Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Wrapping up a year of reading

This year, I think reading was my lifeline.  It helped me to escape.  It helped me to learn.  It helped me to relax.  It helped me when I was people-d out.  In so many ways, reading (and writing) helped me this year.  Reading has become a part of who I am; I am a lover of Jesus, a lover of people (but an introvert, so don't get too crazy), a friend, a learner, and a reader.

I started out wanting to read 50 books this year; about one a week.  As I neared that goal early in the summer (the amazing summer without a job and full of relaxation), I realized I might be able to do 100 books in a year.  With two days left in 2014, I'm calling it.  The final count for the year is 117.  I would never have guessed that I would have been able to read so many books, or that I would have enjoyed it so much.  I would have never guessed it would have become a lifeline in a stressful and hectic season of life; a way to survive when life outside felt out of control and unbelievably stressful.  But it has been so good.

Without further ado, here are the books I've read since I last updated my list (and the list before).  Once again, my favorites are bolded.

  1. Unstoppable: Running the Race you were Born to Win by Christine Caine
  2. The Giver by Lois Lowry
  3. Finding Blue by Lois Lowry
  4. Messenger by Lois Lowry
  5. Son by Lois Lowry
  6. I Like Giving by Brad Formosma
  7. The Story of Marriage by John and Lisa Bevere
  8. Fire and Fragrance: From the Great Commandment to the Great Commission by Sean Feucht and Andy Byrd
  9. Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
  10. Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis
  11. Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis
  12. How I Changed my Mind about Women in Leadership: Compelling Stories from Prominent Evangelicals edited by Alan F. Johnson
  13. Making Vision Stick by Andy Stanley
  14. God’s Whisper Manifesto by Andi Cumbo
  15. From this Day Forward: Five Commitments to Fail-Proof Your Marriage by Craig and Amy Groeschel
  16. Every Bitter Thing Is Sweet: Tasting the Goodness of God in All Things by Sara Hagerty
  17. Speak by Nish Weiseth
  18. The Invisible Girls by Sarah Thebarge
  19. Let’s All Be Brave: Living Life with Everything You Have by Annie Downs
  20. God Knows my Name: Never Forgotten, Forever Loved by Beth Redman
  21. Lady in Waiting: Becoming God's Best While Waiting for Mr. Right by Jackie Kendall and Debby Jones
  22. A Life of Miracles by Don Schulze
  23. You’ll Get Through This by Max Lucado
  24. God is Able by Priscilla Shirer
  25. A Story Unfinished: 99 Days with Eliot by Matt Mooney
  26. Heidi by Joanna Spyri
  27. The Hardest Peace by Kara Tippetts
  28. Connected by Erin Davis
  29. Tables in the Wilderness by Preston Yancey
  30. Living Courageously: You Can Face Anything, Just Do It Afraid by Joyce Meyer
  31. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
  32. Mended by Angie Smith
  33. The Beauty of Broken by Elisa Morgan
  34. The Millennials by Thom S. Rainer and Jess W. Rainer
  35. Wild: from Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
  36. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
  37. The Body of Christopher Creed by Carol Plum-Ucci
  38. Title Pending: Things I Think About when I Make Stuff by Justin McRoberts
  39. Eight Twenty Eight: When Love Didn’t Give Up by Larissa and Ian Murphy


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