Books
Since I (Jen) have limited reading time (usually around 10 minutes a day), I am exceedingly picky about what I read. Here are some short book reviews of things I’ve read. Thanks, Jen!
Mission to the Headhunters (Frank and Marie Drown): A page-turner. Interesting, encouraging, convicting, helpful. Well worth the time it takes to read!
My Heart in His Hands (Sharon James): I don’t like missionary biographies, so I was wary of this. There certainly were slower sections, but this is a great book! Interesting, gut-wrenching, convicting, inspiring. You will be better off for reading it (and about God’s clear faithfulness)!
Silas Marner (George Eliot): Historical, so that’s a little hard to get into and understand what’s happening sometimes, but a wonderful story. I recommend it! (Amazon right now has it for free on Kindle)
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens): Really good. I like historical fiction, so I can handle some of the weird vocabulary and cultural issues. Well-developed characters. A beautiful picture of sacrifice and redemption. Also, really good to get you thinking about economies and politics! (Also free on Kindle)
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller): So disappointing! I gave it like 18 chapters and decided that it was not only not worth my precious time, but that it was actually unhelpful. Sarcastic, unpatriotic, selfish, massively over-sexed, and generally not enjoyable. I started reading it because it’s on all kinds of “Best Books” lists and I understand that it’s considered a classic, but for the aforementioned reasons, I’m putting it in the “Thumbs Down” category.
