Wild Words: Rituals, Routines, and Rhythms for Braving the Writer's Path by Nicole Gulotta - Gulotta covers the many seasons on the writing path and the courage it takes to persist. Now I want to find her other book, Eat This Poem! - 198 pages, 👍👍👍👍
This Tender Land by William Kent Kreuger - After twelve-year-old Odie O'Banion commits a crime, he takes off in a canoe along with his older brother, Albert, an Indian boy, and a young orphaned girl. A modern-day Huckleberry Finn with plenty of classic appeal and much to ponder. 464 pages - 👍👍👍👍-1/2
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow - January Scaller finds a book that tells of ten thousand doors to ten thousand different worlds and must journey through some of them to find her true parents and her purpose. 384 pages (I listened in audio form, 10 CDs, 12-1/2 hours) - 👍👍👍
The Catalyst: How to Change Anyone's Mind by Jonah Berger - Even the most stubbornly held beliefs and actions can be changed if you approach an individual in the right manner. Berger outlines the five heel-digging attitudes that inhibit changed minds and offers advice for how to counteract the resistance. 288 pages - 👍👍👍
Five Pages a Day: A Writer's Journey by Peg Kehret - This book, recommended years ago by my mother, inspires writers to the discipline and persistence of writing five pages a day and sending something off every Friday. 185 pages - 👍👍👍👍-1/2
Raymie Nightingale by Kate DiCamillo - Raymie Clarke wants to win a beauty contest so her picture will go in the paper and win back her father, but she ends up on another path altogether and saves a friend. 263 pages - 👍👍👍
The Case for Miracles: A Journalist Investigates Evidence for the Supernatural by Lee Strobel - Presenting evidence from scholars both for and against the presence of miracles in our modern day, Strobel offers fascinating examples, compelling arguments, and important thoughts on God's supernatural activities in our fallen world. 320 pages - 👍👍👍👍-1/2
The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers by Maxwell King - A biography of the gentle man who inspired countless individuals to manage their feelings and pursue kindness - "if it is mentionable; it is manageable." 320 pages (I listened in audio form, 11 CDs, 14 hours) - 👍👍👍-1/2
Louisiana's Way Home by Kate DiCamillo - Louisiana Elefante's granny wakes her at 3 in the morning, packs her in the car, and takes off for destinations unknown. In the midst of the crazy journey, Louisiana must figure out who she is and where she wants to live. 240 pages - 👍👍👍-1/2
Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life by Dani Shapiro - A collection of small essays on writing, full of personal anecdotes, bits of wisdom, and words of encouragement. 240 pages - 👍👍👍-1/2
Walking Through Twilight by Douglas Groothuis - A Christian philosopher shares his life experience dealing with a brilliant wife who loses her articulation and her processing abilities in a battle with primary progressive aphasia. Tragic and tender. 176 pages - 👍👍👍-1/2
Beverly, Right Here by Kate DiCamillo - Beverly Tapinski runs away from home, finds a job, moves in with a stranger in a trailer park, and makes friends with a bullied boy. Wanted more redemption. 256 pages - 👍👍-1/2
The Antelope in the Living Room: The Real Story of Two People Sharing One Life by Melanie Shankle - Shankle provides a humorous, insightful look at the power and problem of marriage. 224 pages (I listened in audio form, 4 CDs, 4-1/2 hours) - 👍👍👍-1/2
Virgil Wander by Leif Enger - After a near-death experience, Virgil re-evaluates his life and purpose in a small, struggling Minnesota town as the owner of the town's movie theater. 352 pages - 👍👍👍👍
A Beautiful Mess: How God Re-creates Our Lives by Danielle Strickland - Following God's pattern of creation, Strickland outlines how we can go from chaos to order and purpose in our lives. 128 pages - 👍👍👍-1/2
Hometown Legend by Jerry B. Jenkins - A defeated team and town must choose to rely on faith in the midst of loss. 320 pages (I listened in audio form, 6 cassettes, 8.75 hours) - 👍👍👍
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt - Being a pastor's son is never easy, but in 1912, combine that with befriending a girl from across the racial divide, and the odds stack higher. Schmidt weaves a fiction from historical fact, full of struggle and redemption, full of the wonder of touching a whale and the difficulty of facing loss. 224 pages - 👍👍👍👍-3/4
It's Not Supposed to Be This Way: Finding Unexpected Strength When Disappointments Leave You Shattered by Lysa TerKeurst - Such a strong motivational book about giving your disappointments to God and allowing Him to shape the dross into reams of gold. 256 pages - 👍👍👍👍
Surprised by Oxford: A Memoir by Carolyn Weber - A memoir of the author's path to conversion while studying at Oxford University. 474 pages - 👍👍👍
When You Love a Prodigal: 90 Days of Grace for the Wilderness by Judy Douglass - This book of 90 essays with reflective questions to ponder aids parents of prodigals by reminding us (sadly I'm in that camp) that God is our supreme source of comfort and strength. As God woos our prodigals, He also sculpts us into His image so that we can, like Him, offer scandalous grace. - 240 pages, 👍👍👍👍
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