This post started forming in my mind when I read Julie’s reading goals for 2012. Believe it or not, I’ve never thought of making a book list of goals for my yearly reading.
Maybe this will help me wade through some of the books that have been collecting dust on my shelves. (We’ll see.)
I do have plenty of piles around here, and though there are review books that will need my attention (and a whole pile of books at the beginning of the year for a special project I’m doing), I thought I could set a modest goal of three books in each of these areas.
And besides, I love lists. 🙂
East of Eden, by John Steinbeck
Walden and Other Writings, by Henry David Thoreau
The Reed of God, by Caryll Houselander
The Seven Storey Mountain, by Thomas Merton
The Confessions of St. Augustine
Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott
Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte
Common Sense 101: Lessons from G.K. Chesterton, by Dale Ahlquist
The End and the Beginning: Pope John Paul II–The Victory of Freedom, the Last Years, the Legacy, by George Weigel
My Life with the Saints, by James Martin, SJ
The Bad Catholic’s Guide to Good Living, by John Zmirak & Denise Matychowiak
Echoing Silence: Thomas Merton on the Vocation of Writing, edited by Robert Inchausti
Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters, by John Steinbeck
— “Been Meaning To” & Now Will —
The Drunkard’s Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives, by Leonard Mlodinow
A Meaningful World: How the Arts and Sciences Reveal the Genius of Nature, by Benjamin Wiker & Jonathan Witt
A Short History of Nearly Everything, by Bill Bryson
One Man’s Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey, by Sam Keith from the journals and photographs of Richard Proenneke
Till We Have Faces, by C.S. Lewis
Fatherless, by Brian Gail
Motherless, by Brian Gail
Swimming with Scapulars, by Matthew Lickona
What’s on YOUR 2012 reading list?
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OOOO, great topic!  I have a LOT of books piled up around here that I just haven’t gotten to yet.  It would be a great gift to my husband if I read those and then moved them along 🙂  plus, think of all the treasures right here in my house that I haven’t even discovered yet!
I have almost made it through The Seven Storey Mountain but it took me several runs at it to get about 3/4 of the way through. Finally what helped was an audio version. It is worth it, but just not my style (or something).
You are going to love East of Eden. 🙂
My boyfriend and I plan on working through The Rule of St. Benedict and then it’s companion piece, Seeking God, as well as a pretty hefty apologetics book I don’t remember the name of at the moment. We’ll see what time I have left over to do other readings…
You have a treat in store with Till We Have Faces!