My book stack was made up of very different types of books. One is a book on a historical figure I’m reading for the Governerds Book Club, another one is about cleaning because I’m starting on a cleaning journey now that we’re mostly in maintenance mode with decluttering, a third book is a middle-grade book recommended to me by my girls, and the last one is about praying for your daughter that I wanted to re-read before passing it along to someone else.
“Reading should not be presented to children as a chore or duty. It should be offered to them as a precious gift.” -Kate DiCamillo
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. 🙂
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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.
📚 *The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams
A generous online acquaintance gifted me a season pass to the Governerd Book Club with Sharon McMahon. *The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams is the first book we read together. This is my first time reading a more “academic” book in a long time. Sharon also shared that the author Stacy Schiff generally uses “harder,” less common vocabulary than we normally use in everyday conversations, so that made it a challenge.
The chapters I read were very interesting and I enjoyed all the book club discussions. It brought to light so many things we didn’t know about the founding fathers and lots of questions about whether or not the things they did were justified. Things would look so different if little occurrences didn’t go the way they did. It took me a long time to finally check out this book because so many people had it on hold at all the libraries and more people had it on hold after me, so I couldn’t renew it. I had to abandon it but I may come back to it someday.
📚 *Simply Clean: The Proven Method for Keeping Your Home Organized, Clean, and Beautiful in Just 10 Minutes a Day
This is a re-read for me. Simply Clean is more of a reference book so it’s not something to read cover-to-cover. Becky Rapinchuk shares all her helpful checklists in this book and discusses the hows and how-tos of cleaning. I really like how things are categorized and then broken down into doable tasks. If you are starting out on the cleaning journey, I recommend just doing the daily tasks until they stick a little, and then moving on to the weekly tasks, and so on and so forth. If you’d rather not have a physical book (because you want to keep an uncluttered house), her blog has a lot of great information, her Instagram has the weekly posts and lots of tips, and her online membership Homekeeping Society is a great way to start getting into the habit of regularly cleaning.
📚 *Song for a Whale
This was recommended to me by my girls. It is about a girl who loves repairing old radios. She learns of a whale who isn’t able to speak with other whales. Iris knows how he feels because she is deaf. She writes a song for him. There is a plot twist and Iris goes on an adventure. After I posted this book on Instagram, I received a message from the author. Watch for something coming from Lynne Kelly soon.
📚 She Is Yours: Trusting God as You Raise the Girl He Gave You
This is a reread. My favorite is the prayer for our daughters at the end of each chapter that goes with the theme of that chapter. “Lord, she is Yours and I trust You with her.”
There you have it, my books for January 2023. If I end up not continuing with these posts on the blog, you can always find them on my social media accounts. Follow along on my FB page and/or IG account.
My 2023 Book Lists
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Monthly Book Lists:
January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December
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Related Posts:
2020 Book List | 2019 Book List | 2018 Book List | 2017 Book List | Book Reflections [Category] |
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