Books of 2019

For years I forgot that I love to read. 
No, I don't just love it... I need it. I need to read. I need to allow my mind to escape to other worlds, to empathize with people walking through trials, and to learn and stretch my mind. In December of 2018, I was relearning how much I love to read and decided to set a goal to read 45 books in 2019. Sometimes I read 3 books a week, and sometimes I went three weeks without reading one, but the mission was accomplished. 

I have to be honest, I thoroughly enjoyed every single book I read this year. Some took me a little longer to work through, but I learned something from each book. The ones I didn't laugh or cry through still taught me, and I appreciated each nugget I learned. 

The following is the list of all 45 books completed this year. They are in categories but in no particular order. I am also rating each book with some handy-dandy stars. The stars are based solely on how much I enjoyed the book.

So, without further ado, I present you, my list of books read in 2019 (And yes, I do count audio-books as books read, simply because, hellooo, I'm a mom which means I'm a multi-tasker and "read" quite a few books while vacuuming and driving last year). 

Biographies​

Talking as Fast as I Can
By: Lauren Graham
Five Stars

Unorthodox
​By: Deborah Feldman
Three Stars

Gay Girl, Good God
By: Jackie Hill Perry
Five Stars

Martin Luther
By: Eric Metaxas
Three Stars

The Good Neighbor
By: Maxwell King
​Four Stars

Becoming
By: Michelle Obama
Four Stars

Memoirs

A Man Called Peter
By: Catherine Marshall
Five Stars

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
By: Oliver Sacks
Four Stars

A Grief Observed
By: C.S. Lewis
Four Stars

Nickel and Dimed
​By: Barbara Ehrenreich
Four Stars

The Year of Less
By: Cait Flanders
Three Stars

Self-Help and Parenting

Making Children Mind Without Losing Yours
​By: Kevin Leman
Three Stars

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying up
​By: Marie Kondo
Three Stars

The Nesting Place
​By: Myquillyn Smith
Four Stars
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Cozy Minimalist Home
By: Myquillyn Smith
Three Stars

Bringing Up Girls
By: Dr. James Dobson
Four Stars

Spiritual 

Remember God
By: Annie F Downs
Five Stars

Looking for Lovely
By: Annie F Downs
Five Stars

Delighting in the Trinity
​By: Michael Reeves
Four Stars

The Weight of Glory
By: C. S. Lewis
Three Stars

Fictional Novels

To the Moon and Back 
By: Karen Kingsbury 
Five Stars

When We Were Young 
​By: Karen Kingsbury
Three Stars

Anne of the Island
​By: L. M. Montgomery
Five Stars

Anne's House of Dreams
By: L. M. Montgomery
Five Stars

Rainbow Valley
By: L. M. Montgomery
Five Stars

Love Story 
​By: Karen Kingsbury
Three Stars

A Baxter Family Christmas 
By: Karen Kingsbury
Four Stars

The Chance 
By: Karen Kingsbury
Four Stars

The Traveler's Gift
By: Andy Andrews
Five Stars

On Every Side
By: Karen Kingsbury
Four Stars

Anne in Four Winds
By: L. M. Montgomery 
Five Stars

Two Weeks
By: Karen Kingsbury
Four Stars

The Magician's Nephew
By: C. S. Lewis
Five Stars

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
By: C. S. Lewis
Five Stars

The Horse and His Boy
By: C. S. Lewis
Five Stars

Prince Caspian
​By: C. S. Lewis
Five Stars

Voyage of the Dawn Treader
By: C. S. Lewis
Five Stars

Further Chronicles of Avonlea
By: L. M. Montgomery
Five Stars

The Last Battle
By: C. S. Lewis
Five Stars

The Silver Chair
By: C. S. Lewis
Five Stars

Chronicles of Avonlea
By: L. M. Montgomery
Five Stars

The Mother
By: Pearl S. Buck
Five Stars

Jacob's Bell
​By: John Snyder
Three Stars

Peony
By: Pearl S. Buck
Five Stars