S.Tackett's Book List 2015

[Steven]

Week 1 The Book Thief
Week 2 The Princess Bride
Week 3 Perks of being a Wallflower
Week 4 As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride
Week 5 Ready Player One
Week 6 The Oathbreaker's Shadow
Week 7 The Hobbit
Week 8 Nuklear Age
Week 9 The Time Traveler's Wife
Week 10 The Andromeda Strain
Week 11 Messenger
Week 12 The Works of H.P. Lovecraft
Week 13 Sherlock Holmes
Week 14 Alan Turing: The Enigma


It's a start... this list is probably more than I have read in a year for several years. I know it's not complete but I'll add to it as the weeks go. I'm on Book Thief now, about 70 percent done. So, yay?

[Steven]

Week 15 Dork: The Incredible Adventures of Robin 'Einstein' Varghese
Week 16 Earth Unaware (The First Formic War)
Week 17 The Art of Racing in the Rain
Week 18 The Goldfinch
Week 19 The Kite Runner
Week 20 Theirs Is the Kingdom: Celebrating the Gospel in Urban America

[Steven]

Week 1, The Book Thief, is done!

I tell you, this story is touching and heartbreaking at the same time. Even though this isn't necessarily a true story, it makes you think about the real event, how horrible it must have been to be a witness to it, none the less a soldier/civilian/jewish directly involved with it.

The story makes me think that despite the horrible things that happen to us and around us, there is still that ever gleaming chance that life can go on and joy can still be had, no matter how dark it gets. The life of a small girl reminds us of this and implores us to look deeper, slow down, take the time to see what is around you and make the best of the situation, even if joy can only be found in a little book.

[Cait]

I really liked the way The Book Thief was written. So much that I've picked it to read for next week. :-) I enjoyed your review of it.

[Steven]

I am done up through week 4 now... ready to start week 5, a book with a number in the title. I am excited to start Ready Player One... what's more, I'm using the audio book which is narrated by none other than Will Wheaton! Pretty cool!

I'm also probably going to skip week 6 for now and buzz through 7 8 9, replacing 7 with Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail and returning to week 6 after those, as I have access to those 3 books but not week 6... so... yeah... little jumping for now.

[Steven]

Well it looks like I am doing all kinds of jumping. I'm reading/listening to the Short Stories book... in this case its a Lovecraft collection