Books on my Wishlist

I have a book wishlist. It is a word document, double-spaced, size 12 font, and goes on for 6 or more pages. So many books, and so little time-- and this is a double curse on someone like me who is a slow, plodding reader (though I enjoy reading!) So below are some of the books at the top of my wish list, just as a reminder to me of those things I want to spend time thinking about, and a list for future Christmas/birthday purchases for my dear family...

Sooo... here are books yet to join my personal library:

Standing by Words by Wendell Berry

The Office of Assertion: An Art of Rhetoric for the Academic Essay by Scott Crider

Addictions: A Banquet in the Grave by Ed Welch

Only a Lover by John Pieper

The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief by Francis Collins

The Moon Is Down by John Steinbeck

When No One Sees by Os Guinness

The Enjoyment of Music (with all the CDs, scores, etc.)

For the Glory of God by Rodney Stark

Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry

The Degradation of Language and Music, and Why We Should, Like, Care by John McWhorter

Poetry as a Means of Grace by C.G. Osgood

Tending the Heart of Virtue: How Classic Stories Awaken a Child's Moral Imagination by Vigen Guroian

Woe is I and Words Fail Me by Patricia O’Connor

The Red Shoes by Allen French

The Cross-Centered Life by Mahaney

A Landscape with Dragons by Michael O'Brien

And just in case you would like to know what my current reading input includes, I am currently reading the following:

Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry

Peacemaking Women: Biblical Hope for Resolving Conflict by Tara Klena Barthel and Judy Dabler

Standing by and Making Do: Women of Wartime Los Alamos ed. by Jane S. Wilson and Charlotte Serber

The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment by Jeremiah Burroughs

A Soldier of the great War by Mark Helprin (though i'm only a few pages into this one, and not sure if I'll stick it out or not...)