What I’m Reading in September [Book List]

I frequently have friends ask me what I’m reading or what I recommend, so hopefully, these posts are helpful in giving you some ideas. If there’s a certain topic you’re looking for, let me know and I’ll see if I can direct you to a book. 🙂

UPDATE: Here’s My 2018 Book List >>> joycemoy.com/booklist2018 (monthly lists linked at the bottom of this post)

Being a life-long learner and bookwormish means I read some pretty random things sometimes. I mean, if I run out of stuff, I read the backs of cereal boxes or car magazines. Sometimes it doesn’t even matter if it is stuff I agree with or not. I really think we can learn something from everything. Soooo…I’m not sure there is ever a theme to each month’s books but…

Here’s my September Book List:

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Okay, so in our group this month, we’re chatting it up on work. It can be work where you get a paycheck, ministry or volunteer work, or your work as a mom in this season. So don’t check out if you don’t have a traditional job because whatever you do is important and don’t discount it even if society doesn’t always validate (y)our role. As mentioned above, since I’m all about learning and takeaways and finding action points, I take the info I have and view it from the parenting lense. And mom work is definitely work! Just because I’m not getting paid to do something does not mean I can’t have goals. So, on to the books…

📚 1) *Business Boutique: A Woman’s Guide for Making Money Doing What She Loves by Christy Wright

Once a business major… :p

📚 2) *Holy Hustle: Embracing a Work-Hard, Rest-Well Life by Crystal Stine

Work hard, rest well…need I say more? Okay, fine, I’ll say more. I think we need to do both. We need to work hard because we aren’t called to do complete a job but to do it to the best of our abilities. In order to have the energy to work hard, we need to rest well. This will also help us to stop and reflect on if what we’re doing is what we’re supposed to be doing. I’m sure the book has more to say on this. Read it. Now. 🙂

📚 3) *Hello Mornings: How to Build a Grace-Filled, Life-Giving Morning Routine by Kat Lee

Just because I can always use an extra dose of motivation to start well.

There you have it, my books for September 2018. Follow along on my FB page for some inspiring quotes or more of my thoughts as I read.

What are you currently reading? Do you set reading goals or have a book list?

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Open to new members until September 3rd:

I prepared a gathering place of sorts two years ago and was not brave enough to know what to do. I lost my brave along the way somehow and I want to find it again…along with so many other things.

Having heard the hearts of many mama friends, I think it is time.

I hope it will be a place of encouragement as well as learning, a place where you can find and give grace, a place of inspiration but also of accountability. I want to hear your story and help you take the next steps…or rather, let’s take some next steps together because I’m right there with ya. There are the must-dos of motherhood like laundry and meals and there are the wish-to-dos like personal retreats which I believe are so life-giving and everyone around us can benefit. And then how do we fit in things like trying new things, budgeting, taking adventures, emergency planning? Let’s figure this out together.

Please hear me out when I say this will not be “another thing for the to-do list.” If it starts to feel like that, you are free to come and go as the seasons change.

I may share Scripture and other Bible stuff here or there, but if you don’t consider yourself religious, that is okay. You are welcome to join. Or not. I’m not easily offended. But I do hope you find your own tribe of life-giving friends to love on you and lift you up.

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