I love to read.
I love to sew and quilt.
I love audio books.
Reading and quilting both take lots of time, but I have been able to cover a lot of territory in both at the same time. As we move around, I get a new library card in every city. Then I can check several to find the books I want to read either digitally or as audiobooks. As I sew, I use the library apps with my phone hooked into a bluetooth speaker to listen while I sew. Often, I will speed up the audio. It drives my dear sweet man (DSM) crazy to hear it. It seems my mind can wander too much when on regular speed. Depending on the book, I can set the speed anywhere from 1.2 times to 1.8 times and enjoy.
Some of the books I read in 2017,
listened to or read all of the Harry Potter books again (even better than the first time around).
Since the waiting list was long for Murder on the Orient Express (due I think to the new movie, which we loved), I listened to several Agatha Christie books. Amazing all the things a shot of Brandy can cure.
Listened to Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy by Eric Metaxas for the second time. Read his biography on Martin Luther.
A fascinating author is Alexandra Fuller. I read her Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness. It made me so curious about her extraordinary life being raised in Africa that I read her Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight and Leaving Before the Rains Come.
Atul Gawande wrote an eye opening book Being Mortal, Medicine and What Matters in the End. Reading that led to my interest in another of his books, The Checklist Manifesto.
Several books from book club that were not worth recommending (or even reading), but some great ones were A Man Called Ove by Frednick Backman, The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah (maybe one of my favorite books of all time).
Bill Bryson's A Walk in the Woods is laugh out loud funny.
This is not all, but some of the highlights. For 2018, I have shared with several the 2018 Reading Challenge by Tim Challies. https://www.challies.com/resources/the-2018-christian-reading-challenge/ His challenge list gives broad categories so one can be well read and not just read the same type book over and over. I like that there are several levels. If you finish one level, you can choose to move up to another level and still be challenged in variety. No list of specific books, but categories. I am looking forward to it. Since one book is one that your best friend recommends, I had to share with my best friend. I have printed my list and ready to begin keeping better records of my 2018 reading.
What was your favorite book for 2017?
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