I have this bad habit of picking up books, reading everything but the last chapter or two, and never finishing them. I did that with It and The Shack, both great books, but I started them on short plane flights, got nearly done, and never picked them back up. By now, I’d need to entirely re-read them.

This spring/summer I started The Slow Fade, No Shame in my Game, The Scandal of the Evangelical Conscience, and Next Generation Leader (for the second time), but with buying a house, moving in, and a busy month at work. Over the past week or so, I finally finished them. Well, not Next Generation Leader, but I’m not counting that one since I’m re-reading it.

I’ll do write-ups on No Shame in my Game and The Slow Fade. I’ve already written about NGL, and I’m not sure I can write about Scandal. The lesson here is not to borrow a book (so you can’t take notes in it) and also take a long break in the middle of it. By the end you won’t remember what you’ve read nearly well enough.