I have a friend who goes to a bookstore with her husband every year toward the end of December. They each pick out five books that mark their path into the following year... themes or realities they want to think about and explore, creative and relational spaces they want to be in. They may not necessarily buy the books right then, but it helps them be more intentional about how they direct their time and energy in the coming months. I love reading and I love hearing about what other people are reading. Below is a list of the stack on my coffee table, as well as a partial list of some of my favorite books. Find my reviews for these & other books on http://www.goodreads.com/
Books I'm Reading:
Secrets of Native American Healing
Soulful Spirituality
Intimacy & Desire
Books I Recommend:
Poetry & Literature
American Women Regionalists (anthology)
Cutting for Stone
Great Expectations
Jane Austen -- everything
Jane Eyre
My Antonia
The Handmaid's Tale
The Joy Luck Club
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Wuthering Heights
Holy Listening
Jesus Freak & Take This Bread (both by Sara Miles)
The Crosswicks Journals (all 4 of the series)
The Dance of the Dissident Daughter
The Year of Magical Thinking
Traveling Mercies
Personhood & Relationships
Bird By Bird
Bold Love
Boundaries
Discovering The Enneagram (Rohr)
Getting the Love You Want
Lit
Love Is Stronger Than Death
Love's Executioner
Opening Up
Passionate Marriage
The Different Drum
Two-Part Invention (one of The Crosswicks Journals, referenced above)
Women Who Run With the Wolves
Women's Rites of Passage
Childbirth & Children
Active Birth
How Children Raise Parents
Ina May Gaskin's Guide to Childbirth
Operating Instructions
Global & Social Concerns
Half the Sky
Infidel
Nomad
Reading Lolita in Tehran
Tears of the Desert
Things I've Been Silent About
This Storied Land (about my relatives)
