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My {Highly Optimistic} Book List for Twenty-Sixteen

January 9, 2016 by Courtney 4 Comments

My figurative book logs of years gone by indicate that I will likely read an average of seven books this year.  Lame, I know.  

Nonetheless, I’m sharing my highly optimistic book list of the thirty books I cannot wait to read!  A girl can dream.  Several of these are roll-over from last year since I tend to over plan every single year of my life.  The cup is always half full, I suppose. 

 
 This book list is full of wisdom in all of my favorite topics: friendship, motherhood, raising boys, missional living, writing, discipleship, and following Jesus.  Several of these authors are new to me, but the majority are my favorite bloggers and authors: women and even a few men who encourage me to live more like Jesus and who lead me to think about the Christian life in a new way.  You may even find a fiction book among this abundant list!  I hope you’ll find one {or a dozen} books to add to your own personal book list, dear reader friends.  May your weekends be full of beautifully written words and maybe even cozy reading corners.  Dream big, sisters!

Side note: Sweet friends, these books are listed in no particular order.  This is bothersome to my husband, but I simply number lists without rhyme or reason.  Some of the ones that I cannot wait to read are listed at the bottom.  There is zero strategy to this listing…except that I looked at my Amazon wish list and my Pinterest board….and composed a crazy good list.  So, please pay no mind to the numbering here.  Who knows?  I may read number 27 first!  {Actually, I am in the final chapter of the first book but you get the idea.}  Consider this as complete randomness, dear readers.  Happy reading to you!!!

1) Raising Grateful Kids in an Entitled World by Kristen Welch

2) Women are Scary by Melanie Dale

3) Interrupted: When Jesus Wrecks Your Comfortable Christianity by Jen Hatmaker

4) Audacious by Beth Moore

5) Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott

6) Let’s All Be Brave by Annie Downs

7) The Nesting Place: It Doesn’t Have to Be Perfect to Be Beautiful by Myquillyn Smith

8) Wild in the Hollow by Amber C. Haines

9) Raising Financially Confident Kids by Mary Hunt

10)  Simply Tuesday by Emily Freeman

11) Home is Where My People Are by Sophie Hudson

12) Steadfast Love by Lauren Chandler

13) Nobody’s Cuter Than You by Melanie Shankle

14) Strong and Kind by Korie Robertson

15) Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers

16) Fervent by Priscilla Shirer

17) Choose Joy by Sara Frankl and Mary Carver

18) Parenting the Wholehearted Child by Jeannie Cunnion

19) Bread and Wine by Shauna Niequist

20) Strong Mothers, Strong Sons: Lessons Mothers Need to Raise Extraordinary Men by Meg Meeker, M.D.

21) Girl Meets Change by Kristen Strong

22) A Place at the Table: 40 Days of Solidarity with the Poor by Chris Seay

23) Hosea: Unfailing Love Changes Everything by Jennifer Rothschild

24) Love Does by Bob Goff

25) Bringing Up Boys by Dr. James Dobson

26) Restless: Because You Were Made for More by Jennie Allen

27) The Fringe Hours by Jessica Turner

28) It’s Good to be Queen by Liz Curtis Higgs

29) Shepherding a Child’s Heart by  Tedd Tripp

30) The Lifegiving Home by Sally Clarkson

Can you feel the excitement? Let’s just see how many we can read!  Shall we? Good writers are good readers, after all. 

 May we read lovely words and may our hearts be focused on Jesus as we learn from one another.

From my heart to yours,                     ~Courtney

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  1. Denise Banderman says

    January 9, 2016 at 12:42 pm

    I can’t believe you’ve never read Redeeming Love! But since it’s loosely based on the book of Hosea maybe you should read the Jennifer Rothschild book first.

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    • Courtney says

      January 9, 2016 at 1:47 pm

      For sure! I was thinking they might be most effective back to back, too!! I’ve wanted to read Redeeming Love since college. It was extremely popular back then. I suppose I keep putting it off until the “next year.” Fiction isn’t my typical genre, you know. Haha!

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      • Rhianna says

        January 9, 2016 at 7:24 pm

        I heard that they’re making a movie of Redeeming Love. I hope that is true! Great book…it took me several attempts to get it done but I’m sure you’ll love it.

        Reply
        • Courtney says

          January 9, 2016 at 8:11 pm

          Oooooh! I better hurry and read the book before the movie comes out! How exciting!

          Reply

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