Iris's 40 Book Reading Challenge

[Katerina]

For 2017 I plan to read at least 40 books. For the last several years 40 books has worked well for me. It stretches me enough that I keep reading a priority yet not so much that I give up on my goal.

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January books: 1

1) The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

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February books: 5
Total books: 6

1) The Silver Chair
2) The Four Loves
3) Till We Have Faces
4) Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai UndercityThe Problem of Pain
5) The Problem of Pain

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March books: 4
Total books: 10

1) The Last Battle
2) A Grief Observed
3) Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C.S. Lewis
4) Hamlet

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April books: 3
Total books: 13

1) Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
2) The Ethics of Abortion: Women's Rights, Human Life, and the Question of Justice
3) Sounding the Seasons: Seventy Sonnets for the Christian Year

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May books: 3
Total books: 16

1) Leisure: The Basis of Culture
2) Man Overboard!: The Story of Jonah
3) Visual Faith: Art, Theology, and Worship in Dialogue

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June books: 4
Total books: 20 (Yay! Halfway there!)

1) Reel Spirituality: Theology and Film in Dialogue
2) The Film Experience: An Introduction
3) Humble Roots: How Humility Grounds and Nourishes Your Soul
4) Through a Screen Darkly: Looking Closer at Beauty, Truth and Evil in the Movies

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July books: 3
Total books: 23

1) Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life
2) Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life
3) American Gods

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August books:
Total books:

1) Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
2) The Joy Project
3) The Thing Itself

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December books:

[Ilona]

Hi Iris, Good luck with your goal! I think that you have found the right balance by choosing a goal that is achievable but not too easy!
Happy Reading! :)

[Katerina]

Ilona wrote: "Hi Iris, Good luck with your goal! I think that you have found the right balance by choosing a goal that is achievable but not too easy!
Happy Reading! :)"

Thanks! It's proving to be more of a challenge this year than it has it the past. I'm hoping to get a bit ahead this summer.