Book girl : a journey through the treasures and transforming power of a reading life

Book girl A journey through the treasures and transforming power of a reading life

Sarah Clarkson

Book - 2018

When you hear a riveting story, does it thrill your heart and stir your soul? Clarkson discovered reading early on as a daily gift, a way of encountering the world in all its wonder. But what she came to realize as an adult was just how powerfully books had shaped her as a woman to live a story within that world, to be a lifelong learner, to grasp hope in struggle, and to create and act with courage. Here she draws readers into the life-giving journey of becoming a woman who reads and lives well.

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Subjects
Spiritual life > Christianity.
Christians > Books and reading.
Books and reading > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Christianity and literature.
Published
Carol Stream, Illinois : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc [2018]
Language
English
Main Author
Sarah Clarkson (author)
Other Authors
Sally Clarkson (-)
Item Description
"Includes 20+ recommended reading lists!"--Front cover.
Physical Description
xxi, 263 pages ; 21 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-260).
ISBN
9781496425805
  • Foreword
  • Introduction Becoming a Book Girl
  • 1. On the Crafting of Book Lists How to Set a Course of Reading through the Ocean of Endless Books
  • 2. Begin at the Beginning Creating Habits, Rhythms, and Space for the Reading Life
  • 3. Books Can Broaden Your World Expanding Your Mind, One Title at a Time
  • The Beloved Dozen: The Novels That Taught Me How to Live
  • Books That Talk Back: My Favorite Books about Books
  • 4. Books Can Shape Your Story What If You Were the Sum of the Characters You've Read?
  • Girlhood Classics: The Books That Began It All for Me
  • Biographies: The Real-Life Epics That Shaped My Dreams
  • The Nightstand List: Classics You Should Eventually Read
  • 5. Books Can Stir You to Action Becoming a Heroine in Your Own Story
  • Girl Power: My Favorite Novels about Brave and Faithful Women
  • "Courage, Dear Heart": The Spiritual Classics That Made My Heart Strong
  • "What to Do with the Time We've Been Given": Books That Helped Me Navigate Contemporary Culture
  • 6. Books Can Cultivate the Imagination Believing the Truth That Beauty Tells
  • Novels of Eucatastrophc: The Fantastical Stories That Taught Me Hope
  • Books about Imagination: Why You're Never Too Old for Narnia
  • 7. Books Can Foster Community Forming Friendships through the Pages of Good Literature
  • The Books We Shared: My Family's Favorite Read-Alouds
  • "What! You Too?": The Firsthand Accounts That Remind Me I'm Not Alone
  • 8. Books Can Open Your Eyes to Wonder Unlocking the Beauty All around Us
  • "A Little Poetry Every Day": The Poems That Opened My Eyes to Wonder
  • Startled Awake: Novels That Kindled My Delight in Existence
  • Beauty Speaks Truth: Books about the Arts
  • 9. Books Can Deepen Your Soul The Gift of Pondering
  • The Holy Way: Books That Taught Me to Pray
  • The Gift of Sacred Time: Books for the Church Year
  • 10. Books Can Impart Hope The Final Word Belongs to Love
  • Not Escapism: Novels That Helped Me Cope with a Broken World
  • God Is Big Enough: Spiritual Books That Helped Me through Seasons of Struggle
  • Epilogue Books Are Meant to Be Passed Along The Ongoing Legacy of the Reading Life
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Discussion Questions
  • About the Author
Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

Blogger and author Clarkson (Read for the Heart) shares her deep affection for books in this enlightening mix of memoir, spiritual affirmations, and reading lists. "A woman who reads is a woman who ponders, who knows the holy secret of time spent in quiet," she writes, and reading her book feels akin to walking into a library or bookstore and spending a few hours browsing. Her suggestions are wide-ranging-Fyodor Dostoyevsky, George Eliot, C.S. Lewis, Thomas Merton, A.A. Milne, Lucy Maud Montgomery, among many others-and are introduced by Clarkson asking, "What makes a book acceptable to me as a Christian reader?" Great books, Clarkson contends, wrestle with life's great questions and influence readers' worldviews and theologies. Not all suggestions are overtly Christian, but they do speak to spiritual truths: Anna Karenina is about adultery, for instance, but also about "the consequences of putting self-fulfillment above other people." Whether highlighting fables, novels, or works on church doctrine, Clarkson's fun lists will prompt bibliophiles to rediscover books they have loved and help readers looking for books to deepen their spirituality. (Sept.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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