What's On My Nightstand | May 2011

I nearly missed it. Again. I'm one day late, but will follow through no matter! This month's What's On Your Nightstand? came upon me quickly, leaving me to wonder what I have actually read over the past month.

I read:

Praying for Your Future Husband: Preparing Your Heart For His by Robin Jones Gunn and Tricia Goyer. As I said in the review (linked to the title), I've never read any of these ladies's fiction accomplishments. However, this was a great book, one I would highly recommend to any teenage girl.

Joni by Joni Eareckson Tada. I have wanted to read this book for a while now. Joni's retelling of her 1967 diving accident and paralyzation is heartbreaking, yet her renewed hope and trust in Jesus Christ is inspiring. It really is a timeless tale, and I felt greatly encouraged by her reconciliation with God after so many bad things threatened to overwhelm her.

I watched:

The documentary version of Abby Johnson's book, Unplanned. I loved the retelling, and it really makes me want to get a hold of the book!

Otherwise my reading hasn't been that great, as May has been a hectic month with finishing school and unwanted health issues. For some reason this month I have especially bounced back and forth from one book to another.

I'm working on:

In the Land of Believers: An Outsider's Extraordinary Journey into the Heart of the Evangelical Church by Gina Welch. I won this book from The Parchment Girl. It's an interesting account of Gina Welch's experience as she went "undercover" at Jerry Falwell's church back in 2005. It's interesting in that Gina Welch is a self-proclaimed atheist who only wondered what Evangelicals really believed in; mainly, if they were all lunatics. So far in my reading (I'm about halfway) she is discovering that Evangelicals are, in her opinion, smart for the most part, though she heartily disagrees with most everything they believe. I can't wait to write a review about this one.

Gladys Aylward: The Little Woman by Gladys Aylward. In this short book, Gladys Aylward shares her story of becoming a missionary to China and mother to orphans. I'm really enjoying it.

I'm still reading Cranford and Les Miserables.

Hope you have had a better reading month than me! Happy reading!