Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day by Jay Shetty Book description from Goodreads: Shetty grew up in a family where you could become one of three things—a doctor, a lawyer, or a failure. His family was convinced he had chosen option three: instead of attending his college graduation…
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Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens Book description from Amazon: For years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not…
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Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons Book description from Amazon: “When I was little I would think of ways to kill my daddy.” With that opening sentence we enter the childhood world of one of the most appealing young heroines in contemporary fiction. Her courage, her humor, and her wisdom are unforgettable as she tells her…
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Talking Across the Divide: How to Communicate with People You Disagree With and Maybe Even Change the World by Justin Lee Book description from Amazon: America is more polarized than ever. Whether the issue is Donald Trump, healthcare, abortion, gun control, breastfeeding, or even DC vs Marvel, it feels like you can’t voice an opinion…
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Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis Book description from Goodreads: Mere Christianity is C.S. Lewis’s forceful and accessible doctrine of Christian belief. First heard as informal radio broadcasts and then published as three separate books – The Case for Christianity, Christian Behavior, and Beyond Personality – Mere Christianity brings together what Lewis saw as the fundamental…
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Anxious People by Fredrik Backman Book description from Amazon: Looking at real estate isn’t usually a life-or-death situation, but an apartment open house becomes just that when a failed bank robber bursts in and takes a group of strangers hostage. The captives include a recently retired couple who relentlessly hunt down fixer-uppers to avoid the…
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope by William Kamkwamba Book description from Amazon: William Kamkwamba was born in Malawi, a country where magic ruled and modern science was mystery. It was also a land withered by drought and hunger. But William had read about windmills, and he dreamed of…
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The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson Book description from Goodreads: In 1936, tucked deep into the woods of Troublesome Creek, KY, lives blue-skinned 19-year-old Cussy Carter, the last living female of the rare Blue People ancestry. The lonely young Appalachian woman joins the historical Pack Horse Library Project of Kentucky and…
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Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic by David Quammen Book description from Goodreads: Ebola, SARS, Hendra, AIDS, and countless other deadly viruses all have one thing in common: the bugs that transmit these diseases all originate in wild animals and pass to humans by a process called spillover. In this gripping account, David…
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Population 485: Meeting Your Neighbors One Siren at a Time by Michael Perry Book description from Goodreads: Here the local vigilante is a farmer’s wife armed with a pistol and a Bible, the most senior member of the volunteer fire department is a cross-eyed butcher with one kidney and two ex-wives (both of whom work…
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