Updated 1/12/24
New for 2023: I added a rating of 1-5 for each book that I read:
1 = meh, 2 = decent, 3 = good not great, 4 = definitely worthwhile, 5 = one of the best I’ve read
(Maybe for 2024, I will add a little blurb about my thoughts too.)
- Local by Jessica Machado (only first half) = 1
- Microadventures by Alastair Humphreys = 3
- The Clutter Fix by Shannon Acheson = 2
- Clutter: An Untidy History by Jennifer Howard = 4
- The Road Back to You by Ian Morgan Cron = 2
- Finding Holy in the Suburbs by Ashley Hales = 3
- Growing Up Amish by Ira Wagler = 4
- The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim = 4
- A Simpler Motherhood by Emily Eusanio = 2
- A Room with a View by E. M. Forster = 4
- The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah = 5
- The Time Saving Mom by Crystal Paine = 4
- All My Knotted-Up Life by Beth Moore = 5
- Dumbing Us Down by John Taylor Gatto = 3
- The Keeper of the Bees by Gene Stratton-Porter = 4
- The Magician’s Elephant by Kate DiCamillo = 3
- Till We Have Faces by C. S. Lewis = 5
- Essentialism by Greg McKeown = 4
- The Call of the Wild and Free by Ainsley Arment (75% done) = 3.5
- Talking as Fast as I Can by Lauren Graham = 3
- In His Steps by Charles M. Sheldon (75% done) = 3
- Teach: Creating Independently Responsible Learners by Dennis DiNoia = 3
- The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter (75% done) = 3
- Unstuffed: Decluttering Your Home, Mind, Soul by Ruth Soukup = 2
- The First Men in the Moon by H. G. Wells = 3
- Embracing Rhythms of Work and Rest by Ruth Haley Barton = 3
- North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell = 4
- Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace = 4
- Homeschool Adventures: Learning Through the Power of Field Trips by Melissa Calapp = 3
Books I Read Aloud to the Kids (mainly my two oldest):
- The Land of Stories series (all 6 books) by Chris Colfer
- A Tale of Magic series (all 3 books) by Chris Colfer
- Farmer Boy, On the Banks of Plum Creek, and By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder
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