10 Books I’d Love To Read
What’s on your TBR list?
I’m still on pilgrimage, stumbling home bleary-eyed sometime this afternoon. But after spending 10 days without a single book in my hands, I will likely be longing to read.
(After I sleep.)
So I thought it would be fun to share my current to-be-read list. Otherwise known as the running list I keep on Amazon and then buy from local bookstores, except right now I’m only requesting from the library because EVERYTHING IS SO EXPENSIVE.
I digress.
Necessary caveat: I haven’t read any of these titles yet. But I’m itching to get my hands on them. I’d love to hear what’s in your library holds or secret list that you pull up for your favorite local bookseller?
Also: if you’ve already read any of these, feel free to cheer (or warn us) in comments.
The White Stone: The Art of Letting Go by Esther de Waal
Women's Work: A Reckoning with Work and Home by Megan K. Stack
The Penguin Book of Spiritual Verse 110 Poets on the Divine, ed. Kaveh Akbar
You Are Not Too Late by Nikki McClure
The Corner That Held Them by Sylvia Townsend Warner
The Selected Poetry of Jessica Powers
Celebrities for Jesus: How Personas, Platforms, and Profits Are Hurting the Church by Katelyn Beaty
Greenwood: A Novel by Michael Christie
Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age by Viktor Mayer-Schönberger
The Marriage Portrait: A Novel by Maggie O’Farrell
Ordinary Blessings for Parents: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Family Life by Meta Herrick Carlson
Abuelita Faith: What Women on the Margins Teach Us about Wisdom, Persistence, and Strength by Kat Armas
Motherhood: A Confession by Natalie Barnes
Yes, I know there’s more than 10 books here now. Want to add a few more?
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Some books on my TBR List - Give Your Child The World by Jaime C. Martin, The Lifegiving Parent by Clay and Sally Clarkson (literally on the nightstand now but need to start it before the library wants it back, whoops), The Religious Potential of the Child by Sofia Cavalletti (got it from inter-library loan on your recommendation but didn't finish it before it had to go back) and because Brian Doyle mentioned her in an essay and I've never heard of her, Maeve Binchy's Nights of Rain and Stars.
I have way too many books on my TBR list to share here! But, I'll mention a riveting non-fiction I read recently: The Burning, by Tim Madigan. It's a creative nonfiction book that dives into the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 and it's extremely well-written and informative (the author draws from a lot of research and some personal interviews and the book reads like a novel). It's incredibly horrifying, but so important to learn about this tragedy and its legacy.