My Reading Challenge -
First of all, this is the first year that I actually tried the Tim Challies' reading challenge. I have printed it off several years in the hopes and intentions that I would somehow, someway make time for it. I love to read, but unless I am intentional about carving out that time for a specific book, I wound up with dusty bookshelves that are more for decoration than use, and gazing upon them from time to time thinking, 'I really need to read that or I really want to read that...'.
Very frustrating to say the least.
Although I already read a ton for our school days, it's just not the same, I wanted to read for myself. I wanted to increase what I had to offer to my girls, I wanted to have a thing that was just for me, I wanted to have a place to go when days are long and hard and leaving the house is out of the question. Little did I know what this year had to offer, and how the books I had chosen last December/January would meet me right where I needed them. Only God could do something like that.
SO, here is what I read. I read each month, just some months I took the time to write a blog post about them, and some I didn't - this was a really, really tough year for my family and me. And inevitably, I have forgotten to include some titles here. Yes, what I read is different and less than what I had planned for (and pulled off the shelves in preparation), but I am still SO SO happy with how this goal turned out. (PS I already have my list for the new year 👀 and can't wait to try again)
Monsters in the Hollows
Stella by Starlight
Freedom Crossing
Best Family Ever
Boxes of Butterflies
A Chance to Die
The Curate of Glaston
April: (I read each month, just some months I took the time to write a blog post about them, and some I didn't).
All The Light We Cannot See
The Lady's Confession (book 2 of Curate of Glaston trilogy)
How to Enjoy Reading Your Bible
Refugee
Night of the Full Moon
Isaiah 53 Explained
Redemption, Remember, Return, Rejoice, Reunion
July: (both posts, the first one is just about books, the rest of the list is included at the bottom of the second post)
Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
Sweep
Dot Journaling, a Practical Guide
Waiting on God
Expectation Corner
Alice in Wonderland
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Harriet Tubman (Christian/History Heroes Then and Now)
Katie Parker book 5
Secret Garden
Suffering
The One and Only Ivan
Mulan
Fear Gone Wild
Uncovering the Logic of English
Unoffendable
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Save the Date
The Harbringer
Forever Your Girl (Katie Parker book 6)
The Holiday Husband
The Rock, The Road, and The Rabbi
The Reading Promise
Christmas Picture Books
Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus
A Christmas Carol
Down, Not Out by Chris Cipollone
The Harbringer II, the Return
We also read through the Book of Job this summer and should complete the Book of Luke today.
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