My Reading in 2013!!

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Wow! I still am having a hard time grasping that it is now 2013. I am excited, though, about a new year of reading great books and discussing them here with you!! 🙂 I always love your comments – here and on Facebook or email – about what I’m reading, what you’re reading and how those books stretch us, teach us or just bring us joy.

Here is my 2012 list of books I read in case you haven’t seen it.
And here are all the posts I’ve written about some of these books.

So, this will be my running list of books I’m reading (& finishing) this year…ready, set, GO!
These are books I have *finished* and in order of completion. I’m trying to post an update at least monthly. 

1. Hungry: Lessons Learned on the Journey from Fat to Thin– I got this free for kindle awhile back and it was really good and really funny. It’s real, this man’s addiction to food had me cringing a few times – meaning it hit a little too close to home. This is not a how-to or a diet plan, he is just sharing his story.

2. Almost Amish– LOVED this book on living simpler lives. I wrote more about living a simple life, my thoughts on this book and A Dirty Life here.

3. Desperate– another great book from Sally Clarkson!! Sarah Mae was her co-author and I enjoyed this book a lot!! May be one of my new favorite parenting books to recommend!! Here are more of my thoughts on this book.

4. The Dirty Life – I have a post discussing this book and Almost Amish. This book is a memoir and I really enjoyed it!! This book showed me the tremendous amount of work that goes into starting up a farm! I’m thinking I’m too lazy to ever do this…

5. Hannah Coulter – I loved this fiction title…written by Wendell Berry. I have never read any of his books before but I really enjoyed his writing style. I am looking for more of his books to read now from the library! And I seem to be reading a lot of farming, amish, simpler life type books!! Loving these books so far!!

6. Growing Up Amish: A Memoir – I really enjoyed this man’s memoir of growing up in the Amish world, his struggles within himself and the Amish community. His leaving and returning. Very fascinating.

7. Come to the Table  – my review of this book here. Love Neta Jackson’s books!!

8. Abundant Simplicity: Discovering the Unhurried Rhythms of Grace – can’t say enough good things about this book! Also, now I have a whole category about this book, a series of sorts going through the book.

9. Bread & Wine: A Love Letter to Life Around the Table with Recipes  – another book I really, really enjoyed. Even though it was a bit different than what I usually enjoy/read. I will have more about this book coming soon…

10. The Repurposed And Upcycled Life by Michelle Rayburn. I wrote a book review for this book here. I enjoyed this book, it was an encouragement to me.

11. Respectable Sins: Confronting the Sins We Tolerate  – we read this with our small group and discussed a chapter each week. This wasn’t one of my favorite reads…but I think it is definitely good for believers (especially those of us who have been christians for most of our lives or have been in the church for many years) to read and pray about and ask God to search our hearts about. These “little” sins are not little and have a way of creeping into our lives without us even thinking about it! So it’s good to ask God to search us and think about these things.

12. The Christian Parenting Handbook ~ excellent, practical parenting wisdom!! Read my review here!

13. Delight Directed Learning: Guide Your Homeschooler Toward Passionate Learning  – this book was a short, fast read and was inspirational for those of us wishing to homeschool with more of our kids interests at heart! The only thing I wish there had been more of is practical ideas for elementary aged kids.

14. Getting the Most Out of Your Homeschool This Summer: Learning Just for the Fun of it!  – this was another quick read that was really encouraging for getting some schooling done in the summer!

15. Sparkly Green Earrings: Catching the Light at Every Turn – loved this book. Read it in 2 evenings. Melanie Shankle is  hilarious. Reading this book happened for me at a time I really needed the laughter!! Easy, quick, delightful read on motherhood.

16. Fit to Burst : Abundance, Mayhem, and the Joys of Motherhood ~ fabulous book for moms. Definitely some NEW insights on law vs. grace in this book. This book was also very convicting in terms of being a mom who will SACRIFICE her desires for the best of her family.

17. Surrendered Hearts ~ a very fast, easy Christian fiction read! I enjoyed this book. I don’t really tend to love the “Christian romance” type stories, but I do love sitting down and finishing a fiction book in 2 days just for pure enjoyment. 🙂 This book reminded me a little bit of Karen Kingsbury’s reads.

18. I Am a Church Member: Discovering the Attitude that Makes the Difference – this little book is fabulous – such a quick, yet convicting read. If you attend church anywhere, you should read this book. 🙂 I wrote a review of this book here.

19. Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger’s – if you have anyone in your life with Asperger’s you might want to read this! I loved the insight into the mind of one with Asperger’s. This is his memoir, very fascinating. Warning: there is some language and crude scenes in this.

20.Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith – I’ve heard so many good things about this book. It took me a long time to get into it. It’s another memoir…and I would describe it as the author’s fight for the faith through all of life’s struggles. About halfway through the book I started enjoying it more. 🙂 Probably not one of my to favorites, but I do enjoy reading about the faith of those that differ from me and this fit that category!

21. The Ultimate Guide to Brain Breaks – if you work with children or homeschool, this books is fabulous! Come read the science behind why we need breaks in our day…and how movement is really good for our brains! Lots of brain break ideas too! I wrote a review of this ebook here.

**And here are some books I’m wanting to read in 2013!! Can you believe I have all these on our iPad/kindle?? I got nearly every one of them for FREE and a few of them I paid $1 or $2 for!! These are all GOOD books…and I want to read more of them in 2013! 🙂