| Book | m | M |
| Isaiah | 2 | Jan, Feb |
| Jeremiah | 2 | Mar, Apr |
| Ezekiel | 1 | May |
| The 12 Minor Prophets | 2 | Jun, Jul |
| Song of Songs, Ruth, Esther | 1 | Aug |
| Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Daniel | 1 | Sep |
| Job | 1 | Oct |
| Proverbs | 2 | Nov, Dec |
After the Prophets (the 12 Minor Prophets stands for the books Hosea to Malachi), I’m doing a bit of damage to the ordering. August is my wife’s birth month & I thought it would be inspiring for me to read these three books about women. I don’t know the Ruth and Esther stories at all. The Song of Songs … I know all those things Christians say about it being a metaphor for the church but the poem is clearly about sex, the smells and tastes of sex, the physical passion of sex.
I’m giving myself a bit of slack with Proverbs, partly as I might want to dwell and abide over verses more than with more narrative books, partly to give Psalms the new year.
I’m minded to let the Psalms sprawl over at least the first half of 2023. I’ve read through them a couple of times already. This time I might do something special (read some crit at least; try writing versions — a sonnet of Ps 19?).
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Lisa notes...
/ 2022-01-15Looks like a great plan to me. I especially love your focus in August on the women books in honor of your wife’s birthday. :)
David
/ 2022-01-15Thank you! 2 1/2 years (30 months sounds better) is rather spacious but I don’t like to rush things. My life revolves around Sara more than ever now — supporting her supporting her mother. Let the year orbit August like I orbit my wife (bit of “face (v.,n.)” here too perhaps).