My blog-friend Anne, aka Modern Mrs. Darcy, has started a monthly link-up for books called Twitterature. The premise of this link-up is to share short, casual reviews of books we’ve been reading.
Sometimes I write full-on book reviews but other times I read and move on. Not because they’re not good, often times because they’re so special I don’t have the proper words. This link-up will give me a chance to share ALL the books I’m reading without having so many book reviews through the month.
The Old Testament (66 books) 
I admit, it’s a little hokey but this will explain why my reading list is so short. I’ve been trudging through another round of reading through the Bible this winter (in 122 days) and we finished the Old Testament, all 66 books in 3 months. I’ve written about it before, but I cannot stress enough how much I learned the first time I read the OT through and how much I continue to learn. Sure, it’s painful at times but so, so worth it.
The Gospels (4 books)
Is it MORE hokey I’m listing this separately? We finish the Gospels today and if you can’t tackle the OT, then please tackle The Gospels – Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Honestly, Jesus and his parables leave me spellbound. I think I could read these for months and still not get bored.
Chasing Sunsets by Eva Marie Everson
Emma bought me this Christian fiction book for Christmas. To be honest, I usually find Christian fiction lacking in strong characters and storylines. I’m not sure this was much of an exception, but it was a nice diversion. With the premise of a rekindled teen romance on a Florida island after a divorce, it was enough to keep me around for the whole book but not to continue the series.
You Are Already Amazing by Holley Gerth
Holley’s book is practical, thoughtful, personal and challenging. Highly recommend this for folks still trying to find their strengths and what God might be calling them to do. And psst, I just signed up for e-coaching with Holley and I cannot WAIT!
Be sure to check out Twitterature. Hopefully we can all find some new reads!
I love that you listed the Old Testament and New Testament separately. And yeah, I can see how those two don’t leave time for much else!
I keep hearing good things about Holley Gerth’s book. I’m very curious to hear how your e-coaching goes!
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I’ll have to check out You Are Already Amazing…I think both my husband and I would benefit from reading that one.
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I am in the Gospels right now, too. Still have a few chapters to finish in the OT, but am doing a 90 day reading challenge with family and am really enjoying reading the Bible through again. The Gospels are so refreshing after reading through the NT.
The other few times I’ve done it I did the 90 day plan as well but we went with a 122 days chronological plan this time. NT is definitely a nice reprieve after the old.
Wow, reading the OT in 122 days is amazing! I’m on a 1.5 – 2 year reading plan. I bought a “read the bible in 1 year” bible but it has both OT and NT each day, so jumping back and forth, and that is just not working for me. So I’m reading straight through, OT first. I’m a couple weeks ahead of schedule, so I guess I’ll finish in about a year and a half.