June Reading Recap
What I read in June (a little late bc July has been so busy).
I went to the beach and read five books, so that certainly helped my June reading! It was a good month, with five books that I recommend. (I recommend books that I rate 4.5 stars and above.)
On Living by Kerry Egan (5 stars) - This book is by a hospital chaplain and it focuses on encouraging people who are living to truly live. I thought it was great and would be great for a Sunday School class or book club.
Migrant God by Isaac Samuel Villegas (5 stars) - One of my goals this year has been to read more about immigration. This gave me a lot of imagery about God and community that I hadn’t considered before. A quick but powerful read.
Challenger by Adam Higginbotham (5 stars) - I am one of the people who watched the Challenger explode live. They say a lot of people didn’t and just think that they did, but I was at school, and we were all watching the first teacher in space. We always watched the shuttles, but this one was going to be special. I don’t remember my teacher saying anything, and think she just turned it off. I went home that day and watched it explode over and over again on tv that night. I had been wanting to read this and better understand what happened. It is tragic how safety was so ignored, even leading to the tragedy with the Columbia. He does a great job keeping the story going while providing lots of detail.
Poverty, By America by Matthew Desmond (5 stars) - Evicted is one of those life-changing books for me so I was glad I finally read this one. We could eliminate poverty if we only had the will to do so.
Devil is Fine by John Vercher (5 stars) - This book is weird and sad and dark and funny. I can’t explain it to you and I go back and forth on what I think happened in the end, but I will never forget it.
Have you read any of these? Have you read any of the others that I didn’t rate as highly? July has been so busy that I haven’t read as much, and I have some audiobooks I’m having trouble finding time to finish, but I do hope to finish this month strong and give you a July update sooner than I did for June!