Books read in March

 

I really love this one

Non-fiction and fun

oh boy this one. i love the first 3/4ths of this book but the ending was just too much

my March book for the month. The story of Mr March from Little Women

I really like this one

My son had to read this as required reading for his English class. for awhile i was reading along with him but then he finished it and i remembered i needed to find out what happened so i grabbed it and finished it. it was a really great story but goodness it had some graphic and gross scense

this book will for sure be in my top 10 of 2021

i loved everything about it

Books Read in February

i really like this one

it was an interesting read and just light and fun

in keeping with my reading books each month that had the months name in it, i read February. It was just ok to me but i am glad i read it

 

Books Read in January

I usually share what I am currently reading at the end of every month but I'm going to try posting what I actually read.

I managed to get through 8 books in January. My goal/reading challenge was to read a book each month with that months name in it. The Ten Thousand Doors of January was this months and it was so very good.  

There is also all of the others that I read.

 

What I Plan to Read in 2021

I am apparently the worst at these plans but i am also hopeful that this one, I will actually complete. Reading 52 book in a year doesn't seem to be the problem. Just the naming and claiming what I am going to try to get around to does. You can see last years ones here. I only read 4 on that list. I did managed to read 9 non-fiction in 2020.

For 2021, my plan is to read one book each month that has the months name in it. January's was found in our neighborhoods little library and it is what set this idea into motion. I found in pretty close to the end of 2020 (maybe around the 26th or 27th) and it was so hard not to pick it up and dive right in. 

So this is Januarys:

And I'm pretty sure this is what I'm going to read for February

I have this one, for sure for December

All of the months between are up for grabs. If you have any suggestions, i am all ears.

This can be a book that has the month in the title, the authors name or maybe even the characters name. Throw then at me, so that I can get to planning my year. 

Books Read in 2020

For the past few years my goal is to read 52 books in the year. You can see how many and which books i have read in previous years here. but this is 2020. I read 62 books 

Olive Kitteridge-Elizabeth Strout

Ramona's World-Beverly Clearly

The Most Fun We Ever Had-Clare Lombardo

The Noel Stranger-Richard Paul Evans

Child of Grace-Dr Chris Brown

Risen Motherhood-Emily Jensen and Laura Wifler

Mr Popper's Penguins-Richard Atwater and Florence Atwater

A Season of Grace-Lauraine Snelling

Beholding and Becoming-Ruth Chou Simons

The Last Romantics-Tara Conklin

The Tattooist of Auschwitz-Heather Morris

The Dearly Beloved-Cara Wall

The 100 Year Old Man Who climbed out the window and disappeared- Jonas Jonansson 

The Vsnderbeekers of 141st Street-Karina Yan Glaser

The Bookshop on the Corner- Jenny Colgan

Ask Again, Yes-Mary Beth Keane

Evvie Drake Starts Over-Linda Holmes

The Bear and the Nightingale-Katherine Ardennes

The Prince Warriors-Pricilla Shirer

On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness-Andrew Peterson 

The Stationary Shop-Marjan Kamali

100 Days to Brave-Annie F Downs

The Vanderbeekers and the Hidden Garden-Karina Yan Glaser

Flourish-Margaret Fienberg

Finding Home-Karen Kingsbury and Tyler Russell

Adorning the Dark-Andrew Peterson

Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe-Heather Webber

The Gender Game-Bella Forrest

Cold Tangerines-Shauna Niequist

Keturah-Lisa Tawn Bergren

Lady Clementine-Marie Benedict

Strange the Dreamer-Laini Taylor

Smoke Screen-Terri Blackstock

Anne of Green Gables-L.M. Montgomery

The Ballad of Song Birds and Snakes-Suzanne Collins

The Hate U Give-Angie Thomas

Becoming Mrs Lewis - Patti Callahan

The Vanderbeekers to the Rescue - Karina Yan Glaser

Such a Fun Age - Kiley Reid

A Place for Us - Fatima Farheen Mirza

Always and Forever Lara Jean - Jenny Han

The Huntress of Thornbeck Forrest - Melanie Dickerson

The Beautiful Pretender - Melanie Dickerson

The Nobel Servant - Melanie Dickerson

The Healers Apprentice - Melanie Dickerson

The Crossover - Kawame Alexander

London Art Chase-Natalie Grant 

The Fairest Beauty-Melanie Dickerson 

The Merchants Daughter - Melanie Dickerson

Secrets - Robin Jones Gunn

The One and Only Ivan - Katherine Applegate

Windows of the Soul - Ken Gire

When Women Were Birds - Terry Tempest Williams

I'd Give Anything - Maria de los Santos

Raymie Nightengale - Kate DiCamillo  

Dear Edward-Ann Napolitano

The one and only Bob-Katherine Applegate 

The Dutch house-Ann Patchett

Connect the Stars-Marisa de los Santos and David Teague

Being Known-Robin Jones Gunn

Preparing Your Daughter for Womanhood-Robin Jones Gunn

Gracelaced-Ruth Chou Simons

Books I'm reading this Month (October)

 

The first and one that i am most excited about is Robin Jones Gunn Preparing Your Daughter for Womanhood I have read all of Robin's books and I had to have this one in my hands as soon as it was out. It could be read quickly but i am taking my time with it

A friend let by borrow Atomic Habits by James Clear and i have been trying to read a chapter a day. Trying doesn't

Books I am reading this Month (September)

 I missed August but you can see all the books that i have read this year here, or you can see all that i read in August here. (scroll to the bottom).

my son had to read this for summer reading and I just love what I have read so far. it is a fast read and I need to pick it up again and see how it ends, even though I know a little about it from conversations with my son.

every so often I take the question to the people of Facebook, "what are you reading now or what books have you read recently that you would recommend." I received a lot of really great suggestions but out of all of them this on was the first one that I started with

I have read everything by Robin Jones Gunn. I just love her so much. i pre-ordered this back BC (a friend said that is before corona, for those that may not have know) it took months to get there. i am so glad to have it in my hands and reading it.

Things I've learned this Summer

i love reflecting back to each season. it is a practice i have been trying to do, with the urging of Emily P Freemans posts. click here to follow along.....

1. trying to see my daughters questioning, ALWAYS questioning, as a way she is learning, and that it isn't always her being defiant.

2. that we can speak graciously to people even thought they don't speak that way to us

3. the sky continues to call to me and be my favorite

i look forward to seeing it in the morning and in the evening #frommysidedoor4

4. that so much changes and i am not the lover of quick change

5. i'm learning all the time, and i am almost 40. i can't expect my kids to just know something. how many time does it take me to "get it"

#givinggrace #acceptingflaws #nooneisperfect

6. It is amazing, to be present with friends and look back to where you've come from, what you remember, who you were and maybe who you still are

7. Starting a small business was never the plan. While it's isn't easy, it is fun and so very helpful and I am realizing I can do this.

There is alot that Nuskin has to offer, but i have tried to narrow down my favorite and highlight things on my site. I would love it if you checked it out.

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Books i have read this Summer:

June:

The Gender Game-Bella Forrest

Cold Tangerines-Shauna Niequist

Keturah-Lisa Tawn Bergren

July:

Lady Clementine-Marie Benedict

Strange the Dreamer-Laini Taylor

Smoke Screen-Terri Blackstock

August:

Anne of Green Gables-L.M. Montgomery

The Ballad of Song Birds and Snakes-Suzanne Collins

The Hate U Give-Angie Thomas

Books I'm Reading this Month (July)

There are some other book that i am finishing up from last month but here are two that i am currently reading.

Books I'm reading this month (June)

 before our library officially opened up they did where you get get a grab bag. one of the categories was adult fiction. this book was one of the 10 that were in the stack and then second in the stack that i decided to tackle. i have about a fourth of the book left to read and it has been a good read. not my favorite but interesting

 my best friend told me that Audible Stories had this on there and my daughter and i have been listening to it. Rachel McAdams is so great reading it. I also purchased a copy of the book from from my sister, who sells Usborn books. This is the copy we purchased to follow along with.


i have heard how great this story is and i have had a copy of the book and couldn't think of a more prominent time to be reading this and learning.

Books I'm Reading this Month

this is becoming a regular occurrence and i am loving it. here is what i am currently reading. I wish it was going faster but i am now working full time, which i haven't done in almost 10 years so i haven't had a ton of extra time to read.

a friend of mine recommended and let me borrow this one. it is a big one and it took me about 100 pages to get into it. i think i am going to like it. i am really only 25% through at this point so i may not actually finish it until the end of June


our library was doing grab bags to get books out to people. one of the ones that i chose was a bag of fiction. out of the 10 that i got, i had only ready one of them and there was one that was by an author that i love and knew that i would read it. out of all the other ones this one was the highest voted on by friends saying that it was good and that i should read it. i am almost done and have really enjoyed it.


this one i got from my sister in law. she said it was good and i have started it but a friend of mine posted about it yesterday and raved about how great it was. i decided that maybe i needed to pick it back up and dive in.

Books I'm Reading this Month

reading in my phone through the kindle app isn't my favorite but i have kindle unlimited for free for a bit and this book is one that i have had on my list so i have been reading through it and really enjoying it


I have read few book by Shauna Niequist. this one has been on my to read list and I came across a copy of it. I have really enjoyed it during this time. she posted on Instagram recently that this book along with her book Bittersweet for a cover make over. they look great too.


this book is being read to me on youtube by the author himself. I guess he isn't reading it specifically to me but it is a read aloud that I am really enjoying



same author, different book. I have very much liked reading through this one. I try and read a chapter at night. I may not read it every night but it is one that I read only at night.


I have been reading this one with my daughter and we have loved it. for me it I great because I know where each of these kids end up in their adult life. I smile as I am reading stories and seeing them as children

Books I'm Reading this Month

I have been reading through this beauty with my daughter. we read the first one and really loved it so she was excited when i told her there was a second one.

I picked this one up from the library on a whim. I thought it was in my to read list, but it was actually just one that i saw floating around the book world but never added it to my to read list. it was just sitting right there on the shelf waiting for someone to pick up, so i did. it has been pretty funny too.

well technically with this one it is being read to me. the author, Andrew Peterson, has been reading it on Facebook live every evening so i am following along.


and finally this lovely book.  i saw it talked about in a few places so added it to my to read list. i have had two people tell me that it is one of their favorite reads so far in 2020. i am pretty sure that i would have chosen it, if i happen to see it on a shelf in the book store becasue of the cover itself.

Today, Ruth and Troy Simons book Foundations makes its way into the world.

It is lovely and full of such beautiful truths. 

You are not going to miss out on what is between the cover of this book. 

I will be the first to tell you that i don't ever feel like i am doing this "teaching my kids about the Bible" well or the "right way" if there is even on.

We don't have regular devotion times in our home and sometimes i feel overwhelmed about how and were to start. if you are in that place too  maybe buy this book and start here.

This is where we are planning on starting in our home. As soon as we get it in the mail my plan and hope is to start working our way through it together as a family.

buy your copy here and do the same. would love to know if you plan on it and your thoughts on the book once you get started.

Books I'm Reading this Month

As always you can find me on goodreads here

It is not the very end of the month but I don't forsee reading anything newer than this, this month...….

And for a list of books that I am still working through this month, here goes:

I heard about this one last year and it has been on my to read list. I went into the library to pick up another book that I had on hold and saw this one on the shelf, so of course I grabbed it.

this would be the book that i went to get on hold from the library. for some reason i started reading Ask Again, Yes first and now i have a week to read this one before it is due back to the library on March 1st. Lets see if i can do it.

I was reacquainted with Andrew Peterson this December when I went to my very first Behold the Lamb tour. it was excellent. He spoke of this book on the tour and then I saw that it came out so of course I ordered it and have been slowly going through it in the evenings, sees appropriate, right?!?

I am blessed to be on the launch team for this book. What i have read so far has been wonderful. I can't wait to get the actual copy in my hands and go through this book with my family. There will be more on this book as i complete the e-version (for the launch team) and when the books hits the shelves. for now you can go to any place where books are sold or the link here to pre-order your copy.

there are some from last month that we are still working through, read alouds and devotions but these are the new ones that I am in the process of reading.

Books I'm Reading this Month

I have been using Goodreads for a few years now and i love it for helping me track what i am reading, keeping up with books i want to read and finding new books to read. They occasionally have book giveaways for books you've shelved and i will usually enter them. I recently won an e-book version of one that i had shelved which i didn't realize at first and quickly brought it to the top of my to read list. I am listing the books that i am actively reading right now. i have a lot that i have started and need to finish but only a few that i am currently working on.
The Last Romantics is the ebook that i won on Goodreads


 my mom bought me this book and i have had it for a few months and decided to start reading it to my kids. this month. somedays they sit and listen others they struggle with arguing, i am hoping that they soak in most of the goodness of this read.


I knew this was a book that i was going to start on January 1st and then I saw Annie's Instagram post about posting about it with the hashtag #100daystobrave2020
It has been a good and fun one


 i have posted about this book before and this is the third time that i have read through it. It is so good and filled with so many wonderful truths and encouragement. The artwork is gorgeous. Just like Annie's challenge, Ruth has one going with this book on Instagram and the hashtag #bb32days we are

I read the first two in this series last year and have had this one for awhile now. A friend sent me Jessica Turner's post on her Book Snobbery Instagram page. She challenges us to Read Your Books. That is what I have been implementing into my 2020 reading. Out of the 7 that i have already read this year, you can find them here, 3 of them were my own and of the 6 i have in this post, 4 of them are my own and one borrowed and one a library book.


and finally this one. this is what i am reading to my daughter. we just picked it up so it probably will not be finished until February, possibly March depending on how fast we can read it.

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