Saturday, January 4, 2014

what I read in 2013

so here's my 2014 post- what I read in 2013
* required for school
(audiobook)

1. Narnia (can't remember which!) - C. S. Lewis 
2. The Thunder (a novel on John Knox!) - Douglas Bond 
3. The Faith and Freedom Trilogy - "
     (4,5)
6. When a Nation Forgets God- Erwin Lutzer
*7. Stop Loving The World- William Greenhill
8. Eight Cousins- Loisa May Alcott
9. Letters to Children - C. S. Lewis
10. Hand of Vengeance- Douglas Bond
11. The Betrayal- "
12. Hostage Lands- " 
13. Ishmael- EDEN Southworth
14. Self-Raised- "
15. North and South- Elizabeth Gaskell
16. One Thing I Desire- Sarah Bryant
17. So Much More- A & E Botkin
*18. Passionate Housewives Desperate for God- Chancey & McDonald
*19. Eats, Shoots and Leaves- Lynn Truss
20. Talk to the Hand- "
21. A Cup of Cold Water- Farenhost
22. Wings Like a Dove- "
23. (Reflections on the Psalms- C.S. Lewis)
24. (Sherlock Holmes- A. Conan-Doyle)
25. A Study in Scarlett- "
26. Escape from Slave Traders (?) 
27. The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe- Lewis 
28. The Hobbit- J.R.R. Tolkien
*29. The Bible and the Future- Hoekema
30. The Impossible Journey- Gloria Whelan
31. The Toothpaste Millionaire
32. The Minstrel in the Tower 
33. The Last Little Cat (31-33 are kids books :)
*34. On Writing Well- William Zinsser
35. My Sergei- Ekaterina Gordeeva
36. Bell Mountain- Lee Duigon
37. Beyond the Summerland- L.B. Graham (if you like LoTR you will love this! Read!)
*38. Seven Men Who Rule the World from the Grave- Dave Reese
39. The Hidden Hand- EDEN Southworth 


so, that's not too bad- I wanted to get at least 40 though- maybe I can get to 50 this year? we'll see! what have you read this year? have you read any of those books? 
happy new year dear friends! thanks for taking the time to read my humble (and quite infrequent) little posts!
much love to all of you!
xxx madi

8 comments:

  1. Hey - I read "When a Nation Forgets God" last year as well! Wasn't it a good book? :) I've read a few other of those books as well.

    ~Emily

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    1. Yes, I loved that book! And boy does spell check drive me crazy sometimes- thanks! Happy New Year! (DEAR friend!)
      - Madison

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    2. :)

      I agree with AnElvenPrincess - I want to steal your idea too about writing down all the books that I've read this year! That will be an inspiring thing to look back on. And it might give me motivation to read more than I do! :)

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  2. Awesome sauce! I've been wanting to read the Sherlock Holmes books... Were they any good??

    What a great idea though, to write down the books you've read in a year... I think I might steal the idea for 2014, if you don't mind! :D

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    1. No, don't mind at all! :) I really liked the Sherlock Holmes book/s that I read! I also love mystery books and all things British, so ya know. I have an audiobook, and the guy that reads it has a Brit acent- perfect for in the car, etc. so, anyway, you should read it :) btw thanks for commenting here! It's been fun getting to 'know' you ;)
      xxx madi

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  3. Wow, you sure like to read! That is wonderful, as reading is such an enjoyable pastime. I read all of Tolkein's Lord of The Rings and The Hobbit last year as well as many other books. I hope to read some of Sir Arthur Conan Dile's "Sherlock Holmes" stories this year.

    Speakign of "Sherlock", I was on pinterest looking at some of "GraceTheLavenderGirl's" pins for Sherlock and noticed your comment about waiting to see Sherlock. I would have tried to comment, but Pinterest would think a link I would give is spam - which it is not. I too thought I would have to wait until the 19th to see the first episode of Sherlock and then wait each week thereafter for the other 2, but I wasn't content with that and I searched a site called megashare.sh (a free online movie site that I have used to watch various movies) and I found the first 2 episodes of Sherlock Season 3 last week. Then tonight I checked again and the 3rd episode is up too - so I just watched it! So, I saw your comment on Pinterest I thought I should let you know this bit of great news!
    Here is the link to the "Sherlock" page of Megashare - http://megashare.sh/#Search,sherlock
    Yes, it IS a legitimate site! And the Sherlock episodes are commercial free!
    I hope this info is helpful - I was ecstatic when I found this!

    Keep Reading!

    Blessings, Mandie

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    1. Hi Mandie, thanks so much for commenting :) Wow, I really admire you for reading all those Tolkien books! I'm hoping to do that this year, but it's quite big!
      Thanks so much. for the Sherlock info! That was very sweet of you! I hope to see you around the blog again! Meanwhile I'll be reading yours, which is very cute by the way :)
      Blessings to you!
      xxx madison

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    2. You're quite welcome, I just had to share the info =) Thank you for the compliments! Oh, I'll be coming around here now and again ;-) Thanks for visiting my little blog! With work and book writing, I cannot find time for adding new articles like I used to (pre-work) --- except for every once in a good while, but I do have a good many articles on there already.

      Ah, I hope you do read the Tolkien books! I enjoyed them more than the movies.

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