What I Read in 2020

If you’ve been a friend of this blog for a while you know I typically post my reads from the previous year in January. Well, it’s February and, to be honest, I almost forgot to post them! I’ve had blog followers ask me about adding my read books on Goodreads as well, and I may get on there at some point, but I am trying to take a detox from adding more apps to my phone so the old fashioned list continues!

I’ve always felt a kindredness with the books I read over the course of a year. 2020 was such an isolating and fear inducing year in so many ways and books were not only my comforts this year but a way to escape reality… You may tell that I did read a lot of fiction and now you will understand the reasoning for this more fully!

The books in the blog post picture are some of my favorite Bible study tools that I did not add to this list this year but prove to be helpful in my Bible study times. I highly recommend supplemental Bible study tools to answer questions or give you more background in your Bible reading time!

So, in no particular order, here are 32 friends of mine from 2020!

1. Don’t Waste Your Life — John Piper
2. The Man God Has For You: 7 Traits to Help You Determine Your Life Partner –  Stephan Labossiere  
3. Open Book – Jessica Simpson
4. Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World – Joanna Weaver
5. Find Your Path – Carrie Underwood
6. Hidden Affections – Delia Parr
7. Hope in the Dark: Believing God is Good When Life is Not – Craig Groeschel
8. Let Me Be A Woman – Elisabeth Elliot
9. Normal People – Sally Rooney
10. Letting Love In: How God Renews Relationships by Crushing Your Inner Critic – Lindsay Morgan Snyder
11. Power Words: What You Say Can Change Your Life – Joyce Meyer
12. The Betrothed – Kiera Cass
13. Idols of the Heart: Learning to Long for God Alone – Elyse M. Fitzpatrick
14. Where The Crawdads Sing – Delia Owens
15. Be the Bridge: Pursuing God’s Heart for Racial Reconciliation – Latasha Morrison
16. Surrender Bay – Denise Hunter
17. 100 Days to Brave: Devotions for Unlocking Your Most Courageous Self – Annie F. Downs
18. The Logic of God: 52 Christian Essentials for the Heart and Mind – Ravi Zacharias
19. Get Out of Your Head: Stopping the Spiral of Toxic Thoughts – Jennie Allen
20. Nightbooks – J.A. White
21. Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
22. Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing – Judy Blume
23. Midnight Sun – Stephenie Meyer
24. Stories of My Life – Kay Smith
25. Horrid – Katrina Leno
26. Small Spaces – Katherine Arden
27. Little Women – Louisa May Alcott
28. Jo & Laurie – Margaret Stohl & Melissa De La Cruz
29. Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley – Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon
30. Mr. Miracle – Debbie Macomber
31. The Confidant Woman Devotional – Joyce Meyer
32. Savor: Living Abundantly Where You Are, As You Are: 365 Devotions – Shauna Niequist

Happy Reading!

ps: Yes, you read that right! My Mom is an author! Through a cool site called Story Worth, she was able to answer questions sent to her through email over the course of a year or so and the answers, along with pictures she uploaded from all of the chapters of her life, were then compiled into one awesome book! Such a cool idea and way to collect and preserve awesome stories from your loved ones for future generations to read!