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1. Surprised by God: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Religion - Danya Ruttenberg
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Fingers crossed for this one."
Happy new year! Life gets in the way of our goals sometimes, but even if you don't hit the goal of # of books read that you want, hopefully you'll enjoy what you *do* read!
2. Tuck Everlasting- Natalie BabbittIt's been so long since I first read this. one of my students needed to read it for school, so I re-read it. It's as good as I remembered.
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It's been so long since I first read this. one of my students needed to read it for school, so I re-read it. It's as good as I remembered."
I was just thinking of that book the other day. I remembered how blown away I was when I read it (in fifth grade?), and thought I should re-read it to see if it's still good and whether a much older version of me still finds it so amazing.
Probably 5th grade - that's the age of my student. :)I thought it really held up. it was shorter than I remembered, but that is almost always the case when I revisit my middle school favorites. I still found it moving as an adult, though, and it was fun to play with the internal struggles of the characters with my student. (She's on the autism spectrum, so guiding her through the internal process of the characters became part of what we had to do. I feel like she got a lot out of it.)
3. Made to Crave: Satisfying your Deepest Desire with God, not Food- Lysa TerkeurstEh. I got this book for free, and I knew it was likely to be disappointing. I like the premise - that overcoming a food addiction should be a spiritual journey, not a series of diets. The predictable disappointments come when she sounds increasingly like a traditional self- help book and as it becomes increasingly apparent that our flavors of Christianity are veeeerrrrryyyy different. Meh, it's over.
4. Wild Mercy: Living the Fierce and Tender Wisdom of the Women Mystics - Mirabai Starr
6. Shameless: A Sexual Reformation - Nadia Bolz-Weber
8. Man, Fuck This House - Brian Asmanweird! Sort of House-of-Leaves-ish, or feels like it's trying to be. Randomly heard about it, and it was free on kindle unlimited, so here we are!
9. The Remarkable Ordinary - Frederick Buechner
10. The Wisdom Way of Knowing - Cynthia Bourgeault
12. Among the Hidden - Margaret Petersen Haddix13. Restart - Gordon Korman
14. The Practice of the Presence of God - Brother Lawrencemy annual re-read
15. Five Days in July - Cecelia ConwayA friend of a friend wrote this, which is how I learned it existed, and I was blown away by how good it was! I care way more about these characters than I planned to, lol. it's the start of a series and now I can't wait for the second to come out.
17. Just So Ya Know: 30 Things to Know When Rebuilding Your Life - Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle
18. The Handbook for Highly Sensitive People - Mel Collins
19. The Screwtape Letters - C.S. Lewis
20. Listening for the Heartbeat of God - Philip Newell21. Red Bird - poems by Mary Oliver
24. The Outsiders - S.E. HintonI hate this book, ugh. one of my students was assigned it, though, so I reread it to help out.
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I hate this book, ugh. one of my students was assigned it, though, so I reread it to help out."
Aw, you're so good to reread a book you don't like in order to help :)
thanks :)25. Sometimes You Get So Alone Or Just Makes Sense - Charles Bukowski ... I've been nursing this reread all year
26. Four Weeks in September - Cecelia Conway
27. Maniac Magee- Jerry SpinelliGood God, I love this book. Passed on the joy of it to one of my students; we finished it today, and the look on his face was so satisfying.
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Good God, I love this book. Passed on the joy of it to one of my students; we finished it today, and the look on his face was so satisfying."
:)
28. Let Your Life Speak - Parker PalmerOops, I finished this weeks ago and never recorded it.
29. A Year With C.S. Lewisthis was nice, a daily devotional with excerpts from his works.
30. The Greatest Horse Stories Ever Told - Stephen D Priceeh. some were good, some were overrated. I won this book in a raffle at the equestrian center where my kid rides.
well, once again I'm short, but for these crazy times, I'm ok with 30 books for the year. on to 2023 - will it be the year I finally crack the 50 book goal again? here's hoping!
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Congrats on your 30! And good luck for next year! :)
Fingers crossed for this one.