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The Fault in Our Stars
by John Green (Goodreads Author)

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This book was required reading in my daughter's lit class in high school. It was the Romeo and Juliet unit. It is romantic and well-written and will provide many young readers with a sympathy that perhaps they yet to have tapped into, but ultimately,...more

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The Sense of an Ending
by Julian Barnes

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Best thing I can say about this book--had an excellent book club discussion mainly because many disagreed as to what actually happened.

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The Mountaintop
by Katori Hall

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3.5 really

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The Meaning of Marriage by Timothy Keller

The Meaning of Marriage: Finding Happiness in Your Most Profound Relationship
by Timothy Keller

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Lots of insight on what gospel-centered marriage looks like. A lot I wish I would have known when I first married.

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Seven Men: And the Secret of Their Greatness
by Eric Metaxas

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Gilead
by Marilynne Robinson

read in April, 2012

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This is essentially an aging Congregationalist minister's letter to his very young son. He is faced with the reality that he will not be available for his son as he passes through his childhood and becomes a man and thus feels compelled to explain th...more This is essentially an aging Congregationalist minister's letter to his very young son. He is faced with the reality that he will not be available for his son as he passes through his childhood and becomes a man and thus feels compelled to explain the past, put it in context, and pass on his wisdom. I kept forgetting this was a fiction. This rumination of a thoughtful yet flawed human being made me wish I knew him. It made me realize how much I crave mentoring and wisdom from those who have gone before. It's not often you read a book that makes you examine your own life and really think about what you believe and how you would like to convey that to others--and did I mention this is fiction? Just pleasant in every way.

Some of my favorite quotes:

"You can know a thing to death and be for all purposes completely ignorant of it."

"Sometimes I have loved the peacefulness of an ordinary Sunday. It is like standing in a newly planted garden after a warm rain. You can feel the silent and invisible life. All it needs from you is that you take care not to trample on it."

"This is an interesting planet. It deserves all the attention you can give it."

"Sometimes the visionary aspect of any particular day comes to you in the memory of it, or it opens to you over time."

"When you encounter another person, when you have dealings with anyone at all, it is as if a question is being put to you. So you must think, What is the Lord asking of me in this moment, in this situation? if you confront insult or antagonism, your first impulse will be to respond in kind. But if you think, as it were, This is an emissary sent from the Lord, and some benefit is intended for me, first of all the occasion to demonstrate my faithfulness, the chance to show that I do in some small degree participate in the grace that saved me, you are free to act otherwise than as circumstances would seem to dictate. You are free to act by your own lights."

Participate in the grace that saved me...beautifully said.(less)

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Turn Right at Machu Picchu by Mark Adams

Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time
by Mark Adams

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Nothing Daunted: The Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West
by Dorothy Wickenden

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Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
by Christopher McDougall

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Jmcclish rated a book 3 of 5 stars The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (Goodreads Author)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This book was required reading in my daughter's lit class in high school. It was the Romeo and Juliet unit. It is romantic and well-written and will provide many young readers with a sympathy that perhaps they yet to have tapped into, but ultimately,...more
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Jmcclish rated a book 3 of 5 stars The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Best thing I can say about this book--had an excellent book club discussion mainly because many disagreed as to what actually happened.
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Jmcclish rated a book 3 of 5 stars The Mountaintop by Katori Hall	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Jmcclish rated a book 5 of 5 stars The Meaning of Marriage: Finding Happiness in Your Most Profound Relationship by Timothy Keller	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Lots of insight on what gospel-centered marriage looks like. A lot I wish I would have known when I first married.
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Jmcclish rated a book 5 of 5 stars Gilead by Marilynne Robinson read in April, 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This is essentially an aging Congregationalist minister's letter to his very young son. He is faced with the reality that he will not be available for his son as he passes through his childhood and becomes a man and thus feels compelled to explain th...more
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Jmcclish wants to read Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time by Mark Adams	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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