For the first time this year I am ahead of my reading schedule, according to my Goodreads 2013 Reading Challenge widget. Currently I am 3 books ahead of schedule – but I did lessen the number of books earlier in the year from 40 to 25, so that has been a big help in achieving that. I find it a real struggle to find time to read, which is hard to believe, yet none-the-less true. Some years ago I’d probably read at least 100 books a year. I am hoping to get back up to that level again – maybe next year. I’m still hopeful of reaching about 40 this year though. There is just so much to do these days.

Social Networks, Web Applications & Other Tools

Visitors to my two book-oriented Blogs (URLs below) will have noticed a bit of a difference in the way I have been posting of late. There are a couple of reasons for this. Firstly, I have had some computer related problems, including a keyboard on my laptop that didn’t want to co-operate. The computer related issues have now been sorted and shouldn’t be a source of difficulty any longer. The second group of reasons relate to my health. I expect these to be impacting my posting activities for the next little while. While I have been cleared of any cancer threat (for the moment anyway), I will require some surgery in the near future and this will obviously interfere with posting to my Blogs. The issues generally are in no way life-threatening, so I am thankful for that and there was much relief when that was confirmed yesterday.

Into the near future there will be some periods where I will be unable to post and my Blogging activities will be curtailed to some degree.

Visit My Goodreads Profile at:
http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4675745-kevin

Visit My Blogs at:
https://atthebookshelf.wordpress.com/
http://bookstand.tumblr.com/

Currently Reading:

I have a number of books that I am currently reading. I post progress updates to Goodreads, so that will provide a way to see my current progress at any particular time.

So what am I currently reading:

• Weirdos in the Workplace: The New Normal… Thriving in the Age of the Individual, by John Putzier
• Foundations of the Christian Faith, by James Montgomery Boice
• Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine, by Wayne Grudem
• A New Systematic Theology of the Christian Faith, by Robert L. Reymond
• Sermons on the Book of Micah, by John Calvin
• The Attraction of the Cross, by Gardiner Spring
• Praying Backwards: Transform Your Prayer Life By Beginning in Jesus Name, by Bryan Chapell
• The One Year Bible Arranged in 365 Daily Readings – King James Version

Finished Reading:

I have finished reading in the last little while the following books:

• On Books and the Housing of Them, by William Ewart Gladstone
• Tommorow, When the War Began (Tomrrow #1), by John Marsden
• The Dead of the Night (Tomorrow #2), by John Marsden
• The Third Day, The Frost (Tomorrow #3), by John Marsden

The Book Stand

I have all manner of Blogs and websites at different places on the web. I have three Blogs at tumblr and one of those is a site for ebooks that are currently available for free or are on special. Most of the ebooks highlighted on the Blog are for the Kindle, but there are other selections from time to time. The site is simply called ‘The Book Stand.’

Visit The Book Stand at:
http://bookstand.tumblr.com/

Particular Baptist Reading Group

I have recently started a reading group over at Goodreads called the ‘Particular Baptist Reading Group.’ The group is for Particular and Reformed Baptists in particular, though other Christians are still welcome and will find the reading material of great value. Anyone can join and all are welcome – just keep in mind that it is a moderated, Christian reading group.

The idea is that a chapter/portion of a book will be posted once a week, with discussions concerning the chapter/portion taking place within the group at Goodreads. I haven’t completed the necessary web infrastructure at this stage, but hope to have it all up and running by the end of May 2013, when the first section of the book, ‘The Attraction of the Cross’ by Gardiner Spring will be made available.

Visit and Sign up at:
http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/101137-particular-baptist-reading-group