2007 Book List

Since 1986, I've kept a list of books that I have read. It is good to look back at now and then and helpful if you are trying to remember a certain title or author to share with someone else. Now that I've started this blog, I am going to keep my list online to share with anyone else who might be interested.


January
1. Letters to Malcolm; Chiefly on Prayer - C.S. Lewis
2. Savoring God's Presence - Jan Johnson
3. Above All - Brennan Manning
4. What the Land Already Knows: Winter's Sacred Days - Phyllis Tickle
5. Wisdom in the Waiting: Spring's Sacred Days - Phyllis Tickle
6. The Graces We Remember: Sacred Days of Ordinary Time - Phyllis Tickle
7. Prayer: Does It Make a Difference? - Phillip Yancey
8. Londonistan - Melanie Phillips
9. Light in the Shadow of Jihad - Ravi Zacharias
10. The Lotus and the Cross: Jesus Talks to Buddha - Ravi Zacharias
11. Walking on Water - Madeleine L'Engle
12. Why I Left Jihad - Walid Shoebat
13. The Portofino PTA - Gerald Green
14. China Court - Rumer Godden

February
15. The Drama of Scripture - Craig Bartholomew & Michael Goheen
16. Lady Susan - Jane Austen
17. Everyday Prayers for Little Children - Ideals Children's Books
18. The Celtic Way of Prayer - Esther de Waal
19. The Cloister Walk - Kathleen Norris
20. Living Prayer - Robert Benson
21. The Practice of the Presence of God - Brother Lawrence
22. A City of Bells - Elizabeth Goudge
23. Prayer - Richard Roster

March
24. The Seven Feasts of Israel - Zola Levitt
25. When the Heart Waits - Sue Monk Kidd
26. The Wisdom of Menopause - Christiane Northrup MD
27. Lost in Wonder - Esther de Waal
28. Whitethorn Woods - Maeve Binchey
29. Intimate Allies - Dan Allendar & Tremper Longman III
30. Blue Like Jazz - Don Miller
31. On Broken Legs - Wendy Murray Zoba
32. Captivating - Jon and Stasi Eldredge

April
33. The Rabbi's Heartbeat - Brennan Manning
34. Bright Evening Star - Madeleine L'Engle

May
35. The Battle of the Villa Fiorita - Rumer Godden
36. The Greengage Summer - Rumer Godden
37. Too Deep for Words; Rediscovering Lectio Divina - Thelma Hall
38. No Man is an Island - Thomas Merton
39. Seeking God: The Way of St. Benedict - Esther de Waal
40. A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle
41. Contemplative Prayer - Thomas Merton
42. A Wind in the Door - Madeleine L'Engle

June
43. A Swiftly Tilting Planet - Madeleine L'Engle
44. The Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd
45. A Severe Mercy - Sheldon Vanauken
46. The Mermaid Chair - Sue Monk Kidd
47. A Day in Tuscany - Dario Castagno
48. Many Waters - Madeleine L'Engle
49. An Acceptable Time - Madeleine L'Engle
50. The Cat Who Went Up the Creek - Lilian Jackson Braun

July
51. Eat This Book - Eugene Peterson
52. The Space Between Us - Thrity Umrigar
53. Almost French - Sarah Turnbull

August
54. Night - Elie Wiesel
55. A Year in the World - Frances Mayes
56. The Little White Horse - Elizabeth Goudge
57. The Angle of Repose - Wallace Stegner
58. The Dean's Watch - Elizabeth Goudge
59. Till We Have Faces - C.S. Lewis
60. Battles at Thrush Green - Miss Read

September
61. Meet the Austins - Madeleine L'Engle
62. A House Like a Lotus - Madeleine L'Engle
63. The Year of the Great Grandmother - Madeleine L'Engle
64. Dragons in the Waters - Madeleine L'Engle
65. The Irrational Season - Madeleine L'Engle
66. Two-Part Invention - Madeleine L'Engle
67. The Arm of the Starfish
68. The Seven Storey Mountain - Thomas Merton
69. The Ordering of Love (Collected Poems of Madeleine L'Engle) I'm usually too impatient for poetry, but I enjoyed this book immensely. Perhaps it helps to have recently read so many of her other works, which gave me the themes and background from which she wrote the poems.70. The Divine Hours: Prayers for Summertime - Phyllis Tickle

October 2007
71. Speechless - Steven Curtis Chapman and Scotty Smith
72. Restoring Broken Things - Steven Curtis Chapman and Scotty Smith
73. Miracle on 10th Street - Madeleine L'Engle
74. A Chance to Die, The Life & Legacy of Amy Carmichael - Elizabeth Elliott
75. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame

November 2007
76. Home to Holly Springs, Jan Karon
77. A Circle of Quiet, Madeleine L'Engle
78. Oswald Chambers, David W. Lambert
79. Oswald Chambers: Abandoned to God, David McCasland
80. Secrets in the Dark, Frederick Buechner
81. A Full House: An Austin Family Christmas, Madeleine L'Engle (44-page children's book)
82. The 24 Days before Christmas, M. L'Engle (47-page children's book)
83. World Without End, Ken Follett (note: read half of this 1014-page book; the story was not going anywhere I wanted to go; skimmed the rest to find out what happened to the main characters; disappointing.)

December 2007
84. Author, Author, David Lodge (biographical novel about Henry James)
85. The House of Mirth, Edith Wharton
86. Ethan Frome, Edith Wharton
87. The Custom of the Country, Edith Wharton
88. Summer, Edith Wharton
89. The Magic Apple Tree, Susan Hill
90. The Bible
91. God With Us – Rediscovering the Meaning of Christmas, Greg Pennoyer (on-line subscription, Advent study, from www.paracletepress.com)