VT Christian Reading Challenge discussion

Does anyone have summer yet? We keep getting rain! But then, it’s supposed to warm up after the 4th, so that should be good.

Still working through Church History in Plain Language.

Picked up Loving Your Community as a book recommended by a family member.

Over the Coasts will be my essay photo book.

I might throw in a few novels to read while hanging outside.

How about you all? Got some fun reading lined up?

Oh, I enjoyed Church History in Plain Language.

Nonfiction: Church History by Simonetta Carr for Church History and Beauty of Holiness by Joseph Blankinsopp for a book on a book in the Bible.

Fiction: A couple comics: Nancy Drew meets Hardy Boys and Super Crooks: The Heist. We are Legion (We are Bob) by Dennis Taylor for targetting my gender. Worlds Apart by James Riley as a choice novel as I wrap up that series.

Today I finished reading Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome... a classic comedy of errors about boating on the Thames in the UK, published in 1889. It was only 16 short chapters, so there wasn't much to it.

Next audiobook: The Story of my Life by Helen Keller, which is about 3+1/2 hours, another short book, but this one will be much more serious.

I haven't given up on Les Misérables.

Buddy reads include: The Lord by Romano Guardini and The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh.

Took a bit of time off from reading books for this challenge to do a little traveling and to read a little fluff. I've just started a challenging but very interesting book for the

✔ book about science:

Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions

✔ A book written by an author with initials in their name:
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

July was not my best reading month. I usually want to finish seven or eight books. This month I finished only four. The news really slowed me down, and distracted me. July 13 was my 72nd birthday and it was the day the former president was shot at and another man died. Then the convention, which I watched for four days (and I plan to watch the D. convention as well). There was so much going on and it all affects me emotionally and makes it hard to focus on reading.

Anyhow, here's my end of month comment...

Best: The House at Riverton, by Kate Morton - fiction... I really like Kate Morton's novels. So far I've read three; they were all clean for the most part. This one had a situation of infidelity in it but it wasn't the main character doing that. Anyhow, I liked the three novels I've read and I've decided to read the rest of her novels as well.

Worst: Three Men in a Boat, by Jerome K. Jerome - This novel was just plain silly. I read it to satisfy my curiosity because someone on Booktube kept recommending it. Now I'll never have to read it again.

Surprise: The Story of My Life, by Helen Keller - I was surprised at how Helen Keller perceived her life, and how much she accomplished despite being unable to hear or see. Very inspiring.

July was a good reading month for me with a lot of good books.

Best: Space Viking by H Beam Piper. A fun adventure book that dives into the fall of a galactic empire and the rise of a merchant republic with some Science Fiction Political.

Worse: The Wonder Paradox by Jennifer Michael Hecht. An Atheist tries to explain how to add religious aspects to a life without God... She is very aggressive that the God belief is dangerous.

Surprise: Protector of the Snow by Jonathon E Smith. This was a self publish book by a friend's relative. It is a conspiracy book set in the near future in which the main character is trying to finding 2 snowflakes that are the same.