Stacks

I'm starting a new thing. Hang on to your hats. Or, as my friend Jamie always said, your butts. Hang on to your butts. It's that exciting.

I've always been mystified by volumes of...whatever...in a life. Like I've always kind of hoped that part of heaven is where you get to see a huge stack of all the food you've ever eaten in your life. Or see the tally of words spoken in your life. All sorts of things like that...lots of stacks. Then you could compare it to other people's stack just for the curiosity of it. I think that would be highly interesting.

Of course one stack I'd really like to see is the stack of books read in a life. But since I don't have any firm biblical support that such a feature actually does exist in heaven, I've decided to take this one into my own hands.

Unfortunately, because I didn't have this brilliant idea earlier...I'm not going to have an exhaustive list. My stack will have a nearly 32 year deficiency. But, better late than never, right? Plus, I often have people asking me for book recommendations, at which point my mind goes blank and I can't seem to recall the last few books I've read, let alone know who the author was. This way I have a place I can find it.

So here's how it will work. I'm going to list every book I finish. (Key word being finish. I give a book a solid 3 pages to suck me in, and if it hasn't yet, too bad so sad.) Starting about a month ago when I had a lot of time in waiting rooms to read.

The rules:I can't retro-actively add a book that I've already read...unless I re-read it. Which, I've been known to do. Compulsively. So, if it's a repeat, it gets red letters, if it's a never been read, it gets black. Books of the Bible do not count. Books read to children under 10 don't count. Reviews/commentary may or may not be included.

So, beginning in late November 2009:

Black by Ted Dekker

Red by Ted Dekker

White by Ted Dekker

The Color of Water by James McBride

Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons

Ladies Auxiliary by Tova Mirvis