It has been over a year since I have shared anything of my personal reading habits and experiences – I actually thought it would have been much longer than it actually is. There have been many reasons for me having not done so before now – including the fact that I haven’t really been reading a lot until just recently. I suffer a little from diagnosed/undiagnosed depression, which simply means I know I have it but have not had a doctor investigate it and confirm it. I’m sure I have my reasons for that, but let me just say that I have found the last 12 to 18 months particularly difficult. Reading is just one of the tools I am using to battle this scourge. Anyway, I wanted to start sharing my reading ‘story’ once again, even if it is just something of a cathartic exercise.

Social Networks, Web Applications & Other Tools

My overall online profile is currently offline because of a hosting issue and I will soon be moving that part of my online presence over to my main hosting location – I use JustHosts.com and have done so for a while now (they are quite good). The sites below are still working well however and these are regularly updated, etc. In fact I have been busy cataloguing my extensive library again, getting the data inputed into Goodreads, my database and a Microsoft Word Table that I use. Excessive? I also intend to do something with Evernote in the long run. I’ll have a very well catalogued library if nothing else – should I ever finish the task that I have set myself.

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

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

Currently Reading:

According to my Goodreads records I currently have 19 books/ebooks on the go, which clearly is excessive – lol. However, I’d say about half of those are in limbo at the moment, though I do plan to complete reading every one of them before the year’s end (or at least sort out whether I intend to do so or not – I’m thinking of not doing so with at least one of them).

So what am I currently actively reading:

• Cricket’s Strangest Matches, by Andrew Ward
• Bogainaire – The Rise and Fall of Nathan Tinkler, by Paddy Manning
• Don’t Waste Your Life, by John Piper
• Chosen for Life – The Case For Divine Election, by Sam Storms
• Ecclesiastes, by Charles Bridges
• Bible – King James Version
• Rediscovering the Church Fathers, by Michael Haykin

Most of the other book/ebooks on the list at Goodreads I started during the ‘dark period,’ so I will be returning to them once I work through these listed ones, having restored my passion for reading and understanding – that’s the plan anyhow.

Finished Reading:

This is where I’ll be listing books/ebooks I have recently completed.

The Book Stand

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

Particular Baptist Reading Group

I have 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. A number of books have been read by the group and currently we are working our way through ‘Don’t Waste Your Life,’ by John Piper.

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