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Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Books Read in 2015

Books Read 2015

It is hard to believe that 2015 is ending and so ends another year of reading. I set a goal of 120 books and I read 115. Here is a break down of what I read along with my list for 2015.

  • The Bible - from Isaiah to Revelation, I read through Psalms and Proverbs twice.
  • Fiction books - 84
  • Non-fiction books - 31
  • I also read over 200 picture books to my youngest daughter which I think makes up for my 5 missing books.
  • Out of the books read 24 were audio books and 9 were read-alouds (marked with *) with all or most of my kids.
  • I also read all the books on my Reading Goals for 2015 list.
 Fiction: (84)
  • Ashton Park - Murray Pura
  • The Awakening of Miss Prim - Natalia Sanmartin Fenollera
  • The Baker's Daughter - D.E. Stevenson
  • A Beautiful Blue Death - Charles Finch
  • Black Ships Before Troy - Rosemary Sutcliff*
  • The Blue Sapphire - D.E. Stevenson
  • Brat Farrar - Josephine Tey
  • By the Pricking of My Thumbs - Agatha Christie (audio)
  • Celia's House - D.E. Stevenson
  • Christmas with Anne - L.M. Montgomery (audio)
  • The Clocks - Agatha Christie (audio)
  • Come Rain or Come Shine - Jan Karon
  • The Corinthian - Georgette Heyer (audio)
  • Dauntless - Dina L. Sleiman
  • David Copperfield - Charles Dickens (audio)
  • The Dean's Watch - Elizabeth Goudge
  • Deepest Roots of the Heart - Chautona Havig
  • The Duke's Dilemma - Elizabeth Chater
  • Elephants Can Remember - Agatha Christie (audio)
  • Enemy Brothers - Constance Savery*
  • Each Shining Hour - Jeff High
  • For Such a Time - Kate Breslin
  • The First Rumpole Omnibus - John Mortimer
  • The Foundling - Georgette Heyer (audio)
  • French Leave - P.G. Wodehouse
  • Gone with the Wind - Margaret Mitchell
  • Great Northern? - Arthur Ransome*
  • The Green Ember - S.D. Smith (audio)
  • Hallowe'en Party - Agatha Christie
  • Jayber Crow - Wendell Berry (audio)
  • Just David - Eleanor H. Porter
  • Letters from Grace - Rachel Muller
  • The Lieutenant's Lady - Bess Streeter Aldrich
  • Listening Valley - D.E. Stevenson
  • A Long Way From Chicago - Richard Peck (audio)
  • Looking for Me - Beth Hoffman
  • The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott - Kelly O'Connor McNees (audio)
  • Maggie Bright - Tracy Groot
  • The Making of a Marchioness - Frances Hodgson Burnett
  • Manuscript for Murder - Chautona Havig
  • The Marriage Mart - Elizabeth Chater
  • Miracle in Dry Season - Sarah Loudin Thomas
  • Miss Read's Christmas Tales - Miss Read
  • Miss Pym Disposes - Josephine Tey
  • The Mitchells: Five for Victory - Hilda von Stockum*
  • The Mitchells: Canadian Summer - Hilda von Stockum* 
  • Mrs. Tim of the Regiment - D.E. Stevenson (audio)
  • More Things In Heaven and Earth - Jeff High
  • The Most Famous Illegal Goose Creek Parade - Virginia Smith
  • N or M? - Agatha Christie (audio)
  • No Holly for Miss Quinn - Miss Read
  • Now and Forever - Mary Connealy
  • Parnassus on Wheels - Christopher Morley (audio)
  • Partners in Crime - Agatha Christie (audio)
  • The Penderwicks in Spring - Jeanne Birdsall
  • Penrod - Booth Tarkington*
  • Penrod & Sam - Booth Tarkington*
  • Persuasion, Captain Wentworth, and Cracklin' Cornbread - Mary Jane Hathaway
  • The Picts and the Martyrs - Arthur Ransome*
  • Postern of Fate - Agatha Christie (audio)
  • The Princess Bride - William Goldman
  • The Random Gentleman - Elizabeth Chater
  • Red Like Crimson - Janice Thompson
  • Regency Buck - Georgette Heyer
  • Rob Roy - Sir Walter Scott (audio)
  • Rules of Murder - Juliana Deering
  • The Scent of Water - Elizabeth Goudge
  • A Season for the Heart - Elizabeth Chater
  • A Season of Gifts - Richard Peck (audio)
  • The Secret Adversary - Agatha Christie (audio)
  • The Secret of Pembrooke Park - Julie Klassen
  • Seventeen - Booth Tarkington
  • Snow on Tulips - Liz Tolsma
  • So Brave, Young, and Handsome - Leif Enger (audio)
  • A Taste of Chaucer - Anne Malcomson
  • Third Girl - Agatha Christie
  • The Truth According to Us - Annie Barrows
  • The Unknown Ajax - Georgette Heyer
  • Village School - Miss Read
  • The War that Saved My Life - Kimberly Brubaker Bradley 
  • What Angels Fear - C.S. Harris
  • A White Bird Flying - Bess Streeter Aldrich
  • The World of Pooh - A.A. Milne*
  • A Year Down Yonder - Richard Peck (audio)
Non-fiction: (31)
  • Adolescence Isn't Terminal - Kevin Leman
  • The Birth of Britain - Winston Churchill (audio)
  • Common Sense - Thomas Paine (audio)
  • Consider This - Karen Glass
  • Creating a SenseSational Home - Terri Willits
  • Daylight - Heidi St. John
  • The Excellent Wife - Martha Peace
  • The Fringe Hours - Jessica N. Turner
  • Hands Free Mama - Rachel Macy Stafford
  • How to Have a H.E.A.R.T. for Your Kids - Rachel Carman
  • How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare - Ken Ludwig
  • Let Us Pray - Watchman Nee
  • The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up - Maria Kondo
  • Lies Woman Believe - Nancy Leigh DeMoss
  • Mastering Life - Robert J. Morgan
  • The Monuments Men - Robert M. Edsel (audio)
  • Motivate Your Child - Dr. Scott Turansky & Joanne Miller
  • My Family and Other Animals - Gerald Durrell
  • The Nesting Place - Myquillyn Smith
  • No Ordinary Home - Carol Jo Brazo
  • The Power of a Praying Wife - Stormie Omartian
  • The Question - Leigh Bortins
  • Raising a Princess - John Croyle
  • Rite of Passage - Jim McBride
  • Seeds of Jochebed - Kim Haney
  • Spiritual Disciples for the Christian Life - J.I. Packer & Donald Whitney
  • Teaching from Rest - Sarah MacKenzie
  • Teaching Will - Mel Ryane
  • Thirsting for God - Gary L. Thomas
  • Twelve Ordinary Men/Twelve Extraordinary Women - John MacArthur
  • The Two-Minute Drill of Manhood - John Croyle
Coming soon--My favorite reads for 2015.

Tuesday, December 29, 2015

What's On Your Nightstand - November & December

What's On Your Nightstand

I didn't do a Nightstand post last month so I am combining November and December's. I was in a real reading slump for almost a month though I still read (if that makes any sense).

For January I am just staying with a small selection since I am still working on my reading list for 2016 and my parents will be coming for a visit in the beginning of January and I want to focus on spending quality time with them. So here goes my list.

For January:

From October's Nightstand I read:
 I also read in November:
In December:
 I listened to:
See what others have read over at 5 Minutes for Books.

Friday, December 25, 2015

Monday, December 14, 2015

Happy Birthday, Caleb!

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I think I say this for every one of my children's birthday, but honestly this is getting insane. Today my oldest turns 20!!!! I think I was just 20 the other day myself, and certainly not old enough now to have a child who is 20. But enough of my woes, I am thankful for this young man who entered our world and changed our lives--all for the good. He is a young man who works hard and who ultimately loves God with all of his heart. We love you, Caleb!

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