Here’s my list of the 8 books I read in 2018 with my comments on each one:
Everybody, Always: Becoming Love in a World Full of Setbacks and Difficult People by Bob Goff
OK, this book was awesome! I enjoyed this more than Love Does and I really enjoyed Love Does. If you can read the second chapter without crying, you’re not human. I laughed. I cried. I loved this book. Oh, and I read it in two days.
How to Exasperate Your Wife by Douglas Wilson
This is probably the best marriage book I’ve ever read for men.
Holiness, Truth, and the Presence of God: A Penetrating Study of the Human Heart and How God Prepares It for His Glory by Francis Frangipane
This was my second reading of this book. I first read it twenty years ago and it changed my life. This time we went through it with our missional community and it had great impact on our entire group.
Letters To The Church by Francis Chan
I enjoyed this book. Chan offers a unique perspective critiquing a church culture in America that he helped to build. I wish he would have left out the last chapter or waited to write it. It seemed a bit premature for him to write so early on in his journey of rediscovering how to do church. The rest of the book was excellent though.
Age of Opportunity: A Biblical Guide to Parenting Teens by Paul David Tripp
Good content, but it didn’t quite grip me. I had a hard time sticking it through.
Crushing It!: How Great Entrepreneurs Build Their Business and Influence-and How You Can, Too by Gary Vaynerchuk
Great follow up to his other book, Crush It! I really enjoyed this book and found it to be very practically helpful on the topic. Gary VEEEEEE!
Real Artists Don’t Starve: Timeless Strategies for Thriving in the New Creative Age by Jeff Goins
I thought this book was well written. I’ve followed Jeff for a while and actually wrote on his blog once. This book was well researched and practically helpful. He shares great stories from well known artists.
Pussification: The Effeminization of the American Male by Doug Giles
I didn’t like this book. It was way too over the top. The title of this book comes from the word pusillanimous, which means lacking courage or resolution; cowardly; faint-hearted; timid. Don’t waste your time.
