Favorite Books from 2023
At the beginning of 2023, I thought I had the year relatively mapped out. I planned on a simple, uneventful twelve months with plenty of reading. I was aiming to read 60 books last year. I would spend plenty time walking in the woods and blog and go out to dinner with my family and friends. Easy and predictable was the plan. But God led me in another direction and while my completed book list was minimal, the path to adventure and growth seems to be ever expanding. I am so grateful that my year did not go as planned. It was a year of pouring out into others. And I needed it. Knowledge puffs up but love builds up. I am more at peace and aware that God is good. Plus the point of reading isn't just to get through as many books as you can, it's the reveling and reflecting and enjoying the story and the perspectives themselves. While most of what I read was non-fiction, the books were thoroughly entertaining mainly because my reading evoked a reminder of the true story that I am l...