Mr. Sportel

I entered into a new trilogy this week - The Circle Trilogy by Ted Dekker.  Book one is titled Black.  Book two is titled Red.  Book three is titled White.

I started reading this new series because of a good friend.  Mr. Sportel and I were talking in the hallway the other day after school and the subject of reading came up...shocking I know.  He asked me if I had ever read Ted Dekker.  I replied, "no."  He went on and on about how this trilogy is one of the only book series that he owns...not just read but owns.  He highly recommended it to me and I, of course, went to our library and checked out all three books.

This is my favorite way to read.  I love reading a book that is recommended to me by a friend that I love and trust.  Do you have these people in your life?  Do you have people who not only recommend books to you, but also who shepherd you through life?  My good friend Tim told me a piece of advice that I will never forget.  He said, "Koeman, surround yourself with people who push you to be better than you already are."

Today, I want to be the best version of the man that God created.  A big part of that is choosing my friends with wisdom.  I want people in my life who will love and encourage me, even if it means confronting me from time to time.

I am 211 pages into book one.  It is good.  Real good.  I am not surprised.  Mr. Sportel recommended it after all :)

Be awhile...

So it's been awhile since I last posted.  Seems like it has been one of those weeks (literally).  Since the break, I have been in two different series: The Maze Runner and Matched.

The Maze Runner Series - What a fun and crazy series all in one.  The series is three books: The Maze Runner, The Scorch Trials, The Death Cure.  The story is Futuristic and is basically about what happen to earth after solar flares hit the surface.  I will not say anymore about the plot as I do not want to give ANYTHING away.  I highly recommend the series and even the bonus 4th book The Kill Order - which goes back in time to before the 1st book.

Matched Series - Another Dystopian set of books.  I am enjoying the storyline.  Currently, I am in the third and final book, Reached.  The second book is called Crossed.  In this world a group called "The Society" makes all the decision and so humans live a perfect life but have no real choices.  Like all Dystopian novels (Hunger Games, Divergent, Chosen) a group steps up and challenges this way of life.

Lately, I am finding that I am enjoying being caught up in a series.  It simply feels like one book cannot possibly tell everything.  I think your story is much like that as well.  Keep reading - it is so very god for you nd it is great fun especially if you connect with that great book.