The one fear no child will have to deal with (for as long as they live in this house, anyway) is the fear that they will run out of books to read.
I’m currently reading:
- Paradise Restored by David Chilton
- Shadowplay by Tad Williams
- At Large and At Small by Anne Fadiman
- The Fruit of Her Hands by Nancy Wilson
- The Saga of the Volsungs
- That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis
and
Rather light material, over all… and no, I am not reading them in that order. I have to admit, I have the bad habit of starting several books; they all look so good, I can’t resist them; it’s like trying to choose one truffle from all the other delicious looking truffles in a chocolate shop. But, even though I tend to start several books at once, I usually focus on reading only one book at a time when it comes down to reading them. It doesn’t really make sense. 
What are you reading currently? One book, or many books?
Coram Deo!
MANY books. I also have a LONG book list. How can a person say that they don’t like to read?!
I always have a stack of books I’ve begun, but some of them I am not sure I really will finish, so I don’t know that I can say that I’m actually in the process of reading them. But I do always have a stack of half finished books… right now I’m still thinking I’ll get back into “Cry, The Beloved Country” now that the busyness of the new year has subsided.
That sounds like a good book to get back into… I know we have that one on our shelves, I’ll have to add it to my reading list of books that I eventually want to read. I start reading lists every once in a while, then neglect them; but I always have an idea of what I want to read next!
This spring and summer, I would love to focus more on Dickens, P.G. Wodehouse, John Buchan, Wendell Berry, and G.K. Chesterton.
I just started Ian Murray’s biography about Jonathan Edwards. Very interesting so far. I have a few other books going, too. I try to keep a few ‘categories’ filled, one for each day. I don’t get nearly the reading time at this stage that I did before, but I feel like I’m starving if I don’t get in a few minutes here and there.
) Now that Randy is home, he has a couple of times in his schedule where he is with the girls. I have one whole scheduled hour of reading time every day now! I feel like a Princess! ;o)
That is wonderful that you are able to get in more time for reading now, Lisa, so you won’t feel starved for reading!
I always try to read a healthy mix of fiction and non-fiction, too — as well as reading poetry from time to time. I don’t think it’s healthy to solely read fiction, but I also don’t believe that it’s healthy to just read non-fiction, either! “Stories” are a wonderful, perfectly Biblical category; Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, and P.G. Wodehouse are healthy in that they show us the application of our thinking in our lives, and also how to live, love, and laugh.
Oooh, I have the same problem: starting many books at once. Right now I’ve started Angel Time by Anne Rice, Confessions by Augustine, Practicing the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence, and Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas. If only there were more hours in the day!
Usually I avoid starting two or more books at once… However, I’m currently reading the following:
Apocalypse Code by Hank Hanegraaff
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Reforming Marriage by Doug Wilson
What He Must Be by Voddie Baucham (yep, still reading it… I’m taking it slow, no rush.
The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers (also starting slow… I got sidetracked with eschatology study)
Kevin, Dumas’ books are very fun to read… The Count of Monte Cristo is is definitely worth the long read.
Kyle, now I don’t feel so bad about reading so slowly through some of my books! Don’t be hasty…
I read The Picture of Dorian Gray last summer and it was quite the interesting read. It’s kind of set in funny contrast to Wilde’s lighthearted _The Importance of Being Earnest_!
I LOVED The Count of Monte Cristo. When I first started reading it I had a few people tell me that it was a hard read. I don’t know what they were talking about, I only got stuck in one part, but the rest was really easy, and a lot of fun.
I’m currently working on Ben Hur, Emma, and Pilgrim’s Progress.