goodreads | unscripted

I know I said in my previous post that I’m keeping my reading goals modest this year. Yeeeah, well, I’ve kind of disregarded that already. I’ve already pledged to read 100 titles this year instead of the 50 I tried for last year. Notice I said ‘tried for‘ because I didn’t quite make it. Almost, but not quite. Is that going to stop me from the temptation of pledging to read 100 titles? Pshh, ‘course not! You can check out book reading pledges on GoodReads and 50 Book Pledge

But I’m starting off-topic. Let’s get to the purpose of this post. There is one more reading challenge I want to participate in and it deserves it’s own post.

OPERATION DEEPEN FAITH

OperationDeepen

Hosted at Operation Actually Read Bible

I tried to read the whole Bible last year and didn’t finish (I’m noticing a trend in book reading failure :P). I found this great challenge and decided to give it a go. Here’s how it works:

I. Wonderful Words of Life. Goal: Read the Bible using a Bible Plan

I’m going to be reading the Bible chronologically this time around. I’ve chosen the Chronological Life Application Study Bible KJV. It’s on it’s way from Amazon now and will arrive on Saturday :). Sooooo excited to begin!!!

II. How Firm A Foundation. Goal: STUDY one book of the Bible throughout the year.

I’m not quite sure which book I’m going to choose yet… I’ll keep you posted!

III. Deep and Wide; Goal: read multiple books of the bible in multiple translations.

My pastor is doing a study on different Bible versions so this is perfect! I’ll pick a few to go through specifically this year!

VI. Christian Nonfiction.

My minimum goal will be to read at least 10 Christian nonfiction titles. And they can be in any genre: spiritual growth, women’s interest, biography, etc.

I am super stoked about this challenge!! Check out the complete details for Operation Deepen Faith and peruse the whole website by clicking HERE.

Stay blessed and Happy Reading!!

I’m not even sure what to say about this piece. Halfway through, I checked the reviews on GoodReads and was surprised at the 5 star ratings. I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised cause this is such a popular piece of American poetry…but still. I figured I had to be the one with the problem.

CAUSE I COULDN’T MAKE HEADS OR TAILS OF THIS POEM!

Maybe it was because I read it on my Kindle and that might have messed with the lines, the flow of which are, of course, hugely important. Maybe it was too modern?? The imagery was lost on me. It jumped around and went in weird directions. I don’t know, I just was not feeling it at all! Sorry Mr. Elliot, but if someone were to ask me what your great work was about, I’d have no idea how to answer!

Any of you T. S. Elliot fans out there have any comments as to what I was missing in my Waste Land experience? I just was not impressed at all :(.

On a bit of a lighter note, this book was not only on my Classics Club list, it was apart of A Modern March, and also counted toward the Nerdy Non-Fiction Reading Challenge 2013! 3 birds, 1 stone. Booyah!