But here's the thing: there will be no lazy days for me this summer. I'll be studying all summer - intending to start or wrap up eight courses/exams. That also means, though, that I only have four and a half months of school until my degree is done. Most likely, I'll have a winter reading list.
Anyway, all that to say that I don't have a long list this summer. But yes, I still do have a list. Because I love lists. Especially book lists. So here are some books that I hope to finish (or at least start) this summer.
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky - This is a book that I'm already currently reading with Dad. I must admit, it's kind of weird. But then again, I've found that a lot of classics are. Maybe that's just because we live in a world of fast entertainment and 140-character messages that leave us dry to the slow richness found in this kind of great literature.
Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell - This is another big book, but a much less weird and slow one. Though I can only picture Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara, I'm really enjoying this novel. As it traces the fictional Scarlett through the tumult of the Southern side of the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era, I get totally lost in the story.
Samuel Rutherford and His Friends by Faith Cook - This is a short biography of the Puritan theologian and writer, Samuel Rutherford. He was known for the letters that he wrote, earning the nickname, "Prince of Letter-Writers." This biography also captures some of the people that he was close to and people that he wrote letters to - parishioners, friends.
Something by P.G. Wodehouse - Wodehouse is one of those staples that, along with Settlers of Catan and Veggie Tales, always has its place in the stereotypical homeschool family. Or so I've heard. I have actually never read anything by Wodehouse, the famed British humorist, and I am hoping to change that. Douglas Wilson argues here why I should be reading Wodehouse. He has convinced me.
What Does the Bible Really Teach About Homosexuality? by Kevin DeYoung - This is the latest book I downloaded from Crossway to review here. Though I haven't started it yet, I am already looking forward to it. Rosaria Butterfield, a former lesbian who was saved by God's grace and is now a pastor's wife and author, gave this glowing recommendation:
"This book provides a short, accessible, and pastoral toolbox for all Christians to navigate the shifting cultural landscape of sexuality and find confidence and hope in how the Bible directs our steps. DeYoung offers wise and readable apologetics here, providing his readers with both motive and model for how to think and talk about homosexuality and the Christian faith in a way that honors Christ and gives hope to a watching world."
What are you reading this summer?
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