Somehow, I managed to read a total of sixty-one books this year. It’s still not as much as I’d hoped – I wanted to reach seventy-five – but I’ll take it. I also did some book-related ink slinging, which resulted in thirty-three book reviews and a burnt-out brain.
Originally, I figured I could churn out a review every single week; and I was doing pretty well with that goal until I figured out that I was mortal, and that mortals have to take a breather every now and then. Bummer. I assume every aspiring writer gets hit with that 2×4 every so often, which is a good thing – otherwise, we’d all be extinct.
- No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
- Lone Survivor by Marcus Lutrell
- Tactics by Gregory Koukl
- Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
- Deception by Randy Alcorn
- The Voyage of the Armada by David Howarth
- The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
- The White Company by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- A Call to Prayer by J.C. Ryle
- The Terminal Man by Michael Crichton
- The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy
- Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
- To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
- We Die Alone by David Howarth
- Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank
- The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
- The Christian Life by Sinclair Ferguson
- Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson
- Think by John Piper
- To End All Wars by Ernest Gorden
- Pyramids by Terry Pratchett
- After America: Get Ready for Armageddon by Mark Steyn
- Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
- Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose
- All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
- Red Rain by Aubrey Hansen
- The Passage by Justin Cronin
- The World-Tilting Gospel by Dan Phillips
- Knox’s Irregulars by J. Wesley Bush
- Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John Le Carre
- Christ and Him Crucified by Jon Cardwell
THE INK SLINGER 
Wow. For me to be on a list with the likes of J.C. Ryle, Sinclair Ferguson, Dan Phillips, and Sir Aurthur Conan Doyle, just to name a few, is an honor that has never happened to a kid like me… ever.
Thanks again, I.S., for everything.
LOL! You’re too funny, Mr. Cardwell. :D
Waugh! Good on ye son! I wuz afeerd da flatheads or apachees had took ya and dun lifted yer topknot! Glad fer ya … keep yer face in de wind and keep a eye on yer backtrack! Huzzah!!!
Huzzah! :D
Mortal you may claim to be, sir. But reading sixty-one books is (in my opinion) phenomenal. Being able to write 33 (decent) reviews isn’t too shabby either. Now I actually want to read most of the books you listed above (next year, of course). Here’s hoping I manage all 33 of them! :)
Why, thank you, Ink Smith! :) I don’t recommend all of the books (Robopocalypse and The Terminal Man were both duds), but most of the time, the books I review are ones I recommend. I hope you get to read some of them next year!
Oh, and I like your name… for obvious reasons. :D
Your recommendations are duly noted o7
PS: Ink IS awfully compelling.
Mortality is a tough thing to overcome. :)
Finishing 61 books and reviewing 33 is quite an accomplishment. Well done!
Isn’t it, though? *looks enviously as Legolas* ;)
Now I know I’ve got to go count how many I’ve read this year to see how mortal I am. ;)
:D
That’s pretty awesome, my man. Being able to churn out thirty-three reviews is no small feat. Congratulations.
Thanks, Mike. :)
Son, this is awesome! I’m thankful for your love of books, and more importantly, your love for His Word. May God pour out grace upon grace on you, that you would glorify Him in all you do and read and write and think and say….
Soli Deo Gloria!