As we get ever closer to wrapping up another year (man, what a year it has been!), I am beginning to prepare for the new one at hand. I figured this is the perfect time to pick up some books that have been collecting dust on my book shelf and start deciding what I want to read in 2010. Here is what I have so far:
1. Let You Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation by Parker J. Palmer – While the book is only a mere 109 pages, I have my doubts that this book is going to be anything of a “quick read” as the dust jacket summarizes it as “a compassionate and compelling meditation on discovering your path in life.” Palmer is a Quaker and has been named one of the thirty most influential leaders in higher education.
2. Becoming Who You Are: Insights on the True Self from Thomas Merton and Other Saints by James Martin, SJ — Another meditation, but this time on the idea of finding your “true self.” Fr. Martin is a Jesuit priest and associate editor of America, a national Catholic magazine.
3. The Prayer of Jabez: Breaking Through to the Blessed Life by Bruce Wilkinson — “An oldy, but a goody” as my grandma would say. I read this back in college, but wasn’t really where I needed to be in life to appreciate it.
4. Discover the Joy of Being the Person God Made You To Be by Joyce Meyer — I found this book in a tote in my garage as I was looking for something else. The quote on the back startled and surprised me: ”You will never sense filfillment in life unless you reach the goal of being yourself.”
5. Captivating: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman’s Soul by John & Stasi Eldredge — What intrigued me with this book was the title more than anything. If I am a woman, should I really have to spend $14.99 on a book explaining how a woman feels? Then the realization hit me: Most gender-biased books are written with the opposite sex in mind. What I mean by this is most books about women are written by women for men and visa versa. A good concept that I believe has many flaws, but that conversation is neither here nor there. I am excited to read this one and expect it to be interesting as well as challenging.
6. The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth am I Here For? by Rick Warren — I have heard from many people that this is an amazing book, but yet none of them have seemed to have actually read it themselves. Not sure why this is, but I’m going to give it a go. I’m not really all that excited about reading this one. To be honest, it just looks boring to me.
7. You Can Heal Your Life by Louise L. Hay — This book takes a holistic approach to healing anything that could possibly ail someone, A-Z, and when I say anything, I mean it literally. From faith and forgiveness to fungus and flatulence (not kidding…look in the index!), Hay, a metaphysical lecturer and teacher, has an affirmation for it. This not a book I would typically pick up at the bookstore, however, it was recommended to me by a close friend whose opinion I value greatly. I am looking forward to exploring this book and seeing how it speaks to my life.
8. Find Your Strongest Life: What the Happiest and Most Successful Women Do Differently by Marcus Buckingham – A friend of mine read and reviewed this book as a Thomas-Nelson book reviewer blogger. As a woman working in the corporate sector, I thought it sounded intrigueing, especially after taking the accompaning quiz. Check out his review on his blog, Another Startup. Pretty interesting since it is a book written for women, by a man, then read and reviewed by a man.
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