Exceedingly Mundane

I finished another book tonight, “Divine” by Karen Kingsbury. A very difficult book to read, but a very rewarding one, as well. “Divine” is a modern day parable of Mary Magdalene, and the 7 horrors she might face in today’s world. The subject matter, though not graphic, was difficult to read. It included sexual abuse of a child and of women, physical abuse, contemplations of suicide, and other difficult subject matter. All of it leading Mary to the one inevitable truth – that Jesus is the one who loves her, who has always has, who always will, and that He is the one who gave his life for her, so that she can be saved. God had a plan for Mary’s life, as he does for us all.

For the record, that makes #30 for the year, with a total of 10,913 pages read. I told Tim earlier, that I think I’m starting to read faster. I know I will have more time to read now (now that all of our TV shows are over for the season, with the finales of Lost and American Idol last night), but I think I really am reading faster. It’s the only way I can account for reading a book in just a couple of days. 🙂

Up next is “The Blue Bottle Club” by Penelope J. Stokes. Gail read it a couple of months ago, and recommended it to me. I wasn’t able to get this one right away at my library, so in the mean time, I checked out Circle of Grace by the same author and read it first. I also saw that my mother-in-law had the same book, “The Blue Bottle Club” at her house, and she was hoping to read it soon. Must be a good book!