tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6058212.post3953318726607918201..comments2023-10-24T10:08:27.446-05:00Comments on Choosing Hallelujah: 2009: The Year in Books (Nonfiction)Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16877189592741668088noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6058212.post-34302321977615057002010-01-08T11:33:56.620-06:002010-01-08T11:33:56.620-06:00I've always read more fiction than non-fiction...I've always read more fiction than non-fiction, but my favorite non-fiction read this year was "My Heart, His Home," a biography of the missionary Ann Judson, by Sharon James. So inspiring and highly recommended!Annahttp://hoperoadblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6058212.post-23871012124332138422010-01-07T21:22:57.481-06:002010-01-07T21:22:57.481-06:00Wow, I have a few goodies from yours and your comm...Wow, I have a few goodies from yours and your commenters' lists to choose from. So many books, so little time! Ai, yai, yai.<br /><br />The most captivating one, per your review, sounds like The Prodigal God.zznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6058212.post-30997702187110873572010-01-07T15:47:25.215-06:002010-01-07T15:47:25.215-06:00Thanks for sharing these recommendations! I too r...Thanks for sharing these recommendations! I too regularly read Living the Cross Centered Life (and have given away many copies), so I was interested in your other suggestions! You might really enjoy reading The Seamstress - an autobiography on a holocaust survivor. I really appreciated it and it's very well written. Got it thru the library.Susannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13671621903672918674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6058212.post-19038404769974191252010-01-07T15:17:33.464-06:002010-01-07T15:17:33.464-06:00Also, if you are looking for an excellent memoir, ...Also, if you are looking for an excellent memoir, I recommend First They Killed My Father by Loung Ung. She lived through the Kumer Rouge regime of mass murder and genocide in Cambodia. It's a very tough read, but worth it. <br /><br />She has a follow up book that I haven't read yet in which she chronicles her life in America and her sister chronicles her life in Cambodia. I'm hoping to get my hands on that one this year!ReaganFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07207014810472303056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6058212.post-23139536579539318092010-01-07T15:03:26.454-06:002010-01-07T15:03:26.454-06:00Hi! I've been a lurker on your blog for awhil...Hi! I've been a lurker on your blog for awhile now! I too have been reading a lot of non fiction lately and I really enjoyed There is No Me Without You by Melissa Faye Greene. It's a biography (mostly, with some really thought provoking chapters on the African AIDS epedemic too) about a woman who because of personal pain and loss, started accepting Ethiopian orphans into her home when they had no where else to go. There are also stories of several of the orphans in her care, where they came from, and how they were adopted into loving homes. It's inspiring and beautiful, although heartbreaking at times too. I highly recommend it!ReaganFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07207014810472303056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6058212.post-18448173632248443332010-01-07T14:58:31.754-06:002010-01-07T14:58:31.754-06:00Just started my first Elsye Fitzpatrick book, &quo...Just started my first Elsye Fitzpatrick book, "Comfort from the Cross" and it's really good. I definitely want to read more of hers.<br /><br />"The Prodigal God" is at the library and I intend on reading it this year.<br /><br />Some friends of ours talked up "Grace Based Parenting" as a balance to "Shepherding a Child's Heart," which I also have significant differences with, although like you, the basis I agree with. We did hear him speak just this past fall and it was excellent! It actually surprised me. However, the content was mostly from a newer book called "Instructing a Child's Heart" and it seemed to be a different focus than his earlier book and one I agreed with more.Daniellehttp://www.dancingbythelight.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6058212.post-52762662512823334782010-01-07T14:14:19.832-06:002010-01-07T14:14:19.832-06:00I want to discuss your questionable finds in Sheph...I want to discuss your questionable finds in Shepherding a Child's Heart, in hopes that this conversation will help fine tune my own thinking.lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17582814419411441063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6058212.post-37922017070806599642010-01-07T13:52:33.580-06:002010-01-07T13:52:33.580-06:00A bio that I enjoyed reading in 2009 was "Mrs...A bio that I enjoyed reading in 2009 was "Mrs. Astor Regrets" by Meryl Gordon - Bio of Brooke Astor.<br /><br />Some other favorite non-fiction:<br />Taking Retirement by Carl H. Klaus<br />The Undercover Revolution:How Fiction Changed Britain by Iain H. Murray <br />84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff<br />Two Gardners edited by Emily Herring Wilson<br />True Happiness by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones<br />Respectable Sins by Jerry BridgesDonna G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06780528352071991523noreply@blogger.com