The Books of 2016 {so far}

I've been binging on fiction lately. I'm not really into any TV shows right now, plus fiction is good when I needed a break from packing and purging and organizing and unpacking and purging. And it's summer. When Rachel naps at the pool in her stroller, I like to read whatever fiction book I have with me.

(Yes, you can have little kids and read books too. I've shared before how I manage to read books while mothering little ones. I will say, during the summer, I read more library books because it's hard to read my Kindle in the bright sunshine with wet kids near.)

In all of 2015, I read 21 fiction books. So far in the first six months of 2016, I've read 18. Binge fiction reading, I tell y'all. Although there has been some non-fiction reading, but that's happened at a slower pace.

(Here's my 2015 book list, if you need recommendations beyond this post. I keep an updated list of what I've read at Goodreads.)

Fiction

1. "Thin Ice" (Men of Valor #2) by Irene Hannon {Review} 
2. "Sanctuary Lost" (WITSEC Town #1) by Lisa Phillips 
3. "Sanctuary Buried" (WITSEC Town #2) by Lisa Phillips
4. "Sanctuary Breached" (WITSEC Town #3) by Lisa Phillips
5. "Cold Shot" (Chesapeake Valor #1) by Dani Pettrey
6. "Tidewater Inn" (Hope Beach #1) by Colleen Coble
7. "Rosemary Cottage" (Hope Beach #2) by Colleen Coble
8. "Seagrass Pier" (Hope Beach #3) by Colleen Coble
9. "The Inn at Ocean's Edge" (Sunset Cove #1) by Colleen Coble
10. "Mermaid Moon" (Sunset Cove #2) by Colleen Coble
11. "Honeymoon for One" by Beth Orsoff
12. "Keep Quiet" by Lisa Scottoline
13. "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
14. "Firefly Lane" by Kristin Hannah
15. "Fly Away" by Kristin Hannah
16. "Magic Hour" by Kristin Hannah
17. "The Good Girl" by Mary Kubica
18. "Home Front" by Kristin Hannah

Non-fiction :: Parenting

1. "Raising Grateful Kids in an Entitled World" by Kristen Welch {Related post}
2. "Triggers: Exchanging Parents' Angry Reactions for Gentle Biblical Responses" by Wendy Speake & Amber Lia
3. "Better Together: Because You're Not Meant to Mom Alone" by Jill Savage with Anne McClane {Review}
4. "8 Simple Tools for Raising Great Kids" by Todd Cartmell {Review}
5. "The Mother Letters" by Amber & Seth Haines {Review}

Non-fiction :: Memoirs

1. "Coming Clean: A Story of Faith" by Seth Haines
2. "The Gift of Friendship: Stories that Celebrate the Beauty of Shared Moments" by Dawn Camp {Review}
3. "Looking for Lovely: Collecting Moments that Matter" by Annie Downs {Review}
4. "Wild in the Hollow: On Chasing Desire and Finding the Broken Way Home" by Amber Haines
5. "Everything You Ever Wanted" by Jillian Lauren
6. "Love You More: The Divine Surprise of Adopting My Daughter" by Jennifer Grant

Non-fiction :: Christianity

1. "None Like Him: 10 Ways God is Different From Us (and why that's a good thing)" by Jen Wilkin {Review}
2. "You're Already Amazing" by Holley Gerth // Book // LifeGrowth Guide // LifeGrowth DVD // {Review}

What have you read lately that I should add to my never-ending list of books I want to read next?

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