September Reading List 2024

October 1st has now come and gone. I read and listen to books every day. I love my opportunities to share reading and books with children – our days of reading on the porch or reading in the sun are slowly coming to an end. We will soon be curling up with a book by the fire or under a quilt while the snow flies. I love having a reading goal – it keeps me searching for books, finding new books, uncovering old books and sharing books with friends. I have 48 books left of my reading goal for 2024 and 3 months do read….16 books each month. I read 13 books in September – knowing September is a bit more of a crazy month and looking forward to an extra long weekend away in October – I know my goal is definitely reachable. I love goals that make sense and reading is definitely one of my happy places.

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Emotionally Healthy Spirituality: It’s Impossible to Be Spiritually Mature, While Remaining Emotionally Immature by Peter Scazzero
How do cults form? This book really lays out the importance of emotional maturity and spirituality as they go hand-in hand in helping you find your way to find balance in your life.

9 Things You Simply Must Do To Succeed In Love and Life by Henry Cloud
This book lays out 9 very simple ways to be an authentic person – like playing the movie out to the end as you are making decisions – look at all the possibilities and always take a stand and be humble. This book has a lot of wisdom around making decisions and relationships.

The Resilience Myth: New Thinking of Grit, Strength, and Growth After Trauma by Soraya Chemaly
Resilience is SO important but, how do we achieve it. This book dives deep into history, current politics and world events to talk about the importance of developing a resilience that is embedded in the support of those around us. This is one of the most consequential books I have read this year.

Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Everyday by Jay Shetty
After 3 years as a monk, Jay Shetty shares his learning about how to find our way and our power and our peace.

Make Your Bed First: The Essential Guide to Adopt Good Habits – Easy Tools for Teens to Succeed in Life by Gill Grant
This books would be great reading in a Civics Class. It talks about morning rituals and is very practical. The book addresses powerful habits, de-cluttering your mind, ownership and responsibility and emotional intelligence.

FICTION
Five Star Cabin: An Addictive Psychological Thriller with Breathtaking Twists by E.K. Green
What happens when you try to escape your past? You find yourself trying to survive.

The Five Year Lie by Sarina Brown
A text from a dead man upends her life – she thought it was love and then he vanished.

The Illness Lesson by Clare Beams
An 1871 girl’s school and a horrifying approach to health care. Will we always doubt women?

Sisterhood by Cathy Kelly
Two sisters pull away from a shocking truth to go on a life-changing journey to find who they really want to be.

The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer
Clover is a quiet death doula who is drawn out of her life in this probing, clever, hopeful story that shows her courage and go after a life of love and friendship.

By Any Other Name by Jodi Piccoult
Did Shakespeare really write all his plays and sonnets? Exploring history and the role of women through tragedy and abuse, Piccoult unravels a remarkable story of ghost writing.

The Housekeeper by Joy Fielding
Elder abuse and manipulation are the themes of this spell-binding story.

A Good Neighbourhood by Therese Anne Fowler
A tight, small neighbourhood welcomes a new family that turns life upside-down and results in tragedy.