Books I read in 2016

I do not keep up this blog as much I would like.  I did not want to document the books I read this year.  Most of them I read this summer and the last two weeks over snow days/Christmas break.  I started an associates of early childhood education program hence why I read very little this fall…other than textbooks.  I bolded the books that I enjoyed the most.  I also read two books to my 9 year old…who would rather be read to than read on his own.  I had hoped to read more to him…but reading out loud is much more time consuming than reading on your own.  Still important though.

My husband once told me I cannot count books I started before January 1st and finish after the New Year.  So the last book I read I finished today and I will not start the next one until January 1st.  Just to play fair.

Fiction:

1. Black Swan Green by David Mitchell
2. The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
3. Sisterland by Curtis Sittenfeld
4. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
5. Homefront by Kristin Hannah
6. Fireproof by Alex Kendrick and Stephen Kendrick
7. Any Minute by Joyce Meyer and Deborah Bedford
8. Girls Who Travel by Nicole Trilivas
9. Bridge to Haven by Francine Rivers
10. Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys

NonFiction:

11. 12 x 12 by William Powers
12. The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace by Jeff Hobbs
13. The Three Year Swim Club by Julie Checkoway
14. Billy & Dave by Bill and Helen Brownson
15. Searching For Sunday by Rachel Held Evans
16. Elim by Robert P Swirenga
17. The Cry of the Soul by Dam B Allender and Dr. Tremper Longman III
18. You Are An Ironman by Jaques Steinberg
19. Escape Points by Michele Weldon
20. The World’s Strongest Librarian by Josh Hanagarne
21. Screamfree Parenting by Hal Edward Runkel, LMFT
22. The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
23. My Year of Running Dangerously by Tom Foreman
24. Tales From Another Mother Runner Edited by Dimity Mc Dowell and Sarah Bowen Shea
25. How I Stayed Alive When My Brain Was Trying to Kill Me by Susan Rose Blauner

Read to Derek

1. Gator on the Loose by Sue Stauffacher
2. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson