January
- Cornelius Van Til, In Defense of the Faith Vol. I : The Doctrine of Scripture
- Donald Van Dyken, Rediscovering Catechism : The Art of Equipping Covenant Children
- John Owen, Works, Vol. 2 : Communion with God
February
- Cornelius Van Til, The Intellectual Challenge of the Gospel
- Michael Horton, Christless Christianity
- R. Scott Clark, Recovering the Reformed Confession : Our Theology, Piety, and Practice
- Cornelius Van Til, In Defense of the Faith Vol. II : A Survey of Christian Epistemology
March
- Ben Schott, Schott’s Original Miscellany (bathroom reading)
- Richard Gaffin, Calvin and the Sabbath
- Cornelius Van Til, In Defense of the Faith Vol. III : Christian Theistic Ethics
- David Wells, The Courage to be Protestant
- William D. Dennison, Paul’s Two-Age Construction and Apologetics
April
- D. A. Carson, A Model of Christian Maturity
- T. David Gordon, Why Johnny Can’t Preach
- Mark D. Thompson, A Clear and Present Word
- John Murray, Christian Baptism
- Mark J. Larson, Calvin’s Doctrine of the State
- Cornelius Van Til, In Defense of the Faith Vol IV : Psychology of Religion
May
- J. Gresham Machen, The Origin of Paul’s Religion
- Cornelius Van Til, In Defense of the Faith Vol. V : Introduction to Systematic Theology
- Cornelius Van Til, In Defense of the Faith Vol. VI : Christian Theistic Evidences
June
- Jerry Bridges, Respectable Sins
Currently Reading:
- John Owen, Works, Vol 3. : The Holy Spirit
- John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion
(Breif comments on the above, if you’re interested, are available here.)
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554 books in your Library Thing library? Unbelievable. What percentage of them have you read?
Just finished Book I of Cal’s Institutes myself. How far along are you?
@Micah: Same here – I’m only a couple days behind in the reading plan (thanks to a recent trip during which I didn’t read a single page of anything).
@Joel: Hard to say, really. If I discount reference-only books (commentaries, dictionaries, lexicons, etc), textbooks, those books that I started, hated, and didn’t finish, I’d have to estimate about 75%…probably less. I have a lot left to get through, and as the children are coming I’m trying to pick up the pace while I’m still able.
Hey Aron,
Have you used (or read) a book on reading faster? I’ve looked into a book that teaches people to pick up the pace. I’m not a very fast reader, maybe 50 pages an hour. If you have used something like that I’m wondering if they work?
Hey Mike! I did read a few pages from a little book on speed reading a few years ago. My problem was/is that I read aloud in my head – if that makes sense – I mentally pronounce every word, and that’s way too slow and not necessary. I’m trying to break that habit, but I’m still a pretty slow reader. I don’t think I come close to 50 pages an hour (especially when reading all that Van Til)! I don’t remember the name of the book, sorry.
I do the same thing…I not only mentally pronounce the words in my head but I also try to emulate the author’s facial expression as he’s writing. I stopped trying to be a fast reader a long time ago. I go about ten pages an hour on average. Sometimes I’ll go back and re-read paragraphs several times until I own them.