{"id":11180,"date":"2026-01-01T10:04:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T15:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/?page_id=11180"},"modified":"2026-05-22T16:51:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T20:51:11","slug":"2026-reading-list","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/?page_id=11180","title":{"rendered":"2026 Reading List"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Currently reading:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Communion with God<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; John Owen<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Commentary on 1 Peter<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; Robert Leighton<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Expository Thoughts on Matthew<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; J. C. Ryle<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Institutes of Elenctic Theology, Vol. 1<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; Francis Turretin<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>The Epistle of Paul to the Ephesians (Tyndale New Testament Commentaries)<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; Francis Foulkes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<h3>Books I&#8217;ve finished in 2026:<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>The General Epistle of James (Tyndale New Testament Commentaries)<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; R. V. G. Tasker<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>The Three Toymakers<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; Ursula Moray Williams<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>James and the Giant Peach<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; Roald Dahl<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Matilda<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; Roald Dahl<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>The Indomitable Brainerds<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; Mack M. Tomlinson<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>The Authority of God<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; J. H. Merle D&#8217;Aubigne<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Charlie and the Chocolate Factory<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; Roald Dahl<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>My Effin&#8217; Life<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; Geddy Lee<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>The BFG<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; Roald Dahl<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; Roald Dahl<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Blue Highways<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; William Least Heat-Moon<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>The Tale of Despereaux<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; Kate DiCamillo<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; Kate DiCamillo<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Because of Winn-Dixie<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; Kate DiCamillo<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Romans:  The Gospel as it Really Is<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; Stuart Olyott<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Currently reading: Communion with God &#8211; John Owen Commentary on 1 Peter &#8211; Robert Leighton Expository Thoughts on Matthew &#8211; J. C. Ryle Institutes of Elenctic Theology, Vol. 1 &#8211; Francis Turretin The Epistle of Paul to the Ephesians (Tyndale New Testament Commentaries) &#8211; Francis Foulkes Books I&#8217;ve finished in 2026: The General Epistle of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/?page_id=11180\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;2026 Reading List&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11180","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11180"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11204,"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11180\/revisions\/11204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}