January Book Reviews
This year, I have a reading goal of 50 books, of varying genres. A friend suggested I return to my blog for a monthly book review, giving you a list and brief description of the books I read, and highlighting one book that I recommend. So here we are, at the end of January... let's give it a try! In January, I read five books - two hardback books, two on Audible, and one on Kindle. I tend to be a fiction girl, but amazingly, all five of these books were nonfiction, and had pretty lengthy titles... The Deepest Place: Suffering and the Formation of Hope, Dr. Curt Thompson I had been reading this one slowly for a while, because my small group at church is reading and discussing it together. But I finished it up at the end of January, so I am counting it in my list of things I've read! Dr. Thompson frames the chapters around Romans 5:3-5, showing how it is through suffering that we develop perseverance, character, and hope. Honestly the cover art looked so depressin...