" by Lysa TerKeurst


One of my favorite books from this past year was "Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream" by David Platt. For more info and his challenges check out the book's website.

Never lend books...

“Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have lent to me” ~ Anatole France

If you have a good book, don't lend it just give it away.

Book Sale...

Gary Thomas is an author that I highly respect and I saw the following on his Facebook page today:

BOOK SALE! With the upcoming move, we need to reduce our inventory. The following four books can be bought in any quantity, until we run out, for just $6 a book: The Beautiful Fight (hardback); Devotions for Sacred Parenting (Hardback); Joy of a Sacred Marriage (Hardback giftbook); Seeking the Face of God (paperback). Please direct any orders to Lisa at Lisa@garythomas.com.

Books Are...

"Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations."

~ Henry David Thoreau

Books Are...

"Books are the quietest and most constant of friends;they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors,and the most patient of teachers."

~ Charles W. Eliot

Rare Intellect

"If we encounter a man of rare intellect,we should ask him what books he reads."

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Books are...

"Books are standing counselors and preachers, always at hand,and always disinterested; having this advantage over oral instructors,that they are ready to repeat their lesson as often as we please."

~ Oswald Chambers

Books

"I cannot live without books."

~ Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)

Books, books, books...

"Books, books, books had found the secret of a garret-room
piled high with cases in my father's name;
Piled high, packed large, -- where, creeping in and out
among the giant fossils of my past, like some small nimble mouse between the ribs of a mastodon, I nibbled here and there
at this or that box, pulling through the gap, in heats of terror, haste, victorious joy, the first book first.
And how I felt it beat under my pillow, in the morning's dark.
An hour before the sun would let me read!
My books!"

~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning

The failure to read good books...

"The failure to read good books both enfeebles the visionand strengthens our most fatal tendency--the belief that the here and now is all there is."

~ Allan Bloom

Books had the power...

"Books, I found, had the power to make time stand still, retreat or fly into the future."

~ Jim Bishop

Taste, Swallow, Chew, Digest...

"Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention."

~ Francis Bacon

I've been where...

"I've traveled the world twice over,
Met the famous; saints and sinners,
Poets and artists, kings and queens,
Old stars and hopeful beginners,
I've been where no-one's been before,
Learned secrets from writers and cooks,
All with one library ticket
To the wonderful world of books."

~ Anonymous

Care to Share?

What are you reading currently? Feel free to list the books and titles and any other info you care to share. I'd love to know what you are reading, so I can add more to my to be read list.

What are your favorite books of all time?

I'm reading several books now, you can check the sidebar to find out what I'm reading currently and what I've read recently at any given moment. The two I'm spending the most time with now are: Signs of Life by David Jeremiah and What's So Spiritual about Your Gifts? by Henry and Mel Blackaby. I'm also on the super slow plan of reading Gary Thomas's books, Sacred Marriage and Sacred Influence - both great books.