Daily Reading Efforts - December 2025

12/31/2025

12/30/2025

12/29/2025

12/28/2025

12/27/2025

12/26/2025

12/25/2025

12/24/2025

12/23/2025

12/22/2025

12/21/2025 (75 pages)

A Charge To Keep:  My Journey To The White House (Pages 77-90) - 243pp

A Season with Mom: Love, Loss, and the Ultimate Baseball Adventure (Pages 107-116) - 227pp
Darkest Christmas: December 1942 and a World at War (Pages 7-35; Kindle)

Tenacious: How God Used a Terminal Diagnosis to Turn a Family and a Football Team into 

Champions (Pages 181-202) - 270pp

12/20/2025 (43 pages)

A Charge To Keep:  My Journey To The White House (Pages 62-76) - 243pp

Texas Hold 'Em: How I Was Born in a Manger, Died in the Saddle, and Came Back as a Horny Toad (Pages xiii-xx, 3-22) - 218pp

12/19/2025 (85 pages)

A Charge To Keep:  My Journey To The White House (Pages 51-61) - 243pp

A Season with Mom: Love, Loss, and the Ultimate Baseball Adventure (Pages 96-106) - 227pp

Christmas in Plains: Memories (Pages 123-157; Kindle)

Native American Major Leaguers (Location 9742-9918; 19 pages (9); Kindle)

Tenacious: How God Used a Terminal Diagnosis to Turn a Family and a Football Team into 

Champions (Pages 162-180) - 270pp

12/18/2025 (116 pages)

A Charge To Keep:  My Journey To The White House (Pages 37-50) - 243pp
Barbara Jordan:  The Biography (Page 54-76) - 145pp

Christmas in Plains: Memories (Pages 67-122; Kindle)

Out of the Rough: An Intimate Portrait of Laura Baugh and Her Sobering Journey (Pages 223-237)
Playing like a Girl:  Transforming Our Lives Through Team Sports (Pages 191-198)

12/17/2025 (100 pages)

A Charge To Keep:  My Journey To The White House (Pages 23-36) - 243pp

Christmas in Plains: Memories (Pages 11-66; Kindle)
God's Final Call:  How The Book of Revelation Pulls Back The Veil On Current Events and Our Ultimate Future (Pages 68-74) - 178pp

Out of the Rough: An Intimate Portrait of Laura Baugh and Her Sobering Journey (Pages 200-222) - 237pp

12/16/2025 (63 pages)

A Charge To Keep:  My Journey To The White House (Pages 5-22) - 243pp

Out of the Rough: An Intimate Portrait of Laura Baugh and Her Sobering Journey (Pages 176-199) - 237pp

Tenacious: How God Used a Terminal Diagnosis to Turn a Family and a Football Team into 

Champions (Pages 141-161) - 270pp

12/15/2025 (96 pages)
A Season with Mom: Love, Loss, and the Ultimate Baseball Adventure (Pages 89-95) - 227pp

Native American Major Leaguers (Location 9233-9731; 45 pages (22); Kindle)

Out of the Rough: An Intimate Portrait of Laura Baugh and Her Sobering Journey (Pages 161-175) - 237pp

The Bookseller of Kabul (Pages 260-288, 1-6)

The Pursued: A True Story of Stalking, Memory, and Madness in America's Heartland (Pages 259-275; Kindle)

12/14/2025 (76 pages)
God's Final Call:  How The Book of Revelation Pulls Back The Veil On Current Events and Our Ultimate Future (Pages 33-67) - 178pp

Out of the Rough: An Intimate Portrait of Laura Baugh and Her Sobering Journey (Pages 136-160) - 237pp

The Bookseller of Kabul (Pages 244-259) - 288pp

12/13/2025 (107 pages)
A Season with Mom: Love, Loss, and the Ultimate Baseball Adventure (Pages 78-88) - 227pp
God's Final Call:  How The Book of Revelation Pulls Back The Veil On Current Events and Our Ultimate Future (Pages vii-ix, 1-32) - 178pp

The Bookseller of Kabul (Pages 226-243) - 288pp

The Pursued: A True Story of Stalking, Memory, and Madness in America's Heartland (Pages 216-258; Kindle)

12/12/2025 (50 pages)

Out of the Rough: An Intimate Portrait of Laura Baugh and Her Sobering Journey (Pages 103-135) - 237pp

The Bookseller of Kabul (Pages 209-225) - 288pp

12/11/2025 (96 pages)

A Season with Mom: Love, Loss, and the Ultimate Baseball Adventure (Pages 67-77) - 227pp

Out of the Rough: An Intimate Portrait of Laura Baugh and Her Sobering Journey (Pages 79-102) - 237pp

Tenacious: How God Used a Terminal Diagnosis to Turn a Family and a Football Team into 

Champions (Pages 128-140) - 270pp

The Bookseller of Kabul (Pages 192-208) - 288pp

The Pursued: A True Story of Stalking, Memory, and Madness in America's Heartland (Pages 185-215; Kindle)

12/10/2025 (131 pages)

A Charge To Keep:  My Journey To The White House (Pages ix-xvi, 1-4) - 243pp

Out of the Rough: An Intimate Portrait of Laura Baugh and Her Sobering Journey (Pages 48-78) - 237pp

Tenacious: How God Used a Terminal Diagnosis to Turn a Family and a Football Team into Champions (Pages 88-127) - 270pp

The Bookseller of Kabul (Pages 176-191) - 288pp

The Pursued: A True Story of Stalking, Memory, and Madness in America's Heartland (Pages 153-184; Kindle)

12/9/2025 (84 pages)

A Season with Mom: Love, Loss, and the Ultimate Baseball Adventure (Pages 61-66) - 227pp

Out of the Rough: An Intimate Portrait of Laura Baugh and Her Sobering Journey (Pages 29-47) - 237pp

Playing like a Girl:  Transforming Our Lives Through Team Sports (Pages 178-190) - 198pp

The Bookseller of Kabul (Pages 155-175) - 288pp

The Pursued: A True Story of Stalking, Memory, and Madness in America's Heartland (Pages 107-152; Kindle)

12/8/2025 (82 pages)

I Never Had It Made:  An Autobiography of Jackie Robinson (Pages 262-279)

Tenacious: How God Used a Terminal Diagnosis to Turn a Family and a Football Team into Champions (Pages 70-87) - 270pp
The Bookseller of Kabul (Pages 146-154) - 288pp
The Pursued: A True Story of Stalking, Memory, and Madness in America's Heartland (Pages 70-106; Kindle)

12/7/2025 (20 pages)

Out of the Rough: An Intimate Portrait of Laura Baugh and Her Sobering Journey (Pages 9-28) - 237pp

12/6/2025 - Nothing

12/5/2025 (30 pages)
A Season with Mom: Love, Loss, and the Ultimate Baseball Adventure (Pages 45-60) - 227pp

Tenacious: How God Used a Terminal Diagnosis to Turn a Family and a Football Team into Champions (Pages 56-69) - 270pp

12/4/2025 (39 pages)

I Never Had It Made:  An Autobiography of Jackie Robinson (Pages 234-261) - 279pp

Stories from Texas: Some of Them Are True (Pages 72-82) - 144pp

12/3/2025 (19 pages)

I Never Had It Made:  An Autobiography of Jackie Robinson (Pages 215-233) - 279pp

12/2/2025 (15 pages)

I Never Had It Made:  An Autobiography of Jackie Robinson (Pages 200-214) - 279pp

Tenacious: How God Used a Terminal Diagnosis to Turn a Family and a Football Team into Champions (Pages 34-55) - 270pp

12/1/2025 (96 pages)

A Season with Mom: Love, Loss, and the Ultimate Baseball Adventure (Pages 9-44) - 227pp
Devaney:  One of America's great football coaches tells his own story (Pages 27-46) - 265pp
I Never Had It Made:  An Autobiography of Jackie Robinson (Pages 183-199) - 279pp

The Pursued: A True Story of Stalking, Memory, and Madness in America's Heartland (Pages 37-69; Kindle)

Miles and Miles - 11/25/25 to 12/24/25

November 25 - December 24 - 0.0 miles running - 19.786 miles walking - 29.454 miles walking (Apple Health) - 0.0 miles cycling (using 9 miles = 30 minutes) - 22,349 meters rowing (4 of 27 days) - 429 minutes elliptical (13 of 27 days) - 100,037 steps

November 25 (Tuesday) - 3.393 miles walking at Knox Junior High Track (52:11.16 / 15:23) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 389 calories; 5,936 strides) - .807 miles walking (Apple Health) - 8,574 steps

November 26 (Wednesday) - 3.393 miles walking at Knox Junior High Track (52:07.65 / 15:22) - 1.507 miles walking (Apple Health) - 10,320 steps

November 27 (Thursday) - 3.1 miles walking (Apple Health) - 7,283 steps

November 28 (Friday) - 3.2 miles walking (Apple Health) - 7,407 steps

November 29 (Saturday) - 2.2 miles walking (Apple Health) - 5,652 steps

November 30 (Sunday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 386 calories; 5,858 strides) - 0.39 miles walking (Apple Health) - 946 steps

December 1 (Monday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 388 calories; 5,908 strides) - 0.78 miles walking (Apple Health) - 1,988 steps

December 2 (Tuesday) - 0.78 miles walking (Apple Health) - 1,717 steps

December 3 (Wednesday) - 0.86 miles walking (Apple Health) - 2,043 steps

December 4 (Thursday) - 0.37 miles walking (Apple Health) - 906 steps

December 5 (Friday) - 0.44 miles walking (Apple Health) - 1,065 steps

December 6 (Saturday) - 1.9 miles walking (Apple Health) - 4,446 steps

December 7 (Sunday) - 2.2 miles walking (Apple Health) - 5,411 steps

December 8 (Monday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 385 calories; 5,844 strides) - 30:17 rowing for 6,185 meters (27 strokes/min.; 2:25/500m) - 0.74 miles walking (Apple Health) - 1,929 steps

December 9 (Tuesday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 386 calories; 5,874 strides) - 1.3 miles walking (Apple Health) - 3,312 steps

December 10 (Wednesday) - 30:14 rowing for 6,098 meters (25 strokes/min.; 2:30/500m) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 379 calories; 5,716 strides) - 0.52 miles walking (Apple Health) - 1,344 steps

December 11 (Thursday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 386 calories; 5,866 strides) - 1.4 miles walking (Apple Health) - 3,419 steps

December 12 (Friday) - 0.82 miles walking (Apple Health) - 1,965 steps

December 13 (Saturday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 389 calories; 5,922 strides) - 5 miles walking on Spring Creek Greenway Trail (1:16:05.91 / 15:13) - 0.9 miles walking (Apple Health) - 11,862 steps

December 14 (Sunday) - 0.9 miles walking (Apple Health) - 2,270 steps

December 15 (Monday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 384 calories; 5,830 strides) - 0.45 miles walking (Apple Health) - 1,076 steps

December 16 (Tuesday) - 4 miles walking along The Woodlands Waterway (1:04:12 / 16:03) - 1.8 miles walking (Apple Health) - 9,954 steps

December 17 (Wednesday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 384 calories; 5,838 strides) - 30:13 rowing for 6,049 meters (26 strokes/min.; 2:23/500m) - 0.84 miles walking (Apple Health) - 2,068 steps

December 18 (Thursday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 385 calories; 5,846 strides) - 0.53 miles walking (Apple Health) - 1,314 steps

December 19 (Friday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 386 calories; 5,864 strides) - 20:16 rowing for 4,107 meters (26 strokes/min.; 2:24/500m) - 0.72 miles walking (Apple Health) - 1,766 steps

December 20 (Saturday) - 4 miles walking on Spring Creek Greenway Trail (1:01:57 / 15:29)

December 21 (Sunday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 389 calories; 5,922 strides)

December 22 (Monday) - 

December 23 (Tuesday) - 

December 24 (Wednesday) - 

Books Read in 2025 - 108 (83 Regular / 25 Kindle / 0 Internet Archive)

"Kindle Book" by Author (Finished January 1) - Kindle via Amazon Prime Reading

"Book" by Author (Finished January 1) - Location

"The Great Quake: How the Biggest Earthquake in North America Changed Our Understanding of the Planet" by Henry Fountain (Finished January 6) - Kindle via Amazon.com and BookBub
"Aloha Rodeo: Three Hawaiian Cowboys, the World's Greatest Rodeo, and a Hidden History of the American West" by David Wolman and Julian Smith (Finished January 6) - College Station Half Price Books
"Unmasked:  Real People from Montgomery County, Texas" by Daren Lindley (Finished 6) - College Station Half Price Books

"Lattin's Slam Dunk to Glory: The Amazing True Story of the 1966 NCAA Season and the Championship Game that Changed America Forever" by David "Big Daddy D" Lattin (Finished January 12) - College Station Half Price Books

"Black Caesars and Foxy Cleopatras:  A History of Blaxploitation Cinema" by Odie Henderson (Finished January 15) - Kindle via Amazon.com and BookBub

"Slam Dunk 2: Winning Players Talk About Basketball, Family, and Faith" by Dave Branon (Finished January 18) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet
"Confessions of a Baseball Purist: What's Right--and Wrong--with Baseball, as Seen from the Best Seat in the House" by Jon Miller with Mark Hyman (Finished January 19) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet

"One Final Pass: 15 Years Later" by Arthur L. Lindsay with Jan Berringer (Finished February 20) - College Station Half Price Books

"Come Home: Pray, Prophesy, and Proclaim God's Promises Over Your Prodigal" by Tim Sheets and Rachel Shafer (Finished January 22) - Kindle via Amazon.com and BookBub

"Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder" by Salmon Rushdie (Finished January 30) - Kindle via Amazon.com and BookBub

"One Dream:  The NFL" by Woody Falgoux (Finished January 31) - Oh Goodie A Book
"Third and a Mile: The Trials and Triumphs of the Black Quarterback" by William C. Rhoden (Finished February 10) - Half Price Books Humble
"The Book Collectors: A Band of Syrian Rebels and the Stories That Carried Them Through a War" by Delphine Minoui (Finished February 19) - Kindle via Amazon.com and BookBub

"The Ticket Out: Darryl Strawberry and the Boys of Crenshaw" by Michael Sokolove (Finished February 20) - Humble Half Price Books

"Summer Madness: Inside The Wild, Wacky World of the WNBA" by Fran Harris (Finished March 5) - Friends of Houston Public Library

"The King and the Cowboy: Theodore Roosevelt and Edward the Seventh, Secret Partners" by David Fromkin (Finished March 6) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet
"Missing In Flight" by Audrey J. Cole (Finished March 7) - Kindle via Amazon.com Prime Reads

"Saturdays with Billy: My Friendship with Billy Graham" by Don Wilton (Finished March 9) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet
"Religion of Sports: Navigating the Trials of Life Through the Games We Love" by Gotham Chopra and Joe Levin (Finished March 10) - Barnes & Noble Town and Country Village 
"Great Texas Christmas Legends" by Zeno Zeplin (Finished March 15) - College Station Half Price Books

"The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin" by Masha Gessen (Finished March 20) - Kindle via Amazon.com and BookBub

"Taking Flak: Life In The Fast Lane" by Dan Pastorini with John P. Lopez (Finished March 26) - Houston Westheimer Half Price Books Outlet
"When Baseball Was Baseball" by Don Drewniak (Finished March 29) - Kindle via Amazon.com

"The Real World of Texas Politics" by Richard Locander, Richard Shaw and Kevin Bailey (Finished March 31) - Half Price Books Humble

"Keys to Experiencing Azusa Fire: Lessons from the Revival that Changed the Landscape of Global Christianity" by Jeff Oliver & Rick Joyner (Finished April 3) - Kindle via Amazon.com and BookBub

"Strange and Obscure Stories of New York City: Little-Known Tales About Gotham's People and Places" by Tim Rowland (Finished April 11) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet

"Dying To Cross:  The Worst Immigrant Tragedy in American History" by Jorge Ramos (Finished April 15) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet

"The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings" by William Brashler (Finished April 15) - Friends of Houston Public Library

"Pressure" by Sam Rutigliano (Finished April 17) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet

"Dazzling Debuts: First At-Bat Home Runs" by Giselle Stancic, Bill Nowlin and Jacob Pomrenke (Finished April 17) - Society for American Baseball Research

"Karla Faye Tucker Set Free: Life and Faith on Death Row" by Linda Strom (Finished April 20) - The Book Cellar

"Wheelchair Champions: A History of Wheelchair Sports" by Harriet May Savitz (Finished April 20) - Oh Goodie A Book

"It's All a Game: The History of Board Games from Monopoly to Settlers of Catan" by Tristan Donavan (Finished April 24) - Kindle via Amazon.com and BookBub
"Defending Baltimore Against Enemy Attack: A Boyhood Year During World War II" by Charles Osgood (Finished April 27) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet

"Faucian Bargain: The Most Powerful and Dangerous Bureaucrat in American History" by Steve Deace and Todd Erzen (Finished April 28) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet

"Head Games: Life's Greatest Challenge" by Charles Austin (Finished April 28) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet 

"Double Play: Faith and Family First" by Ben & Julianna Zobrist with Mike Yorkey (Finished May 8) - Oh Goodie A Book

"America, Oil, & the Islamic Mind: The Real Crisis Is the Gulf Between Our Ways of Thinking" by Michael Youssef (Finished May 8) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet

"Shoeless Joe And Ragtime Baseball" by Harvey Frommer (Finished May 14) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet
"The Art of Neighboring" by Jay Pathak & Dave Runyon (Finished May 14) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet

"Codename Nemo: The Hunt for a Nazi U-Boat and The Elusive Enigma Machine" by Charles Lachman (Finished May 15) - Kindle via Amazon.com and BookBub

"Texas Women Who Dared To Be First" by Jean Flynn (Finished May 15) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet

"Game of My Life: 25 Stories of Aggies Football" by Brent Zwerneman (Finished May 23) - Oh Goodie A Book

"Things That Make White People Uncomfortable" by Michael Bennett and David Zinn (Finished May 25) - Kindle via Amazon.com and BookBub

"Covering Home:  My Life with Nolan Ryan" by Ruth Ryan (Finished May 28) - Burrowing Owl Bookstore Amarillo

"Blood Brothers: The Unforgettable Story of a Palestinian Christian Working for Peace in Israel" by Elias Chacour with David Hazard (Finished May 29) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet

"Scout Camp: Sex, Death, and Secret Societies Inside the Boy Scouts of America" by James Renner (Finished June 7) - Kindle via Amazon.com and BookBub
"The Bookstore Family (The Once Upon a Time Bookshop Stories)" by Alice Hoffman (Finished June 10) - Kindle via Amazon.com First Reads
"Finding Baby Holly: Lost to a Cult, Surviving My Parents' Murders, and Saved by Prayer" by Holly Marie with Cindy & David Lambert (Finished June 13) - Barnes & Noble The Woodlands
"Parenting with Heart: How Imperfect Parents Can Raise Resilient, Loving, and Wise-Hearted Kids" by Stephen James & Chris Dodd (Finished June 13) - Christianbook.com

"Gretzky's Tears: Hockey, America and the Day Everything Changed' by Stephen Brunt (Finished June 14) - Oh Goodie A Book

"Grinders: Baseball's Intrepid Infantry" by Mike Capps & Chuck Hartenstein (Finished June 17) - Oh Goodie A Book

"The Day of the Cajundome Mega-Shelter:  The 'small city' that sprang up in the wake of Hurricane Katrina" by Jefferson Hennessy with Leigh Hennessy Robson and Mark B. Robson (Finished June 23) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet

"Minor Moments Major Memories:  Baseball's Best Players Recall Life In The Minor Leagues" by Mark Leinweaver with Ryan Bradley (Finished June 24) - Personal Collection
"The Ball:  Mark McGwire's 70th Home Run Ball and the Marketing of the American Dream" by Daniel Paisner (Finished June 26) - Unknown (perhaps Amazon.com)

"Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump's America" by Samhita Mukhopadhyay and Kate Harding (Finished June 26) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet

"Holding the Line: A Lifetime of Defending Democracy and American Values" by Ronny Jackson (Finished June 29) - Waco Half-Price Books Outlet

"Babe Didrikson Zaharias: The Making of a Champion" by Russell Freedman (Finished June 29) - Oh Goodie A Book

"Tortured For Christ" by Richard Wurmbrand (Finished July 2) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet

"The Most Misused Verses In The Bible:  Surprising Ways God's Word is Misunderstood" by Eric J. Bargerhuff (Finished July 5) - Liberty University Barnes & Noble

"Sacred Hoops: Spiritual Lessons of a Hardwood Warrior" by Phil Jackson and Hugh Delehanty (Finished July 7) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet

"The National Pastime:  Baseball in Texas and Beyond" by Steve West and Cecilia M. Tan (Finished July 8) - Society for American Baseball Research

"The Loneliness Epidemic: Why So Many of Us Feel Alone--and How Leaders Can Respond" by Susan Mettes (Finished July 11) - Christianbook.com

"Spirit Run:  A 6,000-Mile Marathon Through North America's Stolen Land" by Noe Alvarez (Finished July 11) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet
"American Sky:  A Novel" by Carolyn Dasher (Finished July 18) - Amazon Prime

"Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight: Cassius Clay vs. the United States of America" by Howard L. Bingham and Max Wallace (Finished July 22) - Personal Collection

"Sam Stories" by Jimm Larry Hendren (Finished July 22) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet 

"When Minor League Baseball Almost Went Bust: 1946 - 1963" by George Pawlush (Finished July 23) - Society for American Baseball Research

"Fear No Evil: A Test of Faith, a Courageous Church, and an Unfailing God" by Brady Boyd (Finished July 28) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet

"It's About Damn Time:  How To Turn Being Underestimated Into Your Greatest Advantage" by Arlan Hamilton with Rachel L. Nelson (Finished July 28) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet

"A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them" by Timothy Egan (Finished August 2) - Barnes & Noble Conroe

"No Excuses: The True Story of a Congenital Amputee Who Became a Champion in Wrestling and in Life" by Kyle Maynard (Finished August 11) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet 

"Out of the Woods: A Girl, a Killer, and a Lifelong Struggle to Find the Way Home" by Gregg Olsen (Finished August 12) - Kindle via Amazon.com First Reads

"The Five People You Meet In Heaven" by Mitch Albom (Finished August 14) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet
"Making It Home:  Life Lessons From A Season Of Little League" by Teresa Strasser (Finished August 14) - Barnes & Noble Town & Country Village

"Power Grab:  Obama's Dangerous Plan for a One Party Nation" by Dick Morris & Eileen McGann (Finished August 23) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet

"Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America" by Heather Cox Richardson (Finished August 25) - Barnes & Noble Conroe

"A History of Sport : An Illustrated Record of the Greatest Wins, Misses, and Matchups from the Games We Love" by Andrew Janik (Finished August 28) - Oh Goodie A Book
"Jesus Or Nothing" by Dan DeWitt (Finished September 2) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet
"The Last Leaf on the Tree: How to Make the Most of the Rest of Your Life" by Paul W. Powell (Finished September 2) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet

"I Found Someone to Play With: A Biography: Larry LeGrande, The Last Member of the Satchel Paige All-Stars" with M.M. Angelo and J.J. Angelo (Finished September 3) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet

"Beyond Basketball:  Coach K's Keywords For Success" by Mike Krzyzewski with Jamie K. Spatola (Finished September 3) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet

"Cold Island:  A Novel (Detective Tommy Kelly Book 1)" by Peter Colt (Finished September 16) - Kindle via Amazon.com First Reads
"The Boys of Riverside: A Deaf Football Team and a Quest for Glory" by Thomas Fuller (Finished September 22) - Barnes & Noble Conroe

"¡Arriba! The Heroic Life of Roberto Clemente" edited by Bill Nowlin and Glen Sparks (Finished September 24) - Society for American Baseball Research

"Life with a Swinger:  Conversations Off the Tee With Golf Professionals and Their Wives" by Kay Davidoff-Ziplow & Leslie F. Zimberg (Finished October 1) - Oh Goodie A Book

"The Heart of the Team:  Life Lessons on & Off the Court" by Bill Resler with Casey McNerthney (Finished October 3) - Clear Lake Half Price Books
"Game of Edges: The Analytics Revolution and the Future of Professional Sports" by Bruce Schoenfeld (Finished October 3) - Barnes & Noble Conroe

"My Beautiful Sisters: A Memoir of Courage, Hope, and the Afghan Women's Soccer Team" by Khalida Popal (Finished October 12) - Kindle via Amazon.com and BookBub

"We Are Charleston:  Tragedy and Triumph at Mother Emanuel" by Herb Frazier, Bernard Edward Powers, Jr. and Marjory Wentworth (Finished October 13) - Oh Goodie A Book

"Full Planet, Empty Plates:  The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity" by Lester R. Brown (Finished October 13) - Waco Half-Price Books Outlet
"A Walk in Our Cleats: 25 Athletes Who Never Gave Up" by Steven Johnson, Jr. with Paul Cartwright (Finished October 13) - Oh Goodie A Book

"The Elephant in the Room:  Sharing The Secrets For Pursuing Real Financial Success" by Ed Baker (Finished October 15) - Personal Collection

"God on the Starting Line: The Triumph of a Catholic School Running Team and Its Jewish Coach" by Marc Bloom (Finished October 29) - Personal Collection

"The MAGA Diaries:  Life Among the Fanatics, Extremists, and True Believers that Created the Modern Right" by Tina Nguyen (Finished October 29) - Barnes & Noble Conroe

"War Doctor: Surgery on the Front Line" by David Nott (Finished November 1) - Kindle via Amazon.com and BookBub
"Runnin' with the Big Dogs: The True, Unvarnished Story of the Texas-OU Rivalry" by Mike Shropshire (Finished November 4) - Waco Half-Price Books Outlet
"It's Good to Be Gronk" by Rob "Gronk" Gronkowski with Jason Rosenhaus (Finished November 17) - Waco Half-Price Books Outlet

"Play Hungry:  The Making Of A Baseball Player" by Pete Rose (Finished November 22) - Waco Half-Price Books Outlet

"The Israel Decree: Understanding God's Unbreakable Covenant with His People and Their Land" by Amir Tsarfati (Finished November 22) - Barnes & Noble The Woodlands

"On Juneteenth" by Annette Gordon-Reed (Finished November 25) - Waco Half-Price Books Outlet

"That Good Old Baylor Line:  Baylor Football" by Denne H. Freeman (Finished November 25) - Clear Lake Half Price Books Outlet
"I Never Had It Made:  An Autobiography of Jackie Robinson" by Jackie Robinson as told to Alfred Duckett (Finished December 8) - Barnes & Noble Midland
"The Bookseller of Kabul" by Asne Seierstad (Finished December 15) - Waco Half-Price Books Outlet

"The Pursued: A True Story of Stalking, Memory, and Madness in America's Heartland" by Corey Mead (Finished December 15) - Kindle via Amazon.com First Reads

"Out of the Rough: An Intimate Portrait of Laura Baugh and Her Sobering Journey" by Laura Baugh with Steve Eubanks (Finished December 18) - Waco Half-Price Books Outlet

"Playing like a Girl:  Transforming Our Lives Through Team Sports" by Marian Betancourt (Finished December 18) - Personal Collection

"Christmas in Plains: Memories" by Jimmy Carter (Finished December 19) - Kindle via Amazon.com and BookBub

Books Bought at Waco Half-Price Books Outlet on 12/06/2025 - 7 (Finished 1)

"A Charge to Keep: My Journey to the White House" by George W. Bush

"A Rock Between Two Rivers: The Fracturing of a Texas Family Ranch" by Hugh Asa Fitzsimmons III

"Concussion" by Jeanne Marie Laskas

"In Chocolate We Trust: The Hershey Company Town Unwrapped" by Peter Kurie

"Russia Without Putin: Money, Power and the Myths of the New Cold War" by Tony Wood

"Third Down and a War to Go: The All-American 1942 Wisconsin Badgers" by Terry Frei 

"Out of the Rough: An Intimate Portrait of Laura Baugh and Her Sobering Journey" by Laura Baugh (Finished 12/19/25)

In Transit Books

From November

10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America (Pages 1-7) - 262pp

A Year at the Movies: One Man's Filmgoing Odyssey (63-89; Kindle)

Body Of Proof:  The 7 Best Reasons To Believe In The Resurrection Of Jesus -- And Why It Matters Today (Pages 11-25) - 161pp

Gods of Tin:  The Flying Years (Pages 36-42) - 151pp

Still Evangelical?:  Insiders Reconsider Political, Social, And Theological Meaning (Pages 1-5) - 199pp

The Space Between Us:  How Jesus Teaches Us to Live Together When Politics and Religion Pull Us Apart (Pages 88-106) - 247pp

From October

God Meant It For Good (Pages 68-70; Kindle)

Love in the Face of ISIS: Seven Prayer Strategies for the Crisis in the Middle East (Pages 36-49) - 134pp

Taming The Bull:  The John "Bull" Bramlett Story (Pages 23-35) -222pp

From September

A History of the 1939 Baltimore Elite Giants (Pages 1213-2147 (69); 34 pages; Kindle)

It's A Conspiracy: The National Insecurity Council (Pages 165-169) - 251pp

Sox Bid Curse Farewell:  The 2004 Boston Red Sox (Location 810-1574 (66); 33 pages; Kindle)

Swimming for Freedom:  A True Story of Faith, Hope, and Victory (Pages 41-48) - 269pp

Texas Sports Writers:  The Wild and Wacky Years (Pages 20-45) - 257pp

You Know You're in Texas When...: 101 Quintessential Places, People, Events, Customs, Lingo, and Eats of the Lone Star State (Pages 52-55) - 101pp

From August

A Texan Looks At Lyndon:  A Study in Illegitimate Power (Pages 178-183) - 254pp

Baseball Research Journal, Volume 53, Number 1, Spring 2024 (Pages 235-305; Kindle)

Citizenship for Sale: How Foreign Money Buys American Residency (Pages 32-59; Kindle)

Epistles of John: A New Testament Commentary (Pages 59-86; Kindle) - 118pp

My Final Word:  Holding Tight to the Issues that Matter Most (Pages 34-47) - 234pp

The Goal and the Glory: Christian Athletes Share Their Inspiring Stories (Pages 129-135; Eric Liddell) - 240pp

Willie: The Game-Changing Story of the NHL's First Black Player (Pages 75-88) - 241pp

From July

Abraham And His Sons (Pages 20-23; Cities of Sinners) - 91pp

Do Your Children Believe?:  Becoming Intentional About Your Family's Faith and Spiritual Legacy (xiii-xiv, 1-5) - 208pp

Fail Better:  Why Baseball Matters (Pages 24-31) - 267pp

From Bytown to the Big Leagues: 150 Years of America’s Pastime in Canada’s Capital, Ottawa Baseball from 1865 to 2025 (629-1130 (48) - 24 pages; Kindle)

If Satan Can't Steal Your Joy...: He Can't Keep Your Goods (Pages 85-116; Kindle)

Leading Your Child to Jesus:  How Parents Can Talk With Their Kids About Faith (Pages 22-36) - 122pp

Maria Woodworth-Etter:  The Evangelist (Pages 2-9; Kindle)

Sports Stories and the Bible (Pages 30-37) - 184pp

The Rapture Exposed:  The Message of Hope In The Book of Revelation (Pages 11-33) - 210pp

From May

Executive Summaries of the Bible (Pages 1-60; Kindle)

The Case Against Israel (Pages 1-10) - 194pp

The Hidden Language of Baseball: How Signs and Sign-Stealing Have Influenced the Course of Our National Pastime (Pages 1-9) - 218pp

From April

A Compassionate Call To Counter Culture In A World Of Persecution (Pages v-vii, 1-19) - 42pp

First Freedom First:  A Citizens' Guide To Protecting Religious Liberty and the Separation of Church and State (Pages vii-xx) - 188pp

Maurice Clarett - My Life Story: Redemption - A Season of Thoughts (Pages 198-179) - 198pp

Paradise of God: Discover the Biblical Truth About Heaven and Unlock the Mystery of Life After Death (Pages 126-163; Kindle) - 255pp

Rejoice Always:  Practical Notes in the Book of Philippians (Pages 59-69) - 135pp

Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church (Pages ix-xviii, 1-19) - 261pp

The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World (Pages xv, 1-7) - 268pp

Triumph and Tragedy in Mudville: A Lifelong Passion for Baseball (Pages 100-111) - 342pp

From February

Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" (Pages 33-68; Kindle)

Red Rose Crew: A True Story of Women, Winning, and the Water (Pages 67-68) - 207pp

From January

Big Play:  Barra on Football (Pages 15-26) - 281pp

From December

Chamique: On Family, Focus, and Basketball (Pages 42-53) - 189pp

Entering The Promised Land (Pages 72-82) - 149pp

The Temple of Jerusalem (Pages 11-12) - 107pp

When the Kings Come Marching In: Isaiah and the New Jerusalem (Pages vii-xi, 1-25) - 131pp

From November

1643 Days:  In A Federal Prison Camp (Pages iii-viii, 1-5) - 227pp

God at Ground Zero: How Good Overcame Evil, One Heart at a Time (Pages vii-xiv) - 208pp

People of Memorial Park:  Stories From Houston's Favorite Trail (Pages 88-96) - 162pp

unSpun: Finding Facts in a World of Disinformation (Page 36) - 188pp

From October

Ascending the Ladder: 9 Biblical Lessons for Reaching Your Career Goals and Thriving at Work (Pages 9-40; Kindle)

Chronicle of a Small Town (Pages ix-x, 3-7) - 175pp

Fastpitch:  The Untold History of Softball and the Women Who Made The Game (Pages 64-72) - 289pp

From September

The Jonathan Effect:  Helping Kids and Schools Win the Battle Against Poverty (Pages 64-77) - 184pp

From August

And Then the End will Come: The Completion of the Great Commission and Nine other Clues That Jesus is Coming Soon (Pages 18-38) - 225pp

When The News Went Live:  Dallas 1963 (Pages vii-xvi) - 197pp

From July 2024

Know Your Bible (Pages 15-16) - 95pp

Not Some Random Clown:  A Youth Football Coaching Legend's Rise To Glory (Pages 2-44; Kindle) - 146pp

Sacred Smallness: Finding Kingdom Greatness in a Fruitful, Hidden Life (Pages 54-58; Kindle) - 210pp

From June 2024

The Journey: Walking the Road to Bethlehem (Pages 9-20) - 137pp

From May 2024

The Greatest Game Ever Played (Pages 10-13) - 163pp

The Race Before Us:  A Journey of Running and Faith (Pages 9-23) - 210pp

From April 2024

Angels in the Realms of Heaven: The Reality of Angelic Ministry Today (Dancing with Angels) (Pages 19-20; Kindle)

Bat 6 (Pages 1-18 plus Author's Note) - 229pp

Hiroshima (Pages 1-9) - 153pp

That's My Girl, Part 11!

Books Bought at Waco Half-Price Books Outlet on 10/27/2025 - 5 (Finished 3)

"10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America" by Steven M. Gillon
"Gods of Tin: The Flying Years" by James Salter

"It's Good to Be Gronk" by Rob Gronkowski with Jason Rosenhaus (Finished 11/17/25)

"On Juneteenth" by Annette Gordon-Reed (Finished 11/25/25)

"The Bookseller of Kabul" by Åsne Seierstad (Finished 12/15/25)

Churches Attended and Visited in 2025

January 5 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Greg Matte) *Waverly
January 12 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Brad Talbert) 

January 19 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Malcolm Marshall, Campus Pastor, Sienna)

January 26 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. (Greg Matte) *Waverly
January 26 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Brad Talbert) *Waverly

February 2 - Absent

February 9 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Brad Talbert) 

February 16 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Brad Talbert) 

February 23 - Absent

March 2 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Greg Matte)
March 9 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Leon Brooks III, Campus Pastor, Downtown)
March 16 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. (Greg Matte) - Left quarter way into the sermon.

March 23 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Brad Talbert) 
March 30 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Brad Talbert) *Waverly

April 6 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Brad Talbert) 

April 13 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Malcolm Marshall, Campus Pastor, Sienna) *Waverly

April 19 (Sat.) - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 4 p.m. (Greg Matte) *Waverly (Collective/Choir)

April 27 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. (Greg Matte) *Waverly

May 4 - Absent (Watched Houston's First Baptist Church 4 p.m. service with Brad Talbert online on Tuesday, May 6)

May 11 - Absent (Watched Houston's First Baptist Church 4 p.m. service with Gregg Matte online on Tuesday, May 13) - "God doesn't work in seconds, but seasons" | "Patience is paramount" | "Understanding decreases complaining" | "Endurance and effort brings blessings" | "Say what we mean and mean what we say"

May 18 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Brad Talbert) 

May 25 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Dr. Phil Kramer) with Waverly

June 1 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 9:15 a.m. (Greg Matte)
June 8 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Brandon Ayers, Minister to Singles & Metro Venue Pastor)
June 15 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Greg Matte) with Waverly
June 22 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. (Greg Matte) *Waverly

June 29 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. (Greg Matte) *Waverly

July 6 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Brian McCormack, Executive Director, Breakaway Minstries, Texas A&M University)

July 13 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Fred Luter, Jr., Senior Pastor, Franklin Avenue Baptist Church, New Orleans, Louisiana)
July 20 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Heiden Ratner, Senior Pastor, WALK Church, Las Vegas, Nevada) *Waverly

July 27 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Mikado Hinson, Chaplain, Houston Texans)

August 3 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. (Dr. Kevin Ezell, President, North American Mission Board) *Waverly
August 10 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Mark Lanier, Founder, Lanier Theological Library) *Waverly
August 17 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Greg Matte)

August 24 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. (Greg Matte) *Waverly
August 31 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. (Greg Matte) *Waverly

September 7 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Brad Talbert) *Waverly
September 14 - Absent
September 21 - Absent
September 28 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 9:15 a.m. (Greg Matte) - FBA Day

October 5 - Absent
October 12 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Brad Talbert) 
October 19 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Marcus Rodriguez) 
October 26 - Absent (TAPPS Cross Country)

November 2 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. (Jason Swiggart, Cypress Campus Pastor)
November 9 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Brad Talbert)
November 16 - Absent (Watched Houston's First Baptist Church 4 p.m. service with Brad Talbert online on Monday, November 17)
November 23 - Absent
November 30 - Absent (Watched Houston's First Baptist Church 4 p.m. service with Brad Talbert online on Tuesday, December 3)

December 7 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. (Greg Matte) *Waverly
December 14 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Brad Talbert)

High School Sporting Event Appearances - 2025-2026

Volleyball

08/12/25 - Houston Lutheran South Academy at Tomball Concordia Lutheran (Tomball, TX)

08/19/25 - Bryan Brazos Christian School at Spring Providence Classical School (Spring, TX)
11/04/25 - Corpus Christi Incarnate Word Academy at Houston Northland Christian School (Houston, TX)

Cross Country

08/09/25 - Pearland Dawson Short Course 2M (Pearland, TX)

09/06/25 - UIL Region III Preview (Huntsville, TX)

09/19/25 - Nike South Invitational (College Station, TX)

10/20/25 - UIL Region III (Huntsville, TX)
10/21/25 - UIL Region III (Huntsville, TX)
10/27/25 - TAPPS State (Waco, TX)
10/31/25 - UIL State (Round Rock, TX)
11/01/25 - UIL State (Round Rock, TX)
11/08/25 - SPC State (Tomball, TX)

11/24/25 - Nike Cross South Regionals (College Station, TX)

Football

08/15/25 - Sugar Land Fort Bend Christian Academy at The Woodlands John Cooper School (The Woodlands, TX) - Scrimmage

08/28/25 - Waco Live Oak Classical School vs. Conroe Covenant Christian School (Navasota, TX)
08/29/25 - Houston The Village School at Cypress Christian School (Houston, TX)

09/04/25 - Houston St. Thomas High School at Montgomery Lake Creek (Montgomery, TX)
09/05/25 - Austin Hyde Park at Houston Lutheran South Academy (Houston, TX)

09/12/25 - Port Lavaca Calhoun at Houston St. John's School (Houston, TX)

09/13/25 - Richmond George Ranch at Humble (Humble, TX)

09/18/25 - Houston Emery/Weiner School at Houston Northland Christian School (Houston, TX)

09/19/25 - Pettus at Kenedy (Kenedy, TX)

09/25/25 - Aldine Nimitz vs. Aldine MacArthur (Houston, TX)

09/26/25 - Houston The Village School at Houston St. Francis Episcopal (Houston, TX)
09/27/25 - Richmond Foster vs. Richmond George Ranch (Rosenberg, TX)

09/27/25 - Houston Emery/Weiner School at Missouri City Divine Savior Academy (Missouri City, TX)
10/02/25 - Houston Spring Woods at Galena Park (Houston, TX)

10/03/25 - Diboll at Shepherd (Shepherd, TX)
10/09/25 - Lake Jackson Brazosport Christian at Pasadena First Baptist Christian Academy (Pasadena, TX)

10/10/25 - Anderson-Shiro at New Waverly (New Waverly, TX)

10/11/25 - Houston Kashmere vs. Houston Northside (Houston, TX)
10/16/25 - Conroe Oak Ridge vs. Conroe Grand Oaks (Shenandoah, TX)

10/17/25 - Huntsville at Dayton (Dayton, TX)
10/23/25 - Temple Central Texas Christian vs. Conroe Covenant Christian (Willis, TX)
10/24/25 - Houston St. Thomas at Tomball Concordia Lutheran (Tomball, TX)

10/25/25 - Aldine Nimitz vs. Aldine Eisenhower (Houston, TX)
11/06/25 - Bryan Brazos Christian School at Rosehill Christian School (Tomball, TX)
11/07/25 - San Antonio Cornerstone Christian vs. Spring Legacy The School of Sport Sciences (Houston, TX)
11/08/25 - Bellaire Episcopal vs. Houston The Kinkaid School (Stafford, TX)

11/13/25 - Franklin vs. Hallettsville (Tomball, TX)

11/14/25 - Fredericksburg Heritage School at Spring Founders Christian (Spring, TX)
11/15/25 - The Woodlands at Aldine Davis (Houston, TX)
11/20/25 - Franklin vs. Orangefield (Shenandoah, TX)
11/21/25 - San Antonio Antonian at Tomball Concordia Lutheran (Tomball, TX)
11/22/25 - Fredericksburg Heritage School vs. Lake Jackson Brazosport Christian School (Rockdale, TX)

11/22/25 - Faith Academy of Marble Falls vs. Beaumont Legacy Christian Academy (Bryan, TX)
11/28/25 - Pasadena First Baptist Christian Academy vs. Houston Emery/Weiner School (Houston, TX)
11/28/25 - Houston Second Baptist School vs. Houston Lutheran South Academy (Iowa Colony, TX)
12/06/25 - Lubbock Christian School vs. Mesquite Dallas Christian School (Waco, TX)
12/06/25 - Bryan Brazos Christian School vs. Dallas First Baptist Academy (Waco, TX)

Swimming

Wrestling

Winter Soccer

Basketball
11/18/25 - Spring Founders Christian at Conroe Calvary Baptist (Conroe, TX) - Boys
12/02/25 - Houston Christian at The Woodlands Christian Academy (The Woodlands, TX) - Boys

Awards Dinner
12/03/25 - 14th annual Hildebrand Foundation Touchdown Club of Houston Private High School Awards Dinner (Houston, TX)

Baseball

Softball

Tennis

Golf

Lacrosse

Track & Field

Field Hockey - None

Fall Soccer - None