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Gilead
by Marilynne Robinson
This book is like... a meal. A good one. You have to read it slowly and savor it, or you'll miss all the goodness in your haste. I think I'm learning more about reading quality over quantity, and this one is definitely quality. It's slow and meandering and very train-of-thought, but you just grow to love the people in it and the world so much more as a result of reading it. John Ames is leaving this world soon, but he wants to make sure everyone knows how good of a world it is, and how much beauty can be found in the little things, like biscuit from an ash-covered hand or the sunrise over the prairie. And he's oh so flawed and oh so aware of it. And then there are the random tidbits of theological goodness thrown in there, just for flavor, that make you remember that our God is a good one and His world is a purposeful one and there are so many reasons to forgive.