summer 2013 reading list

in what has become a bit of a tradition, it is time to list out the books i intend to read this summer. inevitably, i will get distracted by sunshine, friends and family and will read fewer than half of these books...but i like to be ambitious.

key: books to re-read
completed books
books for school

in no particular order:
The City & the City - China Miéville
Love, Imperfectly Known: Beyond Spontaneous Representations of God - Brother Emmanuel of Taizé
Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
Speaker for the Dead - Orson Scott Card
The Prophetic Imagination - Walter Brueggemann
How to Become a Really Good Pain in the Ass - Christopher DiCarlo
How Music Works - John Powell
Walking on Water - Madeleine L'Engle
On Liturgical Theology - Aidan Kavanagh
Liturgy as a Way of Life - Bruce Ellis Benson
The Study of Liturgy - Various
For the Beauty of the Church: Casting a Vision for the Arts - W. David O. Taylor (despite the use of the word "robust" on the book jacket)
What We Talk About When We Talk About God - Rob Bell
Daring Greatly - Brené Brown
Desiring the Kingdom - James K.A. Smith
Imagining the Kingdom - James K.A. Smith
Doxology: The Praise of God in Worship, Doctrine and Life - Geoffrey Wainwright
Fresh Air: The Holy Spirit for an Inspired Life - Jack Levison
The Fellowship of the Ring - J.R.R. Tolkien
The Two Towers - J.R.R. Tolkien
The Return of the King - J.R.R. Tolkien