This is in no small part thanks to a week at the beach and several days spent proctoring AP tests. That and the fact that I'm a speed reader...
Non-fiction:
Every Bitter Thing is Sweet by Sara Hagerty
Interrupted by Jen Hatmaker
7 by Jen Hatmaker
Breaking Free by Beth Moore
A Long Obedience in the Same Direction by Eugene Peterson
The Envy of Eve by Melissa Kruger
Recapture the Wonder by Ravi Zacharias
Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
Depression: Looking Up From The Stubborn Darkness (Edward T.
Welch)
Quiet: the Power of Introverts in a World that can't Stop Talking
(Susan Cain)
The Fringe Hours (Jessica Turner)
Jesus the King (Timothy Keller)
A Little Salty to Cut the Sweet (Sophie Hudson)
He Chose the Nails (Max Lucado)
Shakespeare Saved My Life: Ten Years in Solitary with the Bard
(Laura Bates)
Sabbath (Wayne Muller)
Still: Notes on a Mid-Faith
Crisis (Lauren Winner) – this
book resonated with me far more than I expected it would. There were many times I felt Lauren had
copied my own journal directly into her book.
I borrowed it from the library but plan to buy my own copy.
Is Everyone Hanging out
Without Me? (Mindy Kaling) – just a funny and enjoyable read
In Cold Blood (Truman
Capote) – I read this
because a good friend and coworker had her AP English class read it this
year. I read it thinking it was fiction
and once I found out it was supposed to be non-fiction, my thoughts on it
changed a bit.
Fiction:
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Alan Bradley)
Big Little Lies (Liane Moriarty)
The Magician’s Nephew (C.S. Lewis)
The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis)
The Good Girl (Mary Kubica)
The Invention of Wings (Sue Monk Kidd)
The Weed that Strings the Hangman’s Bag (Alan Bradley)
Year of Wonders (Geraldine Brooks)
Three Wishes (Liane Moriarty)
Orphan Train (Christina Baker Kline)
The Things we do for Love (Kristin Hannah)
Angels Walking (Karen Kingsbury)
A Red Herring Without
Mustard (Alan Bradley) – It’s
not a month without Flavia de Luce
The Next Always (Nora
Roberts) – beach reading
at its finest.
The Rosie Project / The
Rosie Effect (Graeme Simsion) – I loved the first one; could have down without the second, but it
wasn’t terrible. Simsion created some
very interesting characters.
The Outer Banks House /
Return to the Outer Banks House (Diann Ducharme) – I chose these because I was at the Outer
Banks and like the series above, loved the first and was disappointed with the
second. I honestly wish I hadn’t read
the second at all because the plot took a turn that still makes me mad when I
think about it. I wanted only happily ever
after books for my beach reading.
Summer Island (Kristin
Hannah) – it was fine;
not my favorite from this author
Attachments (Rainbow Rowell)
– I LOVED this book. Highly recommend. So sweet.
Speak (Lauren Halse
Anderson) – this is a YA
classic and I am glad I read it. Anderson makes the school counselor seem
pretty useless and oblivious so I found that both annoying and convicting. It definitely gave me something to think
about.
The Last Anniversary (Liane
Moriarty) – Another great
one from Moriarty. The tone of her books
is also light and funny, but she brings attention to some dark topics at the
same time. This one is about post-partum
depression – I feel like it’s important to know that before reading.
Chasing Sunsets (Karen
Kingsbury) – the sequel
to Angels Walking; I will continue to
read the series but I’m starting to get frustrated with this author’s overly
sappy and predictable stories. Maybe if she
hadn’t signed a contract that has her publishing multiple books year they’d be
better……
On Deck:
Orthodoxy (GK Chesterton)
The Girl on the Train (Paula Hawkins)
Yes Please (Amy Poehler)
Just Mercy (Bryan Stevenson)
Total Finished as of May 31, 2015 – 41
Somehow I think getting to 52 is going to happen sooner than December.....
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