I requested several books from Lendle for vacation reading. Four books in a week was going to be perfectly doable and since the loans are two weeks long, if I fell behind I would still hvae a seven day cushion.
Of course, then I went and downloaded two NetGalley review copies at the same time and checked things out of the library and then I left Born Fundamentalist, Born Again Catholic
A two hundred page fiction book is a breeze that I can finish in no time at all. The same length non-fiction book takes me a bit longer. This book is taking me even longer than normal. On my walk with it this morning I realized exactly why it is taking so long.
Is it poorly written? Not at all. It is, in fact, riveting.
Is it an unenjoyable topic? Nope. It is about Catholic dogma and doctrine and I am loving it.
Am I being unreasonably interrupted when I try to read? Not really.
What is it, then? Actually, the book is doing more than making me think. It is making me pray. No joke.
I'll be tooling along and a particular passage will make me pause. I'll re-read it. Then I close my Kindle cover and ponder and mentally cross-reference and draw connections and wing a comment or two Upstairs. Then, and only then, I reopen the cover and resume reading.
Sometimes the Kindle falls asleep waiting for me.
It is taking longer than expected to finish this short book and I don't mind at all. Excuse me, wont' you? My loan expires on Saturday and I'm thinking that I might want to go re-read some sections.
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I don't always love "thinking" books, but when I find one that speaks to me I'm hopelessly lost in it. Enjoy!
*gasp* Thinking during summer vacation?!
That sounds like a very, very interesting book.
I usually read real drags. Non fiction economics or political. Not always, though.
Reading is good for the "thinking".
It sounds like you might need to buy that book for your own library - I find that "thinking books" are ones I want to keep nearby.
Any book that makes you think and pray - in a good way - sounds like it should be savored properly.
Sounds like an inspirational read. I've been reading some books by Bill Johnson about my identity in Christ recently and I do tend to go back and reread passages which have really made me think.
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