Chronicles of Natalie: Free audiobook: Desiring God

Back on the bookshelf: recent reads that I recommend

*A Chance to Die: Amy Carmichael by Elizabeth Elliot
*A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23 by Phillip Keller
*A Woman's Call to Prayer by Elizabeth George
*Believing God by Beth Moore
*Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
*Bug Man series by Tim Downs
*Circle Trilogy by Ted Dekker
*Condi: The Condoleeza Rice Story
*Crazy Love by Francis Chan
*Culture Shift by Al Mohler
*Culture Warrior by Bill O'Reilly
*Did I Kiss Marriage Goodbye by Carolyn McCulley
*Do Hard Things by Alex and Brett Harris
*Don't Waste Your Life by John Piper
*English Teacher's Companion by Jim Burke
*Flyboys by James Bradley
*Freakonomics by Steven Levitt
*Green by Ted Dekker
*Harry Potter series by JK Rowling
*Henry VIII by Margaret George
*How to Pray: The Best of John Wesley on Prayer
*Humility by CJ Mahaney
*If by Amy Carmichael
*Law of Rewards by Randy Alcorn
*Let Me be a Woman by Elizabeth Elliot
*Lies Young Women Believe by Nancy Leigh DeMoss and Dannah Gresh
*Living on the Edge by James Dobson
*Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell
*Lord, Only You Can Change Me by Kay Arthur
*Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton
*Mary, Queen of Scotland and the British Isles by Margaret George
*Mitford Series
*My Antonia by Willa Cather
*O! Pioneers! by Willa Cather
*Papa's Daughter by Thyra Ferre Bjorn
*Papa's Wife by Thyra Ferre Bjorn
*Path of Loneliness by Elizabeth Elliot
*Saint by Ted Dekker
*Stop Dating the Church by Joshua Harris
*The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
*The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie
*Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
*Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey
*Whispers of His Power by Amy Carmichael
*Worldliness edited by CJ Mahaney

Thrown out: don't waste your time

*The Golden Compass and the rest of the His Dark Materials series by Philip Pullman. I completely disagree with his philosophical premise and found parts of the the books blasphemous.
*S. by John Updike. I love Updike's writing style, but I'm always disappointed by the vulgar language. I made it about 10 pages into this novel before hitting a gratuitously graphic section that so disgusted me I quit reading the book. I was especially disappointed because the book alludes heavily to The Scarlet Letter, so I was interested in the comparisons, but I felt like the literary value wasn't worth the spiritual battle.
*Wobegon Boy by Garrison Keillor. Boring.
*Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie Rushdie's story lines and writing style are fascinating, as usual, and I was sucked in and couldn't put the book down. However, you may find the language too offensive to make the book worth reading.
*The Battlefield of the Mind by Joyce Meyer (Thrown out because of overwhelming charismatic viewpoint. The topic is important, but the way she handled it was at times unbiblical.)
*Jennie Gerhardt by Theodore Dreiser (Problems with the moral tone; didn't like as much as Sister Carrie)
*Bridget Jones's Diary (I started reading it this summer because it was on the bestseller list, but I quickly threw it out because of the trashy content.)
*Velocity by Dean Koontz (Freaky scary. I don't do well with the horror genre.)

What I'm listening to (obviously, not all at the same time)

*A Quiet Heart--SoundForth Singers
*Anything by Josh Bell (violin)
*Come Weary Saints--Sovereign Grace
*Creator of It All--Steve Pettit team
*Evgeny Kissin's Chopin and Rachmaninoff recordings
*He Is--Kevin Inafuku
*In Christ Alone--Keith and Kristyn Getty
*La Boheme by Puccini (Jussi Bjorling and Victoria De Los Angeles)
*Love so Amazing--Kevin Inafuku
*Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 played by Artur Rubenstein (one of my favorite recordings ever!)
*Simply Baroque I and II--Yo Yo Ma
*So High the Price--Steve Pettit team
*So Strong by the Celtic Tenors
*Songs for the Cross-Centered Life-Sovereign Grace

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Free audiobook: Desiring God

Every month, Christian Audio offers a free book. This month you can download John Piper's Desiring God for free and his other books are available at greatly discounted prices. I have enjoyed listening to audiobooks while washing dishes, cleaning, or grading papers and I hope you enjoy it too.

1 comment:

Unknown said...: Thanks, Natalie! I'm sure I've heard of Christian Audio in the past, but now I've signed up with them. I'll be doing a lot of driving on deputation before I know it, and this will prove helpful, I'm sure.; Friday, November 20, 2009 12:31:00 AM

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