Books I've Read in 2006
76. Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense - N.T. Wright 9/10
75. The Vile Village - Lemony Snicket 7.5/10
74. Haroun and the Sea of Stories - Salman Rushdie 8/10
73. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - Jonathan Safran Foer 9.5/10
72. The Ersatz Elevator - Lemony Snicket 8/10
71. So What Are You Going to Do With That?: A Guide for M.A.'s and Ph.D's Seeking Careers Outside the Academy - Susan Basalla and Maggie Debelius 5.5/10
70. A Little Literature: Reading, Writing, Argument - Sylvan Barnett, William E. Burto, William E. Cain 6.5/10
69. Four Quartets - T.S. Eliot 9.5/10
68. Othello - William Shakespeare 8/10
67. Literary Theory: An Introduction - Terry Eagleton 9/10
66. Lacan for Beginners - Phillip Hill 7/10
65. Lamentations and the Tears of the World - Kathleen O'Connor 8/10
64. Rise Up, O Judge: A Study of Justice in the Biblical World - Enrique Nardoni 8.5/10
63. Introduction to the Hebrew Bible - John Collins 7/10
62. Living by Fiction - Annie Dillard 9/10
61. A Little Literature - Sylvan Barnet, William Burto, and William E. Cain 7/10
60. The Dragonbone Chair - Tad Williams 8.5/10
59. The Cat Who Wished to Be a Man - Lloyd Alexander 8/10
58. The Westing Game - Ellen Raskin 9/10
57. Captain Blood - Rafael Sabatini 7.5/10
56. The Lathe of Heaven - Ursula Le Guin 9/10
55. Atticus - Ron Hansen 9.5/10
54. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - John Le Carre 9/10
53. The Question of God: C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud Debate God, Love, Sex, and the Meaning of Life - Armand M. Nicholi, Jr. 9/10
52. Bird by Bird - Anne Lamott 8/10
51. Engaging God's World: A Christian Vision of Faith, Learning, and Living - Cornelius Plantinga 6.5/10
50. Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut 9/10
49. Wittgenstein in 90 Minutes - Paul Strathern 6.5/10
48. Kierkegaard in 90 Minutes - Paul Strathern 6.5/10
47. Thomas Aquinas in 90 Minutes - Paul Strathern 5/10
46. Saint Augustine - Gary Wills 7/10
45. Derrida in 90 Minutes - Paul Strathern 6/10
44. Mudhouse Sabbath - Lauren Winner 8/10
43. Babe: The Gallant Pig - Dick King-Smith 8/10
42. Lament for a Son - Nicholas Wolterstorff 7/10
41. The Whipping Boy - Sid Fleischman 7/10
40. The Solace of Leaving Early - Haven Kimmel 8.5/10
39. A Dirty Job - Christopher Moore 8.5/10
38. Isaac the Pirate: To Exotic Lands - Christophe Blain 6.5/10
37. The Ugly Princess and the Wise Fool - Margaret Gray 5/10
36. Can You Drink the Cup? - Henri J.M. Nouwen 8.5/10
35. Ironweed - William Kennedy 6.5/10
34. Princess Academy - Shannon Hale 10/10
33. The Moon is Down - John Steinbeck 6/10
32. The Spy Who Came In from the Cold - John Le Carre 9.5/10
31. Summer of the Swans - Betsy Byars 7/10
30. Vile Bodies - Evelyn Waugh 7.5/10
29. Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes - Eleanor Coerr 7/10
28. A Fine White Dust - Cynthia Rylant 7.5/10
27. The Practice of the Presence of God - Brother Lawrence 6.5/10
26. Kiss of the Spider Woman - Manuel Puig 8.5/10
25. David Copperfield - Charles Dickens 7.5/10
24. Mere Discipleship: Radical Christianity in a Rebellious World - Lee Camp 9.5/10
23. Stardust - Neil Gaiman 9/10
22. V for Vendetta - Alan Moore 9.5/10
21. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 2 - Alan Moore 6.5/10
20. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1 - Alan Moore 8.5/10
19. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Mark Haddon 7.5/10
18. Plainsong - Kent Haruf 9/10
17. Cross-Shattered Christ: Meditations on the Seven Last Words - Stanley Hauerwas 8/10
16. Life of the Beloved: Spiritual Living in a Secular World - Henri J.M. Nouwen 9/10
15. Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson 8/10
14. Prayers Spoken Plainly - Stanley Hauerwas 9/10
13. Crazy Horse - Larry McMurtry 6.5/10
12. Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith - Anne Lamott 8.5/10
11. Martin Luther - Martin Marty 8.5/10
10. Prayers - Peter Washington 6.5/10
9. Love Letters - Peter Washington 6.5/10
8. Cherry Log Sermons - Fred Craddock 7/10
7. The Club of Queer Trades - G.K. Chesterton 8/10
6. Watchmen - Alan Moore 8.5/10
5. The Message - Eugene Peterson (and God) 10/10
4. Basic Christianity - John Stott 7/10
3. Prince Caspian - C.S. Lewis 6.5/10
2. The Horse and His Boy - C.S. Lewis 8/10
1. The Assistant - Bernard Malamud 8/10
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posted by John Pierce @ 5:54 PM
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This is a good idea to keep track of all your books. I'm surprised you liked The Message so much. I've never read it in its entirety, but I always hear professors at ACU complaining about it. Not that that means anything, I guess.
(This is a good bit longer response than I intended.)
Maybe “infinite/10” is a little high. I had heard all of the criticism on The Message, and I was definitely a little skeptical about it. And it is a little flawed (and our tradition has never been overly open to flaws). But still, I really do admire the Peterson’s intention of translating the Bible into a modern idiom. After 2000 years, I think our Christian language feels pretty worn out sometimes, and the normal translations are so clunky that they don’t do much to remedy it. Granted, I don’t know Greek and Hebrew, but I thought that The Message did a nice job of capturing the essence of the gospel and translating it for contemporary ears. I was especially impressed with the literary value of parts of it. It’s still not going to be my primary Bible of choice (NASB there), but I thought it was really refreshing for a change of pace, and I could see a lot of potential for The Message, particularly for people who just can’t “hear” something like the NRSV or the NASB. I think I liked The Message because I grew up in Menard.
I was highly impressed with The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. So was Josh. It was one of those "didn't put it down" books for me.
Yeah, I couldn't put it down either. I think I read it all in one afternoon. I'm interested in seeing a movie of it.
what I want to know is why curious incident only got a 7.5...creative writing, a little-used perspective, an interesting plot...surely it deserves an 8.5 or a 9. Hmmmmph!
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