2019 Plans and Resolutions

So, the New Year has begun. With it, the sense of a clean slate to begin afresh on, and also a fear of screwing everything up just as it starts. Am I the only one?

Well, one of my resolutions last year was to read one hundred books this year. (Andddd, that was because my family told me I couldn’t do it) I barely made it, binge-reading Hamlet a few hours before midnight.

So, I’m going to give it another go this year and see if I can do better. If any of you have book suggestions, feel free to share them! So far I have, End of the Spear by Steve Saint, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, Atlantis: On the Shores of Destiny by Jennifer McKeithen, and Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis.

If you would like to see the books I read this year, I’m putting down the list below. Books with an asterix beside them are ones I greatly recommend. (Some are unpublished, but if you would like to read them, send me an email and I can give links) Books with two asterix’s are new favorites. ^.^

BOOKS COMPLETED 2018

Running Scared by Edward Welch**
All My Holy Mountain by L.B. Graham*
Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis
The Well of Sacrifice by Chris Eboch
The Iliad by Homer; translation by Samuel Butler
Atlantis: On the Shores of Destiny by Jennifer McKeithen*
The League and the Lantern by Brian Wells*
Odyssey by Homer; translation by Stanley Lombardo
Evidence Not Seen by Darlene Diebler Rose*
The Spartan by Caroline Dale Snedeker**
The Three Theban Plays: Antigone, Oedipus the King, and Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles; Translation by Robert Fagles
The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis*
A Triumph for Flavius by Caroline Dale Snedeker*
The Shining Company by Rosemary Sutcliff**
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
The Ides of April by Mary Ray
Ben-Hur by Lew. Wallace
A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift
Macbeth by William Shakespeare*
Detectives in Togas by Henry Winterfeld*
The Forgotten Daughter by Caroline Dale Snedeker
Theras and His Town by Caroline Dale Snedeker
The Histories by Herodotus; translation by Aubrey de Sélincourt
The Lady of Shalott by Alfred, Lord Tennyson*
Ulysses by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Pontius Pilate by Paul L. Maier*
Beyond the Desert Gate by Mary Ray
The Flames of Rome by Paul L. Maier
King Arthur by Frank Thompson
Masada: The Last Fortress by Gloria D. Miklowitz**
Caledonia: Legend of the Celtic Stone by Michael Philips*
The Aeneid by Virgil; translation by David West
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë*
The Rocking-Horse Winner by D.H. Lawrence
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens*
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens*
Mythology by Edith Hamilton
Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
Beowulf by J.R.R. Tolkien*
Republic by Plato; translation by G.M.A. Grube
A Young Man’s Guide To Discovering His Bible by Jim George
Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson*
The Song of Roland by (Unknown); translation by Dorothy Leigh Sayers*
The Hawk and the Dove; The Hawk and the Dove Trilogy Book I by Penelope Wilcock**
Epic Tales: Celtic Myths & Tales by Various Authors*
The Wounds of God; The Hawk and the Dove Trilogy Book II by Penelope Wilcock**
The Long Fall; The Hawk and the Dove Trilogy Book III by Penelope Wilcock**
Athanasius by Simonetta Carr
Between the Forest and the Hills by Ann Lawrence*
The White Stag by Kate Seredy
Anna of Byzantium by Tracy Barrett**
You Wouldn’t Want to Work on a Medieval Cathedral by Fiona MacDonald
Caedmon’s Song by Ruth Ashby*
Adara by Beatrice Gormley
Thriving At College by Alex Chediak**
The Passion of Jesus Christ by John Piper*
Sweetly Set on God: The Piety of David Brainerd by David Brainderd*
Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Gray**
The Hidden Treasure of Glaston by Eleanore M. Newett**
Before Noon by Gladys Quinn**
Chasing Rose by Megan Petersdatter
The Silvereye Chronicles: The Lightshield by R.C. Fletcher*
The Quest by Adrianne Ray
The Lost Queen (Book 1) by Stephanie Smith*
May Shadows Reign (Book 2) by Stephanie Smith*
Wynter by Megan Nicole
Shatter Like Glass by Samantha Leonard
The Myriad Chronicles Book 1: The Reader by Faera Lane**
The Myriad Chronicles Book 2: Embersong by Faera Lane**
The Myriad Chronicles Book 3: Lost Pages by Faera Lane**
Obachan: A Memoir by Tani Hanes
Purple Dragon by Beatrice Jones
A Cold Cry by Verity A. Buchanan**
Stellina by Ellie Rose**
After the End by Naomi De Neer**
Glass Slippers by Sarah Penny*
A Kind of Bravery by Sarah Penny*
Flare in the Darkness: Holwena Talnrë of Rothalon by Verity A. Buchanan**
The Claw by Verity A. Buchanan*
The War by Verity A. Buchanan**
Sorrow and Song: Winds Rise by Verity A. Buchanan**
Rachel Andric and The Story by R.C. Fletcher*
Lily in the Shadows by E.M. Castellan**
The Forbidden Room by E.M. Castellan
The Bible**
Eve Andric and the Children of The Story by R.C. Fletcher*
The Story of Rolf and the Viking Bow by Allen French*
Spiritual Depression by Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones*
When God & Grief Meet by Lynn Eib*
Secrets in the Hills – A Josefina Mystery – by Kathleen Ernst*
Tramp for the Lord by Corrie ten Boom
A Bundle of Trouble – A Rebecca Mystery – by Kathryn Reiss*
Beyond the Summerland by L.B. Graham**
The Band That Played On by Steve Turner**
The League and the Legend by Brian Wells*
The Sea Wolf by Jack London*
King Henry V by William Shakespeare*
Li Lun, Lad of Courage by Carolyn Treffinger*
Hamlet by William Shakespeare*

Well there you have it! Have a wonderful new year!

Song of the week is: Siuil a Ruin (Ancient Land Concert) by Celtic Woman, probably my 2nd favorite version of that song. It’s worth a listen to.

Graphic of the week is… *drum roll* a personal cover for a new novella I’m writing for a contest. (If any of you were beta-readers for Within the Forest, it’s for that contest that’s being held again.) Finally got an extension of photoshop so the quality should be better than previous covers.

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