Joey’s Comments (group member since Dec 15, 2015)

Joey’s comments from the VT Christian Reading Challenge group.

I enjoyed My Life in Pictures by Malcolm Muggeridge. Might be out of print, but I borrowed it from the Open Library (Internet Archive) website.

Including the "Extra Credit" books, I've read 103/109. Of the last six categories remaining, I've got four books in process. The only two categories I haven't started yet are #78 - Book about the natural world and #99 - Book about ancient history.

Of the books I've read for this challenge, 30 were audio books and 52 were e-books. The longest book I've read for the challenge was Les Misérables as "A novel set in a country that is not your own." The shortest book was probably November Twenty Six Nineteen Hundred Sixty Three as "A book by an author less than 30."

For the challenge, I've read three books by Wendell Berry, three by John Piper, two by Jane Austen, two by Timothy Keller, two by C.S. Lewis, two by Charles Dickens, and two by Lois Lowry.

I read a very good book about Mr. Rogers The Simple Faith of Mister Rogers, which caused me to read a book by Mr. Rogers Let's Talk About It: Divorce as well as one of Mr. Rogers' favorite books The Little Prince.

I read a book by Oscar Wilde The Picture of Dorian Gray and a book about Oscar Wilde Sense and Sensuality: Jesus Talks to Oscar Wilde on the Pursuit of Pleasure.

My least favorite book was As a Man Thinketh, which I read for Category #46 "A self-improvement book."

I gave five stars to 44 books. I guess I'm generous.

Of the books I read for the challenge, I look back and see that I added five of them to my "Favorites" bookshelf:
Christianity and Liberalism
Les Misérables
The Loveliness Of Christ
God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse
A Christmas Carol

It's been fun. I've read a lot of good books.

C.S. Lewis, J.C. Ryle, John Newton, John Owen

Progress: 109 books - CHALLENGE COMPLETED AUGUST 19, 2016!

The Light Reader - COMPLETE!

✔ 1. A book about Christian living - The Furious Longing of God
✔ 2. A biography - Out of the Depths
✔ 3. A classic novel - The Picture of Dorian Gray
✔ 4. A book someone tells you "changed my life" - Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist
✔ 5. A commentary on a book of the Bible - Galatians for You
✔ 6. A book about theology - Who Is The Holy Spirit?
✔ 7. A book with the word "gospel" in the title or subtitle - What Is the Gospel?
✔ 8. A book your pastor recommends - Stop Asking Jesus Into Your Heart: How to Know for Sure You Are Saved
✔ 9. A book more than 100 years old - Much Darker Days
✔ 10. A book for children - Old Father Christmas
✔ 11. A mystery or detective novel - The Thirty-Nine Steps
✔ 12. A book published in 2016 - Think It Not Strange: Navigating Trials in the New America
✔ 13. A book about a current issue - The Runaway Campaign: A Year Inside the Republican Race for President

The Avid Reader - COMPLETE!

✔ 14. A book written by a Puritan - The Selling Of Joseph
✔ 15. A book recommended by a family member - Out of the Dust
✔ 16. A book by or about a missionary - An Enquiry Into the Obligations of Christians to Use Means for the Conversion of the Heathens
✔ 17. A novel that won the Pulitzer Prize - Angle of Repose
✔ 18. A book written by an Anglican - Your Mind Matters: The Place of the Mind in the Christian Life
✔ 19. A book with at least 400 pages - Evenings with Cary Grant: Recollections in His Own Words and by Those Who Knew Him Best
✔ 20. A book by C.S. Lewis or J.R.R. Tolkien - The Pilgrim's Regress
✔ 21. A book that has a fruit of the Spirit in the title - Love: 49 Poems on the Theme of Love
✔ 22. A book with a great cover - Streets of Gold
✔ 23. A book on the current New York Times list of bestsellers - The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son On Life, Love, and Loss
✔ 24. A book about church history - George Whitefield
✔25. A graphic novel - A Christmas Carol
✔26. A book of poetry - The Oxford Book Of Christmas Poems

The Committed Reader - COMPLETE!

✔ 27. A book from a theological viewpoint you disagree with - Return To Rome: Confessions of an Evangelical Catholic
✔ 28. A book written by an author with initials in their name - Making All Things New: An Invitation to the Spiritual Life
✔ 29. A book that won a ECPA Christian Book Award - The Prayer of Jabez: Breaking Through to the Blessed Life
✔ 30. A book about worldview - Finding Truth: 5 Principles for Unmasking Atheism, Secularism, and Other God Substitutes
✔ 31. A play by William Shakespeare - Much Ado About Nothing
✔ 32. A humorous book - Pasghetti and Meat Bulbs!
✔ 33. A book based on a true story - The Old Religion
✔ 34. A book written by Jane Austen - Lady Susan
✔ 35. A book by or about Martin Luther - Luther
✔ 36. A book with 100 pages or less - The World's Christmas Tree
✔ 37. A book with a one-word title - Remembering
✔ 38. A book about money or finance - Sex and Money: Pleasures That Leave You Empty and Grace That Satisfies
✔ 39. A novel set in a country that is not your own - Les Misérables
✔ 40. A book about music - Divine Songs
✔ 41. A memoir - Keeping Christmas: An Edwardian Age Memoir
✔ 42. A book about joy or happiness - The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness
✔ 43. A book by a female author - It's a Wonderful Life
✔ 44. A book whose title comes from a Bible verse - Number the Stars
✔ 45. A book you have started but never finished - A River Runs Through It: And Other Stories
✔ 46. A self-improvement book - As a Man Thinketh
✔ 47. A book by David McCullough - John Adams
✔ 48. A book you own but have never read - The Little Prince
✔ 49. A book about abortion - Unplanned: The Dramatic True Story of a Former Planned Parenthood Leader's Eye-Opening Journey Across the Life Line
✔ 50. A book targeted at the other gender - Lies Women Believe: And the Truth that Sets them Free
✔ 51. A book by a speaker at a conference you have attended - Don't Waste Your Cancer
✔ 52. A book written by someone of a different ethnicity than you - Where Love Is, There God Is Also

The Obsessed Reader - COMPLETE!

✔ 53. A book published by The Banner of Truth - The Loveliness Of Christ
✔ 54. A book about the Reformation - A Man for All Seasons
✔55. A book written by a first-time author - The Simple Faith of Mister Rogers
✔ 56. A biography of a world leader - Lincoln the Leader And Lincoln's Genius for Expression
✔ 57. A book used as a seminary textbook - Concerning Christian Liberty
✔ 58. A book about food - Milton Hershey: More Than Chocolate
✔ 59. A book about productivity - Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God's Will
✔ 60. A book about or relationships or friendship - Let's Talk About It: Divorce
✔ 61. A book about parenting - Being a Dad Who Leads
✔ 62. A book about philosophy - Sense and Sensuality: Jesus Talks to Oscar Wilde on the Pursuit of Pleasure
✔ 63. A book about art - 332 Magazine Covers
✔ 64. A book with magic - The Tales of Beedle the Bard
✔ 65. A book about prayer - Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer
✔ 66. A book about marriage - A Solution to the Marriage Mess
✔ 67. A book about a hobby - Yankee Greats: 100 Classic Baseball Cards
✔ 68. A book of comics - Love is Walking Hand In Hand
✔ 69. A book about the Second World War - This Christian Cause:
✔ 70. A book about sports - Bang the Drum Slowly
✔ 71. A book by or about a pastor’s wife - Private Lives of Pastors' Wives
✔ 72. A book about suffering - Grieving: Your Path Back to Peace
✔ 73. A book by your favorite author - The Memory of Old Jack
✔ 74. A book you have read before - A Christmas Carol
✔ 75. A book about homosexuality - Spiritual Friendship
✔ 76. A Christian novel - The Methuselah Project
✔ 77. A book about psychology - What Do You Think of Me? Why Do I Care?: Answers to the Big Questions of Life
✔ 78. A book about the natural world - A Student's Guide to Natural Science
✔ 79. A book by or about Charles Dickens - Charles Dickens: A Portrait in Letters
✔ 80. A novel longer than 400 pages - Emma
✔ 81. A historical book - The Chicago Race Riots: July, 1919
✔ 82. A book about the Bible - What Is Biblical Theology?: A Guide to the Bible's Story, Symbolism, and Patterns
✔ 83. A book about a country or city - Greenwood
✔ 84. A book about astronomy - Indescribable: Encountering the Glory of God in the Beauty of the Universe
✔ 85. A book with an ugly cover - The Provincial American and Other Papers
✔ 86. A book by or about a martyr - Thomas Cranmer
✔ 87. A book by a woman conference speaker - Surprised by Oxford
✔ 88. A book by or about the church fathers - On the Incarnation
✔ 89. A book about language - Eats, Shoots and Leaves
✔ 90. A book by or about a Russian - The Heavenly Christmas Tree
✔ 91. A book about leadership - The Conviction to Lead: 25 Principles for Leadership That Matters
✔ 92. A book about public speaking - How to Talk So People Will Listen
✔ 93. A book by Francis Schaeffer - Art & the Bible
✔ 94. A book by a Presbyterian - Christianity and Liberalism
✔ 95. A book about science - Biology: Understanding Living Matter
✔ 96. A book about revival - True Revivals and the Men God Uses
✔ 97. A book about writing - Looking Back: A Book of Memories
✔ 98. A book about evangelism - Get Real: Sharing Your Everyday Faith Every Day
✔ 99. A book about ancient history - Great Rulers of Ancient Rome
✔100. A book about preaching - God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse
✔ 101. A book about the church - Smith and the Church
✔ 102. A book about adoption - Adoption: What Joseph of Nazareth Can Teach Us about This Countercultural Choice
✔ 103. A photo essay book - My Life in Pictures
✔ 104. A book written in the twentieth century - The House Without a Christmas Tree

Extra Credit - COMPLETE!

✔105. A book from a library - Mother: A Cradle to Hold Me
✔ 106. A book about business - The Present : The Secret to Enjoying Your Work And Life, Now!
✔107. A book by an author less than 30 - November Twenty Six Nineteen Hundred Sixty Three
✔ 108. A book published by a UK-based publisher - Snap Dragons: A Tale Of Christmas Eve And Old Father Christmas: An Old Fashioned Tale Of The Young Days Of A Grumpy Old Godfather
✔ 109. A book you borrow - The Passion: Photography from the Movie "The Passion of the Christ"

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