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Top 10 Reads of 2023
A little late, but here’s my round-up of my favorite books from 2023!
Top Reads of 2022
I finally took a few minutes to think about my favorite books of the year and to dwell on what the practice of reading taught me in 2022.
Wisdom Below Zero
The first time I read Katherine May’s “Wintering,” I needed to know that all winters come to an end. This time, I realized that I need to learn how to weather the winters.
My Top Reads: 2021
As the year wraps up, it’s time to share my favorite books from 2021! Welcome into my library, filled with fantastical adventures and deep thoughts. Maybe you’ll find a few titles you want to read as well.
Courage, Dear Heart
Since childhood, I’ve seen myself in the character of C. S. Lewis’ Lucy. More than that, the relationship Lucy has with the lion Aslan helped shape my own relationship with Christ.
For the Love of Books
In honor of World Book Day, I reflected on the role our shared love of literature has played in my husband’s and my relationship, and how reading the same books and seeing the same story differently through the other’s eyes has brought us closer to the stories, and each other.
Love & War & Peace
After two years of hearing my husband sing the praises of Tolstoy’s War and Peace, I decided to read it for myself and was blown away. I walked away from the novel understanding and appreciating our love, and my husband himself, all the more.
My Top 10 Reads of 2020
With the year at it’s end, I wanted to share the 10 best books I read this year. Its a smattering of fiction and nonfiction, and each one is fantastic.
Believe the Fairytale
Fairytales might look like children’s stories, but they are so much more than that; they point to certain, deep truths about the world, least of which is the very real existence of true love.