Turn My Mourning Into Dancing - This book is short and I mistakenly thought I would breeze through it in a manner of days. You can feel the humility coming off the page. He writes in such a tender and broken way, as if he truly loves any nameless, faceless person that may pick up one of his books. Too many quotes to sum this one up, but I do love this one: “I believe, to my core, that everybody had the potential to be creative - whatever form that creativity takes - and that to encourage such development is a noble thing.'ĭiscernment - One of two books I read by Nouwen this summer. My hand was cramped from all the notes I took. The world of Pixar and the culture they have created is worthy of examination. I’m late to the game on this one, but I am so glad to finally read this incredible book. But if you like Judy Blume (Superfudge was one of my favorite books as a kid), you will more than likely enjoy this one.Ĭreativity, Inc. It is a good fiction read and I would recommend it to anyone, but there are a LOT of characters and I sort of got lost in who was who and how they all related to each other. In the Unlikely Event - I thought I would like this book more than I did. And this summer, I was reminded of all the reasons why. I will gladly join the chorus of so many of us that claim so. To Kill A Mockingbird - Favorite book of all time. In fact in this era of social media, it is alive and well.įavorite quote in regards to shaming through Twitter: “The snowflake never thinks it is responsible for the avalanche.' Public shaming did not die with burning at the stake. But even with all it’s strangeness, this is a compelling and necessary book. That is the one word that comes to mind when I think about this book. If you’ve ever struggled through waiting on the Lord, silence, and being still, this is a great book.įavorite quote: “A broken vessel cannot control how it pours out.' This book focuses on Yancey’s faith journey through college and the years following. Yancey’s writing style isn’t for everyone, but it is beautiful all the same. Tables In the Wilderness - Another memoir I loved.

This book focuses in on her life post college and her learning to love people, mostly perfect strangers, well.įavorite quote: “…it is one thing to be the girl on fire, but it is entirely another thing to be the girl who manages to set the world on fire with all the quiet and beautiful things she does.” If You Find This Letter - I’ve followed Hannah’s blog for a while and love her honesty and candor. Be prepared, everything known about Columbine is examined and so much found to be false. There was a journalistic approach to the tragedy that made me relate to the survivors and families of the victims. I’ll watch all the fictionalized crime shows all day, but as soon any of it begins to dip into real events, I run the other way. So here is the list of all I’ve read in these months:Ĭolumbine - My first dip into the “true crime” genre of books and it did not disappoint. Usually in the summer months, I crave a good fiction story, but strangely, I gravitated to more real life things. Surprisingly, I read more non-fiction/bio/memoir than expected this summer. Let’s just say, I’ve read a lot in these days. I’ll cop to the “little bit not with it” category, but wealthy I am not. Only the word “eccentric” seems to be used for people who are wealthy and a little bit not with it. To get around these two obstacles, we create a list for one child at a time, in sections of books they have read lately, scan the books in, or search for them - it is so quick - then take screenshots of the list to have it on hand, before deleting and generating a new list.At some point this summer, I looked around at the stacks of books in my house and wondered what eccentric hermit had taken up residence with me. And also, if there was the capability to send the list to someone, so that it would accommodate our needs in an even more expedient manner. In my opinion, it could only be better if there was an option for creating folders, as someone mentioned before me, with the same interface design that is already in place, so that we could catalogue the literature being read by more than one individual at a time. In so doing this app has helped reserve more time for reading! It has been such a great time favorable tool, saving so much of our time that would have otherwise been spent, tediously documenting annual reading lists for school age children, to present to a teacher/evaluator for their education. What I like about this app is the seamless functionality and the straightforward interface. Very useful great functionality clean interface.

Stacks of books