Wednesday, December 14, 2022

2022 Book List

Today and every day, I am grateful for the ways reading has changed me... for the books and the authors who have helped to shape my worldview, my relationship with God, how I see myself, where I find meaning, and how I relate to others!!  I am especially grateful for apps like Libby, Hoopla, and Audible where I have access to fantastic audiobooks which have seriously increased my reading intake.  Below are the 42 audiobooks I completed in 2022 (in alphabetical order), along with a short survey about them. ❤
  1. A Cloud by Day, A Fire by Night: Finding and Following God's Will for You by A.W. Tozer
  2. Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
  3. Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience by Brene Brown
  4. Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How it Can Help You Find - And Keep - Love by Amir Levine and Rachel Heller
  5. Baby Steps Millionaires: How Ordinary People Built Extraordinary Wealth - and How You Can Too by Dave Ramsey
  6. Better Together by Christine Riccio
  7. Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make us Whole by Susan Cain
  8. Choice Theory: A New Psychology of Personal Freedom by William Glasser
  9. Everything Sad is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri
  10. Good Boundaries and Goodbyes: Loving Others without Losing the Best of Who You Are by Lysa TerKeurst
  11. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
  12. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
  13. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
  14. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
  15. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowlin
  16. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
  17. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
  18. Hero on a Mission: A Path to a Meaningful Life by Donald Miller
  19. How to Do the Work:  Recognize Your Patterns, Heal from Your Past, and Create Your Self by Dr. Nicole LePera, The Holistic Psychologist
  20. How to Raise Successful People: Simple Lessons for Radical Results by Esther Wojcicki
  21. How to Walk Away by Katherine Center
  22. I Guess I Haven’t Learned That Yet: Discovering New Ways of Living when the Old Ways Stop Working by Shauna Niequist (really good)
  23. In the Wild Light by Jeff Zentner
  24. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
  25. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin
  26. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a Word that Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain (re-reading this one ten years later!)
  27. Resilient: Restoring Your Weary Soul in These Turbulent Times by John Eldredge
  28. Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls (and Everything in Between) by Lauren Graham
  29. The Bodyguard by Katherine Center
  30. The Confident Mind: A Battle-Tested Guide to Unshakeable Performance by Dr. Nate Zinsser
  31. The Enneagram for Spiritual Formation: How Knowing Ourselves Can Make us More Like Jesus by A.J. Sherrill
  32. The Fire of God's Presence: Drawing Near to a Holy God by A.W. Tozer
  33. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
  34. The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewi
  35. The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post by Allison Pataki
  36. The Rabbit Listened by Cori Doerrfeld
  37. The Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning
  38. The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why it Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It by Kelly McGonigal
  39. Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center
  40. This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub
  41. What You Wish For by Katherine Center
  42. Whiskey in a Teacup: What Growing up in the South Taught Me About Life, Love, and Baking Biscuits by Reese Witherspoon
Fun pic of me reading Curious George to Miles. =)
  1. Number of books completed:  19 Fiction audiobooks, 23 Psychology/Christian Living audiobooks + The New Testament (x4) + parts of several class textbooks on psychology and theology!
  2. Number of re-reads:  10
  3. Best book you read in 2022:  Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
  4. Book that made you cry or nearly cry in 2022:  Every HP book, Little Women, Anne of Green Gables, The Rabbit Listened, In the Wild Light.  I cry a lot when I read, apparently. lol
  5. Fun book that put a smile on your face:  Things You Save in a Fire, The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post, HP #1
  6. New book you read in 2022 that you would be most likely to re-read next year:  Attached - along with Thais Gibson's videos and Lysa TerKeurst's new book, this book was soooo helpful for me in understanding the strange and complicated dynamics in my most painful broken friendships, and in letting go of any false guilt, undeserved shame, or unhealthy hopes of reconciliation.
  7. Did you complete any reading goals you set for yourself at the beginning of 2022:  Met my only reading goal to listen to the New Testament four times (you get through it in 3 months reading 3 chapters a day).
  8. Favorite new author you discovered in 2022:  for relatively wholesome, fun fiction books, Katherine Center.  For psychology, Dr. Nicole LePera (love  following her Instagram, as well).
  9. Favorite passage/quote from a book you read in 2022:  "There is no one for whom attachment theory has more to offer than men and women with an anxious attachment style. Although you suffer the consequences of a bad match and an activated attachment system more intensely, you also stand to gain the most from understanding how the attachment system works, which relationships have the capacity to make you happy, and which situations can make you a nervous wreck."
  10. Most beautifully written book read in 2022:  I Guess I Haven't Learned that Yet - Shauna Niequist is just a really genuine, expressive author.  Also, Little Women, because I can never get through that one without marveling at Louisa May Alcott's ability to write beautiful relationships that span the course of many years. Same with J.K. Rowling.  Impressive and inspiring!
  11. Most memorable book character of 2022:  Marjorie Merriweather Post - (not a fictional character but the real life heiress to the Post Cereal company - really interesting book!)
  12. Most thought-provoking/ life-changing book of 2022:  Hero on a Mission -for me, this insightful book inspired real action and life change -- including moving, going back to school, pursuing motherhood, etc.  Yay!

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