Books

Books I've Read in 2016

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

The Greatest Gift by Ann Voskamp

Best Boy by Eli Gottlieb

The Secret Piano by Zhu Xia-Mei

The One in a Million Boy by Monica Wood

Me Before You by Jojo Moyes

The Midwife's Revolt by Jodi Daynard

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

Save Me by Lisa Scottoline

For My Daughters by Barbara Delinsky

Rhythms of Rest by Shelly Miller

You Learn by Living by Eleanor Roosevelt

The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck

The Book of Mormon

The Feast Nearby by Robin Mather

Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

Discipline- The Glad Surrender by Elizabeth Elliot

Keep a Quiet Heart by Elizabeth Elliot

Love at First Note by Jenny Proctor

The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd

Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand

Wild Swans - Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang

The Quotidian Mysteries by Kathleen Norris

Pilgrim Principles by Lacy Clark Ellman

The Lake House by Kate Morton

Sailing Alone Around the Room by Billy Collins

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard

Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northrup

The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence

Finding Spiritual Whitespace- Awakening Your Soul to Rest by Bonnie Gray

The American Way of Eating- Undercover at Walmart, Applebee's, Farm Fields

                    and the Dinner Table by Tracie McMillan

The Lord Will Give Grace and Glory- BYU Women's Conference 2014

Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver

Longing for Home- Hope Springs by Sarah M. Eden (RS Bookclub selection)

Longing for Home by Sarah M. Eden (RS Bookclub selection)

Books I've Read in 2015

Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry

Adventures in Contentment by David Grayson

Cry the Beloved Country by Alan Paton (reread - Audible)

Journal of a Solitude by May Sarton

The Open Road by Pico Iyer

Getting Things Done by David Allen

The Book of Mormon

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

In Celebration of Simplicity The Joy of Living Lightly by Penelope Wilcock

I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh

We Were Liars by e. lockhart

The End of the Affair by Graham Greene

The Martian by Andy Weir(Audible)

The Book of Stillmeadow by Gladys Tabor

Jesus the Christ by James E. Talmadge

Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee

What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty (Reread from the bookshelf - RS Book club)

Paper Towns by John Green

Saint Francis of Assisi by G.K. Chesteron

The Art of Stillness Adventures in Going Nowhere by Pico Iyer

The Song of the Seed A Monastic Way of Tending the Soul by Macrina Wiederkehr

Living Yoga by Christy Turlington

Poems of the American South

C.S. Lewis on Joy by C.S. Lewis

Bringing it to the Table- On Farming and Food by Wendell Berry

Eating the Bible by Rena Rossner

True Spirit by Jessica Watson

A Touch of Wonder by Arthur Gordon (RS Book Club Selection)

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (Audible)

Confessions by Saint Augustine

Thirst by Mary Oliver

Grace (Eventually) Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott

Wild by Cheryl Strayed (Audible)

A Month of Italy by Chris Brady

Small Victories- Spotting Improbable Moments of Grace by Anne Lamott

Under the Tuscan Sun - At Home in Italy by Frances Mayes

The Cloister Walk by Kathleen Norris

His Final Hours by W. Jeffrey Marsh

Simplifying the Soul Lenten Practices to Renew Your Spirit by Paula Huston

The Gift of the Atonement Favorite Writings on the Atonement and Resurrection of Jesus Christ

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (Audible)

Own Your Life by Sally Clarkson (Audible)

Little Britches- Father and I Were Ranchers by Ralph Moody (Kid Lit)

Found A Story of Questions, Grace and Everyday Prayer by Micha Boyett

The Divine Center by Stephen Covey(reread from the book shelf)

The Year of Pleasures by Elizabeth Berg

The Complete Tales of Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne (Kid Lit)

The Life- Changing Magic of Tidying Up The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondo

Mountains Between Us by Jenny Proctor

Carry On, Warrior by Glennon Doyle Melton

Keep It Shut- What to Say, How to Say It, and When to Say Nothing At All by Karen Ehman

The Agony and the Ecstasy -A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo by Irving Stone

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (Audible)

Anne of Green Gables (reread from the bookshelf, RS Bookclub selection) by L.M. Montgomery

Pure Before Thee - Becoming Cleansed and Changed by Christ by C. Robert Line

Americanah by Chimamanda Adichie (Audible)

It Starts with Food by Dallas and Melissa Hartwig

Essentialism-The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown

Books I've Read in 2014

God is in the Manger by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The Greatest Gift by Ann Voskamp (reread from the bookshelf)

The Reading Promise by Alice Ozma

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (reread from the bookshelf)

The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Anderson (Audible)

A Good American by Alex George 

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson (Kid Lit)

To Be a Runner by Martin Duggard (Audible)

The True Saint Nicholas by William Bennett( Audible)

The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster (Kid Lit)

Chasing Francis- A Pilgrim's Tale by Ian Morgan Cron

The Book of Mormon 

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

The Light Between Oceans by M. L. Stedman (RS Book Club)

Emily of New Moon by L.M. Montgomery(Kid Lit)

Over- Dressed The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion by Elizabeth Cline

Peak by Roland Smith (Kid Lit)

40 Acres and No Mule by Janice Holt Giles

The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan

A Gift From the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindberg (reread from the book shelf, RS Book Club)

The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult

My Story by Elizabeth Smart

The Feast Nearby by Robin Mather (reread from the bookshelf)

Tara's Healing by Janice Holt Giles

Good Harbor by Anita Diamant

Crowfoot Ridge by Ann Brandt

Stonewall Kitchen Favorites (Cookbook)

Hannah Fowler by Janice Holt Giles

Dear Life by Alice Munro

Continue Your Journey and Let Your Hearts Rejoice by BYU Women's Conference Speakers 2013

The Railway Children by E. Nesbitt (Kid Lit)

Love Comes Softly by Janette Oke (Relief Society Book Club)

For the Children's Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay

This Life is in Your Hands by Melissa Coleman

The Seven Deadly Sins Today by Henry Fairlee

The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin ( reread from the bookshelf)

Notes From a Blue Bike The Art of Living Intentionally in a Chaotic World by Tsh Oxenreider

Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver

Divergent by Veronica Roth

Simplifying the Soul Lenten Practices to Renew Your Spirit by Paula Huston

The Fault in our Stars by John Green

Life Leaves Clues by Brian Thayer

Act in Doctrine Spiritual patterns for turning from self to the Savior by David A. Bednar

Walden by Henry David Thoreau

Being George Washington by Glenn Beck

Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein

While My Sister Sleeps by Barbara Delinsky

Mandy (Kid's Lit) by Julie Andrews Edwards

Turn the Page How to Read Like a Top Leader by LIFE Leadership 

Wings to the Kingdom by Cherie Priest

Sonnets from the Portuguese by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Every- Day Religion by Hannah Whitall Smith

The Lessons of St. Francis by John Michael Talbot (reread from the bookshelf)

Serving Victoria Life in the Royal Household by Kate Hubbard

Delicious Conversation by Jennifer Stewart Griffith

Persuasion by Jane Austen

Next to Godliness-Finding the Sacred in Housekeeping Edited by Alice Peck

Keep a Quiet Heart by Elisabeth Elliot (reread from the bookshelf)

The Fast Metabolism Diet by Haylie Pomroy

Boundaries by Dr.  Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend

Between the Lines-Unlocking Scripture with Timeless Principles by Joseph Fielding McConkie

Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton (reread from the bookshelf)

The Silent Boy by Lois Lowry (Kid's Lit) (reread from the bookshelf)

Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick ( Kid's Lit)

What alice forgot by Liane Moriarty

Advent and Christmas Wisdom by Henri J. Nouwen

God is in the Manger by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Watch for the Light- Readings for Advent and Christmas (reread from the bookshelf)

Books I've Read in 2013

Laura Ingalls Wilder Series- Volumes 1-9 (children's literature)

The Greatest Gift by Ann Voskamp

The Mosquito Coast by Paul Theroux

The Paradox of Choice-Why More is Less  by Barry Schwartz

Bittersweet by Shauna Niequist

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

A Mountain of Crumbs by Elena Gorokhova

Ronia, The Robber's Daughter (children's literature) by Astrid Lindgren

Making Sense of the Book of Revelation by Robert L. Millet

The Spirit of Discernment-Reading the Signs of Daily Life by Henri Nouwen

The Children of Noisy Village by Astrid Lindgren (children's literature)

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

I Hate It When Exercise is the Answer by Emily Watts

The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

The Homemade Pantry by Alana Chernila

Bread and Wine by Shauna Niequist

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

You Can Never Get Enough of What You Don't Need - Mary Ellen Edmonds

The Light Between Oceans by M. L. Stedman

10 Great Souls I Want To Meet In Heaven by Michael Wilcox

A Whole New Mind- Why Right Brainers Will Rule the Future by Daniel H. Pink

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley

The Book of Mormon

Cold Tangerines-Celebrating the Extraordinary Nature of Everyday Life by Shauna Niequist

$aved-How I Quit Worrying About Money and Became the Richest Guy in the World by Ben Hewitt

Abe Lincoln Grows Up by Carl Sandburg (children's literature)

For Times of Trouble-Spiritual Solace from the Psalms by Jeffrey R. Holland

The Road to Assisi -The Essential Biography of St. Francis by Paul Sabatier

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

Prairie-Town Boy by Carl Sandburg (children's literature)

Open Heart, Open Home The Hospitable Way to Make Others Feel Welcome and Wanted by Karen Mains

Wind Song by Carl Sandburg (children's literature)

Early Moon by Carl Sandburg (children's literature)

Holiness for Housewives and Other Working Women by Hubert van Zeller

Home-Making by J.R. Miller

Living Your Covenants Every Day by Jennifer Brinkerhoff Platt

Wonderstruck-Awaken to the Nearness of God by Margaret Feinberg

Rootabaga Stories by Carl Sandburg (children's literature)

Rascal -Making a Difference By Becoming an Original Character by Chris Brady

A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter (children's literature)

Daughters in My Kingdom

Unglued -Making Wise Choices in the Midst of Raw Emotions by Lysa Terkeurst

The House at Rose Creek by Jenny Proctor

Life Is So Good by George Dawson and Richard Glaubman (Relief Society Book Club)

Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell

Love to Eat, Hate to Eat -Breaking the Bondage of Destructive Eating Habits by Elyse Fitzpatrick

A Tree Full of Angels-Seeing the Holy in the Ordinary by Macrina Wiederkehr

Jacob, Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson(children's literature)

The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson( children's literature)

Magical Journey -An Apprenticeship in Contentment by Katrina Kenison

To Try Men's Souls by Newt Gingrich and William Forstchen

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson(children's literature)

Behind the Beautiful Forevers - Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo

Living a Covenant Marriage edited by Douglas Brinley and Daniel K Judd

Peter Pan by James M. Barrie (children's literature)

Edenbrooke by Julianne Donaldson

Daughter of Time by Sarah Woodbury (Relief Society Book Club)

The Cave Painters by Gregory Curtis

The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper ( children's literature)

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle by Betty MacDonald (children's literature)

Sing You Home by Jodie Picoult

Armed with Righteousness - Talks from 2012 BYU Women's Conference

1913 by Oliver DeMille (Current Events, Trends and Cycles of History Online Class)

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

Voluntary Simplicity by Duane Elgin

My Life in France by Julia Child

The Stages of Life by Carl Jung (Great Books Discussion)

Not So Fast by Ann Kroeker

Gift From the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Through His Eyes by Virginia H. Pearce

One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp (Read it yearly!)

A Land More Kind Than Home by Wiley Cash

Resolved- 13 Resolutions for Life  by Orrin Woodward (Current Events, Trends and Cycles of History Online Class)

Selections from The Theory of the Leisure Class by Thorstein Veblen ( Great Books Discussion)

Becoming a Vessel of God's Power by Donna Partow

An Everlasting Meal by Tamar Adler

Prayer- Finding the Heart's True Home by Richard Foster (Bloom book club)

The Confident Woman by Joyce Meyer

The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad (Great Books Discussion)

Katarina by Kathryn Winter (children's literature)

The Game with Minutes by Frank Laubach

Learning the Vocabulary of God by Frank Laubach

Freedom Shift by Oliver DeMille (Current Events, Trends and Cycles of History Online Class)

Thoughts for the Times on War and Death by Sigmund Freud (Great Books Discussion)

Mind Set! by John Naisbitt (Current Events, Trends and Cycles of History Online Class)

Les Miserables  by Victor Hugo (reread)

Selections from The Value of Science by Henri Poincare ( Great Books Discussion)

Half Magic by Edward Eager (children's literature)


The Coming Aristocracy by Oliver DeMille (Current Events, Trends and Cycles of History Online Class)

Alabama Moon by Watt Key ( children's literature)

The Fourth Turning by William Strauss and Neil Howe ( Current Events, Trends and Cycles of History Online Class)

At Home in Mitford by Jan Karon  ( reread for the third time! - Relief Society Book Club Selection)

The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baronesss Emmuska Orczy (Relief Society Book Club Selection)

Selections from Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville (Great Books Discussion)

The Feast Nearby by Robin Mather

The Philosophy of Andy Warhol by Andy Warhol

2012 Book List

    *The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis

    *Booked by Karen Swallow Prior

    * Folks, This Ain't Normal by Joel Salatin

The Star Garden by Nancy Turner

Watch for the Light - Readings for Advent and Christmas

God is in the Manger by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Advent and Christmas Wisdom from Henri J. Nouwen

Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus edited by Nancy Guthrie

The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry

The Story of the Other Wise Man by Henry Van Dyke

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

The Saturdays by Elizabeth Enright

The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis

The Wisdom of Menopause by Christiane Northrup

Happy Like Jesus by D. Kelly Ogden

The Book of Mormon

Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman

The Ethical Gourmet by Jay Weinstein

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis

The Story of a Soul by St. Therese of Lisieux

The Excellent Wife - A Biblical Perspective by Martha Peace

Happier At Home by Gretchen Rubin

Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind by Ann B. Ross

Of Friendship and Of Solitude by Michel De Montaigne

Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus

Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen

Gilgamesh- David Ferry translation

Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis

The Return of the Prodigal Son by Henri Nouwen

Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry

The Silver Crown by Robert C. O'Brien

The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis

The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis

Small Things With Great Love- Adventures in Loving Your Neighbor by Margot Starbuck

The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis

Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl

The Midnight Fox by Betsy Byars

Sarah's Quilt by Nancy Turner

A Thomas Jefferson Education by Oliver Van DeMille

The Prodigal God- Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith by Timothy Keller

Sabbath - Finding Rest, Renewal and Delight in our Busy Lives by Wayne Muller

Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Pollyanna by Eleanor Porter

How to Start a Conversation and Make Friends by Don Gabor

To the Rescue- The Biography of Thomas S. Monson by Heidi Swinton

The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister

These is My Words by Nancy Turner

Sunflower by Richard Paul Evans

Gift From the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Holiness in Hidden Places by Joni Eareckson Tada

March by Geraldine Brooks

Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery

    Little Bee by Chris Cleave