It’s a new year and I have begun to make my yearly “books to read” list.
Last year I didn’t really read as much as I normally do but the books I did read were some of the best books I have ever read.
Some of the best ones were;
Don’t waste your life – by John Piper
Crunchy Cons – By Rod Dreher (not that I agree with everything in this book but I found it very humorous! )
Do hard things – by the Brett and Alex Harris
And of course : Herodotus Histories – by Herodotus 
This year I plan on reading:
- Thucydides
- Xenophon, The Persian Expedition
- Plato: Euthyphro, Apology
- Plato: Republic
- Plato: Timaeus,
- Aristotle: Metaphysics
- Aristotle: Poetics
- (Now on the in interesting books
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- When I don’t desire God how to fight for joy – by John Piper (“Piperson” as my little sister calls him:)
- Let the nations be glad – By John Piper
- Jane Eyre – by Charlotte Bronte. I really didn’t like the movie/s of this book so I have put off reading this book but as I really enjoyed other Bronte novels and as it is a classic I’m going to push my prejudiced thoughts aside and read it. I am also ashamed to admit that I don’t think I have ever finished a single book by Charles Dickens ( I’ve watched a lot of the movies – does that count?) I think I am going to start with “A tale of two city’s” I have heard a lot of people say that was their favorite one and that it’s not nearly as strange as his other books.
- Stepping Heavenward- by Elisabeth Prentiss. I have read already read this book half a dozen times but it’s one of those books that I like every year.
I am ashamed to admit that I don’t think I have ever finished a single book by Charles Dickens ( I’ve watched a lot of the movies – does that count?) I think I am going to start with “A tale of two city’s” I have heard a lot of people say that was their favorite one and that it’s not nearly as strange as his other books.
And during the year I always find other books to read. So, what was you faviorte book you read last year?
~Ellie
Tale of Two Cities is a really good novel but it lacks all the eccentric and bizzarre characters that populate Dicken’s other books.
The lack of eccentric and bizzare characters also means a lack of eccentric and bizzarre names. Not that I don’t like French last-names, they just aren’t as peculiar as some of the ones Dickens invented.
But I guess you already knew that because you watched the movies first! Naughty girl!
Ugh, the Bronte’s I must say were creepy kinda writers. I didn’t like Jane Eyre and we just watched Wuthering Heights on PBS and it was creepier………..
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Jane Eyre is fantastic! But I like Wuthering Heights better. Something about the idea of stealing another person’s very soul for love… I adored it.
The first Dickens novel I ever read was Great Expectations and it remains my favorite. And it absolutely does not lack the “eccentric and bizzarre characters that populate Dicken’s other books.”
I’ve been meaning to read Crunchy Cons and it has yet to happen. *Makes note to self* *Looses note*
I would have to agree, the Brontes are fantastic. I like all things dark and hmmm….morose, shall we say.
Although, in a previous conversation, Elisabeth told me that she “didn’t like” Wuthering Heights. So Lizzie, YOU LIE.
Ah, the Greeks. GBT strikes again, eh?
You should try “The Trial” by Franz Kafka. Or “The Plague” by Albert Camus.
I wouldn’t put them on my Favorite Books of All Time list, but they’re definitely on my Interesting Morose Books list.