Category: Books
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The 12 Best Books I Read in 2025
Ah yes. Once again, it is time to look back on the past 365 days of reading, and cull through the books I consumed to pick my favorites. This is a cherished tradition because it involves reading through the quotations I highlighted, underlined, copied down, and texted to friends. It’s like reminding myself of all…
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The 13 Best Books I Read in 2024
Here are 13 of the best books I read in 2024.
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The 12 Best Books I Read in 2023
12 of the best books I read in 2023
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Books of 2022: 13 of my favorite reads
Here are 13 books that changed, encouraged, taught, and delighted me in 2022.
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Writing is Work
To create a work of art, great or small, is work, hard work, and work requires discipline and order. Walking on Water, by Madeleine L’Engle I used to think writing was fun and easy. A nice pastime or hobby. I had a romanticized view of myself sitting in a coffee shop, peacefully tapping away at a keyboard while…
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Books of 2021: 9 Titles I Read & Loved
Every year, I look forward to writing this post. As much as I enjoy reading books throughout the year, writing this post is taking a walk down memory lane, reminding myself of what I read and whether/why I loved them. (It’s the book equivalent to working through the 5 questions I’m asking myself about…
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Books of 2020: 12 Titles I Read & Enjoyed
Ah, reading. One of the many joys in life. Once again, I’ve compiled a list of books I read and enjoyed over the last 365 days. The word “enjoyed” is quite important, as there were some books I read and did not enjoy and other books I read and semi-enjoyed—but not enough to include them…
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12 Favorite Books from 2019
Every year, I like to pick out my favorite reads from the past 365 days. Some years yield pretty slim pickings (8 favorites in 2018; 5 favorites in 2017). Other years (like this one), I look back through my list of books read and keep thinking, “Oh, I loved that one!” I’m not sure how…
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Come to Jesus Launch Team
The following people graciously volunteered to be a part of the Come to Jesus Launch Team. I asked for volunteers to pray, share, and review Come to Jesus on Amazon, and I’m thankful that so many of them followed through with these things. What an encouragement! I couldn’t have done it without this group of…
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Come to Jesus Release Day: Who is This Book For?
Today is the launch day for Come to Jesus. That means that (as of this morning) you can hop on to Amazon and either buy a paperback copy or have an e-book immediately delivered to your e-reader. But before you do that, I want to answer this question: Who is Come to Jesus for? Is it…
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Why I Didn’t Want to Write a Book (& why I wrote it anyway)
It all started about two years ago. While running in a nearby neighborhood, I began praying and thinking through goals for 2017. My thoughts meandered to the writing segment of my life. Should I continue to write? My husband has always encouraged me to keep writing, so I knew what his vote would be. But…
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My 8 favorite books of 2018
I did not do a marvelous job of keeping track of the books I read in 2018. I’m guessing I read less than last year’s number of 35, considering we moved this year and I spent a good deal of time completing my book, Come to Jesus. Regardless, as I looked back through the list…