Midway through the year, July has come again. This is the time to re-evaluate goals and set the course anew.
Word of the Month
Sing
Bible Verse of the Month
Let the godly sing for joy to the Lord;
it is fitting for the pure to praise him.” – (Psalm 33:1 NLT)
This month’s reading diary is at the bottom of this page, after the book list.
My Goodreads page: https://www.goodreads.com/lindajm
★ – I’m reading it.
✓ – I finished reading it. Yay!
⇗ – Still reading at the end of the month.
⇓ – I did not like it or finish it.
∅ – Stalled – I started but didn’t finish.
Finished Reading This Month
✓ Memoir: The Story of My Life, by Helen Keller
What a lovely memoir! This was written when she was still a college student at Radcliffe College. Review
✓ Memoir: Indian Creek Chronicles, by Pete Fromm
Interesting memoir about a winter lived in the wilderness. Finished July 5. Review
★ Classic Fiction: Three Men In a Boat, by Jerome K. Jerome
Recommended to me by a Booktuber. Finished July 1. Review
What I’m Reading Now
★ History: Swimming Pretty: The Untold Story of Women in Water, by Vicki Valosic
I’m reading this for the Summer of Sport event, which I’m co-sponsoring on Booktube. This is a nonfiction history of the sport of synchronized swimming.
★ Letters: The Letters of Vincent van Gogh, by Vincent Van Gogh
I’m reading this in a buddy-read situation with three other Booktubers. So far I’m 55 pages into it and am very positively impressed with Vincent as a very young man searching for his place in the world.
★ Christian Nonfiction: The Lord, by Romano Guardini
This is an examination of the life of Jesus Christ. I’m reading this with friends on a theology Discord group.
★ Christian Nonfiction: Strange Fire: The Danger of Offending the Holy Spirit with Counterfeit Worship, by John MacArthur
I’m learning the difference between charismatic, continualist, and cessationist. The author of this book is a cessationist. I’m about halfway through this and think the author is a little over the top by choosing to expose the most fringe-worthy examples of Pentecostal behavior. I’m more interested in the run of the mill humble victims of this false charismatic theology.
★ Christian Classic: On the Incarnation, by Athanasius
This was recommended in my new book, 25 Books Every Christian Should Read. There are 25 books to read and this is the first listed, so I thought I’d start here. It was written when Athanasius was very young, a few years before the Council of Nicea.
★ Classic Fiction: Les Misérables, by Victor Hugo
I may be the slowest reader of Les Miserables in the history of mankind, but I do still occasionally pick it up and when I do, I enjoy reading it.
★ Christian Nonfiction: Mere Christianity, by CS Lewis
Reading slowly with a friend who is making videos about the chapters. In general, this book is too philosophical for me. I’m struggling with the writing style.
My July 2024 Reading Diary
July 1 – Sunshine and good novels. That’s what I expect for July.
July 8 – I’m distracted again. I went to a meeting a few days ago and the woman I sat next to told us the next day she had a positive covid test so she’s been sick and the rest of us have been worried about getting sick. Tomorrow will be five days, and so far I’m feeling fine.
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