There's Always a Little Time for Books

My last reading review posted here on The Book Den was the first week of May and a lot of things have competed for those hours usually devoted to reading: Vital Signs Ministries responsibilities (including several preaching assignments), an awful lot of lawn work, days spent without electricity after Omaha's horrid wind/rainstorm, a mountain hiking trip to Colorado, and some household projects.

Still, I found enough time to work my way through proofreading the first two manuscript volumes of The Faithfulness of God, missionary LaVern Smith's detailed autobiography. Really rich and inspiring. There was also Elie Wiesel's Hostage, Rafael Sabatini's The Banner of the Bull, Howard Pease's The Tattooed Man, and Dorothy Sayers' Clouds of Witness.

I also enjoyed re-reading yet again all five books by John Buchan which feature his hero Richard Hannay and friends: The Thirty-Nine Steps, Greenmantle, Mr. Standfast, The Three Hostages, and The Island of Sheep.

Next in line? I'm reading Eric Metaxas' biography on William Wilberforce. The historical material is quite good and profoundly challenging...even though the writing itself is too often strained and unprofessional. Claire and I are also reading Dante's Divine Comedy and enjoying very much the Hillsdale College online course over the same trilogy.