Read in 2017





*BOLDED titles ROCKED my world

READ IN 2017

FREEDOM FACTOR by Gerald Lund
TEACHING FROM REST: A HOMESCHOOLER'S GUIDE TO UNSHAKABLE PEACE by Sarah Mackenzie
ROLES: THE SECRET TO FAMILY, BUSINESS, AND SOCIAL SUCCESS by Nicholeen Peck
RED SCARF GIRL by Ji-li Jiang
SACRED SPARK by Lisa Sykes
BEING GEORGE WASHINGTON by Glenn Beck
MORMON MESOMANIA: THE CAUSE, THE SYMPTOMS, AND THE CURE by Jonathan Neville
THE GREAT LITTLE MADISON by Jean Fritz
FIFTY-FIVE FATHERS by Selma Williams
THE LANDING OF THE PILGRIMS by James Daugherty
JOHN ADAMS: RELUCTANT PATRIOT OF THE REVOLUTION by Leonard Falkner
THE PROPER ROLE OF GOVERNMENT by Ezra Taft Benson
THE STUDENT WHISPERER by Tiffany Earl and Oliver DeMille
PRESENCE: BRINGING YOUR BOLDEST SELF TO YOUR BIGGEST CHALLENGES by Amy Cuddy
THE LITTLE HOUSE IN THE BIG WOODS by Laura Ingalls Wilder
FARMER BOY by Laura Ingalls Wilder
TAWNY by Chas Carner
VARIANT by Robison Wells
HEAVEN IS HERE by Stephanie Nielson

READ IN 2016 (had a baby)

REMAKE by Ilima Todd
THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD by Agatha Christie
THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD by Zora Neale Hurston
HOW TO WRITE SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY by Orson Scott Card
THE WAR OF ART by Steven Pressfield
THE 7-DAY CHRISTIAN: HOW LIVING YOUR BELIEFS EVERY DAY CAN CHANGE THE WORLD by Brax Wilcox
SECRET FORMULAS OF THE WIZARD OF ADS by Roy H. Williams
TUCK EVERLASTING by Natalie Babbitt
LONDON LARAE SAYS OKAY by Nicholeen Peck
PORTER EARNS A QUARTER by Nicholeen Peck
BIG WIN FOR QUINN by Nicholeen Peck
PAIGE TAKES THE STAGE by Nicholeen Peck
PARENTING: A HOUSE UNITED by Nicholeen Peck

READ IN 2015

GEORGE MULLER: THE GUARDIAN OF BRISTOL'S ORPHANS by Janet Benge
WOMEN AND THE PRIESTHOOD by Sheri Dew
GOD SAW THAT IT WAS GOOD: A GEOMETRIC THROUGH CREATION by Tresa Neil
STAR CHILD by Claire Nivola
FOR THE LOVE OF LEARNING: GIVE YOUR CHILDREN A LOLIPOP EDUCATION by Amy Edwards
THE LOST CITY OF ZARAHEMLA: FROM IOWA TO GUATEMALA AND BACK AGAIN by Jonathan Neville
THE BIRTH WE CALL DEATH by Paul Dunn
THE STORY OF THE WORLD: ANCIENT TIMES: FROM THE EARLIEST NOMADS TO THE LAST ROMAN EMPEROR by Susan Wise Bauer
ANGELS IN THE ER: INSPIRING TRUE STORIES FROM AN EMERGENCY ROOM DOCTOR by Dr. Robert Lesslie
STONE FOX by John Reynolds Gardiner
THE STORY OF THE WORLD: THE MIDDLE AGES: FROM THE FALL OF ROME TO THE RISE OF THE RENAISSANCE by Susan Wise Bauer
THE GREAT GOOD THING by Roderick Townley
A MOTHER'S INFLUENCE by Margaret Nadauld
GOOD TO GREAT: WHY SOME COMPANIES MAKE THE LEAP AND OTHERS DON'T by James Collin
CLOSER TO THE LIGHT: LEARNING FROM NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES OF CHILDREN by Melvin Morse
THE LOST PRINCE by Frances Hodgson Burnett
REFLECTIONS OF EMMA: JOSEPH SMITH'S WIFE by Buddy Youngreen
SPIRIT OF LIBERTY by Suzanne Freeman
MY DESCENT INTO DEATH: A SECOND CHANCE AT LIFE by Howard Storm
BEYOND MILE MARKER 80: CHOOSING JOY AFTER TRAGIC LOSS by Jeff Olsen
LIFE AND DEATH: TWILIGHT REIMAGINED by Stephenie Meyer
MORONI'S KEYS by Jonathan Neville
TENNIS SHOES AMONG THE NEPHITES by Chris Heimerdinger
THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA by Leonard Everett Fisher
TUT'S MUMMY LOST AND FOUND by Judy Donnelly
USBORNE TIME TRAVELER by Judy Hindley
FAVORITE POEMS OF CHILDHOOD by Philip Smith
LEADING LITTLE ONES TO GOD by Marian M. Schoolland
MISSIONARY STORIES WITH THE MILLERS by Mildred Martin
GREEK MYTHS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN by Heather Amery
THE SCIENCE OF GETTING RICH by Wallace Wattles


READ IN 2014

THE LAST CHILD IN THE WOODS: SAVING OUR CHILDREN FROM NATURE-DEFECIT DISORDER by Richard Louv
LEADERSHIP EDUCATION: THE PHASES OF LEARNING by Oliver DeMille
THE NIGHT HOUSE by Rachel Tafoya
THE NEW COMMONWEALTH SCHOOL by Aneladee Milne
THE GIFT OF GIVING LIFE: REDISCOVERING THE DIVINE NATURE OF PREGNANCY AND BIRTH by Felice Austin, Lani Axman, Heather Farrell, Robyn Allgood, and Sheridan Ripley
VISIONS OF GLORY: ONE MAN'S ASTONISHING ACCOUNT OF THE LAST DAYS by John Pontius
SPIRITUAL SURVIVAL IN THE LAST DAYS by Blaine Yorgason
THE LAND OF THE BLUE FLOWER by Frances Hodgson Burnett
A LANTERN IN HER HAND by Bess Streeter Aldrich
THE AWAKENING HEART: MY CONTINUING JOURNEY TO LOVE by Betty Eadie
THE FAMILY UNDER THE BRIDGE by Natalie Savage Carlson
THE MESSAGE by Lance Richardson
A GREATER TOMORROW by Julie Rowe
THE TIME IS NOW by Julie Rowe
THE EMOTION CODE by Bradley Nelson
A GUIDE TO THE JOSEPH SMITH PAPYRI by John Gee


READ IN 2013

MEMENTO NORA by Angie Smibert
TO TRUST A THIEF by Michelle McLean
THE FORGETTING CURVE by Angie Smibert
THE YEAR OF MISS AGNES by Kirkpatrick Hill
THE LIVES OF TAO by Wesley Chu
THREE PARTS DEAD by Max Gladstone
GONE WITH THE WIND by Margaret Mitchell
STUNG by Bethany Wiggins
SPELLBINDING by Maya Gold
PITY ISN'T AN OPTION by Jessica Brooks
SCRAP CITY (not yet released)
RED: DAUGHTER OF CHAOS (not yet released)
A BANDIT'S STOLEN HEART by Michelle McLean
CHASERS (Alone #1) by James Phelan
PAS DE DEATH by Amanda Brice
UNDERSTOOD BETSY by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
GABRIEL STONE AND THE WRATH OF THE SOLARIANS (Gabriel Stone Book 2) by Shannon Duffy
THE UNDERTAKERS: SECRET OF THE CORPSE EATER (The Undertakers Book 3) by Ty Drago
MOUNTAIN BORN by Elizabeth Yates
PROOF OF HEAVEN by Eben Alexander, M.D.
HEAVEN IS FOR REAL by Todd Burpo
RETURN FROM TOMORROW by George Ritchie
TO HEAVEN AND BACK by Mary C. Neal, M.D.
THROUGH THE WINDOW OF LIFE by Suzanne Freeman
EMMA: DRAMATIC BIOGRAPHY OF EMMA SMITH by Ann Terry
BEYOND THE VEIL by Lee Nelson
THE TAKING by Dean Koontz
WE'LL MEET AGAIN: IRISH DEATHBED VISIONS: WHO YOU MEET WHEN YOU DIE by Colm Keane
THE STORM TESTAMENT by Lee Nelson
THERE IS NO DEATH by Sarah Menet
WE LIVED IN HEAVEN: SPIRITUAL ACCOUNTS OF SOULS COMING TO EARTH by Sarah Hinze
EMBRACED BY THE LIGHT by Betty Eadie
RIVER OF BONES by Angela Townsend


READ IN 2012 (had a baby)

CITY OF FALLEN ANGELS (Mortal Instruments Book 4) by Cassandra Clare
CHARLOTTE'S WEB by E. B. White
LITTLE PEAR by Eleanor Frances Lattimore
HOMER PRICE by Robert McCloskey
MRS. PIGGLE WIGGLE by Betty MacDonald and Alexandra Boiger
OWLS IN THE FAMILY by Farley Mowat
HENRY HUGGINS by Beverly Cleary
DEADWOOD by Kell Andrews
AMAROK by Angela Townsend
SHADOWS by Jennifer L. Armentrout
OBSIDIAN by Jennifer L. Armentrout
ONYX by Jennifer L. Armentrout

READ IN 2011


ACROSS THE UNIVERSE by Beth Revis
Unpublished YA horror manuscript by future bestselling author :)
THE NAME OF THIS BOOK IS SECRET by Pseudonymous Bosch
SHIVER by Maggie Stiefvater
THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY by Trenton Lee Stewart
Unpublished YA dystopian romance by future bestselling author :)
FROM THE MIXED-UP FILES OF MRS. BASIL E. FRANKWEILER by E.L. Konigsburg
MISTWOOD by Leah Cypess
MY JANE AUSTEN SUMMER: A Season in Mansfield Park by Cindy Jones
THE CLEARING by Anne Riley
GRACELING by Kristin Cashore
THE HELP by Kathryn Stockett
WITHER (The Chemical Garden Trilogy Book 1) by Lauren DeStefano
PRINCESS FOR HIRE by Lindsey Leavitt
THE ROYAL TREATMENT by Lindsey Leavitt
FIRE by Kristin Cashore
TEN THINGS WE DID (and probably shouldn't have) by Sarah Mlynowski
POSSESSION by Elana Johnson
FROZEN FURY by Angela J. Townsend
CITY OF BONES (Mortal Instruments Book 1) by Cassandra Clare
CITY OF ASHES (Mortal Instruments Book 2) by Cassandra Clare
CITY OF GLASS (Mortal Instruments Book 3) by Cassandra Clare
THE MAZE RUNNER by James Dashner
SUPERNATURALLY by Kiersten White
Unpublished YA epic fantasy romance by future bestselling author :)
SHIFTING by Bethany Wiggins
THE SCORCH TRIALS by James Dashner
THE DEATH CURE by James Dashner
STRING BRIDGE by Jessica Bell
MICHAEL VEY: THE PRISONER OF CELL 25 by Richard Paul Evans

READ IN 2010

HOMER PRICE by Robert McCloskey
POWERLESS by Matthew Cody
SCHOOLED by Gordan Korman
THE HOMESCHOOL LIBERATION LEAGUE by Lucy Frank
I'D TELL YOU I LOVE YOU BUT THEN I'D HAVE TO KILL YOU by Ally Carter
CROSS MY HEART AND HOPE TO SPY by Ally Carter
PERFECT CHEMISTRY by Simone Elkeles
THE SHORT SECOND LIFE OF BREE TANNER by Stephenie Meyer
THIS LULLABY by Sarah Dessen
IF I STAY by Gayle Forman
THE RED PYRAMID by Rick Riordan
FALLEN by Lauren Kate
WINGS by Aprilynne Pike
SPELLS by Aprilynne Pike
PARANORMALCY by Kiersten White
THE HUNGER GAMES by Suzanne Collins
CATCHING FIRE by Suzanne Collins
MOCKINGJAY by Suzanne Collins
EVERMORE by Alyson Noel
BLUE MOON by Alyson Noel
HOW TO BE POPULAR by Meg Cabot
THE GHOST AND THE GOTH by Stacey Kade
HEX HALL by Rachel Hawkins
WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS by Wilson Rawls
FIVE CHILDREN AND IT by E. Nesbit
A GREAT AND TERRIBLE BEAUTY by Libba Bray
THE SISTERS GRIMM by Michael Buckley