2020 It's the Harback Life Reading Challenge

Artwork by Shannon Maddox

The Book Nook Reading Challenge has come to a close.  I exceeded my 40 book reading goal by completing 46 volumes.  Time for a whole new reading challenge.

Like my other reading challenges, this one doesn't have any specific instructions or types of required books.  However, some books may be part of various categories.  Examples include:

• Kiddie Lit - This year, I want to enjoy more children's books.  As a "retired" preschool teacher, I miss reading good books to children.  Plus, there are books from my childhood and teen years I'd like to revisit.
• Recommended Reads - books recommended by trustworthy sources.
• Glorious rereads - books I enjoyed so much that I'm reading them again.
• Everybody's Reading It - books that everybody and their grandma read that I'm just now getting to.
• Nobody Admits to Reading It - books that others have said to stay away from (whether they've read it or not).
• Impulse Reads - Books I bought, borrowed, or checked out of the library for no other reason than "hey, this looks interesting."

My rating system continues as follows:

✮✮✮✮ = Outstanding
✮✮✮ = Pretty good
✮✮ = Could have been better / could have been worse.
✮ = Not so great

Ain't nobody got time for that = DNF (did not/would not/could not finish)

This year's goal is once again 40 books.  If you'd like to follow my reading progress, see my Goodreads page.

Whether you read one book or 100 this year, I would enjoy some company.  Drop in a comment once and a while to let me know how it's going.

So, what are your reading goals for 2020?
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Books Read and Reviewed:

Completed books will be marked as a link to the review.

Book 01

Book 02 - A glorious reread.

Book 03 - Another glorious reread.

Read, but not Reviewed:

1. The Way of Serenity by Father Johnathan Morris.
2. The Christian's Secret to a Happy Life by Hannah Whittal Smith.
3. Froggy Goes to Bed by Jonathan London.
4. Christians in the Age of Outrage by Ed Stetzer. 
5. Life and Practice in the Early Church by Steven A. McKinnon 
6. The Good and Beautiful God by James Bryan Smith 
7. Systematic Theology by Wayne Grudem
8. The Story of Christianity, Volume 1 by Justo L. Gonzalez
9. 9 Things You Simply Must Do by Dr. Henry Cloud 
10. The Good and Beautiful Life by James Bryan Smith
11. The Religious History of America by Edwin Gaustad and Leigh Schmidt
12. Reliving the Passion by Walter Wangerin Jr.
13. Quilts of Gee's Bend by Susan Goldman Rubin (kiddie lit) 
14. Holy in Christ by Andrew Murray.
15. Journey into Grace by Darlene Sala, et al.
16. All of Grace by C. H. Spurgeon
17. The Weigh Down Diet by Gwen Shambin
18. A Life God Rewards by Bruce Wilkinson
19. Secrets of the Vine by Bruce Wilkinson
20. Bamboo and Lace by Lori Wick, a reread.
21. Sacred Pathways by Gary Thomas 
22. Never-Say-Diet Book by Richard Simmons, a reread. 
23. The Beauty of Intolerance by Josh and Sean McDowell
24. Eat This Book by Eugene Peterson
    
25. Breaking Free by Beth Moore
    
26. Tactics by Gregory Koukl
27. The Story of Christianity, Volume 2 by Justo L. Gonzalez
28. The Bluebird and the Sparrow by Janette Oke, a reread
29. The Long Road Home by Lori Wick, a reread
30. If I Had Lunch With C. S. Lewis by Alister McGrath
31. Free to Focus by Michael Hyatt
32. Invitation to a Journey by M. Robert Mullholand Jr.
33. Never Give Up by Joyce Meyer
34. Celebration of Discipline by Richard Foster
35. The Message:  The Bible in Contemporary Language translated by Eugene Peterson.
36. Thirsty for God by Bradley P. Holt.
37. As a Man Thinketh by James Allen.
38. The Sunflower by Simon Wiesenthal
39. An Experiment in Criticism by C. S. Lewis
40. The Great Divorce by C. S. Lewis
41. Conspiracy of Kindness by Steve Sjogren
42. A Grief Observed by C. S. Lewis
43. God is in the Manger by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
    
44. Till We Have Faces by C. S. Lewis 
45. The Four Loves by C. S. Lewis
46. The Weight of Glory by C. S. Lewis
47. Shepherd's Abiding by Jan Karon, a seasonal reread.
48. The Quiet Little Woman by Louisa May Alcott, a seasonal reread.
49. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, a seasonal reread

Ain't Nobody Got Time for That!:

• Wired That Way by Marita Luttauer
• Radical by David Platt

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End of the year update.

 

Well, as you can see, I more than exceeded my goal of 40 books and read 51.  This was a different kind of year all around--some good, some bad.  However, it was a great year for reading.  Thanks so much for joining along on this literary journey.  

 

BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE.

 

Are y'all ready for my 2021 challenge?  The new challenge is:

 

 So, head on over to that challenge here and let's see what 2021 holds.