Thursday, September 2, 2010

30 Books for my 30th Year

Here's my reading list for the next year, as soon as I finish a few evangelism books I have to read for a class I'm helping lead this fall I will be diving in to this list. I should clarify, someone pointed out to me recently that since I am turning 29, I am about to enter my 30th year of life, not my 29th. Hence, we're skipping a list of 29 books...which makes me feel a little like I lost a year of my life, but accuracy is important, I guess :) I'm excited about the variety, here's to a new year of books!

Classics:
1. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
2. Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
3. East of Eden by John Steinbeck

Theology:
4. The Circle of Seasons: Meeting God in the Church Year by Kimberlee Conway Ireton
5. Amazing Grace by Kathleen Norris
6. The Good and Beautiful Life by James Bryan Smith
7. Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places: A Conversation in Spiritual Theology by Eugene Peterson
8. Eat This Book: A Conversation in the Art of Spiritual Reading by Eugene Peterson
9. The Good and Beautiful Community by James Bryan Smith
10. Made for Goodness by Desmond Tutu

Relationship Books:
11. Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus by John Gray
12. Sacred Marriage by Gary Thomas

Plays:
13. St. Joan by George Bernard Shaw
14. Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare

Contemporary Fiction:
15. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
16. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
17. My Name is Mary Sutter by Robin Oliveria
18. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
19. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
20. Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult (releasing March 2011)
21. A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
22. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
23. Little Bee by Chris Cleave

Children's Novels/Newberry Awards:
24. The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox
25. Peter and Wendy by JM Barrie
26. Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
27. Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
28. Heidi by Johanna Spyri

Non-Fiction:
29. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
30. Same Kind of Different as Me by Ron Hall and Denver Moore
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  1. Jennifer GuntherSeptember 2, 2010 at 12:39 PM

    great list Sarah!!!! you're inspiring me!

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  2. Loma KathSeptember 2, 2010 at 2:54 PM

    I'm inspired by your list, too. Makes me want to make my own... but I'm 44 this year... hmmm. And I'm too tired to imagine reading a lot of the heavy stuff. BTW, 21 and 23 are excellent. #19, rich, but lets discuss. I didn't get out of that what I was hoping for. East of Eden -- so rich and beautiful. I felt myself lingering over the words. And Kathleen Norris, not too heavy, but lovely and refreshing. ENJOY and keep us up to date as you read...

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