Favorite Books

I love books. I love reading. I love talking about books I'm reading. So, that is what this page is about! I'd love to hear your comments on any of these books or other books you are reading! This page will be ongoing as I continue reading and discussing these books here on my blog. If you'd like to read my blog posts about certain books, just click here - and be sure to add your comments if you've read any of these books! It will be like our own little bookclub. :)

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My Favorite Christian Living Books
A Place of Healing: Wrestling with the Mysteries of Suffering, Pain, and God's Sovereignty
A Praying Life: Connecting with God in a Distracting World
Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality
Blue Like Play Dough: The Shape of Motherhood in the Grip of God
Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light
Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God
Cure for the Common Life: Living in Your Sweet Spot
God's Smuggler
The Heavenly Man: The Remarkable True Story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun
I Will Carry You: The Sacred Dance of Grief and Joy
Interrupted: An Adventure in Relearning the Essentials of Faith
Kisses from Katie
Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust
Made to Crave: Satisfying Your Deepest Desire with God, Not Food
One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are
Posers, Fakers, and Wannabes: Unmasking the Real You (TH1NK)
Prayer: Finding the Heart's True Home
Same Kind of Different As Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together
Scared: A Novel on the Edge of the World
Serve God, Save the Planet: A Christian Call to Action
So Long, Insecurity: You've Been a Bad Friend to Us
So You Don't Want to Go to Church Anymore
Spiritual Rhythm: Being with Jesus Every Season of Your Soul
Stepping Heavenward (Inspirational Library Series)
Strong Women, Soft Hearts: A Woman's Guide to Cultivating a Wise Heart and a Passionate Life
The Contemplative Mom: Restoring Rich Relationship with God in the Midst of Motherhood
The Hiding Place
The Mom Walk: Keeping in Step with God's Heart for Motherhood
Waiting On God
What Difference Do It Make?: Stories of Hope and Healing
What's So Amazing About Grace?


Parenting Favorites
Desperate: Hope for the Mom Who Needs to Breathe
Girls on the Edge: The Four Factors Driving the New Crisis for Girls
Give Them Grace: Dazzling Your Kids with the Love of Jesus
Grace-Based Parenting
Loving Our Kids On Purpose
The Mission-Minded Child: Raising a New Generation to Fulfill God's Purpose
Praying the Scriptures for Your Children
The Ministry of Motherhood: Following Christ's Example in Reaching the Hearts of Our Children



If You're Serious About Simplifying
*these have all been wonderful for me!

Almost Amish: One Woman's Quest for a Slower, Simpler, More Sustainable Life
Abundant Simplicity: Discovering the Unhurried Rhythms of Grace
From Clutter to Clarity: Simplifying Life from the Inside Out
Not So Fast: Slow-Down Solutions for Frenzied Families
Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy
Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids


Fiction ~ My Favorites
Embrace Me
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Random House Reader's Circle)
Quaker Summer (Women of Faith Fiction) (2007 Novel of the Year)
Stand by Me (A SouledOut Sisters Novel)
The Bridge: A Novel
The Help
The House at Riverton
The Hunger Games Trilogy
The Pearl (Women of Faith Fiction)
River Rising
Uncharted
The Yada Yada Prayer Group (The Yada Yada Prayer Group, Book 1)
(love this whole series!)
Where Do I Go?: A Yada Yada House of Hope Novel

Memoirs & Misc. 
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
The Dirty Life: A Memoir of Farming, Food, and Love
Growing Up Amish: A Memoir


Christmas Fiction I've Enjoyed
The Bridge
The Gift: A Novel
Grace: A Novel
Portrait of Mary
Engaging Father Christmas (Father Christmas Series #2)

My Wishlist
(I am constantly adding books to my "wish list" on amazon, so I'm just going to post that wish list here for you to look at, if you like! These are not all books for me, just FYI, sometimes I'll read a homeschooling blog that recommends a book for kids that I will add to my wishlist just so I can remember it in the future. All kinds of books on this list.) 

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