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Part 1 was the big picture. A lot of this I more or less knew, and a lot I didn't. Don't quiz me on this one - it's a ton of info and though it's a textbook I'm not taking time to do the discussion questions and writing assignments. Coming to this book for greater context and some helpful interpretive tools, but this is one I'll be referring back to rather than remembering everything from.

Was going to wait until fall to dive into these sorts of books, but I've been doing a chronological read-through of the Bible this year and this dovetails with where I'm at in that right now (currently working my way through Isaiah).

So much is familiar in this one, I must have read it in school ages ago.

Started this one ages ago then got in a different reading mode and set it aside. Time to get back to it.

Halfway point. This read is stirring up so much in me. Last night spontaneously set down the book and filled a whole bag for donation and a whole trashcan, all with minutiae - the physical side of processing. Amazing memoir.

Was 1/3 (100 pgs) into it before I began getting more into it, but it's really moving along now. Can see wanting to crank through the whole second half tomorrow if time allows.

Finally picking up reading momentum again today (brain needed a break for a few days). Enjoying this so far. Friends' opinions have been split on this one - some devouring/loving it and others saying they don't get the hype but if you adjust expectations it's a good read. So far I'm relating to the latter.

Once again it's been a couple years since I last read my own book. Wild just how different an experience it is each time. Thought I'd relate to it a little less, deeper now into this new chapter of life, but if anything I'm getting more out of the remembering.

"And out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures..." "Her name had the likeness of a name. She had the likeness of a woman, with hands but no face at all, since she never let herself see it. She had the likeness of a life, because she was all alone in it. She lived in the likeness of a house, with walls and a roof and a door that kept nothing in and nothing out..." Gilead book #3. 💛

Been on a solid nonfiction stretch so far this year... Let's see if fiction mode will kick in again this weekend... Eager to finish this reread so I can get on to the rest of the series.

This one was really impactful for me when it first came out. It's been coming to mind again recently so I'm curious to reread from today's vantage point.

This one was really impactful for me when it first came out. It's been on my mind again recently so I've been curious to reread from today's vantage point.

Haven't been up to much reading this past month, but this has been a beautiful one to take slowly along the way. Picking up a little speed today. Hoping for much more reading mileage again in April! Day 1 is off to a good start there.

Rereading this one yet again. This one's held such helpful guidance for me on this topic.

Read this one just last year. Am rereading it so soon not just because I loved it, but because I want to read this whole series, and want to do it with the freshest possible memory of its first book.