Several of you have asked me, how do you get so much reading in? Do you have life? Is your job hard?
I get reading done just like I binge Netflix shows, or go see several movies a month. It's my past time, my leisure. I don't read more than an hour on most days, unless it's an audiobook in my car during my daily commute. I work at a law firm, so my job is busy. I have a social life and I do interact with humans. Just to say...it is possible. 😊
I digress...a good friend of mine is the pioneer of a book club I was in this fall. The club focuses on reading books that challenge your views and beliefs and encourage you to see the world in a different way. A few of my picks from this list are from that club. This great friend recently posted her top seven books of 2016, and I decided to join her with my very own list. Two of my books are actually series, so I grouped those into one. Here it is: the list of the best six books I read in 2016!
6. Live Love Lead by Brian Houston
I chose this book, written by Hillsong pastor Brian Houston, because of what it taught me about my faith and God's plans for my life. I don't follow much of Hillsong or other large churches like it, but this book is written with a personal flare. It feels like Houston is having an actual conversation with you, and he encourages his readers with scriptural truths and relatable stories about the great plans God has for His children. This helped me to see how much God loves me, that my dreams have been placed in me by God Himself, and His unique plan for my life and my voice.
5. The Motorcycle Diaries by Che Guevara
This travel diary, written by the well-known Chilean communist who worked with Castro, challenged my own conservative political beliefs, all while enchanting me with beautiful prose and travel writing. As he treks with his best friend across South America on a motorcycle, he sees the continent and its people, and you watch his political beliefs form. It is a very interesting challenge for those who want to see the world through a different lens.
4. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
This Nigerian novel based on true events of the Ebo people group during the time of English colonization. It was extremely eye opening concerning the effects of missionaries and colonization in a society.
3. The Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling
Because this is the first time I have read all the way through the series and now I'm obsessed.
2. Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult
I listened to this amazing novel on audio. A black labor and delivery nurse is taken out of the care of a baby with white supremacist parents. The story follows three viewpoints: the nurse, the white supremacist, and the defense attorney who is defending the nurse's case. It is a wonderful and eye opening tale on race relations and our culture today. I couldn't stop listening!
1. Wolf by Wolf by Ryan Graudin and Blood for Blood by Ryan Graudin
This duo is without a doubt the best thing I have read in a long time. A young adult novel set about a young woman who escaped a concentration camp in World War II. After the Axis powers win the war, she goes on a journey to try to kill Hitler as a part of the Resistance. This series is riveting, and I would recommend it to anyone. READ IT NOW.
There it is! The best books I have read in 2016. I am so excited to see what 2017 has for me!
Happy reading!
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