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June was a huge reading month for me, so I’m excited to share a few of the books with you. Here’s what I’ve been reading lately:
The More of Less: Finding the Life You Want Under Everything You Own: I really enjoyed this book by Joshua Becker (and am currently taking his “Uncluttered” online course right now!). It’s worth a read.
The Newcomer, The Hero, The Chance, and The Promise: The 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th books in the Thunder Point book series that I started last month. I’m still enjoying them, and love that the series draws in new characters each book while also continuing old storylines a bit.
Beachcombers: I didn’t like it much at. I don’t have much to say about it.
Thirteen Reasons Why: This book is about someone who commits suicide, but leaves a series of tapes behind explaining what led up to that choice. It was an interesting premise for a book, and held my attention well. I gave it 3.5 out of 5 stars.
Soul Surfer: This was a random choice because I was about to get in the car to drive for an hour and needed a quick book to listen to. There were interesting points, and her resiliency was impressive.
Escape from Camp 14: One Man’s Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West: This story was equal parts fascinating, horrifying, and heartbreaking. The author was born into a labor camp in North Korea and imagined to escape. It’s worth the read.
The Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night at a Time: This is Arianma Huffington’s new book, and I had added it to my “to read” shelf after seeing a 10-15 minute interview with her about the book. The book was boring in parts, although there was some interesting research.
The Body Keeps The Score: Written by one of the leading researcher’s on trauma, this book has helped challenge previous ideas of therapy with trauma, and had practical chapters for therapists at the end as well. I wish this was mandatory reading for almost everyone 🙂
Growing Up Amish: I listened to the audiobook of this, and was glad I had because I wouldn’t have wanted to waste the time to sit down and actually read it. I listened to it while weeding and cleaning, and it held my interest well enough.
The Witness Wore Red: The 19th Wife Who Brought Polygamous Cult Leaders to Justice. This was another book that was heartbreaking and fascinating (this seems to be the theme of my past 5 weeks of reading).
So that’s what I read in the month of June! I tried to keep a mix between educational, life-learning, and fun sorts of reading, and I think I did a great job of it! If you are looking for any other book lists or recommendations, check out my book review page
Now it’s your turn to share! What have you been reading lately? Are there any “must read” summer books that you’d like to share!?
I read a lot of personal development books. Recently I read The Millionaire Messenger. It’s fantastic. As far as “leisure reads”, I get these 99 cent kindle books that are wholesome romances that are quick and easy reads that I can just zone out with. lol!
I’ll check out the Millionaire Messenger- thanks for sharing!