What I'm Reading - January 2022 Reading List

I thought I'd start keeping track of the books I read each month and share them with you.  You might find something that piques your interest!  I don't do as many fiction books as most people put on their reading lists. I see enough fiction on Facebook and the media on a daily basis.  This is not to mean I don't read fiction ever, but I think we're in a time where we need to be feeding our spirit and growing towards maturity more than feasting on romance and such.

I Deserve A Donut (And Other Lies That Make You Eat) by Barb Raveling:  The title of this book is just fun.  The author delves into some of the lies we tell ourselves about our eating habits and gives some insight into tackling those lies.  She has also written a Bible study entitled Taste for Truth that I'm really enjoying.  I've not technically finished the accompanying book, since I started it later in the month.  Additionally there's a cool, free app to go along with both books if you're into that kind of thing.  

The Believer's Authority (What You Didn't Learn in Church) by Andrew Wommack:  This is an excellent book, teaching on the authority that Jesus gave the church after His resurrection.  Most of the issues we have in our lives, and our world come from not understanding and acting on the authority that's been made available to us.  On a side note, with authority comes responsibility and that's a big turn off to "the church" as nobody wants to take responsibility for failing to take a stand and use their authority.

Authentically, Uniquely You (Living Free From Comparison and the Need to Please) by Joyce Meyer:  I've always liked Joyce and her straight froward style of teaching.  Someone gave this book to the girls for Christmas, and I added it to my reading pile both for my own use, but also to be able to have good conversations with the girls about it.  There's also a study guide available and this would make an excellent group study.

I hope you see something in this month's reading list that catches your attention and makes you hungry to grow!

What I'm Reading - February into March

I'm always reading something, but have never done a post about it.  With all my free time these days I thought I'd take time to tell you what I've been up to.   I'm not telling you to read them, I'm not suggesting you buy them and I've not been asked to review any of these.  It's just what I'm reading and thought some of you might be interested.

Ironically, a book I had in my pile prior to this whole COVID-19 thing started was When All Hell Breaks Loose by Cody Lundin.   Lundin is a unique guy to say the least.  However, he has a lot of good, common sense information about surviving/adjusting to great changes.   He's not a "build this explosive out of gum, a straw and blah blah blah" type of guy.  But he gives you information on relative things like how much food/water you should keep in stock for your family on any given day, various ways to light a fire, how to be creative in your cooking, foraging, bathing without a shower and ya'll WHAT TO DO WHEN THERE'S NO TOILET PAPER!   The biggest selling point for me for this book is that he tries to get the reader to focus on their mindset and to get mentally in survival mode.

Let Food Be Your Medicine by Dr. Don Colbert has been on my reading pile before, so I decided to revisit it.   I love how he thoroughly explains the ins and outs of how foods affect the body and various health conditions.

Keto Zone Diet by Dr. Don Colbert is also a re-read for me.  I like to reread things to help keep the information fresh in my brain, but I also know that I can pick up nuances on a second reading that I may have missed the first time around.

Miracle on Voodoo Mountain by Megan Boudreaux was one of the books I got for Lindsey to read for her world geography class.  Since it was about Haiti, I sat down and read it all in one day, and Olivia followed suit.  Great insight into how things really are in Haiti, and how just showing up with handouts doesn't help.

The Potluck Club by Linda Evans Shepherd and Eva Marie Everson was a brain candy book that my friend Yvette loaned me.   It's a Christian novel that focuses on a group of church ladies from a small town in Colorado.  The book is written from the view point of each lady, with different chapters being written by different characters.  I had to laugh at some of the catty-church lady things that are so true in any church.  However, when you look past that, you see some great friendships and see how to walk through the hard spots of life together.  Recipes are included!


The Potluck Club: Trouble's Brewing by Linda Evans Shepherd and Eva Marie Everson, is the second book in the series.   It picks right up where the fist book left off as the authors continues to build the characters and walk you through their relationships and lives.   There's also a few good recipes here!

Those are just a few of the books I've been reading.  I know there's been more that what's listed but these are the only ones I remember at the moment.