I didn't grow up reading books. The closest I got was Choose Your Own Adventure books. I knew nothing of classic fiction until high school. Even then. most reading was a chore. Here and there a book caught my interest, but rarely did I read them.
After college I read The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. This book was the beginning of my journey of self-discovery in reading. From there I read several leadership and management books, but seldom fiction. I tried and tried, but these books never clicked, until I read Ted Dekker's Circle trilogy. I got it! His books were like Lord of the Rings meets Matrix. The series really helped me get my mind around ideas guys like Eldredge and other mystics were communicating.
You want favorites? That's hard to call. Ask me in thirty years. But these are the transitional books in my life.
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3 comments:
Mike, thanks a lot for this insightful post. I have 3 boys and all they will grudgingly read are the Choose your Own Adventures. This gives me hope, and some ideas!
I remember Choose Your Own Adventure! I feel like whenever I reference it no one else remembers it! Awesome.
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