Recent Good Reads...

I'll spare you what many would call the romance drivel that I constantly consume. I find nothing so entertaining or pleasurable as a good romance novel. I'm not very particular. I'm not very fussy about good writing, even whether the plot is especially well developed although obviously those things can each be helpful. I only ask that there are clearly good guys, bad guys, and a herione who is gutsy. I demand a happy, everything is tied up with a romantic bow ending, even if it has to be an especially unrealistic one. Kind of the grown-up version of Once Upon a Time... Blah, Blah, Blah.. Happily Ever After. Kevin and probably many of you just despair over my woeful lack of desire for a prize winning novel full of well-turned phrases, complicated characters and plots within plots.

However, on occasion I do read for edification. Not usually fiction, although a few do creep in from time to time. (Usually only when Kev puts his foot down, and hides my other books, or when the kids need a read-a-loud.) Here's a list of the notable ones both fiction and non from the past few months:

the curious incident of the dog in the night-time by mark haddon (lower case- his choice)
Paul, the Spirit, and the People of God By Gordon Fee
Acedia and me: A Marriage, Monks, and A Writer's Life By Kathleen Norris
John for Everyone By Tom Wright (Volume 1&2)
Last Child in the Woods By Richard Louv
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Look at Four Meals By Michael Pollan
Living Gently in a Violent World: The Prophetic Witness of Weakness By Stanley Hauerwass, Jean Vanier and John Swinton
Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain

Any of which I would reccommend.