recommended reading
Brad Whittington, who won the Christy this year for best first novel, recommended some titles to me to read during my time off in the comments of "sabbatical crap." Thanks, Brad.
Now, what do you all suggest? Is there a book that revamped you spiritually, creatively, humanly?
Would love to hear your suggestions.
grace,
lisa
posted by lisa @ 7:38 AM
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I recently finished: "The Assignment" by Mark Andrew Olsen. The story resembles "This Present Darkness" mixed in with a "Da Vinci Code" type of plot.I enjoyed the way it wove in history as seen from the protagonist's POV(his journal)Perhaps this book is not for everyone, but I enjoyed it, because of its complex plot. It challenged my thinking on many levels.
Technical tip: Thanks for the link. However, I think you need to add "http://" to the front of it for it to work.
On reading: for the record, I recommended Chesterton's Father Brown stories because they are tight little puzzles usually built around a paradox and very entertaining. The other two I recommended because they are highly enjoyable writing of high caliber about almost nothing whatsoever. This is an unusual combination, since we are used to great writing being used in the service of something noble or serious. (At least I am.) To find great writing being used for the pure joy of it, with no subtext or agenda is refreshing.
I offered them in the spirit of the sabbatical as a zen-meditation-type suggestion to empty your mind of struggling over things of consequence and just enjoy something with no significance or redeeming social or spiritual content.
Um ...
We just finished My Name is Asher Lev over at Dave Long's blog, http://faithinfiction.blogspot.com. That was an interesting book.
But a book that revamped me in any way? *sigh* None off the top of my head. I'm reading a few books right now:
Seek my Face by John Updike
Ezekiel's Shadow by David Ryan Long
Keeping Faith by Jodi Picoult
I just finished Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit. It's technically a YA book, but I just bought some children's classics for my daughter and decided to read it.
So, no profound epiphanies. Just keeping busy reading.
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