I feel the same way, Beverley—God sends certain books to me at just the right time. I knocked off a few long-term titles from my list this year, and now I’m excited to read through a couple more in 2015 that I’ve been meaning to read for years, but never have.

Thanks for sharing those books that you enjoyed! I think I’ve already added them to my list from hearing you mention them before so it’s good to get the reminder again. So many great books I want to read….

Wasn’t Brene Brown’s book good? I love her authenticity. I’m thankful for so many gifted female writers (as well as male) that we can learn from.

Here’s my advice if you read The Brothers Karamazov (which I do recommend you do!)—as you’re reading, keep checking in with Spark Notes or Cliffs Notes. 🙂 It’s the only thing that saved me. Getting the Russian names straight was hard enough by itself, but Dostoyevsky gave everybody 3 or 4 nicknames as well, so it was impossible for me to sort out without outside help. ha.

You’re welcome, Sarah. Hearing what others are reading is my favorite way to discover new books for myself. 🙂

Hope you enjoy your reading time these next 2 weeks. I hope to squeeze in more myself. I find it’s a tradeoff between reading and writing. 🙁 I totally enjoy both, but not enough time to do both as much as I’d like. I enjoyed Let’s All Be Brave this year too. Lessons I definitely need to keep working on!

Thank you for praying for my impossible. I really appreciate that, Lyli. I know God will provide, but I need more courage to act on his provisions.

“So many books, so little time” is definitely a true saying! 🙂 I agree, Natalie. I need to do a re-read of Pursuit of God; I remember loving it the first time through. I’m heading to Amazon now to add The Reflective Life and Under the Tuscan Sun to my samples. How wonderful that you read Pride and Prejudice annually. I love that one too!

Sometimes slow and steady is even better than quick and numerous, Beth. Glad you got to read some impactful books this year!

If you liked “In the Sanctuary of Women” so much, I definitely need to read it too. I value your judgements, Jean. Getting the sample added to my Kindle right now….

Thanks, Ginger. It’s good for me to do these posts to remind myself of all the great books I got to read this year. I’m like you though–I wish I had a lot more time to read. So many good books out there!

Grace is such a terrific One Word! It’ll be interesting to see how God will use it in your life throughout the year. Hope you enjoy Yancey’s book on grace. I thought it was terrific.