The Little Things
October 5, 2016

All month I kept telling Melissa “I feel like I’m not getting any reading done!”, but then I’d go back and count up the books, and realize that I had, in fact, been reading. I got 10 books read in September, so I think it just had to do with my schedule changing up a bit, and feeling like I did have less free time in the evenings to read (I’m at 94 books for 2016 now!). Here are the books I read in September:

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Bread and Wine: A Love Letter to Life Around The Table with Recipes: I’ve heard plenty about Shauna Niequist the past few years, but this was the first book that I actually read by her. I loved this sweet story about “life around the table”, about relationships and community, about processing, about heart ache, about celebration… all the things when we invite others to come to the table. I loved it.

Fool Moon: One of my friends has convinced me to read the Dresden Files. This is the second book in this series, and I didn’t love it (I’ve heard people say you have to make it to book 3, 5, or 7 to really enjoy it- I’m not going to stick it out that long but may read one more book the series. We’ll see.) The problem is that I don’t really care about any of the characters, which means I don’t feel connected to the story.

Virgin River, Shelter Mountain, and Whispering Rock: This summer I read Robyn Carr’s Thunder Point series, and this fall I started on her Virgin River series. I’m not as into this series as I was Thunder Point, but the books do make for enjoyable reading at the end of the day!

The Guard: Remember when I was obsessed with The Selection Series? This is a novella about one of the characters from the series. It wasn’t my favorite novella (I think The Favorite and The Queen were my favorites), but I did enjoy this story.

Happily Ever After: This book, by Kiera Cass (author of The Selection Series), includes the novellas I’ve read in the past, along with some short stories about other characters from the series as well. I love when I get to know characters in multiple ways, so I loved this book!

Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology: Leah Remini’s book made for a really interesting audiobook to listen to. I found some of her stories about Scientology really interesting, and there were many times throughout where my heart ached a bit for her.

Savor: Living Abundantly Where you are, as you are: This is another book by Shauna Niequist, and is written as a year long devotional book. It took me a bit to really realize that, as I was listening to it and not reading it, but I loved it so much that I kept going anyways. I love the way that she is real and puts things we each struggle with into words.

Catching Fire: Each year I listen to the Hunger Games Series in the fall, and at the end of last month I kicked that off with the Hunger Games. In September I listened to Catching Fire- I don’t get sick of the books, and could listen to it again right now!

Now it’s your turn to share! Do you ever read a specific book during certain times of the year? What should I read next?

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