Book List

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I’m an avid reader. I want to be the example to my homeschooling children in getting my education. The best way to be an example is by educating myself. My goal is to read more each year.

Books read in 2012:

The Buccaneers by Edith Wharton
All These Things Shall Give Thee Experience by Neal A. Maxwell
Tribes by Seth Godin
The Ringmaster’s Secret (Nancy Drew) by Carolyn Keen *Re-read of a childhood classic
Dumbing Us Down by John Taylor Gatto *Second time around
The Romance of the Forest by Radcliffe, Ann
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
Half Magic by Edgar Eager
The Power by Rhonda Bryne
The Well Trained Mind by Jessie Wise & Susan Wise Bauer *Second time around all the way through. I read this weekly for homeschool
Colonial Origins of the American Constitution by Donald Lutz
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo
The Well Educated Mind by Susan Wise Bauer
Whom the Lord Loveth: The Journey of Discipleship by Neal A. Maxwell
The Majesty of God’s Law: It’s Coming to America by Cleon Skousen
Glenn Beck’s Common Sense: The Case Against an Out-of-Control Government, Inspired by Thomas Paine by Glenn Beck
Your Body Can Talk
Bliss by Katheryn Littlewood
The Private Library by Arthur Humphreys
Books Make a Home: Elegant Ideas for Storing and Displaying Books by Damian Thompson
Finding Peace, Happiness, and Joy by Richard G. Scott
How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading by Mortimer Adler
The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke
Increase In Learning – Spiritual Patterns For Obtaining Your Own Answers by Bednar, David A.
The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction by Alan Jacobs

Read as a Family in 2012
Coming From The Light by Sarah Hinze
Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers
Ruth {Bible}
Esther {Bible}
Jonah {Bible}
Working on….The Endless Steppe

Books read in 2011:

A Woman’s Worth by Marianne Williamson
Bridge at Andau by James A Michener
Wild Swans by Jung Chang
Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster
John Adams by David McCullough
How To Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
Uncommon Sense: A Common Citizen’s Guide to Rebuilding America by Steven Palmer
Raising a Family to the Lord by Gene R. Cook
Hard Times by Charles Dickens
The Business of Being a Woman by Ida M. Tarbell
The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams by Deepak Chopra
That my family should Partake by Neal A. Maxwell
Healing Oils of the Bible by David Stewart
Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
The Biology of Belief by Bruce Lipton
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

Read as a Family in 2011
Stories of Great Americans by Libraries of Hope
Joan of Arc by Landmark Books
Book of Mormon (twice)

Books read in 2010:

The Emotion Code by Bradley Nelson
The Jackrabbit Factor: Why You Can by Leslie Householder
Beach Money: Creating Your Dream Life Through Network Marketing
by Jordan Adler
Secrets of the Millionaire Mind by T. Harv Eker
The Master Key System by Charles F. Haanel
Hidden Treasures: Heaven’s Astonishing Help with Your Money Matters by Leslie Householder
The Read Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease
The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
5,000 Year Leap by Cleon Skousen
Wishcraft by Barbara Sher
The Power of Positive Choices by McMeekin
Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin (re-read)
Baby Catcher by Peggy Vincent (re-read for the 50th time)
Diary of a Midwife by Juliana van Olphen-Fehr
Lady’s Hands, Lion’s Heart- A Midwife’s Saga by Carol Leonard
Spiritual Midwifery by Ina May Gaskin (re-read)
Country Living Decorating with Flea Market Finds by Marie Proeller
Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte
Write is a Verb by Bill O’Hanlon
Honey for a Child’s Heart
12 Secrets of Highly Creative Women by Gail McMeeken
The Anatomy of Peace by the Arbinger Institute
The Coming Aristocracy by Oliver DeMille
Healing Feelings from the Heart by Karol Truman
Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliff

Read as a Family in 2010
Book of Mormon (twice 2010)
The Littles Have a Wedding (as a Family)
Alice in Wonderland (as a Family)
Ten Boys Who Lived on the Road from Long Ago by Jane Andrews
Mrs. Piggle Wiggle’s Farm

Currently reading: