My Unread Books

I'm here visiting my family in the home in which I spent the first 18 years of my life. Each room has its many memories, and I made a number of new memories yesterday and the day before in front of my piano, on the love seat in the living room, and in my sister's old room. They are good memories which I will be fond of for much time to come. And now I'm in my room.

In my room, I have two decently sized bookcases. And though I have ready many of the books filling in the spaces of the cases, I will now confess to you the ones I have not read or at least have not finished. I will begin with the smaller bookcase next to my bed. On that shelf, I have not read:

Maximus the Confessor by St. Maximus, it was supposed to be required for a class but then it wasn't, so I didn't open it until just now to find out that it was written by some guys named St. Maximus, who apparently likes to talk about very spiritual things such as love.
Invitation to a Journey by M. Robert Mulholland Jr., it was required for a class but I never finished it, though the parts I read were an interesting combination of psychology and spirituality.
The Return of the Prodigal Son by Henri Nouwen, I read most all of the book, but there were a few spots that I skimmed so much that maybe I can't count it as reading the whole thing.
Teach Yourself: Brazilian Portuguese, I really wanted to learn the language, but then I just got too busy to keep up with it.
Breaking Through by Francisco Jiménez, I read the first few chapters then lost interest.
Works of Love by Søren Kierkegaard, I can't wait until I have the time and patience to go through this book. The first few pages were so enlightening that I have not picked it up in the past year, like a cow chewing its cud—disgusting, I know, but true.
Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor, I love Flannery O'Connor's short stories (I have a complete stories of Flannery O'Connor on this shelf too, which I also haven't finished but I think that's okay).
The Turn of the Screw and Daisy Miller by Henry James, I have read Daisy Miller but not The Turn of the Screw yet. I bought this book and Wise Blood in a used book store in Santa Barbara with my friends Andy and Jeremy.

Now moving on to my other shelf:

College Faith 2, Biola sent it to me... never read it.
How to Read the Bible and Enjoy it, I have no idea where I even got this book. Luckily, despite never reading this book, I can still read the Bible and enjoy it.
Devotional Christian Classics, my sister Julie got me this for my 20th birthday. For a few days, I read from the book, but then I just stopped. Now it's sitting here on a bookshelf in a room that people don't often go into.
Dark Night of the Soul by St. John of the Cross, I bought this one along with the one following at Archives Bookstore in Pasadena. It's a great bookstore, but I haven't gotten around to reading this book yet.
Papers and Journals: A Selection by Søren Kierkegaard, I thought I really wanted this book at the time that I bought it, and who knows, maybe some day I will want to read it and be very happy I keep it on a bookshelf I have access to once every few months.
Parables of Kierkegaard by Søren Kierkegaard, I've read part of this and it's interesting. It's full of a lot fables from an extremely intelligent, thoughtfull man. I have these books because for a while I foolishly believed I wanted to be a Kierkegaard scholar not quite knowing anything about him besides his interesting biography.
Lost Virtue of Happiness by J.P. Moreland, I was supposed to read this for a school orientation thing, but, as you can see, I did not.
Becoming Real by Steven James, the guy who is kind of like my second dad gave me this book. He also gave me Velvet Elvis by Rob Bell. I read Velvet Elvis but not this one.
The Pursuit of God by A.W. Tozer, my mom recommended this book to me, and it's been sitting on my bookshelf ever since.

That completes the list of books on the two bookshelves in my room that I haven't read/completed. I hope you still like me despite the fact that I own so many books I have yet to read. Maybe you could encourage me to read by joining a book club involving me and some of these books. I would like that very much.

Signing off,
Matt