Do you have any hobbies? I usually answer that question by saying that reading is at the top of my list. But, really, it is the only thing on my list. I have always considered myself a bookworm, who didn’t have, or want, any other hobbies.
At the end of each year, I like to make 2 lists: one of the books I read in the previous year, and one of books I would like to read in the coming year. But, as a self-proclaimed bookworm, the list of books I had actually completed in 2019 was embarrassingly short!
That hasn’t stopped me from buying new ones though! I’ve been keeping most of them on a mental shelf to read “when things slow down.” But, let’s be honest, that’s not going to happen any time soon. Life is just busy right now, and it looks like it will be staying that way for the foreseeable future.
So, this year, I am challenging myself with 25 books (in addition to reading through the Bible). This works out to about 2-ish books per month. It will be a challenge…but doable…I think.
(I almost said, “Here they are in no particular order.” But, that’s not exactly true, since they are in alphabetical order, by title. What I mean is, this isn’t necessarily the order in which I will read them…it just kept things neat and tidy while I was making my list.)
My Reading List for 2020:
90-Day Chronological Bible Reading Plan
12 Ways Your Phone is Changing You, by Tony Reinke
All That’s Good, by Hannah Anderson
Chasing Contentment, by Erik Raymond
Closer than a Sister, by Christina Fox
Creating a Beautiful Life, by Elizabeth George
Designed for Joy, ed. by Jonathan Parnell & Owen Strachan
Fear and Faith, by Trillia J. Newbell
Flourish, by Lydia Brownback
Getting to the Heart of Friendships, by Amy Baker
Glory in the Ordinary, by Courtney Reissig
Help for Women Under Stress, by Randy and Nanci Alcorn
Her-Story, by Diana Lynn Severance
Is the Bible Good for Women?, by Wendy Alsup
Jesus and the Feminists, by Margaret Elizabeth Kostenberger
Leaving Legalism, by Kendra Fletcher
Lit!, by Tony Reinke
No Little Women, by Aimee Byrd
On Reading Well, by Karen Swallow Prior
Picture Perfect, by Amy Baker
Praying through the Bible for your Kids, by Nancy Guthrie
Precious Truths in Practice, by Martha Peace
Suffering is Never for Nothing, by Elisabeth Elliot
The True Woman, by Susan Hunt
Women & God, by Kathleen Nielson
Women of the Word, by Jen Wilkin
Some of these are re-reads, because I like to do that. Some have shown up on previous lists, with all sorts of good intentions, but have remained either untouched or unfinished. (In most of those cases, I am pretty sure it was the fault of an extraordinarily busy season, and not the content of the book itself, so I’m going to give them another try.) The rest are new…to me, although they may have been around for awhile.
What are you reading this year?
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