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The World Of Books


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I love reading. It's always something I did since a little child. I didn't have a Nintendo game system nor did I spend hours upon hours watching tv. Instead, I read books. It sounds really nerdy but it's true. I practically read every "Choose Your Own Adventure" book published. There's something about reading that captures my imagination and leads me to a world that cannot be captured by film or television. It is a world in which the pages literally come alive.

In this digital age, my appetite for reading has crossed over to the internet. I'll read everything and anything. I subscribe to blogs upon blogs. I just wish that I had more time to read. I wish that I could speed read. Then, I wouldn't have so many unread books collecting dust on our shelf, waiting to be read. Or maybe not. 

Next on my list to read in no particular order.

Farewell to Arms - Ernest Hemingway
Traveling Mercies - Anne Lamott
The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand
Purple Cow - Seth Godin

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Comments (5)

Dec 15, 2009
angie kim said...
i was a reading nerd, too.

i read EVERYTHING. like the back of cereal boxes. and billboards. and comic books. i fell asleep reading. avoiding sleeping by reading. and i loved series books. did you do the Goosebumps series with the choose your own ending?

reading for fun fell to the wayside in college, but im starting to pick it up more!

read a book by Henri Nouwen. or AW Tozer. GOOD STUFF.

Dec 15, 2009
david shin said...
Yes, Nouwen and Tozer are excellent. There was a period during seminary where I read every single Tozer published article and book, almost to a point of obsession.
Dec 15, 2009
angie kim said...
wowee. thats intense! ive read pursuit of God and knowledge of the holy. they are thin books, but it takes a while to digest it all.

have you read any rob bell books?

Dec 15, 2009
john shin said...
i have a problem with reading obsessively. from link to link, internet article/blog consumption can turn into a real time sink.

i recommend instapaper if you don't already have it. it's a great way to port the text of articles and blogs to your iphone for on-the-go reading.

just picked up tribes. looking forward to it.

Dec 15, 2009
david shin said...
I haven't read any Rob Bell books, but I heard/watched/read his sermons in the past. He's good, but I kind of lost interest after awhile.

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