What I'm Reading

Ahhhh, so many books, so little time. Still managing to squeeze a little reading in here and there. Here's what I am in the middle of right now:




I just finished reading The Railway Children to Mya 2 nights ago and it was a charming story. It is about 3 siblings who have a nice life with a mom and dad and the comforts of life, but it all changes for them when their dad mysteriously has to go away and they themselves have to go and live in a shabby house near the railway. The railway provides a world of adventure and new friends for them as they try to adjust to a different life while remaining uninformed about their father. It does not use easy language so I thought it might be a bit of a challenge to her to understand it all, but she said she loved the story and we had fun reading it together.

For me, I just started this fantastic book by Mary Kassian called Girls Gone Wise in a World Gone Wild. So, so good and necessary for today's women. She draws heavily from the Proverbs, contrasting the woman of folly (wild girl) with the woman of wisdom (wise girl). Her "points of contrast" include the areas of heart, attitude, counsel, focus, appearance, speech, influence, and 13 more. If I had more time I'd love to go through this book with college women in my sphere of influence. But that will have to wait for another time!

The next book just plain intrigued me. I have a new found love of history and I couldn't resist reading Winston and Clementine: the Personal Letters of the Churchills. It is a huge book and I'm slowly getting through it, but something about looking at this couple's personal exchanges while thinking about the historical backdrop during which these letters were written has drawn me in. So far so good.

Lastly, I also just started Randy Alcorn's If God is Good: Faith in the Midst of Suffering and Evil. Kind of hard to read because it feels so heavy, yet deep and rich and challenging. It is good solid Biblical perspective on evil and suffering and how the God of the Bible is trustworthy through all of it.

There are many others I'm wanting to get to but I don't think I can juggle any more books at the moment. Now if only I had the hours available to read everything...