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At the Library - May through September 2019 Reading

We had another baby in May (SO much more on that later) and blogging has obviously taken a back seat, but I am still reading for pleasure and have managed, in my sons first four months of life, to complete these 8 books!  Y'all, I remember a time when even completing 2 books a year would have sincerely sounded daunting, much less with a newborn.  If you want to read more, you can find the time!  Take stock of your days and see where you are wasting hours.  For some of these, I listened to the audio book while I was pumping or watering the garden.  

Rather than give you an individual breakdown of each of these books, I just want to report I found them all incredibly enjoyable.  A total cross section of a food memoir to a psychology deep dive to nature centric novels, I would recommend them all in different capacities.  

Rising Strong: How the Ability to Reset Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead

Daisy Jones & The Six (hardcover) by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Becoming Mrs. Lewis

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Garlic and Sapphires : The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise by Ruth Reichl - Used (Like New) - 1594200319 by Penguin Publishing Group |

Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life

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We have fallen a bit behind on our Bible reading, but we WILL finish by the end of the year. You do not make it to September and then not finish, but we do need to grin and bear it a bit as we push through the end of the Old Testament and really learn all the historical context.  It's honestly a bit of work, but being able to say we read the Bible cover to cover will be our reward.  And then, for in the depth study of all the nuances!

What have you been reading lately?  

Any recommendations for me?

Also, isn't there a bit of magic in these colorful book covers coming together?!


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