{"id":2817,"date":"2007-06-28T23:46:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-28T23:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/06\/summer-reading-list-1.html"},"modified":"2007-06-28T23:46:00","modified_gmt":"2007-06-28T23:46:00","slug":"summer-reading-list-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/06\/summer-reading-list-1.html","title":{"rendered":"Summer Reading List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did you make a summer reading list?  I&#8217;ve decided to read more over this summer so I bought a bunch of books to help give me the incentive to read.  Before I started blogging, I would read a lot over the summer but with the blogs, I have less time to read.  Now I&#8217;m going to discipline myself to take the time to read.  I&#8217;ve already read one of the books on the list and have started two of the others so I&#8217;m off to a pretty good start.  I think you&#8217;ll find the list a little eclectic, certainly a range of genres.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Death-Match-Lincoln-Child\/dp\/0307275566\/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1\/105-5498429-9379612?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1183062992&amp;sr=1-1\">Death Match<\/a> by Lincoln Child &#8212; I just finished this one and will be posting a review for it soon (I hope).  It was pretty good even though I figured it out almost immediately.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wtsbooks.com\/product-exec\/product_id\/4287\/nm\/Birth_of_the_Church_From_Jesus_to_Constantine_A_D_30_312_Baker_History_of_the_Church_Hardcover_\">The Birth of the Church<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wtsbooks.com\/product-exec\/product_id\/3974\/nm\/Public_Faith_From_Constantine_to_the_Medieval_World_Ad_312_600_Baker_History_of_the_Church_Hardcover_\">A Public Faith<\/a> by Ivor J. Davidson &#8212; as I mentioned here, these are texts for my Ancient Church class that I plan to read over the summer.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wtsbooks.com\/product-exec\/product_id\/4078\/nm\/Spirit_of_Early_Christian_Thought_Seeking_the_Face_of_God\">The Spirit of Early Christian Thought<\/a> by Robert Louis Wilken &#8212; also a textbook.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wtsbooks.com\/product-exec\/product_id\/1851\/nm\/Emergence_of_the_Catholic_Tradition_100_600\">Emergence of the Catholic Tradition: 100-600<\/a> by Jaroslav Pelikan &#8212; as is this one.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wtsbooks.com\/product-exec\/product_id\/1948\/nm\/Goldsworthy_Trilogy_Paperback_\">The Gospel and Revelation<\/a> by Graeme Goldsworthy &#8212; I plan to work on Revelation over the summer because I actually do intend to post my study online eventually.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wtsbooks.com\/product-exec\/product_id\/4472\/nm\/Reasons_for_Faith_Philosophy_in_the_Service_of_Theology_Paperback_\">Reasons for Faith: Philosophy in the Service of Theology<\/a> by Scott Oliphint &#8212; I love Oliphint, he&#8217;s pretty brilliant.  I&#8217;m trying to review my apologetics class  over the summer, I thought the book would help.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Sign-Cross-Chris-Kuzneski\/dp\/0515142115\/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1\/105-5498429-9379612?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1183063075&amp;sr=1-1\">Sign of the Cross<\/a> by Chris Kuzneski<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Serial-Killers-Club-Jeff-Povey\/dp\/0446616648\/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1\/105-5498429-9379612?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1183063135&amp;sr=1-1\">The Serial Killers Club<\/a> by Jeff Povey &#8212; This book looked pretty weird, it&#8217;s the story of a serial killer killing other serial killers.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Book-Fate-Brad-Meltzer\/dp\/044661212X\/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1\/105-5498429-9379612?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1183062124&amp;sr=8-1\">The Book of Fate<\/a> by Brad Meltzer &#8212; I&#8217;m reading this now and it&#8217;s pretty good so far.  It pulls you into the story quickly and is fast paced (clinched but true).<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Pattern-Recognition-William-Gibson\/dp\/0425198685\/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3\/105-5498429-9379612?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1183062657&amp;sr=1-3\"><span class=\"srTitle\">Pattern Recognition<\/span><\/a>      by William Gibson &#8212; I haven&#8217;t read Gibson in years and I thought I would give his latest a try.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Gospel-Truths-J-G-Sandom\/dp\/0553589792\/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1\/105-5498429-9379612?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1183068955&amp;sr=1-1\">Gospel Truths<\/a> by J. G. Sandom<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Snow-Crash-Bantam-Spectra-Book\/dp\/0553380958\/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1\/105-5498429-9379612?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1183084127&amp;sr=1-1\">Snow Crash<\/a> by Neal Stephenson<br \/>\nI will try to post a review of each of book if I actually read them over the summer \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you make a summer reading list? I&#8217;ve decided to read more over this summer so I bought a bunch of books to help give me the incentive to read. Before I started blogging, I would read a lot over the summer but with the blogs, I have less time to read. 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