It was quite a full year with us moving to Asia, but I still was able to get some books read; which always makes my heart happy. This year my reading list was lighter than normal. I found myself longing for super simple easy to read books hence the young adult or children’s books on my list. I still longed to read but my mind was crammed with the moving preparations. I didn’t have the mental space for complicated reading but still found great pleasure in the below books.
I’d love to hear if you read any of the ones on my list.
I love books and I may even love the library more since most of the books I read are from our local library. I listen to most of the books in my car while I drive around Nashville en route to pick up kids or on my way to the grocery store. My hope is always that this post would inspire you to read more and find books you truly love.
To give you an idea of what type of books I read, mostly I would say I read many genres of books. To name a few, I like coming-of-age, historical fiction, suspense, memoirs, self-help, travel, simple living, cookbooks, and the list goes on and on.
I’m sensitive to sexual or violent content. I try my best to skip over those parts of books. I will stop reading a book if I feel it contains too much questionable content. Unfortunately, books aren’t rated like movies so I can’t give you the rating of each book. If I do read a book that is disturbing, has explicit or violent content, strong language, or whatever I’ll put an * by the title and put a note at the end of the write-up. I only list books that I think are worth the read despite portions that may contain questionable content.
Nativity set made by a refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo from banana fibers.
I want to help myself and my family focus on Jesus during the holidays, but at times I’ve felt swept up in the commercialism and busyness of the season. I start out excited about Advent but about halfway through December decide whatever resource we’re using is too cumbersome. As far as Advent calendars go we can do the tiny chocolate-filled ones and that’s about our limit.
So the question is how can my family simply focus on Jesus in a doable and sustainable way that can be reproduced year after year?
I’ve made a list of simple things to help put the focus on Jesus during the busy month of December.
