I think fall is the perfect time to start a new book. The weather is changing and it's perfect to sit outside and read. Then a little bit later, the weather is too cold to sit outside so you can snuggle in your bed or on the couch by a fire reading. It is just perfect.
So a few months ago, my house church and I started the book Bittersweet. It has been so much better than I expected. The back of the book give this long but good description, "The idea of bittersweet is changing the way I live, unraveling and re-weaving the way I understand life. Bittersweet is the idea that in all things there is both something broken and something beautiful, that there is a moment of lightness on even the darkest of nights, a shadow of hope in every heartbreak, and that rejoicing is no less rich even when it contains a splinter of sadness. 'It's the practice of believing that we really do need both the bitter and the sweet, and that a life of nothing but sweetness rots both your teeth and your soul. Bitter is what makes us strong, what forces us to push through, what helps us earn the lines on our faces and the calluses on our hands. Sweet is nice enough, but bittersweet is beautiful, nuanced, full of depth and complexity. Bittersweet is courageous, gutsy, audacious, earthy. 'This is what I've come to believe about change: it's good, in the way that childbirth is good, and heartbreak is good, and failure is good. By that I mean that it's incredibly painful, exponentially more so if you fight it, and also that it has the potential to open you up, to open life up, to deliver you right into the palm of God's hand, which is where you wanted to be all long, except that you were too busy pushing and pulling your life into exactly what you thought it should be. 'I've learned the hard way that change is one of God's greatest gifts, and most useful tools. Change can push us, pull us, rebuke and remake us. It can show us who we've become, in the worst ways, and also in the best ways. I've learned that it's not something to run away from, as though we could, and that in many cases, change is a function of God's graciousness, not life's cruelty."
Another book that I am reading and almost finished with is called "Wonderstruck". It is written by the author who wrote Hugo Cabret, a chapter picture book. It also inspired the new movie coming out at the end of October called Hugo. It's a great book and I am in awe of his talent as a writer and artist.
The next book that the librarian just dropped off to my room today is called Matched. I do not know much about it, but I am really excited to start it! I will let you know if it's worth reading!
So a few months ago, my house church and I started the book Bittersweet. It has been so much better than I expected. The back of the book give this long but good description, "The idea of bittersweet is changing the way I live, unraveling and re-weaving the way I understand life. Bittersweet is the idea that in all things there is both something broken and something beautiful, that there is a moment of lightness on even the darkest of nights, a shadow of hope in every heartbreak, and that rejoicing is no less rich even when it contains a splinter of sadness. 'It's the practice of believing that we really do need both the bitter and the sweet, and that a life of nothing but sweetness rots both your teeth and your soul. Bitter is what makes us strong, what forces us to push through, what helps us earn the lines on our faces and the calluses on our hands. Sweet is nice enough, but bittersweet is beautiful, nuanced, full of depth and complexity. Bittersweet is courageous, gutsy, audacious, earthy. 'This is what I've come to believe about change: it's good, in the way that childbirth is good, and heartbreak is good, and failure is good. By that I mean that it's incredibly painful, exponentially more so if you fight it, and also that it has the potential to open you up, to open life up, to deliver you right into the palm of God's hand, which is where you wanted to be all long, except that you were too busy pushing and pulling your life into exactly what you thought it should be. 'I've learned the hard way that change is one of God's greatest gifts, and most useful tools. Change can push us, pull us, rebuke and remake us. It can show us who we've become, in the worst ways, and also in the best ways. I've learned that it's not something to run away from, as though we could, and that in many cases, change is a function of God's graciousness, not life's cruelty."
Another book that I am reading and almost finished with is called "Wonderstruck". It is written by the author who wrote Hugo Cabret, a chapter picture book. It also inspired the new movie coming out at the end of October called Hugo. It's a great book and I am in awe of his talent as a writer and artist.
The next book that the librarian just dropped off to my room today is called Matched. I do not know much about it, but I am really excited to start it! I will let you know if it's worth reading!
Then the last three books I have waiting for me on my night stand are Half Broke Horses and The Paris Wife and Little Bee. I have heard great things about all of these stories and can't wait to stick my nose in them for the rest of fall and winter time!
May you find yourself curled up in a blanked by the fire with a book, or laying in a pile of leaves with the wind blowing in your hair also reading a good book in these next couple months!
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