
January Reading Recap
It’s been a fun month for reading with my New Year challenges in mind. So far, I’m doing pretty well with “assigned” reading, but I’m also managing to fit in some mood reading, which I deliberately left room for. Here’s how it’s going:
2025 Challenges
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- Goal #1. Bible Reading. I read three books in January.
- Genesis
- Exodus
- Matthew
- Goal #2. Biblical Studies Challenge. January topic: Hermeneutics.
- How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth by Gordon D. Fee and Douglas Stuart
- Goal #3. Book Journal Challenge.
- The Cricket on the Hearth by Charles Dickens (Written before 1900.)
- The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (Won the Pulitzer Prize.)
- The Way I Heard It by Mike Rowe (A book of short stories.)
- Goal #4. Posted Book Reviews.
- The Resurrection Project by Tanya Sparks Belvin
- Goal #5. Read My Shelf Challenge. January topic: Beauty.
- Beauty for Ashes by Grace Livingston Hill
- Goal #6. What the Dickens Book Club
- Mountain Interval by Robert Frost
January Mood Reading
Other books I picked up and finished in January include:
- Oh No, Not “The Home” by Peggy Rowe (Hilarious!)
- About Your Father and Other Celebrities I Have Known by Peggy Rowe (Equally entertaining!)
- The Sign Painter by Allen Say (Kinda odd children’s picture book.)
- How Not to Diet by Michael Greger (Meh.)
- The Common Rule by Justin Whitmel Earley (Good stuff!)
Book Mail

Books I received in January include:
- Everyday Gospel by Paul David Tripp (I’ll be reading this alongside my Bible reading all year long.)
- Things Unseen by Sinclair B. Ferguson (This one will also be a year-long reading.)
- Whispers of Fortune by Mary Connealy (Watch for my review next week.)
- Grandma Ruth Doesn’t Go to Funerals by Sharon J. Mondragon
What have you been reading lately? Are you doing any reading challenges this year?

