It’s too hard to just pick 10 books so I had to include some extras. 🙂 I wonder what we’ll read next year in 2018. I look forward to finding common ground in our reading material again.

I do hope to read Enlightenment Now. I was enthralled with Pinker’s Better Angels. He writes with such clarity and depth, although also much length. I could likely pick the book up right now and read it again and glean as much as I did the first reading. I know I didn’t get it all on the first go-round. I’m guessing that Enlightenment Now will be the same way. I’ve been following Pinker on Twitter the past couple of months too. He points to some interesting readings.

I’ve only read one of Wodehouse books and it was amusing. I’d heard so much about them that I had to at least sample it.

I’ll look forward to what you’ll share on Mere Christianity. Yes, it is another one of those books that can be read over and over. I read it every few years, when I’m in a different place, and learn something new every time. Hope you have a wonderful Christmas with family and friends, David!

I love a diverse reading list myself. I get bored if I read too many similar things (which sometimes I do). Lately it seems I’ve been reading too many books about the brain; I don’t know if I can absorb much more about the way we think. ha.

Anything by Richard Rohr is always a win in my book! Hope you have a blessed Christmas, Debby.

This autumn I read a lot of Wodehouse and I can highly recommend any of the Jeeves & Wooster stories. Very funny. He is a master storyteller.

My Book of the Year has to be Mere Christianity. It was recommended to me by An Online Friend. I’ve read it two or three times now. It has a lot of surprises in it, and depth, and challenge. I was especially gripped when I read that Lewis was an ex-atheist. I’ll try and write a review in the new year.

Yay—I’m glad you loved The Power of Moments, too, Debbie! Even though it’s been several months ago that I read it, I still bring it up in casual conversations. 🙂 Some of the examples really stick with me (like the popsicle hot line). That’s truly sad about the number of Christian martyrs. 🙁 We take so much for granted over here. Lord, have mercy.

Every time I read someone else’s book list, I add more titles to my own as well. 🙂 Glad you already have a stack of books nearby. Happy reading!

The worse thing is that you have to have surgeries. Praying that 2018 brings no hospitals for you, Floyd! 🙂 My dad used to read Grisham books and really enjoyed them. Jeff took a few of them after Daddy died but I’ve never read one myself. Maybe 2018 will be the year I change that?

There are so many books out there now, yes? I can get overwhelmed when I think about it. ha. Not only will we never read them all, but we can’t even know about them all. That’s why we have to be picky. 🙂 May you have a blessed Christmas, too, Brenda!