Here follows, in no particular order, the books I intend to read in the coming year:
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen (already started)
Miracles by C.S. Lewis (already started)
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett
The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan. Ordered this by accident via Kindle after reading a review... meant to add it to my wish list but hit "one click order" by mistake... so might as well read it! (Hey, at least the review was good.)
Small Steps for Catholic Moms: Your Daily Call to Think, Pray, and Act by Danielle Bean
Style, Sex, and Substance: 10 Catholic Women Consider the Things that Really Matter by Hallie Lord
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell. I read another book of his, Blink, in 2013 and loved it!
Into the Still Blue by Veronica Rossi (on pre-order, comes out this month). I'm also planning on re-reading the first two books of the trilogy before it comes out.
Something Other Than God: How I Passionately Sought Happiness and Accidentally Found It by Jennifer Fulwiler (on pre-order, comes out in April)
Watership Down by Richard Adams
Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids by Kim John Payne
Strange Gods: Unmasking the Idols in Everyday Life by Elizabeth Scalia
The Creative Family: How to Encourage Imagination and Nurture Family Connections by Amanda Blake Soule
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
A Book of Saints for Catholic Moms by Lisa M. Hendey
Behold Your Queen! A Story of Esther by Gladys Malvern
Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell
To the Field of Stars: A Pilgrim's Journey to Santiago de Compostela by Kevin A. Codd
A Hidden Magic by Vivian Vande Velde
The Heart of Motherhood: Finding Holiness in the Catholic Home by Donna-Marie Cooper O'Boyle
The Island of the Colorblind by Oliver Sacks
Feast!: Real Food, Reflections, and Simple Living for the Christian Year by Haley and Daniel Stewart
Pope Awesome and Other Stories by Cari Donaldson
Lady of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley. (This is a novel that was given to me as a gift and has been lingering unread on my shelves for YEARS. Time to knock it out.)
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
The Catechism of the Catholic Church (I'm doing that "Read the Catechism in a Year" via email thing. It started in December, so if you'd like to join in, there's not TOO much catching up to do!)
That's an average of about one book every two weeks (not counting the Catechism). Think I can do it?
Wow, that is a lot of reading. When I was a kid I used to gobble books, but that was before, you know, being an adult with a job and husband :) I'm impressed that you can manage! Watership Down is one you should definitely make time for. I got some cool ideas from this list too - the covers on The Mysterious Benedict Society and A Hidden Magic are gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteI would warn you against the Lady of Avalon. I am pretty sure that is the same book I read several years back because someone told me it was good, it is not! Evilness and incest that is all I am going to say. Everything else on the list looks great, I may take a couple ideas from you. I found you through Haley's link up.
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