Sunday, December 28, 2014

Favorite Books from 2014


This year for every book I read I wrote a quote from it that I liked. I put all these quotes in a tub. Today I went through all these quote slips. I read 130 books this year (mostly children’s chapter books from my children’s literature class). I read so many different kinds of books and I gained a lot of wisdom from them. So I thought I’d share my favorite books and book quotes from this year. 



My favorite book quotes from 2014

·      “ I hope that men will forgive me for not being Zooey Deschanel.”
-“Haiku for the Single Girl” by Beth Griffenhagen
·      “Yes, we are unworthy of this eternal love relationship, but we are not worthless. The worth of something is determined by the price someone is willing to pay for it. Look at the price that was paid to allow us to enter into this eternally secure relationship with God.”
-“A Woman and Her God” by multiple authors
·      “A good book is like a good friend. It will stay with you for the rest of your life. When you first get to know it, it will give you excitement and adventure, and years later it will provide you with comfort and familiarity.”
-“First Impressions” by Charlie Lovett
·      “I wanted so desperately to apologize for the many ways I had misrepresented the Lord.”
“Passion is tricky, though, because it can point to nothing as easily as it points to something.”
“The problem is not out there; the problem is the needy beast of a thing that lives in my chest.”
-“Blue Like Jazz” by Donald Miller
·      “Life is always uncertain…we cannot let the fear of what might happen stop us living as we choose.”
-“The Rose Garden” by Susanna Kearsley
·      “Lots of guys only give away their heart if they know they’re going to get a heart in return, so it evens out. But I think giving away your heart means more when you don’t know what’s going to happen, when you might get nothing back…what good is a heart if you keep it to yourself?”
-“Twerp” by Mark Goldbatt
·       “You are one of a kind, made on purpose, deeply loved, and called to be courageous.”
-“Let’s All Be Brave” by Annie F. Downs
·      “They say that lightning never strikes in the same place twice, but the same is not true for courage. As it turns out, when courage strikes, it almost always begets more courage.”
-“The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp” by Kathi Appelt
·      “We must dare to show up and let ourselves be seen.”
-“Daring Greatly” by Brené Brown
·      “Imagine, a Being with a mind as great as God’s, with feet like trees and a voice like rushing wind, telling you are His cherished creation.”
-“Searching for God Knows What” by Donald Miller
·       “Give me the wisdom to invest in things with eternal value.”
-“Love, Skip, Jump” by Shelene Bryan
·      “That’s what love does- it pursue blindly, unflinchingly and without end.”
-“Love Does” by Bob Goff
·      “We walk into the future in God-glorifying confidence, not because the future is known to us but because it is known to God.”
-“Just Do Something” by Kevin DeYoung
·      “One can’t learn much and also be comfortable.”
-“Chasing Vermeer” by Blue Balliett
·      “Open your arms to life! Let it strut into your heart in all its messy glory.”
-“Each Little Bird That Sings” by Deborah Wiles



Favorite Books of 2014

·      “Love Does” by Bob Goff
·      “Love, Skip, Jump: Start Living the Adventure of Yes” by Shelene Bryan
·      “Searching for God Knows What” by Donald Miller
·      “Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek” by Maya Van Wagenen
·      “Daring Greatly” by Brené Brown
·      “A Million Little Ways” by Emily P. Freeman
·      “The Gifts of Imperfection” by Brené Brown
·      “Blue Like Jazz” by Donald Miller
·      “A Snicker of Magic” by Natalie Lloyd
·      “The Winter Sea” by Susanna Kearsley
·      “Mariana” by Susanna Kearsley
·       “Through Painted Deserts” by Donald Miller
·      “Let’s All Be Brave” by Annie F. Downs 
·          “A Lineage of Grace” by Francine Rivers
·      “The Wednesday Wars” by Gary D. Schmidt
·      Allison’s book that she let me preview!
·      “The Amazing Adventures of Starr” that my family created for my nephew

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