Winter Booklist 2020
A good booklist keeps me reading throughout the year and it helps me make sure I read a nice variety of literature. Otherwise, I might just stick with mystery books all year long.
While I accomplished a ton of reading over the summer with my summer 2019 booklist, I was a bit overzealous with my list for autumn 2019.
I am hopeful that the dark nights of the winter will lend themselves to more cozy book reading so I can accomplish the books on my list…and maybe more!
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Finding Time to Read
How do you find time to read your own books?
I hear this question a lot because it is hard for busy homeschooling moms to find a quiet moment to read. I’ve put together some of my best tips so you can make time to read.
Winter Booklist: Book Club Titles
My booklist included titles for my local book, a few online book clubs I check out (Reese Witherspoon, Oprah, Kate Bowler, etc), suggestions from friends, and suggestions from my readers.
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
Braving the Wilderness by Brene Brown
Winter Booklist: Fiction
One Day in December by Josie Silver
Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson
Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie: a Flavia de Luce Mystery by Alan Bradley
The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
Winter Booklist: Non-Fiction
Miracles and Other Reasonable Things by Sarah Bessey
Thoughts after reading: This one is a conversational, personal, faith memoir. It was a quick read for me because I was enjoying it so much. I love how Sarah lives in the tension of belief vs her own experiences.Â
Bad Feminist: Essays by Roxane Gay
Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith by Barbara Brown Taylor
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb
Winter Booklist: If There is More Time
These titles are basically record keeping in case I have additional reading time. So many great books were recommended and I don’t want to lose track:
1. Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes
2. The Giver of Stars by JoJo Moyes
3. Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know by Malcolm Gladwell
4. How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success by Julie Lythcott-Haims
5. A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
Need more book inspiration?
2019 Autumn Reading List
2019 Summer Reading List
She believes that creativity, laughter, and fun are the backbone for engaging and inspiring homeschools. You can find her encouragement and tips on this blog, Mary Hanna Wilson.
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