Can we do a FAVORITE BOOKS of 2010 thread yet?

[laughing lioness]

The book by David Platt is SO GOOD because it is, IMHO, the perfect blend of sound doctrine and social gospel. I have read books about the social gospel that were a whole lotta social and not much gospel, ya know? Then, of course, there are plenty of books on sound doctrine. But this one combines the two in a way I have not seen before. He really gives a good doctrinal basis for being involved in social gospel projects but for gospel reasons. OK, I am rambling...just read it. :tongue_smilie:

 

It's first on my list for 2011 thanks to you and a couple of reviews! I'm in need of something deep to challenge my faith to grow. It's been a slump year in so many ways.

[Belacqua]

My favorite book this year is Stand in the Trench, Achilles by Elisabeth Vandiver. A rather in depth look at Classical references in WWI poetry. Three things (Classics, War Poets, and Liz) I love all collided together. Ahhhhhhhhhh.

 

Ooh, I must find that! I've been loving her Iliad and Odyssey lectures from Teaching Company.

[Frontier Mom]

Fiction: Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah

 

Non-Fiction: Choosing to See by Mary Beth Chapman

 

Notable Non-Fictions this year were Radical like you said and Left to Tell by Immaculée Ilibagiza.

[kokotg]

Fiction: this might be cheating a bit, because I read it along with DS, but, for real, it was way better than any grown-up fiction I read this year: Tuck Everlasting

 

Non-fiction: Don't Sleep; There are Snakes by Daniel Everett

Edited December 22, 2010 by kokotg
uhh, because Tess is my cat's name, not the book's title

[jld]

The book by David Platt is SO GOOD because it is, IMHO, the perfect blend of sound doctrine and social gospel. I have read books about the social gospel that were a whole lotta social and not much gospel, ya know? Then, of course, there are plenty of books on sound doctrine. But this one combines the two in a way I have not seen before. He really gives a good doctrinal basis for being involved in social gospel projects but for gospel reasons. OK, I am rambling...just read it. :tongue_smilie:

 

Definitely check this out!

[jld]

Fiction: Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon by Jorge Amado.

Nonfiction: Born in Blood and Fire.

 

Both books reflect my recently discovered passion for Latin American history.

 

Have you read Isabel Allende's books? How did you like them?

[jvenice]

Fiction: Pearl of China by Anchee Min (a sort of tribute and extension of Pearl Buck's The Good Earth (which is a must read)

 

Non-fiction: The Global Achievement Gap

 

And there's always re-reading the Charlotte Mason series.

[Heather in Neverland]

It's first on my list for 2011 thanks to you and a couple of reviews! I'm in need of something deep to challenge my faith to grow. It's been a slump year in so many ways.

 

It has made such an impact on my dh and I that we are taking the author's "challenge" presented in the last chapter... don't want to give it away :D

[Negin]

Many of the titles here are absolute favorites - The Help, for example, or Pillars of the Earth, etc. But I didn't read them in '10. Oh well ...

 

Fiction: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series (after you get past the first 60 or so pages, plus, I don't mind the graphic nature, since I tend to not let it get to me). I just love Lisbeth's personality. Reminds me of Kill Bill. Never, ever thought I would like those movies. But I love them. I absolutely flat-out refused to see those movies at first.

 

Non-Fiction: The Geography of Bliss - pure pleasure, fun, insightful, and you feel like you're traveling with him. I'm re-reading it .. that's how much I liked it. :D

 

[MIch elle]

"The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" - non-fiction;

"Rebecca" fiction

[Medieval Mom]

Fiction: Ivanhoe (I LOVED this book and am rereading in 2011)

 

Nonfiction: Latin Centered Curriculum

 

OOOH! Ivanhoe is now on my list for 2011 :) It's right up my alley; yet, I have never read ANY of Scott's works! :blushing: Sheesh!

[Cherryanne]

Fiction-The Poisonwood Bible

 

Non-Fiction-How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk

[Janie]

Island of the World by Michael D. O'Brien is so good and so real you will likely be tempted to google the protagonist's name to check his authenticity.

 

This book sticks with you like a shadow while your reading it and long after you are finished. Island is life changing, or at least it was for me. Some described it as a walk of crucifixion and resurrection. So true.

 

Don't let the daunting 800+ pages keep you from picking this book up. Thirty pages in, and you're hooked.

 

For more, read the first chapter online here. Simply go to right sidebar, look in the green Kindle box and click gray bar at the bottom "Read first chapter FREE."

 

More thoughts on Island here.

[ereks mom]

Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream by David Platt [/b]

 

 

ER's girlfriend had that book on her Christmas list--I was going to buy it for her, but someone else beat me to it--and now I want to read it too. I heard David Platt speak a couple of years ago, and he was amazing! He quoted from memory the first 12 chapters of Romans, and I'm pretty sure he could have kept going beyond that. It wasn't just quoting though; he was doing it like a sermon, speaking to the audience as if it were his own words. I was astounded.

[ereks mom]

Fiction: Joy in the Morning by Betty Smith

 

 

I loved Joy in the Morning! I read it in 8th grade; it was the book ALL the girls in my class were reading and talking about that year (1973). I wonder if kids do that any more...

[silliness7]

Non-Fiction: The Children's Blizzard by David Laskin

Fiction: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

 

What a great thread. Getting some good ideas for 2011 reading. :001_smile:

[Margaret in GA]

Fiction

Gone with the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)

 

http://www.amazon.com/Gone-Wind-Margaret-Mitchell/dp/068483068X/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1293398061&sr=8-7

 

I also really enjoyed Water for Elephants (Sara Gruen)

 

http://www.amazon.com/Water-Elephants-Novel-Sara-Gruen/dp/1565125606/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1293398098&sr=1-1

 

and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)

Non Fiction

 

Zeitoun (Dave Eggers)

 

http://www.amazon.com/Zeitoun-Vintage-Dave-Eggers/dp/0307387941/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1293398127&sr=1-1

[Jenny in GA]

Fiction - The Help

 

Non-Fiction --Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than we Think by Brian Wansink-- Very interesting, very helpful, and pretty darn funny!

[Jenny in Atl]

Fiction:

Room by Emma Donoghue

 

Non Fiction:

Just Kids by Patti Smith

 

 

Also give major thumbs up to The Gates, Good Omens, The Graveyard Bk, & Medium Raw... okay, I'll stop. :D

[caitlinsmom]

Fiction: The Secret Life of Bees

Non-Fiction: The Dirty Life: On Farming, Food, and Love

[Nakia]

Fiction

Gone with the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)

 

 

 

Oh, I forgot I read Gone With the Wind this year too!!! I had never read it before, and I absolutely loved it!!!

[Heather in Neverland]

I might need to change my vote. I just finished "Little Bee" and...wow...just wow.

[BikeBookBread]

Fiction: Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde

Non Fiction: (just started it - not done yet) Why Johnny Can't Preach by T. David Gordon

[tammyw]

I just wanted to pop in and say thank you for all those who've posted so far! One of my goals this year is to read more JUST FOR ME. I have already added a ton of books to my wish list so I can pull them from the library as I need them, and am halfway through The Glass Castle (excellent read btw, hard to put down!)

 

What a great place this is!