My Book Lists

2024 Book List

Farming/Homesteading Books
Floret Farm’s Cut Flower Garden by Erin Benzakein
Floret Farm’s A Year in Flowers by Erin Benzakein
Miraculous Abundance by Perrine and Charles Hervé-Gruyer
The Lean Micro Farm by Ben Hartman

Parenting/Homeschooling Books
Scattered Minds by Gabor Maté
Hold on to Your Kids by Gordon Neufeld and Gabor Maté
Standing on the Promises by Doug Wilson
The Four Hour School Day by Durenda Wilson
The Convivial Homeschool by Mystie Winckler

Christian Life
The Gospel Comes With a House Key by Rosaria Butterfield
A Praying Life by Paul Miller

Fiction
40 Acres and Maybe a Mule by Harriette Gillem Robinet
Little House on the Prairie Series (Continued) by Laura Ingalls Wilder

2023 Book List

Knowing God by JI Packer
You Can Farm by Joel Salatin
Restoration Agriculture by Mark Shepherd
The Chicken Encyclopedia by Gail Damerow
Toddlerwise by Gary Ezzo
Breaking the Bondage of Legalism by Neil T. Anderson
The Connected Child by Karin Purvis
Lord, Change Me by Evelyn Christensen
Foster the Family by Jamie Finn
Teach Them to Work by Mary Beeke
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Meaning of Marriage by Tim Keller
The Wonder of Girls by Michael Gurian

2022 Book List

Parenting/Homeschooling
Setting Parents Free by John Cox
Shepherding a Child’s Heart by Tedd Tripp
Don’t Make Me Count to Three by Ginger Hubbard
The Charlotte Mason Companion by Karen Andreola
Heart of Anger by Lou Priolo
Mama Bear Apologetics by Hillary Morgan Ferrer

Christian Life
You’re Only Human by Kelly M. Kapic
Low Anthropology by David Zahl
Devoted by Tim Challies
Prayer in the Night Tish Harrison Warren
Psalms by Charles Spurgeon
Romans by John Stott
Gentle and Lowly by Dane Ortlund
The Life We’re Looking For by Andy Crouch

Habits
Atomic Habits by James Clear
Mini Habits by Stephen Guise
The Common Rule by Justin Whitmel Earley
Habits of the Household by Justin Whitmel Earley

Gardening/Homesteading
Gaias Garden by Toby Hemenway
The One Straw Revolution by Masanobu Fukuoka

2021 Book List

Biography
Elisabeth Elliot by Ellen Vaughn
In the Shadow of the Almighty by Elisabeth Elliot

Christian Life
The Techwise family by Andy Crouch
Walking with God in the Season of Motherhood by Melissa Kruger
12 Faithful Women by Melissa Kruger and Kristen Wetherell
Fiercehearted by Holly Gerth
Practicing the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence

Misc
Atomic Habits by James Clear
Essentialism by Greg McKeown
The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart

           

   

2020 Book List

The Lazy Genius Way: Embrace What Matters, Ditch What Doesn't, and Get Stuff Done by [Kendra Adachi, Emily P. Freeman]

   

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2019

Christian Life

Novels

Parenting and Child Development

Marriage

Personal Health and Development

Bible Study, Theology, and Apologetics

2018

Completed:

  1. Do more Better- Tim Challies
  2. Childwise- Gary Ezzo
  3. Don’t Make Me Count to Three- Ginger Hubbard
  4. Refresh- Gary and Shona Murray
  5. The Unfolding Mystery- Edmund Clowney
  6. Masterpiece – Francine Rivers
  7. Liturgy of the Ordinary- Tish Harrison Warren
  8. How To Talk So Little Children Will Listen -Joanna Faber and Julie King
  9. The Picture of Dorian Gray- Oscar Wilde
  10. Putting Amazing Back into Grace- Michael Horton
  11. I Hate You, Don’t Leave Me
  12. The Core – Leigh Bortins
  13. The Penderwicks Jeanne Birdsall
  14. A Little Princess- Frances Hodgson Burnett
  15. Nothing to Prove- Jennie Allen
  16. Parenting – Paul David Tripp
  17. The Read-Aloud Family- Sarah Mackenzie
  18. Teaching From Rest- Sarah Mackenzie
  19. Hints on Child Training- H. Clay Trumbull
  20. Shaping History Through Prayer and Fasting- Derek Prince
  21. Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire- Jim Cymbala
  22. Treasures of the Snow- Patricia St. John

Read Aloud to Sophie (age 3.5)

  • Mercy Watson to the Rescue – Kate DiCamillo
  • Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride – Kate DiCamillo
  • Eugenia Lincoln Gets an Unexpected Package – Kate DiCamillo
  • Nate the Great- Marjorie Weinman Shermat
  • The Mouse and the Motorcycle- Beverly Clearly
  • Mouse and Charlie-Laurel Snyder
  • Charlotte’s Web

2017

  1. Making the Terrible Twos Terrific- John Rosemond
  2. Jesus Continued- JD Greear
  3. The Life-giving Home- Sally Clarkson
  4. In My Father’s House- Corrie ten Boom
  5. The Women of Easter- Liz Curtis Higgs
  6. Hillbilly Elegy- JD Vance
  7. None Like Him- Jen Wilkin
  8. The Sorcerer’s Stone- JK Rowling
  9. The Chamber of Secrets- JK Rowling
  10. Sensible Shoes- Sharon Garlough Brown
  11. The Prisoner of Azkaban- JK Rowling
  12. The Goblet of Fire- JK Rowling
  13. The Order of the Phoenix- JK Rowling
  14. The Hidden Art of Homemaking- Edith Schaeffer
  15. The Half-Blood Prince- JK Rowling
  16.  The Deathly Hollows- JK Rowling
  17. The Giver- Lois Lowry
  18. Abide in Christ- Andrew Murray

2016

  1. Baby Knows Best- Deborah Solomon
  2. The Scarlet Pimpernel- Baroness Orczy
  3. For the Love- Jen Hatmaker
  4. Year of No Sugar- Eve O Schaub
  5. Babywise Book Two and Toddler wise – Gary Enzo
  6. The Baby Whisperer Solves All Your Problems- Tracy Hogg
  7. Because He Loves Me. Elyse Fitzpatrick
  8. Hiding Place- Corrie ten Boom
  9. Do More Better- Tim Challies
  10. Letters to My Daughters- Barbara Rainey
  11. For the Children’s Sake : Foundations of Education for Home and School – Susan Schaeffer Macauley
  12. The Shallows: What the internet is doing to our mind
  13. Transforming grace: Jerry bridges
  14. The power of habit: Charles Duhigg
  15. Shepherding a Child’s Heart-  Tedd Tripp
  16. Out of the Silent Planet- CS Lewis (audio)
  17. Habits of Grace Dave Mathis
  18. The Magicians Nephew- CS Lewis (audio)
  19. Stop Asking Jesus Into Your Heart- JD Greear (audio)
  20. First We Have Coffee- Margaret Jensen
  21. Fervent- Priscilla Shirer (audio)
  22. Treasuring Christ When Your Hands are Full- Gloria Furman
  23. Oh Crap! Potty Training- Jamie glowicki
  24. Reason for God- Tim Keller
  25. 100 Cupboard- ND Wilson
  26. Dandelion Fire- ND Wilson
  27. Uninvited- Lysa TerKeurst
  28. PollyAnna- Eleanor H. Porter
  29. A Loving Life-Paul Miller
  30. Adopted for Life-  Russell Moore 

2015

  1. Baby Wise I and II- Gary Enzo
  2. The Baby Whisperer- Tracy Hogg
  3. The Best Yes- Lysa TerKeurst
  4. Women of the Word- Jen Wilkin
  5. Live like a Narnian- Joe Rigney
  6. Walking with God in the Season of Motherhood- Melissa Kruger
  7. Classical Christian Education- Douglas Wilson
  8. From Fear to Freedom- Rose Marie Miller
  9. 1000 Gifts- Ann Voskamp
  10. Your God is Too Small- JB Phillips
  11. The Hardest Peace- Kara Tippets
  12. Read Aloud Handbook- Jim Trelease
  13. Adventures in Prayer- Catherine Marshall
  14. The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up- Marie Kondo
  15. The Envy of Eve -Melissa Kruger
  16. Spiritual Mothering- Susan Hunt
  17. The Hiding Place- Corrie ten Boom
  18. Don’t Make Me Count to Three- Ginger Hubbard
  19. Praying the Bible- Donald Whitney
  20. Total Money Makeover- Dave Ramsey
  21. What Alice Forgot- Lianne Moriarty
  22. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy- JRR Tolkien  (again)

2014

  1. The House of Hades- Rick Riordan
  2. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking- Susan Cain
  3. The Hobbit- JRR Tolkien
  4.  Insurgent- Veronica Roth
  5. The Wonder of Words and the Power of God- edited by J. Piper and J. Taylor
  6. Interstellar Pig- William Sleater
  7.  A Wrinkle in Time – Madeline L’Engle
  8. A Wind in the Door- Madeline L’Engle
  9.  A Swiftly Tilting Planet- Madeline L’Engle
  10. Crazy Busy- Kevin DeYoung
  11. Every Good Endeavor- Tim Keller
  12. Many Waters- Madeline L’Engle
  13. The Book of Three- Lloyd Alexander
  14. The Black Cauldron- Lloyd Alexander
  15. The Castle of Llyr- Lloyd Alexander
  16. The Warden and the Wolf King- Andrew Peterson
  17. Taran Wanderer- LLoyd Alexander
  18. The High King- LLoyd Alexander
  19. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets- JK Rowling
  20. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone- JK Rowling
  21. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban- JK Rowling
  22. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire- JK Rowling
  23. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix- JK Rowling
  24. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince- JK Rowling
  25. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows- JK Rowling
  26. The Help- Kathryn Stockett
  27. Eat This Book- Eugene Peterson
  28. The Secret Garden- Frances Hodgson Burnett
  29.  The Gifts of the Child Christ and Other Stories and Fairy Tales- George MacDonald
  30. The Unfolding Mystery: Discovering Chris in the Old Testament – Edmund Clowney
  31. The Fellowship of the Ring- JRR Tolkein
  32. The Two Towers- JRR Tolkein
  33. The Return of the King- JRR Tolkein
  34. On Becoming Babywise- Gary Ezzo and Robert Buckham
  35. Great With Child- Debra Rienstra
  36. Bringing Up Bebe- Pamela Druckerman
  37.  How Eskimos Keep Their Babies Warm: And Other Adventures in Parenting- Mei-Ling Hopgood
  38. Little Women- Louisa May Alcott
  39. For Women Only- Shaunti Feldhahn
  40. The Philosophy of Tolkein- Peter Kreeft
  41. Harriet the Spy- Louise Fitzhugh
  42. Bebé Day by Day- Pamela Druckerman
  43. Born to Run- Chris McDougall
  44. The Big Over Easy- Jasper Fforde

2013

Classics
Jane Eyre- Charlotte Bronte

Evangelism
Case for a Creator- Lee Strobel
Questioning Evangelism- Randy Newman

Current Issues
Amusing Ourselves to Death- Neil Postman

Adolescent Lit.
Monster in the Hollows- Andrew Peterson
North! Or Be Eaten- Andrew Peterson
On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness- Andrew Peterson
Divergent- Veronica Roth
The Mark of Athena- Rick Riordan
The Son of Neptune- Rick Riordan
Inheritance- Christopher Paolini
Artemis Fowl- Eoin Colfer

Marriage, Family, and Relationships
Don’t Make Me Count to Three- Ginger Plowman
Men Are Like Waffles, Women Are Like Spaghetti- Bill and Pam Farrel
Bringing up Bébé- Pamela Drukerman
Boundaries With Teens- John Townsend
Boundaries- Henry Cloud and John Townsend

Personal Growth
Feminine Appeal- Carolyn Mahaney
Nothing Is Impossible With God- Rose Marie Miller
The Envy of Eve- Melissa Kruger
The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness- Tim Keller

2012

12. The Lost Hero- Rick Riordan
11. A Praying Life- Paul Miller
10. Ink Heart- Cornelia Funke
9. Holes-Louis Sachar
8. To Kill a Mockingbird- Harper Lee
7. Monster in the Hollows- Andrew Peterson
6. The Mother Tongue- Bill Bryson
5. North! Or Be Eaten- Andrew Peterson
4. On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness- Andrew Peterson
3. Your Money Counts- Howard Dayton
2. The Meaning of Marriage- Tim Keller
1. The Gifts of the Child Christ and Other Stories and Fairy Tales- George MacDonald (read some, but not all of his short stories)

2011

28. One Thousand Gifts- Ann Voskamp
27. Changes that Heal- Henry Cloud
26. Raggamuffin Gospel- Brennan Manning
25. From Fear to Freedom- Rose Marie Miller
24. Mockingjay- Suzanne Collins
23. Catching Fire- Suzanne Collins
22. The Hunger Games- Suzanne Collins
21. A Praying Life- Paul Miller
20. Brisngr- Christoper Paolini
19. Eldest- Christopher Paolini
18. Eragon- Christopher Paolini
17. Cesar’s Way- Cesar Millan
16. Hinds Feet on High Places- Hannah Hurnard
15. Green- Ted Dekker
14. White- Ted Dekker
13. Red- Ted Dekker
12. Black- Ted Dekker
11. Prodigal God- Tim Keller
10. That Hideous Strength- CS Lewis
9. Perelandra- CS Lewis
8. Out of the Silent Planet- CS Lewis
7. Heaven on Earth-Stephen Nichols
6. Freedom of Simplicity- Richard Foster
5. Eats, Shoots, and Leaves- Lynne Truss
4. The War of Art-Steven Pressfield
3. Blue Like Jazz- Donald Miller
2. Loving People- Dr. John Townsend
1. How People Grow- Drs. Henry Cloud & James Townsend