A Reading List
On December 27, 2019 by Keturah HaferkampSurprising to think there was any available time to read but there was. On the commute, in between classes, sitting in government offices while waiting for Visa application processing… all of life provides ample opportunities for long waits.
Best be prepared. Bring a book.
So what books did I read while living in Guangzhou?
Here’s my list:
South of the Border, West of the Sun by Haruki Murakami
YoungFu of the Upper Yangtze by Elizabeth Foreman Lewis
Runaway by Alice Munro
Carried Away by Alice Munro
Travels with my Aunt by Graham Greene
The Comedians by Graham Greene
The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Adichie
No Longer At Ease by Chinua Achebe
The Abundance: narrative essays old and new by Annie Dillard
The Pearl by John Steinbeck
Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Ephesians
Philippians
Colossians
1 John
Hebrews
of the Christian Bible
No Man is an Island by Thomas Merton
Something Needs to Change by David Platt
As Kingfishers Catch Fire by Eugene Peterson
The Drummer Boy’s Battle
Imprisoned in the Golden City
Blinded by the Shining Path
by Dave & Neta Jackson