Just for fun, because I'm not going to finish any more books in 2009, a few personal awards to the books I read last year. The editions displayed are not always the ones I used.
Most Frustrating:
Amazon.com: The Holy Trinity: In Scripture, History, Theology And Worship (9780875520001): Robert Letham: Books
Most Bizarre:
Amazon.com: The Rod, the Root, and the Flower (9780559268946): Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore: Books
Most Tedious:
Amazon.com: The Greek Alexander Romance (Penguin Classics) (9780140445602): Richard Stoneman, Pseudo-Callisthenes: Books
Most Difficult:
Amazon.com: Essays in divinity (9780217472418): John Donne: Books
Most Eloquent:
Amazon.com: Macbeth: The Cambridge Dover Wilson Shakespeare (Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies) (9781108005913): William Shakespeare, John Dover Wilson: Books
Most Entertaining:
Amazon.com: The Seven Crystal Balls (The Adventures of Tintin) (9780316358408): Herge: Books
Most Illuminating:
Amazon.com: The Systematic Theology of John Brown of Haddington (9781892777669): John Brown: Books
Most Comforting:
Amazon.com: Theological Tractates. The Consolation of Philosophy (Loeb Classical Library) (9780674990838): Boethius, H. F. Stewart, E. K. Rand, S. J. Tester: Books
Most Stimulating:
Amazon.com: The Mind of the Maker (9780060670771): Dorothy L. Sayers, Madeleine L'Engle: Books
Most Magnificent and All-Around Best:
Amazon.com: c.s. lewis till we have faces: Books
Honorable mentions for being memorable, particularly curious, or engaging, though none of them were top in their various categories, go to:
Amazon.com: Faith and Wealth: A History of Early Christian Ideas on the Origin, Significance, and Use of Money (9781579109356): Justo L. Gonzalez: Books
(Which is very good, but the conclusions should be corrected by Calvin on 1 Timothy)
Amazon.com: Spirit and Flesh: Life in a Fundamentalist Baptist Church (9780375702389): James M. Ault: Books
Amazon.com: Baptism: Three Views (9780830838561): David F. Wright, Sinclair B. Ferguson, Anthony N. S. Lane, Bruce A. Ware: Books
Amazon.com: Complete Essays, Vol. 1: 1920-1925 (9781566633222): Aldous Huxley, Robert S. Baker, James Sexton: Books
Amazon.com: The Major Works: Religio Medici, Hydrotophia, The Garden of Cyprus, A Letter to a Friend, and Christian Morals (Penguin Classics) (9780140431094): Sir Thomas Browne, C. A. Patrides: Books
Amazon.com: Apocrypha (9780521506748): Baker Publishing Group: Books
What about you? What books that you read in 2009 stuck out for excellence in craftsmanship, artistry, intellect, informativeness, edification or any other good thing? What books stuck out as deserving to be shunned by all who would sleep soundly and think truely?
Most Frustrating:
Amazon.com: The Holy Trinity: In Scripture, History, Theology And Worship (9780875520001): Robert Letham: Books
Most Bizarre:
Amazon.com: The Rod, the Root, and the Flower (9780559268946): Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore: Books
Most Tedious:
Amazon.com: The Greek Alexander Romance (Penguin Classics) (9780140445602): Richard Stoneman, Pseudo-Callisthenes: Books
Most Difficult:
Amazon.com: Essays in divinity (9780217472418): John Donne: Books
Most Eloquent:
Amazon.com: Macbeth: The Cambridge Dover Wilson Shakespeare (Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies) (9781108005913): William Shakespeare, John Dover Wilson: Books
Most Entertaining:
Amazon.com: The Seven Crystal Balls (The Adventures of Tintin) (9780316358408): Herge: Books
Most Illuminating:
Amazon.com: The Systematic Theology of John Brown of Haddington (9781892777669): John Brown: Books
Most Comforting:
Amazon.com: Theological Tractates. The Consolation of Philosophy (Loeb Classical Library) (9780674990838): Boethius, H. F. Stewart, E. K. Rand, S. J. Tester: Books
Most Stimulating:
Amazon.com: The Mind of the Maker (9780060670771): Dorothy L. Sayers, Madeleine L'Engle: Books
Most Magnificent and All-Around Best:
Amazon.com: c.s. lewis till we have faces: Books
Honorable mentions for being memorable, particularly curious, or engaging, though none of them were top in their various categories, go to:
Amazon.com: Faith and Wealth: A History of Early Christian Ideas on the Origin, Significance, and Use of Money (9781579109356): Justo L. Gonzalez: Books
(Which is very good, but the conclusions should be corrected by Calvin on 1 Timothy)
Amazon.com: Spirit and Flesh: Life in a Fundamentalist Baptist Church (9780375702389): James M. Ault: Books
Amazon.com: Baptism: Three Views (9780830838561): David F. Wright, Sinclair B. Ferguson, Anthony N. S. Lane, Bruce A. Ware: Books
Amazon.com: Complete Essays, Vol. 1: 1920-1925 (9781566633222): Aldous Huxley, Robert S. Baker, James Sexton: Books
Amazon.com: The Major Works: Religio Medici, Hydrotophia, The Garden of Cyprus, A Letter to a Friend, and Christian Morals (Penguin Classics) (9780140431094): Sir Thomas Browne, C. A. Patrides: Books
Amazon.com: Apocrypha (9780521506748): Baker Publishing Group: Books
What about you? What books that you read in 2009 stuck out for excellence in craftsmanship, artistry, intellect, informativeness, edification or any other good thing? What books stuck out as deserving to be shunned by all who would sleep soundly and think truely?
