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I have been cleaning up my house and decided that it is time to give away some books.  Most of them I purchased and read before I stared Bookwi.se, a couple of them are review copies.

Here are the rules. Ask for the book(s) you want.  Please only ask if you are going to read them.  If you ask for more than one book, I would like you to post at least one review on Bookwi.se.  Anyone is free to write up a short review (whether or not the book has been previously reviewed on Bookwi.se).  I will pay for all shipping.

Here are the books:

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I watch the movie Red tonight with my wife.  I really like spy thrillers, especially the post-cold war spy thrillers.  I find it interesting that from multiple angles, different story-tellers are staring to deal with the retirement of those wet-work spies from the late cold war or near term post-cold war.  Red is a fun (not all that serious) movie.  The bad guys are using the government for their own personal gain.  And the retired good guys have to stop them.

It was a decent movie.  But if you like a good spy novel that deals with some overlapping themes here are a few I recommend. (Links are to my reviews).

Once a Spy and Twice a Spy – both are about a retired spy that has developed Alzheimer’s.  No one know what he is capable of and what he remembers.  There is real humor and some real issues with both aging and Alzheimers and spy masters.

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I am mostly a ‘Read by Whim‘ reader.  But that does not mean that I do not make plans about what I want to read.  While I may change my mind, these are my plans over the next six months or so.

I have really enjoyed my six months just reading Luke.   I have read about 8 books that have been directly or indirectly on the book of Luke.  When I finish up my current commentary I will be moving on to six months on John.  I am still looking for books, but I have already picked up (or had) RC Sproul’s commentary on John, The Historical Reliability of John’s Gospel by Craig Blomberg, Metzger’s commentary When Love Comes to Town: The Gospel of John and NT Wright’s two volume John for Everyone

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Here is the Complete Books of the Year 2011 List (with Honorable Mentions).  In reverse alphabetical order by name of author.

Surprised by Oxford by Carolyn Weber

I read a number of good memoirs this year (Brennan Manning, Eugene Peterson, Ian Cron, etc.) but Surprised by Oxford was my favorite.  A beautifully written book about a student finding God while studying literature in Oxford.  If you like books about books and memoirs that are as much about ideas as timeline, than you will like this.  I also highly recommend Ian Cron’s Jesus, My Father, The CIA and Me.  I had a hard time deciding which I liked better.  Cron’s book was very good and I really recommend it as well.

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