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You may know that I have been giving, selling and loaning books for 65 years. You may also know that I read books. You may not know that I very seldom read books in the daytime. Since reading was a pleasure, I did not think that working time should be used for pleasure. So I read in bed. That shortened my reading time because I would fall asleep while reading. Even with this abbreviated reading time I got through a lot of books. I am 86 years old, that means I had many bed time readings. Today however, I got into my recliner with six books (I read more than one at a time). All of these books are very different from each other and very good. They are

1. The Bible (Acts 7-8)
2. Strunk & White: The Elements of Style (After sixty years of writing I thought I should learn how to write)
3. The Curate's Awakening, a novel by George MacDonald. The story of an Anglican Clergyman who was not a saved man. I had read it 25 years ago.
4. The Death of a Guru, the autobiography of Rabi R. Maharaj. I had read it 20 years ago.
5. Christianity's a Dangerous Idea, a church history from the 16th to the 21st centuries by Alister McGrath. It is very good! I would also recommend another Church history from Apostolic times: The Pilgrim Church by E.H. Broadbent.
6. The Everlasting Man by G.K. Chesterton. It is very good!

Being a book collector I have many books which I have not read and probably will not. I have looked at the covers for so long I think I have read them. The Everlasting Man is one of those books. It was a profitable two hours in the recliner.

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