Hi. My Name Is Lori And

I'm a book addict.  Yes, I will admit to that but compared to some of the more harmful (& illegal) addictions of my youth, a book monkey on my back isn't such a big deal. Here is a list of what is piled in my stack at the moment:

On Writing by Stephen King - This book has been recommended to me so many times I decided to finally read it. I'm also thinking I should be able to glean some good ideas for my Language Arts class from here.

Grace (Eventually) by Anne Lamott - Anne Lamott can be fairly controversial in some Christian circles. I, however, love her honesty about her journey with God. While I rarely agree with her political views, and sometimes not with her religious views, I do identify with the struggle to conform ourselves to the image of Christ, which she writes about a lot. I read my students an essay she had written about trying to not hate Pres. Bush because she knows that if Jesus loves him, she needs to love him also. Their initial reaction was to be ticked off that she hated Bush. I then asked them if there was someone in their lives that they had hated or at least disliked & what they had done about their feelings for that person. We had quite an interesting discussion!

The Scribe by Francine Rivers - I've only started reading Ms. Rivers in the last couple of years. In looking for books for my students this year, I came across this one. It's the story of Silas, who recorded a lot of the New Testament scriptures. I plan to read it this weekend. It's short so I should be able to get through it in a day.

Night by Elie Wiesel - Again, this was a book I found for my class. I really wanted to have them read "One Day In The Life of Ivan Denisovich" by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn but the language was way to raw. "Night" conveys a similar personal journey that I think will be easier for my students to relate to as Mr. Wiesel was just a teenager when his family was taken to the concentration camps. He discovers that "God is there in the suffering" which is something we all need to know.

Announcing the Reign of God- Evangelization & the Subversive Memory of Jesus by Mortimer Arias - Wow, what a title! It's actually about the Kingdom of God shown within the 4 Gospels.

What are you reading right now?

Comments

[Anna]

Hi. My name is Anna...

I always love it when people post what they are reading. Here's mine:

1. Made to Stick - Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip and Dan Heath (why didn't she go all the way and name him Dale?)

2. Anonymous, Jesus' Hidden Years and Yours by Alicia Britt Chole

3. Bird by Bird, Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott

4. It's Not My Fault, The No-Excuse Plan to Put You in Charge of Your Life by Drs. Henry Cloud and John Townsend

5. The E-Myth Revisited, Why Most Small Businesses Fail by Michael E. Gerber

I normally wouldn't be reading 1,4 and 5 all at the same time, but the No-Excuse book is kicking my tail pretty badly and I can't take too much of it at a time, so I borrowed "Made to Stick" from a friend but then The E-Myth is overdue at the library so I have to finish it this weekend. Crazy.

Oh and...
6. Little House in the Big Woods to my 6 and 8 year old daughters

[Lori]

Anna, I think "Dale" would have been the hilarious but cruel thing to do. :) I absolutely love "Bird by Bird" and have read it twice. Henry Cloud hurts to much so I try to avoid reading him! Thanks for the list.

[Julana]

I read Lamott's last two books this summer. I also sort some wheat from chaff, but really empathize with her travails of getting older.
I'm reading French Women Don't Get Fat and French Women for All Seasons. And enjoying them!

[Felicity]

Metamorpha: Jesus as a Way of Life by Kyle Strobel. This is Lee Strobel's son (Case for Christ) and the book is very challenging but also hopeful.

And a medium-sized pile of War Literature and two volumes of Early American Literature. I'm not quite this nerdy; these are required reading for my online classes.

[Lori]

Julana, have you found that it's true that French Women don't get fat? Personally, I think they just know how to dress well. Wow, Felic, I admire you're perseverance to be taking classes as well as everything else you put your hand to! I love history but I think I would o.d. on it if I had to read that much at once.

[tom]

Just stumbled across your blog trying to learn about my new son's future in a Down Syndrome world. Had to say "Hi" from a fellow bibliophile.