What the Heck am I Going to Read in 2018?

In recent days, I have felt a push to take control of my education to a certain extent and to take responsibility for how informed I am. In addition to blogs, shows, articles and podcasts, I will actually read a book….or 12.

 

I feel that every year, I tell myself I am going to read a book a month. I cannot tell you how many years I have completely FAILED at this goal. I mostly fail because I have failed to plan for such a task. It will be no easy feat, but nonetheless, I am up for the challenge. This list may change, because I am getting lots of book suggestions and am even seeing what others are reading. But I had a few books in my house that I wanted to read, and a few on my radar that I decide to invest in. so the current list is as follows:

1. Emotionally Healthy Spirituality – Peter Scazzero.
2. The Four Loves – S. Lewis
3. When I Was Puerto Rican – Esmeralda Santiago
4. Mere Christianity – S. Lewis
5. One Nation Under God: The Triumph of the Native American Church – Huston Smith & Rueben Snake
6. The Problem of Pain – C.S. Lewis
7. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without me? (And Other Concerns) – Mindy Kaling
8. Erasing Hell – Francis Chan & Preston Sprinkle
9. The Heart of Racial Justice – Brenda Salter McNeil & Rick Richardson
10. Don’t Waste Your Life – John Piper
11. Justice While Black: Helping African-American Families Navigate and Survive the Criminal Justice System – Robbin Shipp, Esq. & Nick Chiles
12. Crazy Love – Francis Chan – I’ve read some of it but I would like to finish it
13. *Safe Haven – Nicholas Spark

 

Now, the goal is to read all of them in a year, but I will not necessarily make it a law to read one a month. I may read multiple books at a time, and others I may read alone. THAT is something I have not quite figured out yet. But I’m EXCITED!!!!!!!!!

 

2018: the year of the up and up